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Where to find me

Department of Geography and Geology
Tajovského 40
974 01 Slovenská republika

Professional characteristics

Education

1971 - 1976  Faculty of Science Comenius University in Bratislava, Geochemistry

1978            Faculty of Science Comenius University in Bratislava, (RNDr.)

1980 - 1984  Geological Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences – PhD study;

                   Supervisors: prof. RNDr. Bohuslav Cambel, DrSc. (Commenius University, Bratislava)

                   and Univ. Prof. Dr. phil. Erich Schroll (Universität Wien)

1985             PhD

1988             individual scientific worker II/A

1986             Atom absorption spectrometry course, Pye Unicam/ Philips, Cambridge, England (UK)

1997             Ecological Risk and Decision Making, United States Environmental Protection A

2002             Professional ability to perform geological works 23/98, 2002

 

2006 - 2008  visiting Assoc. prof, Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica

2008            Asssoc. prof.

2009            visiting professor (North University, Baia Mare, Romania)

2011            professor (VŠB – Technical University, Ostrava, Czechia)

 

Professional classification

1976 - 1980    study stay, Geological Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava

1980 - 1985     PhD study, Geological Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava

1983 – 2000    head of the laboratories in Geological Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Banská Bystrica,

2000 – 2001    head of the Section of Environment in Slovak Agency of Environment, Banská Bystrica

2001 - 2006     Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica – external teacher

2003 - 2006     head of the branch of the Geological Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences in Banská Bystrica

1988               individual scientific worker II/A, Geological Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences in Banská Bystrica

2006               Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Faculty of Sciences, visiting Assoc. prof.

2008                 Assoc. prof. – Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Faculty of Sciences,

2009               head of the Institute of Biology and Geology – common institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences and Matej   Bel      University

2011               professor, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Faculty of Sciences,

 

Pedagogical activity:

1. Matej Bel University:

Abiotic nature (introduction to geology)

Geochemistry of environment

Geological aspects of environmental risks

Environmentalistic

Creation of projects

Remediation of country components

Integrated environmental management

Environmental impact assesment

Management of environment

Global Environmental Change

Professional experiences

Remediation of country components

Environmental contaminations in montaneous country

Global environmental changes

Mineralogy

Geochemistry I. 

Geochemistry II. 

Geology and geochemistry

Applied environmental chemistry

2.Technical University in Zvolen

Analytical research methods in environmental engineering

3. VŠB-TU Ostrava, Czechia

Geochemistry

Soil protection

 

Main topics of final thesis under my supervision:

Distribution of potentially toxic elements at area of abandoned mining countries

Speciation of heavy metals (As, Sb) in country components

Contamination of plants at selected deposits

Migration of potentially toxic elements in country components

Bioavailability of toxic elements

Possibilities of utilization of natural sorbents for immobilization of potentially toxic elements and for remediation of selected mining areas

 

Biochemical degradation of ore minerals

 

 

Scientific activities

Ore mineralogy, isotope study of C, O, Pb, study of fluid inclusions, environmental study of country components by potentially toxic elements and their remediation, biotechnologies.

2008 – 2019 guarantor of Bc. study- Environmental management

2008 – 2022 guarantor of Mgr. study- Environmental management

2008-2012 coguarantor of PhD study – Remediation of mining territories

2021 – till now coguarantor of Geopotential of regions

Member of Research and Education Center of Excellence for Solid Phase Research SOLIPHA; grant APVV-VVCE-0033-07

Member of Research and Education Center of Excellence for Solid Phase Research for Integral Investigation of geospheres; grant OPVaV-2009/4.1/03-SORO

 

Supervisor of PhD students:

RNDr. Jana Rusková, PhD: Application of environmental policy in the remediation of mining loads in selected locations around Banská Bystrica (Špania Dolina, Malachov and Ľubietová)– PhD work defended on Sept. 30th 2009

RNDr. Adam Lichý, PhD: Remediation of the land contaminated by mining activity – PhD work defended on Sept. 29th 2010

Mgr. Lenka Matúšková, PhD: Environmental management and monitoring of the load on the mining landscape in the vicinity of Ľubietová - – PhD work defended on Sept. 30th 2010

Ing. Štefan Aschenbrenner, PhD.:  Population biology of selected species of vascular plants on heap habitats - PhD work defended on Aug. 27th 2012

RNDr. Jozef Krnáč, PhD.: Contamination of country components in surrounding of Banská Bystrica - PhD work defended on Aug. 28th 2012

Ing. Erika Remešicová: Analysis of the issue of mine water decontamination in ore mining - PhD work defended on Aug. 28th 2016 (VŠB TU Ostrava, Czechia)

Ing. Pavol Midula, PhD: Comparison of mine heaps from the point of view of development and biodiversity of ecosystems/ Bioconcentration of potentially toxic elements in vascular plant species at the areas of various ore deposits – PhD work defended on Aug. 22nd 2017

MSc. Giuseppe Buccheri, PhD: Comparison of the country components at selected European Cu-deposits INAIL ex ISPESL, Department of Productive Plants and Interaction with the Environment (DIPIA), Rome, Italy – PhD work defended on Aug. 27th 2019

 

Supervisor of postdocs:

Assoc. prof. Sherif Kharbish, PhD. Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Branch, Suez Canal University, El Salam, Egypt

Dr. Giuseppe Buccheri, INAIL ex ISPESL, Department of Productive Plants and Interaction with the Environment (DIPIA), Rome, Italy

Ing. Eva Lacková, PhD., VŠB-Technická Universita v Ostrave, Ostrava-Poruba

Mgr. Tomáš Klimko, PhD., Fakulta prírodných vied Univerzity Komenského, Bratislava

Ing. Dorota Marciocha, Institute of Environmental Engineering, The Silesian University of Technology, Environmental Biotechnology Department, Gliwice, Poland

Ing. Pavol Midula, PhD., Fakulta prírodných vied, Univerzita Mateja Bela, Banská Bystrica

 

Supervisor of RNDr. degree:

 

RNDr. Lukáš Štipta: Biodegradation of ore minerals at Pezinok deposit - 2009

Mgr. Lenka Matúšková: Uranium and thorium content in rocks and ores at Pezinok deposit as a environmental risk factor - 2009

Mgr. Rastislav Hlaváčik: Forms of occurrence and mobility of selected heavy metals in the oxidation zone of the Reiner and Podlipa heap fields at the Ľubietová deposit - 2010

Mgr. Kamila Píšová: Integrated management of the development of sustainable tourism and tourism in selected municipalities of the Horná Nitra region – 2010

MgrAnna Marková: Access and environmental behavior to the production, protection and security of printed documents – 2015

Mgr. Alena Rogožníková: Country acidification in surrounding of mining areas at Staré Hory deposit – 2015

Mgr. Roman Romančík: Hg-contamination of fishes in Malachov creek –2019

 

Membership in scientific councils:

2016 – 2021 2021 Head of the scientific commision of the RNDr. degree in the study branch Environmental management – Sanation of the environment at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica

2008 – 2021 Head of the scientific commision of the RNDr. degree in the study branch Environmental management at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica

2006 – 2021 Member of the scientific commision of the PhD field of study Environmental management at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica

since 2008 Member of the scientific commision of the PhD field of study Geochemistry at Comenius University in Bratislava

2016 – 2021 Head of the scientific commision of the PhD field of study Environmental management at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica

since 2008 Member of the scientific commision of the PhD field of study Mineralogy at Comenius University in Bratislava

since 2012 Member of the scientific commision of the PhD field of study Synecology in study programme Evolution of ecosystems and their ptotection at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica

since 2010 Member of the scientific commision of the PhD field of study Environmenta protection in industry  at the VŠB – Technical University of Mining and Technology in Ostrava, Czechia

2012 - 2020 Member of the scientific council of the Mining Faculty at the VŠB – Technical University of Mining and Technology in Ostrava, Czechia

 

Scientific councils and other functions in University structures:

since 2009 Secretary for Scioence at the Deportment of Environmental at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica

2011-2013 Member of the scientific council of the Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica

2012 – 2016 Member of the Ethic commission at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica

2017-2022 Head of the Ethic commission at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica

since 2022 Member of the Ethic commission at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica

2011-2014 Member of the college of the dean of Faculty of Sciences at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica since 2013 Member of the scientific council of the Mining-Geological Faculty of VŠB-Technical University in Ostrava, Czechia

since 2015 Member of the scientific council of the Faculty of Science at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica

2008 – 2021 guarantor of the Bc., Mgr. and PhD study in study branch Environmental management at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica

since 2021 coguarantor of the Bc., Mgr. and PhD study in study branch Applied geology at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica

 

Membership in editorial boards:

since 2006 member of the editorial board of WoS journal: Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences ISSN 1220-5648

since 2008 member of the editorial board of journal Romanian Journal of Mineral Deposits, ISSN 1220-5648,

since 2014 member of the editorial board of journal European Journal of Environmental and Safety Sciences, ISSN 0031-6970

since 2014 member of the editorial board of journalGeoScience Engineering,

since 2014 member of the editorial board of journal Transactions of Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi National University, ISSN 1995-0519  

2012 – 2018 member of the editorial board of journal Acta Universitatis Matthiae Belii - Environmentálne management serie  ISSN 1338-449X, ISSN 1338-4430

2010-2012 Reviewer of journal Studia Oecologica ISSN 1802-212X

Since 2018 member of the editorial board of journalNatural Resources Conservation and Research, ISSN 2578-1936

 

Membership in professional organizations:

since 2008 Member of the WASET committee (World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology)

since 2013 Member of the Committee for Envioronment of Slovak Academy of Sciences

2001-2012 Vice-head of the Association of Slovak Geologists

2007 Vice-head of the Slovak Association of Deposit Geologists

od 2005 Member of the Slovak Geological Socienty

od 2014 Member of the Slovak Mineralogical Socienty

2012-2015 Vice-head of the Mining Guild in Banská Bystrica

 

 

Consultation hours

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