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2020 – present	Professor Institute of Recycling Technology, Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling, Technical University of Košice (former Department of Non-ferrous Materials, Faculty of Metallurgy)
2007 – 2020	Associate Professor Institute of Recycling Technology, Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling, Technical University of Košice (former Department of Non-ferrous Materials, Faculty of Metallurgy)
2002 - 2007	Assistant Professor Department of Non-ferrous Materials, Faculty of Metallurgy, Technical University of Košice
1989 - 2002	Research worker Institute of Materials Science, Slovak Academy of Science, Košice
1984 - 1989	PhD. study Faculty of Metallurgy, Technical University of Košice, Field of study: 22-14-8 Metals science and metals forming
1984 - 1980	University study, Faculty of Metallurgy, Technical University of Košice, Field of study: 22-14-8 Metals science and metals forming

Area of professional interest

Study of residual stresses in surface, Microanalytical methods and scanning electron  microscopy, Microstructure of materials,  Surface Engineering, Hot dip galvanizing, Metallic scrap processing, Characterization and processing of waste originated during hot dip galvanizing  

Research experiences:

• VEGA 1/0425/14
  Study of processing of sal ammoniac skimmings originated from wet batch galvanizing process
• VEGA 1/0235/12
  Study of new approaches in biometallurgical and hydrometallurgical recovery of precious metals from waste waters
• VEGA 1/0134/09
  Study of the general and precious non-ferrous metals
• VEGA 1/3219/06
  Influence of thermally sprayed powder materials on the residual stress state in surface layers
• VEGA 1/0390/03
  Synthesis of materials with specific properties by utilizing of waste and/or low-quality input raw materials
• VEGA 2/2084/22
  Piezoceramic materials with low fluctuation of phase composition and high capacity cathodic materials of Li cells
• VEGA 2/6098/99
  Structure and properties of perovskite ceramics of ABO₃type prepared by specific procedures
• VEGA 2/3048/96
  Deformation preactivated recrystallization processes in BaTiO₃ ceramic
• GAT 95/5305/643
  Development of new type piezoceramics material and optimization of its production technology
• GAV 2/10/92
  Structure of sintered soft magnetic and ferroelectric materials

Pedagogical activity

• Theory of metallurgical processes
• Production and processing of powder materials
• Metallic waste handling
• Metallic waste processing
• Synthesis and properties of special materials
• Non-ferrous metals
• Alloys preparation from wastes
• Refining and alloys preparation   

Professinal stay abroad

2017  Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza, Krakow, Poland, Erasmus stay

2013  Univerzita J.E. Purkyně, Ústi nad Labem, Czech Republic, Erasmus stay   

2012  Univerzita  J.E. Purkyně, Ústi nad Labem, Czech Republic, Erasmus stay

2009  Kielce University, Faculty of Mechatronics and Machine Building Poland, lecture

2009  Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece, Erasmus stay 

2005  Kielce University, Poland: short scientific stay

2003  Alcan Ďěčín, Czech Republic, colour metallography training of aluminium alloys 

1996  Oxford Microanalysis Group England: application training course for certificate acquirement: The use of the ISIS X-ray Microanalyser with SEMQuan, Autobeam and Quantitative X-ray Analysis

Other activities

Editor in chief of journal Acta Metallurgica Slovaca

Language skills

• English
• Russian
• Serbian
• Macedonian

Publishing activities

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actualized: 23.11.2022