Staff Profile

Education

PhD, Technical University Dresden, Germany

Previous Positions

1- Research assistant, Charles University, Czech Republic

2- Postdoc researcher, Slovak Agriculture University in Nitra

3- Visiting Researcher, Free University of Bolzano, Bozen, Italy

4- Postdoc researcher fellow, Global Change Research Centre Academy of Science of the Czech Republic (CzechGlobe), Brno, Czech Republic,

5- Researcher, Technical University Dresden, Germany

My scientific interests lie in understanding the complex dynamics of greenhouse gases—such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and water vapor (H2O)—and their critical role in climate change. I am particularly focused on studying the mechanisms and feedbacks that govern biosphere-atmosphere interactions, with an emphasis on the exchange of energy, water, and carbon between ecosystems and the atmosphere. Using advanced methodologies like eddy covariance, I aim to quantify and analyze fluxes of greenhouse gases, as well as energy and water vapor, in various ecosystems to assess their contributions to global biogeochemical cycles.

• Articles

  • Badraghi A, Montagnani L, Kucera J, Frouz J. Primary Mid-Succession Carbon Fluxes in a Spontaneously Recovering Post-Mining Ecosystem. Atmosphere 2025, 16(2), 176.
  • Badraghi A, Mudrak O, Kucera J, Montagnani L, Frouz J. Energy and CO₂ fluxes in the early stage development of reclaimed and unreclaimed post-mining areas. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators 2025, 25, 100547.
  • Badraghi A, Kucera J, Montagnani L, Frouz J. Comparison of Ecosystem CO₂ Fluxes Between Restoration and Unassisted Succession in Mid-Stage of Recovery After Coal Mining. Land Degradation & Development 2025, epub ahead of print.
  • Badraghi A, Krucek M, Kral K, Reinshmidova E, Novotna B, Frouz J. Woody species succession and spontaneous forest development in post-mining sites after coal mining in the Czech Republic. Ecological Engineering 2023, 194, 107051.
  • Badraghi A, Novotnáa B, Frouz J, Montagnani L. Temporal dynamics of CO₂ fluxes over a non-irrigated vineyard. Land 2023, 12(10), 1925.
  • Badraghi A, Marek VM. Species mixing effect on Norway spruce response to elevated CO₂ and climatic variables: root and radial growth response. European Journal of Forest Research 2021, 140, 1363-1376.
  • Badraghi A, Ventura M, Polo A, Luigimaria B, Giammarchi F, Montagnani L. Soil respiration variation along an altitudinal gradient in Italian Alps: Disentangling forest structure and temperature effects. PLoS ONE 2021, 16(8), e0247893.
  • Badraghi, A, Marek, VM. Interactive effects of elevated CO2 and neighbourhood competition on the radial growth of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) seedlings. European Journal of Forest Research 2020.
  • Montagnani, L, Badraghi, A, Speak, AF, Wellstein, C, Borruso, L, Zerbe, S, Zanotelli, D. Evidence for a non-linear carbon accumulation pattern along an Alpine glacier retreat chronosequence in Northern Italy. PeerJ 2019.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Badraghi A, Kucera J, Frouz J. Seasonal changes in photosynthesis, respiration and NEE of a reclaimed post-mining site at the early stage of succession. In: EGU General Assembly 2024. 2024, Vienna, Austria: European Geosciences Union.
  • Badraghi A, Novotna B, Tatosova L. Estimation of Evapotranspiration Rate from Eddy Covariance over Vineyard Ecosystem. In: Veda Mladých 2022 Science of Youth 2022. 2022, Banská Štianvica, Slovakia: Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovakia.