(BSc, MSc Charles University)
I am interested in the biogeochemistry and paleolimnology of polar environments, with a focus on how “legacy” organic matter—stored over millennia in lake sediments or under ice sheets—interacts with the modern climate.
During my PhD at the Arctic University of Norway, I used isotopic tracers and sediment analysis to track methane production, discovering that ancient organic matter remains an important driver of modern emissions in northern lakes. I am now extending this focus to the Greenland Ice Sheet as part of the OReOS project, where I use isotopic analysis to characterize subglacial organic matter being exported from beneath the ice.
My background is rooted in ecology and paleolimnology. During my MSc, I studied freshwater diatoms on Vega Island, Antarctica, to understand how landscape connectivity and local hydrology influence the biological proxies we use to reconstruct environmental history.
Selected publications
Bulínová M, Schomacker A, Kjellman SE, Gudasz C, Olid C, Rydberg J, Panieri G, Hodson A, van der Bilt WGM, Røthe TO, Bindler R, Rouillard A (2025) Increased ecosystem productivity boosts methane production in Arctic lake sediments Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences 130:e2024JG008508 doi: 10.1029/2024JG008508
Roman M, Píšková A, Sanderson DCW, Cresswell AJ, Bulínová M, Pokorný M, Kavan J, Jennings SJA, Lirio JM, Nedbalová L, Sacherová V, Kopalová K, Glasser NF, Nývlt D (2024) The Late Holocene deglaciation of James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula: OSL and 14C-dated multi-proxy sedimentary record from Monolith Lake Quaternary Science Reviews 333:108693 doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108693
Vrbická K, Kohler TJ, Falteisek L, Hawkings JR, Vinšová P, Bulínová M, Lamarche-Gagnon G, Hofer S, Kellerman AM, Holt AD, Cameron KA, Schön M, Wadham JL, Stibal M (2022) Catchment characteristics and seasonality control the composition of microbial assemblages exported from three outlet glaciers of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Frontiers in Microbiology 13:1035197 doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1035197
Full list of publications here.