Basic Info

1998 – today Senior researcher
ÚEF SAS Košice, Watsonova 47, 04001 Košice; http://uef.saske.sk/
▪ Scientific – research activity in the field of condensed matter physics (magnetic, thermal and transport properties (molecular magnets, intermetallic compounds, manganites, multiferroic materials)
▪ Scientific – research activity in the field of physics of high pressures (study of magnetic and electrical properties in pressure devices, a chamber with a piston and a diamond anvil)
▪ Scientific – research activity in the field of materials and materials engineering (preparation and characterization of molecular magnets; preparation and characterization of ceramic and nano-sized manganites; growth of single crystals of intermetallic compounds by the Czochralski method or intermetallic compounds, manganites and orthoferrites by the method of vertical zone melting in an optical furnace)
▪ Pedagogical activities in the field of condensed matter physics and materials science (lectures and exercises for doctoral students, supervision of doctoral students)
Branch of the economy Slovak Academy of Sciences

2009 – today Head of the technological laboratory
ÚEF SAS Košice, Watsonova 47, 04001 Košice; http://uef.saske.sk/
▪ Management activity, team leadership, responsibility for scientific outputs
Branch of the economy Slovak Academy of Sciences

2008 – 2009 Head of the Department of Magnetic Phenomena
ÚEF SAS Košice, Watsonova 47, 04001 Košice; http://uef.saske.sk/
▪ Management activity, team leadership, responsibility for scientific outputs
Branch of the economy Slovak Academy of Sciences

2001 – 2002 Researcher
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany
▪ Physics of low temperatures, development of electronic components based on Josephoson junctions
Sector of the economy University education, Germany

1994 – 1998 Independent researcher
ÚEF SAS Košice, Watsonova 47, 04001 Košice; http://uef.saske.sk/
▪ Scientific – research activity in the field of physics of condensed matter and physics of high pressures (magnetic, thermal and transport properties (molecular magnets, strongly correlated electron systems, intermetallic compounds)
Branch of the economy Slovak Academy of Sciences

Postdoctoral fellow
Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
▪ Scientific – research activity in the field of condensed matter physics and material research (preparation of single crystals by the Czochralski method, magnetic, thermal and transport properties (strongly correlated electron systems, intermetallic compounds)
Sector of the economy University education, Netherlands

University specialist
ÚEF SAS Košice, Watsonova 47, 04001 Košice; http://uef.saske.sk/
▪ Scientific – research activity in the field of physics of condensed matter and physics of high pressures (magnetic, thermal and transport properties (metallic glasses, influence of pressure on the magnetic properties of metal beams, strongly correlated electron systems, intermetallic compounds)
Branch of the economy Slovak Academy of Sciences

University specialist
ZVL Považská Bystrica
▪ Scientific – research activity in the field of materials based on titanium alloys for the aviation industry
Sector of the economy Engineering

Study visit
ÚEF SAS Košice, Watsonova 47, 04001 Košice; http://uef.saske.sk/
▪ Scientific – research activity in the field of metal physics (crystal structure and magnetic properties of metallic glasses)

EDUCATION AND PREPARATION

1998

Senior Researcher
ÚEF SAS Košice, Watsonova 47, 04001 Košice; http://uef.saske.sk/
▪ Team management, logistics, writing projects, scientific outputs – articles, citations, education of doctoral students, lectures = Physics of high pressures. Scientific – research activity in the field of condensed matter physics and material research

1994 Independent researcher
ÚEF SAS Košice, Watsonova 47, 04001 Košice; http://uef.saske.sk/
▪ Scientific – research activity in the field of condensed matter physics and materials research
1990 Scientific rank candidate of sciences (CSc.) = scientific worker
ÚEF SAS Košice, Watsonova 47, 04001 Košice; http://uef.saske.sk/
▪ Dissertation thesis: “Effect of high pressure and neutron irradiation on the magnetic properties of Fe-B metallic glasses”, Ing. Anton Zentko, PhD.

1982 Degree RNDr.
PF UPJŠ Košice
▪ Rigorous thesis: “Effect of high pressure on the magnetic properties of amorphous ferromagnets”, supervisor Ing. Anton Zentko, CSc.

1980 Completion of university studies