Miloš Auersvald, Ph.D.
Researcher at UCT Prague; Department of Sustainable Fuels and Green Chemistry
Personal details
Birth: 2. 12. 1992
E-mail: milos.auersvald@gmail.com
milos.auersvald@vscht.cz
Phone: +420 731 915 695
Professional Experience
01/2024 – present Researcher at UCT Prague; Department of Sustainable Fuels and Green Chemistry
01/2025 – present External consultant at Ghent University, Laboratory for Chemical Technology
Expertise and research focus:
- Upgrading of various complex liquid samples, mainly by hydrotreatment and advanced valorization of the above-mentioned products from thermochemical processes to produce fuels and chemicals
- Chemical recycling and upcycling of waste materials
- Comprehensive quantitative analysis of complex liquid samples – petroleum products, bio-oils from biomass pyrolysis/HTL, oils from waste plastics and tires liquefaction
- Analytical methods development/introduction for offline and online methods for characterizing of complex samples: GC-FID/TCD/MS/ECD; GC×GC-FID/MS/NCD/SCD/AED; HPLC-RI/UV-DAD, LSC chromatography, UV-VIS, potentiometric titration
Current research: Production of surfactants from waste plastics
Chemical recycling of unsortable plastic waste
Plastic pyrolysis oils upgrading by hydrotreatment
Polycarbonate reductive depolymerization
Valorization of the second-stage aqueous phase from straw pyrolysis
Quantitative analytical methods development for the analysis of oils from plastics and biomass
Advisor specialist/Supervisor (author of research concept): Supervisor:
past: 7 MSc., 1 BSc., 1 High school students present: 1 BSc., 1 MSc. Students
Achievements of supervised students:
Student scientific conference at UCT Prague: 1st place (1x), 2nd place (2x), 3rd place (2x)
Other: Shimadzu Award (2018), ALS scholarship (2023)
Reviewer for several prestigious scientific journals:
Energy and Fuels, Fuel, Energy Conversion and Management, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis
Collaboration:
Detailed analysis of aqueous side products from biomass HTC (Selhan Karagöz, Karabuk University)
Valorization and upgrading of lignocellulose pyrolysis bio-oils (Tim Schulzke, Fraunhofer UMSICHT)
Analysis of plastic pyrolysis oils, GC×GC methods development (Petr Vozka, California State University)
Valorization, upgrading and analysis of HTL biocrudes (Patrick Biller, Aarhus University)
Past
01/2024 – 12/2024 Postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University, Laboratory for Chemical Technology
Promotor: prof. Kevin van Geem (world leader in plastic recycling)
2016 – 2023 Researcher at UCT Prague; Department of Petroleum Technology and Alternative Fuels
10/2020 – 02/2021 Research Ph.D. stay at Ghent University (Prof. Kevin M. Van Geem)
Bio-oil analysis using GC×GC with various detectors (MS, FID, NCD, SCD)
Awards
Dean's Award 2023 – first place (award for the most valuable R&D activities at the faculty)
Dean's Award 2021 – third place (award for the most valuable R&D activities at the faculty)
Metrohm Award 2021 (award for the best publication of a young electroanalytical chemist)
Emil Votoček scholarship 2021 (scholarship for top 20 PhD students at UCT Prague)
Josef Hlávka Award 2020 (award for the best student at faculty)
Emil Votoček scholarship 2020 (scholarship for top 20 PhD students at UCT Prague)
Unipetrol Award 2018 (award for the best diploma thesis)
Received R&D Project Funding – Principal Investigator
PE2SURF – Production of surfactants from waste plastics (TQ15000068) – 2025-2026 –
TAČR, Czech Republic – 192 000 €Study of changes during long-term storage of bio-oil and development of methods for determination of carbohydrates (A2_FTOP_2020_011) – 2020 – UCT Prague – 7 860 €
Preparation and characterization of products from bio-oil hydrotreatment and hydrocracking of Fischer-Tropsch wax (A2_FTOP_2019_013) – 2019 – UCT Prague – 7 860 €
Characterization of oxygen compounds in biomass processing products (A2_FTOP_2018_004) – 2018
– UCT Prague – 5 880 €
R&D Project Participation – Team Member
Research on the complete technological chain of chemical recycling of waste plastic discards: from yellow bin to basic petrochemicals (SQ01020221) – 2025-2027 – TAČR, Czech Republic
Electrified conversion of plastic waste into olefins & downstream integration – (No 101058412) – 2024 – Horizon Europe
Research and development project of material utilization technology of waste plastics and tires in the refinery and petrochemical industry in the Czech Republic – (FW01010158) – 2021-2023 – TAČR, Czech Republic
Prediction of stability of diesel oils during their long-term storage – (TITSSSHR944) – 2021-2023 – TAČR, Czech Republic
Reliable Bio-based Refinery Intermediates – BioMates (No 727463) – 2016-2022 – Horizon 2020
Education
09/2017 – 03/2022: Ph.D. in Chemistry and Technology of Fuels and Environment,
UCT Prague, advisor: Assoc. Prof. P. Šimáček;
Quantitative methods for evaluation of bio-oils and products of their hydrotreatment
Opponents: Jack Ferrel, Ph.D. (NREL, USA);
Assoc. Prof. Elena Hájeková (STU, Slovakia)
09/2015 – 06/2017: Master in Environmental Technology, UCT Prague, Asst. Prof. M. Staš,
Selective hydrotreatment of bio-oil from ablative pyrolysis of biomass using sulfided Ni-Mo/Al2O3 catalyst
Opponent: David Kubička, Ph.D., MBA (UCT Prague)
09/2012 – 06/2015: Bachelor in Environmental Technology, UCT Prague, Prof. M. Pospíšil
Study of Chemical Composition of Pyrolysis Bio-oils