Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources
Department of of Agroecology and Biometeorology
Kamýcká 129, 165 21 Praha 6 – Suchdol
Tel.: +420 224 382 776, web: www.af.czu.cz
Name
DNI (born in Moldova)
Citizenship
Organisation
Department
Professional Category
Vera Potop (Potopová)
15.10.1974
Webpage: http://home.czu.cz/potop
Republic of Moldova/Czech Republic
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Agroecology and Biometeorology
Scientific Reasercher/Universitar lecturer
Summary of reasearch activity:
ResearcherID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/E-3677-2015
h-index in ISI WEB = 10;
Total citation in ISI WEB: 64
Total publication: 120
Scientefic degrees: Doctor in geography (the speciality of meteorology, climatology and agrometeorology).
Work experience
2006 - present: Scientific Reasercher/Universitar lecturer, Department of Agroecology and Biometeorology,
Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague;
2002: Research Scientist, Laboratory of Climatology,Institute of Geography, Academy of Sciences RM
1998: Doctorand in the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova.
1996: Engineer-climatologist, Laboratory of Climatology, Institute of Geography, Academy of Sciences RM
Lecturing:
Practical course of Introduction to Meteorology and Climatology, Meteorology and Climatology, Introduction
to Bioclimatology. ERASMUS teaching assignment programme.
Research interests:
Primary research interests include climate change, meteorological extreme events, in particular, meteorological
and agricultural drought and its impact on agricultural crops, crop modelling.
Activity in the Czech Republic:
2005: Selected in the pilot project “Selection of Qualified Foreign Workers” awarded by Ministry of Labour
and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic. CZE-MOA/00010/05. 2005:
- Master study programme in geography and biology, diploma higher education was recommended to
Charles University (Prague) for nostrification and was approved by Minister of Education, Youth and Sport
of the Czech Republic.
- Doctor degree diploma was approved by Minister of Education, Youth and Sport of the Czech Republic.
Awards:
2013: Award of the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague for the best scientific articles published
in international peer-reviewed journals.
2005: Award of the Academy of Sciences in the Republic of Moldova for research study as young scientists
International cooperation:
- Center for Climate Change, Geography Department, University Rovira I Virgili, Tortosa, Spain
- Institute of Ecology and Geography, Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Republic of Moldova
- National Center for Public Health, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
- Selectia Research Institute of Field Crops, Balti, Republic of Moldova
- Alecu Russo Balti State University, Republic of Moldova
Professional membership:
European and Czech Meteorological
Academy of Sciences.
Society;
Czech Bioclimatological Society, Czech and Slovakia
Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, CULS, Department of of Agroecology and Biometeorology, Kamýcká 129, 165 21 Praha 6
Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources
Department of of Agroecology and Biometeorology
Kamýcká 129, 165 21 Praha 6 – Suchdol
Tel.: +420 224 382 776, web: www.af.czu.cz
Recent project:
2014-2018: ESSEM COST Action ES1404: A European network for a harmonised monitoring of snow for
the benefit of climate change scenarios, hydrology and numerical weather prediction.
2010: Czech science foundation, 21150/1161/1604. “Innovation learning centre for getting and processing
biometeorological data”.
Recent relevant publications:
Potopová V., Boroneat C., Boincean B., Soukup J. (2015): Impact of agricultural drought on main crop yields in
the Republic of Moldova. International Journal of Climatology. DOI:10.1002/joc.4484
Potopová V., Boroneat C., Boincean B. (2015). Multi-scalar drought and its impact on crop yield in the
Republic of Moldova. 85-90. In: Andreu et al. (Eds). Drought: Research and Sciences-Policy Interfacing.
Taylor & Francis Group, London. 514 pp. ISBN 978-1-138-02779-4.
Potopová, V., Štěpánek, P., Možný, M., Türkott, L., Soukup, J. (2015). Performance of the standardized
precipitation evapotranspiration index at various lags for agricultural drought risk assessment in the Czech
Republic. Agric. For. Meteorol, 202, 26-38. ISSN: 0168-1923.
Potop, V., Boroneant, C., Možný, M., Štěpánek, P., Skalák, P. (2014). Observed spatiotemporal characteristics
of drought on various time scales over the Czech Republic. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 115 (34), 563-581. ISSN: 0177-798X.
Potop, V., Zahradníček, P., Türkott, L., Štěpánek, P., Soukup, J. (2014). Risk occurrences of damaging frosts
during the growing season of vegetables in the Elbe River lowland, the Czech Republic. Nat Hazards, 71,
p. 1–19.
Potop, V., Možný, M., Soukup, J. (2012). Drought evolution at various time scales in the lowland regions and
their impact on vegetable crops in the Czech Republic. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 156, 121133. ISSN: 0168-1923.
Potop, V. (2011). Evolution of drought severity and its impact on corn in the Republic of Moldova. Theoretical
and Applied Climatology, 105 (3-4), 469-483. ISSN: 0177-798X.
Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, CULS, Department of of Agroecology and Biometeorology, Kamýcká 129, 165 21 Praha 6