Beata Houšková

Dr. Beata Houšková graduated from the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Comenius University in Bratislava and holds a PhD in agricultural and forestry sciences from the Slovak Academy of Sciences. She is Senior Scientific Worker at the Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute of the National Agricultural and Food Centre (NPPC) in Bratislava. Her research focuses on soil degradation processes and their interpretation on maps, soil remediation, assessment of soil properties and soil awareness raising.

She has participated in numerous international research projects related to soil water regimes and remediation. She has been consultant to FAO-AGLL in Rome, visiting scientist and grant holder at the JRC/IES Soil and Waste Unit in Ispra and later a contract agent there, working on Danube database evaluation and soil visual assessment within the SOIL project. In 2010 she served as technical consultant to UNEP–WCMC for the UNCCD on PRAIS reporting for Annex IV, V and other affected country Parties. Since 2011 she has worked again at VÚPOP, which since 2014 has been part of the NPPC.

Dr. Houšková is a member of the European Network for Soil Awareness, the Global Soil Partnership, the European Soil Partnership, the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative, WASWAC and the executive committee of the European Society of Soil Conservation. She is also a member of the sub-group SPC for the EU Soil Deal Mission. She represents Slovakia in the UNCCD as Science and Technology Correspondent and was a member of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the mid-term evaluation of the 2018–2030 UNCCD Strategic Framework.