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2021	Associate Professor Institute of Recycling Technologies, Faculty of Metallurgy, Technical University of Košice In the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure "environmental engineering"
2003 – 2021	Assistant professor Institute of Recycling Technologies (before 31/01/2016 Department of Non-Ferrous Metals and Waste Treatment), Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and recycling, (before 30/06/2017 Facullty of Metallurgy), Technical University of Košice Study field:Environmental engineering
2001 – 2003	PhD study Department of Non-Ferrous Metals and Waste Treatment, Faculty of Metallurgy, Technical University of Košice Study field: 22-01-9 Metallurgy
1994 – 2000	Master's study Department of Non-Ferrous Metals and Waste Treatment, Faculty of Metallurgy, Technical University of Košice Study field: 22-35-8 Metallurgy
1999 – 2000	Additional pedagogical study focused on professional metallurgical objects - full-time form, state exam. Department of Engineering Education

Research activities

National projects (last five years)

• VEGA 1/0408/23 - Study of recovery of dusts arising from copper production.
  (2023-2025), project representative.
• VEGA 1/0641/20 - Study of recovery of zinc-containing waste, (2020-2022)
• KEGA 017TUKE-4/2019 - Creating a modular system of synergic co-operation for sustainable development and corporate social responsibility. (2019-2021)
• VEGA 1/0442/17 - Comprehensive processing of zinc drosses originated during hot dip galvanizing. (2017-2019)
• VEGA 1/0631/17 - The issue of critical and heavy metals determination in the strategically important raw materials. (2017-2019)
• VHČ P-102-0043/15- Material analysis of the tailings sample and a theoretical overview of the tailings disposal problem. December, 2015
• APVV-14-0591- Processing of industrial wastes with the aim to obtain zinc, tin and lead - based marketable products. (2015 – 2019).

International projects

• 2010 - Finland. Characterization dusts and sludge, organized collection of five dust samples and two regeneration sludge samples for characterization. The characterization will include XRD, quantitative mineralogy, chemistry including the oxidation states of metals particle size distribution.
• 2010 - Finland. Access to the LiteraDATA article database produced by KNKaSO HF TU Kosice.
• 2010 - Finland. Leaching experiments of AOD 1 and AOD 2 dusts and interpretation of the results.
• 2002 - Poland. Interoceanmetal Joint Organization: IOM Poland. Research of hydrometallurgical processing of polymetallic concretions.

Pedagogical activities

Present teaching courses

• Fundamentals of Mineral Dressing
• Non-Ferrous Metals
• Methodology of Sampling
• Environmental Aspects of Heavy Metals Production
• Diploma practicum
• Preparation of Bc. Project
• 2007 - 2013 Project number: CZ.1.07/3.2.07/04.0081
  Co-investigator of the European Fund project (7 OP Education for competitiveness). Preparation of courses and teaching texts in the field of sampling and chemical analysis. Module K03-Sampling.

Certificate

• Certificate of completion of an accredited training program Working with chemical agents, chemicals and mixtures N° 2010/05478-02 r. 2016
• Certificate of attendance at the Sampling Course 2015, according to the Decree MZČR č. 96/2004 Sb. § 3 u, VŠB – Technical university Ostrava, Department of Chemistry,  Valtice, Czech Republic
• Certificate of completion of the course Quality Management of Higher Education in the Continuing Education of University Teachers at TUKE, 2015
• International Certificate ING-PAED IGIP, Higher Education Pedagogy Course according to European Standards IGIP, 2011-2012, Department of Engineering Education , TUKE, Boženy Němcovej 32, 042 00 Košice, Slovakia
• Certificate of professional competence for work with highly toxic substances and preparations and toxic substances and preparations, according to § 20 par. Article 3 o) of the Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic no. 272/1994 Coll. on the protection of human health

Professional stays abroad

• 2023, March - University J.E. Purkyně in Ústi nad Labem, Czech Republic. Erasmus programme, Teaching mobility - Recycling of dust and recovery of lead by cementation.
• 2016, June - AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland. Erasmus programme, Teaching mobility - Sampling and assaying of electronic waste. How to determine the copper content in discarded mobile phones.
• 2015, June - Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Univerzity of Belgrade, in Belgrade, Serbia. Erasmus programme KA, Training mobility.
• 2013, June - University, Espoo, Finland. Erasmus programme, Teaching Mobility - Metal treatment from discarded mobile phone.
• 2012, January - University J.E. Purkyně in Ústi nad Labem, Czech Republic. Erasmus programme, Teaching Mobility - Proposal technology of obtaining metals from discarded mobile phones.
• 2011, May - University of L'Aquila, in L'Aquila, Italy. Erasmus programme, Teaching Mobility. Possibilities of mobile phone recycling. Sampling WEEE.

Professional stays at home

• 2014, September - weekly practice in Eurocast Košice, s.r.o., Slovakia.  Sampling, modification and characterization of samples from input to final sample.
• 2011, June - weekly practice in Kovohuty, a.s. in Krompachy, Slovakia - Secondary copper production. Production ZnSO4.7H2O.

Received support grants

• Horizon Europe Brokerage Event for Cluster 6 - Calls 2024, 26/09/2023/ Brussels, Belgium. Travel grant programme supported by the NCP_WIDERA.NET, project financed from the budget of the European Commission.
• Horizon Europe Information Days for Cluster 6, 27- 28/09/2023 Brussels, Belgium. Travel grant programme supported by the NCP_WIDERA.NET, project financed from the budget of the European Commission.
• Flanders Metals Day at Aurubis & Umicore, 28-30/03/2023 Olen, Belgium. Event and excursion supported by the Flanders Metals Valley organisation.
• Certification of Participation in the Workshop Digital Teaching Competences. 27- 28/09/2022 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Grant funded by the regional centrum EIT (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) Raw Materials Kosice.

Other profesional activities

• Internal auditor of quality management systems according to the standard EN ISO 9001 a EN ISO 19011:2011
• Internal auditor according to the EMAS scheme in accordance with the standard ISO 19011:2018
• 2015, April to November Specialist Activities 1.3 national project "Universities as Engines of Knowledge Society" ITMS project code 26110230120
• External teacher involved in the implementation of the national project "Universities as Engines of Knowledge Society", ITMS code: 26110230120
• Lecturer of professional courses "Sampling" from 2012, Valtice and Lednice, Czech Republi, from 2012 until now.

Membership

• The member of the Academic Senate Faculty of Metallurgy 2010-2018.

Member of the organizing committee of international scientific conferences:

• 2017 - Quo Vadis Recycling 6., High Tatras, Slovakia
• 2013 - Waste-Secondary Raw Materials 5: 4th - 7th june 2013: Liptovský Ján, Slovakia
• 2012 - Kammel's Quo Vadis Hydrometallurgy 6, 4th - 7th june 2012, Herľany, Slovakia
• 2006 - Waste – Scondary Raw Materials III., Strbské Pleso, Slovakia

Participation on international scientific conferences

• 2016, June - VII^th International Metallurgical Congress, Ohrid, Macedonia
• 2016, April - Metallurgical and industrial analyst, Ostravice, Česko
• 2015, June - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Congress of South –East Europe, Belehrad, Srbsko.
• 2012, January - ICTKI 2012 - 4. International conference Unverzita J. E. Purkyne v Ústí nad Labem. 
• 2011, March - 18^th International Students‘ Day of Metallurgy, Leoben, Austria

Foreign excursion and visit

• 2023, March - The Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) in Mol, Belgium.
• 2023, March - Aurubis and UMICORE in Olen, Belgium.
• 2015, October - Kovohutě Příbram nástupnická, a. s., Czech Republic.
• 2015, October - Pražské služby, a.s. ( ZEVO Malešice ), Czech Republic.  
• 2013, June - Norilsk Nickel, Harjavalta, Finland.
• 2013, June - Boliden in Harjavalta, Finland.
• 2011, March - VAERZBERG GmbH, Austria.

Publishing activities

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