Profile

Doctoral study in the study program Inorganic Chemistry is intended for students who are graduates of the second

level of university studies (Mgr. or Ing.) with a focus on chemistry (chemistry study or two-subject study in combination

with chemistry), and who are interested in solving scientific problems in the field of inorganic chemistry. The profile of

a graduate of the doctoral level of the Inorganic Chemistry study program corresponds to level no. 8 knowledge, skills

and competences according to the National Qualification Framework of the Slovak Republic, Qualification Framework

in the European Area of Higher Education. The aim of this study program is to prepare graduates who fulfill all the

prerequisites to apply themselves at home or abroad, both in the academic sphere as top researchers within research

teams focused on inorganic chemistry or related fields, or as university teachers, but also have the potential to apply

outside academic sphere and in the private and corporate companies focused on high added value.

Knowledge

A graduate of the doctoral study program Inorganic Chemistry has a systematic, comprehensive and complex set of

knowledge in the field of inorganic chemistry, which is at the current state of knowledge. At the same time, he also

knows other related natural science disciplines to a degree that guarantees the use of scientific research methods to

solve specific problems. A graduate of this study program has a deep knowledge of theories, sophisticated methods

and procedures of science and research at a level corresponding to international criteria. The basic profile of the

graduate is determined by the profile subject Advanced inorganic chemistry and the profile of the graduate is formed

by other subjects chosen with regard to the thematic focus of his dissertation, e.g., Bioinorganic chemistry, Chemistry

of nanomaterials, Diffraction methods for the study of inorganic compounds, Spectral and resonance methods for the

study of inorganic substances. Graduates are able to independently plan and organize chemical research and lead a

research team, they are able to apply computing methods in their research.

Skills

A graduate of the doctoral study program Inorganic Chemistry can actively acquire new knowledge and information in

the field of inorganic chemistry, critically analyze and reevaluate it and use it in theory and practical applications for the

development of inorganic chemistry. The graduate can apply and creatively improve and develop theories and

research, development and innovation procedures in the field and create new ones can identify world scientific and

innovative developments in the field of inorganic chemistry and in related fields and use it in the direction and

development of the field, with the integration of knowledge from different areas. Specifically, the graduate during his

studies will learn to master the scientific methods of research of inorganic and metalloorganic compounds with

emphasis on progressive research directions in inorganic chemistry, especially on molecular magnets, microporous

materials, MOFs, nanomaterials, biologically active coordination compounds, etc.). The graduate can work

independently and creatively scientifically. He acquires these skills through active scientific research work as a coinvestigator

of scientific projects. During his studies, the student has the obligation to actively participate in scientific

events, at which he presents his own research results, either in the form of posters or lectures. A condition for

successful completion of his studies is the publication of obtained results in the form of publications in internationally

recognized scientific journals. All these activities will enable him to acquire the ability to critically evaluate knowledge

from the literature and skills in formulating and presenting the achieved results, either in the form of posters or

lectures, in English. When presenting the achieved results, emphasis is placed on the originality and topicality of the

results. At the same time, the graduate acquires the skills to work as part of a scientific team.

Competences

A graduate of the Inorganic Chemistry doctoral study program is able to critically work with scientific literature and

identify new promising directions for the development of inorganic chemistry. He can identify and formulate a scientific

problem and subsequently, on the basis of this information, prepare a research project, propose hypotheses and

appropriate procedures for solving them using appropriate experimental techniques that will provide answers to the

questions posed, or they will confirm or refute the created hypotheses. He can assemble a suitable scientific team to

solve a scientific problem. A graduate of this study program can interpret the obtained measurement results, formulate

conclusions, and finally can present the obtained research results at international conferences (posters, lectures) and

in the form of publications in internationally recognized scientific journals in the English language. The graduate will

also acquire additional knowledge, abilities, skills, such as the use of advanced software to solve scientific problems,

the adoption of ethical and social aspects of scientific work, as well as legal and environmental aspects of research

and the use of new substances. Graduates of this doctoral study program will be employed in research institutions

and educational facilities at home and abroad as members of top international scientific teams, respectively, as

university teachers. However, the acquired knowledge, competences and skills allow him to apply for jobs in the

private and corporate spheres wherever a creative and critical approach to solving problems is required.

UPJŠ applies the statistical classification of jobs SK ISCO-08 to indicate the professions for which the student is prepared after completing the study programme.

Graduates of the study field of Inorganic Chemistry are primarily prepared in such a way that, immediately after graduation, they are qualified to perform the profession of researcher in inorganic chemistry and related chemical fields, the profession of university teacher, or to perform consulting and expert work.

In the SK ISCO-08 statistical classification of professions, professions for the performance of which an acquired qualification is required are indicated as follows:

· 2310 University teachers

· 2310003 University assistant professor

· 2145002 Chemical specialist in research and development

· 2113 Chemists (except chemical engineering)

· 2113006 Inorganic chemist.

The potential of the study program lies in the fact that the graduate can apply for positions at a later stage and after further qualification:

· 1345 Management staff (managers) in education and training

· 1223 Managers (managers) in the field of research and development

· 2310002 Associated Professor

· 2310001 Professor

This is not a regulated profession

·        Mgr. Anna Miňo (Vráblová), PhD. (2021) – Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University In Bratislave, anna.mino@fpharm.sk; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anna-Mino; 

·        Mgr. Andrea Lükőová, PhD. (2021) – Technical Specialist, Inorganic Department, ALS Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, andrea.lukoova@alsglobal.com;

·        Mgr. Eva Beňová, PhD. (2020) – researcher on Inst. of Chemistry, Fcaulty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University in Košice, eva.benova@upjs.sk; https://www.upjs.sk/PF/zamestnanec/eva.benova/

·        RNDr. Miroslava Litecká, PhD. (2020) – postdoctoral fellow, Centrum of instrumental methods, Inst. Inorg. Chemistry, Academy of Science, Czech Republic, Prague, litecka@iic.cas.cz, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Miroslava-Litecka-2; https://www.iic.cas.cz/en/contacts/staff-list/?id=526

·       Mgr. Erika Samoľová, PhD. (2019) – research fellow, Inst. Physics, Academy of Science, Prague, Czech Republic, samolova@fzu.cz, https://www.linkedin.com/in/erika-samolova-371740226;

·       Mgr. Veronika Kuchárová, PhD. (2019) – research fellow, Inst. Exp. Metallurgy, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, kucharova@saske.sk, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Veronika-Kucharova-2, https://www.sav.sk/?lang=sk&doc=user-org-user&user_no=11710

The most recent PhD. graduates are listed in point a) above. Other successful graduates include:

·  doc. RNDr. Juraj Kuchár, PhD., Assoc. Prof. at Dep. Inorg. Chem., Inst. Chem, P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, juraj.kuchar@upjs.sk, https://www.upjs.sk/PF/zamestnanec/juraj.kuchar/

· doc. RNDr. Miroslav Almáši, PhD., Assoc. Prof. at Dep. Inorg. Chem., Inst. Chem, P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, miroslav.almasi@upjs.sk, https://www.upjs.sk/PF/zamestnanec/miroslav.almasi/

· RNDr. Miroslava Matiková Maľarová, PhD., Assistant Professor at Dep. Inorg. Chem., Inst. Chem, P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, miroslava.matikova.malarova@upjs.sk, https://www.upjs.sk/PF/zamestnanec/miroslava.matikova.malarova/

· RNDr. Lucia Váhovská, PhD., researcher at University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, lucia.vahovska@uvlf.sk ; https://www.uvlf.sk/organizacna-struktura/katedry/katedra-chemie-biochemie-a-biofyziky/kontakty

· RNDr. Ingrida Bártová, PhD., head of the department for receiving samples, Food and Pharma, ALS company Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, https://www.alsglobal.cz/, ingrida.bartova@alsglobal.com;

· RNDr. Anna Uhrinová, PhD., Assistant Professor at University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, anna.uhrinova@uvlf.sk; https://www.uvlf.sk/organizacna-struktura/katedry/katedra-chemie-biochemie-a-biofyziky/kontakty

· RNDr. Lukáš Smolko, PhD., Assistant Professor, Dep. Med. Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, lukas.smolko@upjs.sk, https://www.upjs.sk/LF/zamestnanec/lukas.smolko/,

· RNDr. Romana Smolková, PhD., Researcher, Dep Ecology, Fac. Hum. And Natural Sciences, University of Prešov, Prešov, romana.smolkova@unipo.sk, https://www.unipo.sk/fakulta-humanitnych-prirodnych-vied/katedry/ekologia-new/kontakty/smolkova/,

· RNDr. Peter Vranec, PhD., Researcher USSE Research and Development, US Steel, Košice, pvranec@sk.uss.com, www.linkedin.com/in/peter-vranec-a6b031141.

·  RNDr. Monika Pataky Stolárová, PhD., Senior Personal Administration Specialist, LafargeHolcim European Business Services s.r.o., monika.patakystolarova@lafargeholcim.com;

·  RNDr. Ivana Kočanová, PhD., Head of Dep. of Technical Disciplines in Health Care, Faculty of Health Care, University of Prešov, Prešov, ivana.kocanova@unipo.sk, https://www.unipo.sk/fakulta-zdravotnictva/katedry/KMO/obsadenie-katedry/koc/

·  RNDr. Jaroslava Tkáčová (Haniková), PhD., Head of the Fuel control laboratory and Division of Fuel Testing, company Eurofins Environment Testing Slovakia s.r.o., Trebišov, JaroslavaTkacova@eurofins.sk.

The opinion of the employers' representatives will be part of the Minutes of the RŠP meeting. The quality of the graduates of this study program is evidenced by the fact that all graduates quickly find employment in the field they graduated from, see points b) and a) above.

The rules for the creation of study plans are governed by the provisions of the PhD Study Regulations at UPJŠ, which define the student's workload, evaluation, control stages of study, method of graduation and other requirements. Responsibility for the content of the study and for the correct course of quality evaluation is defined by:

· Rector's decision no. 7/2021: Accreditation Regulations of UPJŠ, available at: https://intranet.upjs.sk/op/op.Public.php?documentid=5887

· Rector's decision no. 8/2021: Rules of the internal system of quality assurance and verification of education, scientific, research, development, artistic or other creative and supportive activities at UPJŠ, available at: https://intranet.upjs.sk/op/op.Public.php?documentid=5890

The European recommendations for the creation of teacher study programmes from 2018 were taken into account in the design of the submitted study programme and study plan.

The study plan is available in the monitoring panel of the study program in the Academic Information System AiS2.

The rules for proper completion of studies at UPJŠ, control stages of studies and rules for repetition of studies, extension of studies or interruption of studies are set out in the PhD Study Regulations at UPJŠ. The study regulations also regulate the organization of state exams.

Specific conditions for passing the state exams for this study programme are available in the study plan.

Doctoral studies are carried out according to an individual study plan, which is part of the documentation on doctoral studies in AiS2. The individual study plan of a doctoral student consists of a study part and scientific part, it is drawn up by the supervisor and approved by the Study Program Council. Details of the requirements of the study plan are regulated by Art. 6 of the study regulations for doctoral studies at the University of Pavel Jozef Šafárik in Košice, which is published on the website: https://www.upjs.sk/prirodovedecka-fakulta/studium/legislativa/.

Part of the doctoral studies in part-time form is the pedagogical activity of the doctoral student or other related professional activity in the scope of no more than four hours per week on average per academic year. The academic year of doctoral studies is divided into semesters. The semester can consist of a study and scientific part. The standard duration of doctoral studies at SP ACHdeAj lasts five academic years.

For doctoral studies, the study credit system is applied. The standard workload of a doctoral student in the part-time form of study during the academic year is considered to be the performance of activities that correspond to 48 credits. During his/her studies, the doctoral student receives credits for the following activities:

a) completion of the study part, which mainly consists of specialized doctoral subjects according to the study plan of the doctoral student. The study plan is drawn up by the doctoral student with the supervisor's approval from the range of study program subjects approved by the trade union committee in the prescribed structure. He/she must enroll in all compulsory subjects and will receive 14 credits for completing them. He chooses at least two compulsory optional subjects (18 credits). He must complete the subjects before the dissertation exam.

b) individual creative activity in the field of science (publications, conference outputs, solving scientific research projects, received citations, completion of a defined stage in one's own research work, etc.). Credit assessment for independent creative activity is governed by the document published on the website: https://www.upjs.sk/univerzita/kvalita/programy/

c) performance of pedagogical activities at the University or faculty (e.g. conducting practical exercises, bachelor's theses, works within the framework of ŠVOČ, etc.), 10 credits

d) passing the dissertation exam; while the doctoral student will receive a total of 20 credits for successful preparation (submitted and positively evaluated written work by the reviewer), its defense and a successfully completed dissertation exam

e) preparation of a dissertation and its defense; if the dissertation was accepted for defense and successfully defended, the doctoral student will receive a total of 30 credits.

A doctoral student of ŠP ACHdeAj in the part-time form of the five-year study program is obliged to obtain at least 60 credits for the study part (letter a) and 120 credits for individual creative activity (letter b).

In the part-time form of doctoral studies, the doctoral student must obtain a minimum of 40 credits for his/her progress from the first to the second year of study and for four consecutive semesters a minimum of 90 credits, taking into account the recommended credit structure. Failure to meet these conditions is the reason for expulsion of the doctoral student from study.

Doctoral student of SP ACHdeAj in the part-time form of doctoral studies can register for the dissertation exam if he/she has accumulated at least 90 credits.

A doctoral student may apply for permission to defend a dissertation under the following conditions:

1. he/she has acquired 210 credits during his studies,

2. he/she has published at least two scientific papers in a world language in journals registered in Current Contents database as an author or co-author,

3. the supervisor recommends accepting the PhD student's dissertation for defense.

A graduate of a five-year part-time PhD program at SP ACHdeAj must obtain at least 240 credits, including the credit evaluation of his dissertation defense.

The examination of complaints by the student is governed by the Act on Quality Assurance in Higher Education, the Act on Complaints, the Rector's Decision on Handling Complaints and the PhD Study Regulations at UPJŠ, Verification of the methods and objectivity of awarding students is governed by the Principles for Verification of the Quality of Higher Education at UPJŠ.

More information is publicly available at: https://www.upjs.sk/en/university/Internal-system-evaluation-quality/study-programmes/ - 4

The rules for the recognition of a study or its part are regulated by the PhD Study Regulations at UPJŠ.

More information is publicly available at: https://www.upjs.sk/en/university/Internal-system-evaluation-quality/study-programmes/

The topics of final theses listed so far from the academic year 2015/2016 are:

· (2021/2022) Porous materials for environmental applications.

· (2021/2022) Heteroleptic coordination compounds of iron triad elements as magnetic materials.

· (2021/2022) Cytotoxic complexes with 8-hydroxy-2-quinolinecarboxylic acid derivatives.

· (2021/2022) The influence of the coordination sphere of metal ions on their antimicrobial, cytostatic and toxic effect.

· (2020/2021) Pentacoordinated Ni(II) complexes.

· (2020/2021) Metal-organic networks for hydrogen absorption.

· (2020/2021) Complexes with planar heterocyclic ligands showing antiproliferative activity.

· (2020/2021) Complexes of transition metals with nitroderivatives of 8-hydroxyquinoline as antitumor drugs.

· (2019/2020) Magnetically active 3d-3d and 3d-4f coordination compounds.

· (2019/2020) Metal-organic networks containing fluorinated ligands.

· (2019/2020) Transition metal complexes with planar aromatic cores as antitumor drugs.

· (2018/2019) Heterospin coordination compounds.

· (2018/2019) New metal-organic networks (MOFs) for sorption and catalytic applications.

· (2018/2019) Complexes with anticancer activity based on planar ligands.

· (2017/2018) Silver, zinc and gallium complexes with potential biological activity.

· (2016/2017) Porous silica nanoparticles for biomedical applications.

· (2016/2017) Ionic complexes based on 8-hydroxyquinoline derivatives.

· (2016/2017) Biologically active complexes of 8-hydroxyquinoline derivatives.

· (2015/2016) 3d, 4f and 3d-4f complexes based on selected O-donor ligands.

· (2015/2016) Nanoporous materials for targeted drug delivery.

· (2015/2016) Heterospin compounds based on Cu(II) and Mn(II).

The current topics of the doctoral theses are published on the website: https://www.upjs.sk/prirodovedecka-fakulta/informacie-pre-zaujemcov-o-studium/prijimacie-konanie/PK-D-21-22/

-       The rules for entering, processing, opposing, defending and evaluating final theses in the study program are set out in the PhD Study Regulations at UPJŠ and the Principles for Verifying the Quality of Higher Education at UPJŠ.

-       International mobility of students and staff is an essential area of the university's international activities. All information is available at:

-       https://www.upjs.sk/en/university/international-relations/,

-       https://www.upjs.sk/en/university/Internal-system-evaluation-quality/study-programmes/#3.

-       Principles for the Verification of the Quality of Higher Education at UPJŠ declare compliance with the general principles and rules of ethical conduct - UPJŠ Code of Ethics and UPJŠ Student Code of Ethics, to which the Principles of Good Scientific Publication Practice, Plagiarism Assessment Rules, Principles of Good Research Practice of UPJŠ and Principles for Verification of the Quality of Higher Education at UPJŠ.

-       The following support services are available to students with special needs:

• Counselling: psychological, social, legal, career

• Technical support (special devices and tools)

• IT consulting - assistance and support in the use of IT resources. Advice on setting up AiS2 for visually impaired students. PC settings for visually impaired students.

• Library and lending services tailored to the special needs of students.

Information sheets are available in the monitoring panel of the study programme in the Academic Information System AiS2. They are available to the public in the Register of Study Programmes http://studijne-programy.upjs.sk/study-program/ACHdeAj

The current university-wide schedule of the academic year is available on the UPJŠ website in the information section for students (https://www.upjs.sk/studium/) and in the section on meeting standards for the study program (https://www.upjs.sk/univerzita /quality/programs/). The faculty's current schedule of the academic year is available on the PF UPJŠ website in the section https://www.upjs.sk/prirodovedecka-fakulta/studium/.

Prof. RNDr. Juraj Černák, DrSc., guarantee, e-mail: juraj.cernak@upjs.sk; https://www.upjs.sk/PF/zamestnanec/juraj.cernak/, tel.: +421 55 234 2342

Prof. RNDr. Juraj Černák, DrSc. /OZŠP/,

Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (ÚCHV/DPACH/13),

Chemistry of coordination, organometallic and cluster compounds (ÚCHV/DCKOK/13),

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/15257?mode=full, juraj.cernak@upjs.sk

Prof. RNDr. Vladimír Zeleňák, DrSc. /OZPP/,

Chemistry of nanomaterials (UCHV/CHNM/14),

Thermal and mechanic properties of inoeganic compounds (ÚCHV/DTA/13),

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/15286?mode=full, vladimir.zelenak@upjs.sk

Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Ivan Potočňák, PhD. /OZPP/,

Diffraction methods of study of Inorganic compounds (ÚCHV/ DMAL/13)

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/15376?mode=full, ivan.potocnak@upjs.sk

Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Juraj Kuchár, PhD. /OZPP/,

Spectral and resonance methods of study of inorganic compounds (ÚCHV/DRSM/13),

Chemistry of coordination, organometallic and cluster compounds (ÚCHV/DCKOK/13),

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/15399?mode=full, juraj.kuchar@upjs.sk

Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Zuzana Vargová, PhD. /OZPP/,

Bioinorganic chemistry (ÚCHV/BACHd/04),

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/15285?mode=full&do=filterForm-submit&surname=vargova&university=711000000&faculty=711020000&sort=surname&employment_state=yes&filter=Vyh%C4%BEada%C5%A5, zuzana.vargova@upjs.sk

RNDr. Miroslava Matiková Maľarová, PhD.,

Chemistry of coordination, organometallic and cluster compounds (ÚCHV/DCKOK/13),

Molecular inclusion compounds (ÚCHV/DMIZ/13),

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/14800,

miroslava.matikova.malarova@upjs.sk

The research/art/teacher profiles (RATP) of persons responsible for profile subjects are available in the monitoring panel of the study programme in the Academic Information System AiS2. Data from (RATP) are also incorporated into the official personal pages of employees, which have a URL in the form:

https://www.upjs.sk/en/kod_fakulty/zamestnanec/meno.priezvisko/ . The list of current teachers and their RATP is also available from the public register of study programmes http://studijne-programy.upjs.sk/ .

Prof. RNDr. Juraj Černák, DrSc.,

Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (ÚCHV/DPACH/13),

Chemistry of coordination, organometallic and cluster compounds (ÚCHV/DCKOK/13),

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/15257?mode=full,

juraj.cernak@upjs.sk

Prof. RNDr. Vladimír Zeleňák, DrSc.,

Chemistry of nanomaterials (UCHV/CHNM/14),

Thermal and mechanic properties of inorganic compounds (ÚCHV/DTA/13),

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/15286?mode=full,

vladimir.zelenak@upjs.sk

Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Ivan Potočňák, PhD.,

Diffraction methods of study of inorganic compounds (ÚCHV/ DMAL/13)

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/15376?mode=full,

ivan.potocnak@upjs.sk

Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Juraj Kuchár, PhD.,

Spectral and resonance methods of study of inorganic compounds (ÚCHV/DRSM/13),

Chemistry of coordination, organometallic and cluster compounds (ÚCHV/DCKOK/13),

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/15399?mode=full,

juraj.kuchar@upjs.sk

Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Zuzana Vargová, PhD.,

Bioinorganic chemistry (ÚCHV/BACHd/04),

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/15285?mode=full&do=filterForm-submit&surname=vargova&university=711000000&faculty=711020000&sort=surname&employment_state=yes&filter=Vyh%C4%BEada%C5%A5,

zuzana.vargova@upjs.sk

Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Miroslav Almáši, PhD.,

Molecular inclusion compounds (ÚCHV/DMIZ/13C

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/21060,

miroslav.almasi@upjs.sk

RNDr. Miroslava Matiková Maľarová, PhD.,

Molecular inclusion compounds (ÚCHV/DMIZ/13),

Chemistry of coordination, organometallic and cluster compounds (ÚCHV/DCKOK/13),

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/14800,

miroslava.matikova.malarova@upjs.sk

Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Alžbeta Orendáčová, DrSc.,

Magnetochemistry of inorganic compounds (ÚCHV/DMAL/13),

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/15337

alzbeta.orendacova@upjs.sk

PhDr. Helena Petruňová, PhD.,

English professional language for doctoral students 1 (CJP/AJD1/07),

English language for doctoral students 2 (CJP/AJD2/07)

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/15418

helena.petrunova@upjs.sk

PhDr. Zuzana Kolaříková, PhD.,

English professional language for doctoral students 1 (CJP/AJD1/07),

English language for doctoral students 2 (CJP/AJD2/07)

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/15420

helena.petrunova@upjs.sk

The approved supervisors of final theses are (behind the name are links to the personal pages of the supervisors, where contact information is also provided):

Prof. RNDr. Juraj Černák, DrSc., https://www.upjs.sk/PF/zamestnanec/juraj.cernak/

·       (2020/2021) Pentacoordinated Ni(II) complexes.

·       (2019/2020) Magnetically active 3d-3d and 3d-4f coordination compounds.

·       (2018/2019) Heterospin coordination compounds.

·       (2015/2016) 3d, 4f and 3d-4f complexes based on selected O-donor ligands.

Prof. RNDr. Vladimír Zeleňák, DrSc., https://www.upjs.sk/PF/zamestnanec/vladimir.zelenak/

·       (2020/2021) Metal-organic frameworks for hydrogen absorption.

·       (2019/2020) Metal-organic frameworks containing ligands with fluoro substituents.

·       (2018/2019) Novel metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for sorption and catalytic applications.

·       (2016/2017) Porous nanoparticles of silicon dioxide for biomedical applications.

·       (2015/2016) Nanoporous materials for targeted drug delivery.

Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Miroslav Almáši, PhD., https://www.upjs.sk/PF/zamestnanec/miroslav-almasi/

·        (2021/2022) Porous materials for environmental applications.

Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Juraj Kuchár, PhD., https://www.upjs.sk/PF/zamestnanec/juraj.kuchar/

·       (2021/2022) Heteroleptic coordination compounds based on elements of iron triad as magnetic materials.

·        (2015/2016) Heterospin compounds based on Cu(II) and Mn(II).

Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Ivan Potočňák, PhD., https://www.upjs.sk/PF/zamestnanec/ivan.potocnak/

·       (2021/2022) Cytotoxic complexes with derivates of 8-hydroxy-2-chinolinecarboxylic acid.

·       (2020/2021) Complexes with planar heterocyclic ligands displaying antiproliferative activity.

·       (2020/2021) Complexes of transition metals with nitroderivates of 8-hydroxychinoline as anticancer drugs.

·       (2019/2020) Complexes of transition metals with planar aromatic cores as anticancer drugs.

·       (2018/2019) Complexes with as anticancer activity based on planar ligands.

·       (2016/2017) Ionic complexes based on derivates of 8-hydroxychinoline.

·       (2016/2017) Biologically active complexes with derivates of 8-hydroxychinoline.

Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Zuzana Vargová, PhD., https://www.upjs.sk/PF/zamestnanec/zuzana.vargova/

·       (2021/2022) The influence of the coordination sphere of metal ions on their antimicrobial, cytostatic and toxic actions.

·       (2017/2018) Silver, zinc and gallium complexes with potential biological activity.

The current topics of the doctoral theses are published on the website:

https://www.upjs.sk/prirodovedecka-fakulta/informacie-pre-zaujemcov-o-studium/prijimacie-konanie/PK-D-21-22/

Basic information from RATP are included in the official personal WWW pages of employees, whose URL is in the form https://www.upjs.sk/kod_fakulty/zamestnanec/meno.priezvisko/.

A list of possible supervisors along with links to their personal WWW pages is provided below:

Prof. RNDr. Juraj Černák, DrSc., https://www.upjs.sk/PF/zamestnanec/juraj.cernak/

Prof. RNDr. Vladimír Zeleňák, DrSc., https://www.upjs.sk/PF/zamestnanec/vladimir.zelenak/

Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Miroslav Almáši, PhD., https://www.upjs.sk/PF/zamestnanec/miroslav-almasi/

Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Juraj Kuchár, PhD., https://www.upjs.sk/PF/zamestnanec/juraj.kuchar/

Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Ivan Potočňák, PhD., https://www.upjs.sk/PF/zamestnanec/ivan.potocnak/

Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Zuzana Vargová, PhD., https://www.upjs.sk/PF/zamestnanec/zuzana.vargova/

Students are represented on the Study Programme Board. The current and historical composition of the Study Programme Board is available in the study programme monitoring panel in AiS2 and public register of UPJŠ study programmes.

Students are also represented in the Internal Quality Verification Board at UPJŠ.

The member of the Board of the ACHdeAj study program is:

Mgr. Richard Smolko, 2nd year student of ŠP ACHd, richard.smolko@student.upjs.sk

For the doctoral study program, the study advisor is not appointed.

The study is administered by the study department of Faculty of Science: https://www.upjs.sk/en/faculty-of-science/foreign-students/stud-adm-office/

using the Academic Information System AiS2. The student is able to efficiently handle most of the agenda through the information system, without direct interaction with the study department.

Another important support component is UNIPOC - University Counselling Center. It is a specialized workplace of UPJŠ established by the rector of UPJŠ with university-wide competence. UNIPOC's mission is to provide free counselling to all students of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, specifically psychological, career, legal and social counselling and counselling in effective learning. UNIPOC is also in charge of supporting and caring for students with special needs. Students can use counseling services in personal and online form, in Slovak and English. The purpose of the services provided is to improve the employability of students and graduates in the labour market, to act preventively and to help with problems that could jeopardize the successful study completion of our students. More information at: https://www.upjs.sk/pracoviska/unipoc/, https://www.upjs.sk/pracoviska/unipoc/aktuality/e-learning-moja-kariera/.

UNIPOC also provides support for students with special needs: https://www.upjs.sk/en/departments/university-counselling-center/support-for-students-with-special-needs/.

UPJŠ offers students accommodation https://www.upjs.sk/en/departments/tudent-hostel-and-canteen/accommodation/ and meal services through Student Accomodation and Canteen of UPJŠ (ŠDaJ) or at contractual partners. The accommodation subsystem is a part of AiS2, catering in ŠDaJ is administered by a separate information system, which is integrated within UIS UPJŠ.

UPJŠ provides spatial, material, technical and information resources of the study program separately for each seat in which the study programme takes place, in proportion to the goals and outcomes of education. Ensuring a full-fledged infrastructure supporting higher education, creative scientific research and research is one of the university's priorities. The constant progress of the university is also reflected in the continuous expansion of the existing infrastructure, the reconstruction of buildings and the introduction of modern information and communication technologies.

The existence of university workplaces is essential to ensure the required quality of selected services, which are characteristic of a respected and materially well-equipped university.

All current information on the security of study programmes at the university can be found at:

https://www.upjs.sk/en/university/Internal-system-evaluation-quality/study-programmes/#7

The educational infrastructure of the study program consists of several laboratories, such as the Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, the Laboratory of Basic Analytical Methods, the Laboratory of Instrumental Analytical Methods, the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and the Laboratory of Biochemistry, while education takes place primarily in the Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry. Several lecture halls are available for theoretical teaching, and the department's library equipped with the necessary audio-visual equipment is available for conducting special seminars, dissertation exams and dissertation defenses, as well as for online events.

In addition to these basic teaching laboratories, students study and work in the framework of final theses or when solving projects as part of student scientific and professional activities in scientific research laboratories:

1. Specialized laboratories for advanced syntheses of inorganic and organic substances,

2. Specialized microwave organic synthesis laboratory,

3. Laboratories of electrochemical methods (voltammetry, polarography),

4. Laboratory of chromatography and combined chromatographic techniques,

5. Laboratory of separation methods,

6. Laboratory of analytical spectral methods,

7. Laboratory of NMR spectroscopy - NMR spectrometer - VNMRS 600,

8. Laboratory of structure analysis of biomacromolecules,

9. Laboratories of spectral methods (IR, UV-VIS),

10. Laboratory of adsorption and thermal analysis,

11. Laboratory of X-ray structure analysis,

12. Laboratory of potentiometric titrations,

13. Laboratory of elemental analysis.

14. Research laboratory of analytical chemistry

Students of SP ACHdeAj primarily use the laboratories marked in bold.

All laboratories are well equipped with the necessary ventilation (fume hoods), small laboratory equipment such as magnetic stirrers, heating nests, microscopes, dryers (several programmable), muffle furnaces, balances and other small laboratory equipment. The possibility of syntheses under solvothermal conditions is also ensured. The laboratories are also equipped with computer technology, allowing access to relevant databases such as WoK, Scopus and special licensed products such as CSD (Cambridge Structure Database), Diamond, Origin, etc.

For research purposes, as well as for education, the Inst of Chemistry has instruments such as the single-crystal X-ray diffractometer Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur with the CCD detector Sapphire2 and the crystal cooler Desktop Cooler from Oxford Cryosystems, elemental analyzer CHNOS Elemental Analyzer vario MICRO from Elementar Analysensysteme GmbH, UV-VIS spectrometer Specord 250 by Analytik Jena, FT-IR spectrometers - IRTracer-100 by Shimadzu and Nicolet 6700 by Thermo Scientific, VCD module for the Termo Scientific Nicolet 6700 FT-IR spectrometer, TG/DSC thermoanalyzer STA 409 PC by Netzsch, combined with the Aeolos mass spectrometer on detection of released gases, UV-VIS spectrophotometer SPECORD S400 Analytic Jena, NMR spectrometer Varian 600 MHz PremiumCOMPACT and Varian 400 MHz Mecury Plus NMR spectrometer, polarimeter JASCO P-2000, microwave reactors CEM Discover with automatic opening, microwave reactor Monowave 200M, SHIMADZU HPLC system consisting of a pump LC-20AD, a thermostatic module CTO- 20AC, control unit CBM-20A and refraction detector RID-10A, Autoclave AMAR equipments, spectropolarimeter JASCO J-810, spectrophotometer VARIAN Cary 100 Bio, spectrofluorometer JASCO FP 8300, Zetasizer Nano ZS 90 (for measuring molecular weights), Biacore X100 (system for molecular interaction analysis), AKTA Oligopilot Plus (equipment for flexible synthesis), Quantachrome NOVA 1200e adsorption analyzer, HPLC chromatographs (Agilent), UV-Vis Specord S 600 spectrophotometer, Biochrom WPA spectrophotometer (Biochrom Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom), spectral pipette for online detection SpectroPipetter-II Dipping Probe (World Precision Instruments Sarasota, USA), device for measuring samples with optical fiber (Analytik Jena), spectrofluorophotometer RF-6000 (Shimadzu), gas chromatograph GC–2030 (Shimadzu), automatic sequential flow analyzer (FIAlab Instruments, USA), apparatus for measuring the thickness of thin layers (ThetaMetris), deposition equipment for the preparation of specific of nanostructured materials, potentiostat/galvanostat EcaStat (Istran, Bratislava), potentiostat Autolab PGSTAT302N, potentiometric titration apparatus (MeterLab), combined chromatography system with on-line pyrolysis injector Py – cGC SGE-Erba Science, gas chromatograph with TCD detector, measuring device gas permeability VAC-2, set of autoclaves.

Collaborating Institute of Physics has the following equipments: a 3He-4He dissolution refrigerator for measuring heat capacity in the temperature range of 0.05–2 K in fields up to 3 T and for studying the alternating susceptibility of selected substances in the millikelvin temperature range, a 3He-4He dissolution refrigerator of the Minidil type, which enables carrying out experiments in the mK region in magnetic fields up to 7 T, EPR spectrometer Bruker ELEXSYS, AFM microscope from the company Veeco for preparation and study of the surface of samples and the possibility of EDX analyses, devices PPMS-9 and MPMS-5 from the company Quantum Design for the complex study of magnetic and thermal properties in the temperature range of 0.3-400 K in fields up to 9 T.

Powder diffractometers are available at partner workplaces of SAS in Košice: D8 Advance diffractometer (Bruker, Germany) and Rigaku (Japan) EDX system from Oxford instruments.

Technical support is available at the UPJŠ level:

· Internet connection of the university with the Sanet 10Gbps network

· SANET-2 network backbone bandwidth times 100GE channels, can be extended up to 500Gbps https://www.upjs.sk/pracoviska/ciakt/saunet/

· WIFI connection, covered by all university buildings, part of the eduoram.org network

· AiS2 – complex academic information system for study management https://ais2.upjs.sk/ais/start.do

· Email for every employee and student - operated on the Office 365 platform https://outlook.office.com/, own email domain @upjs.sk

· Support for distance education Office 365 teams.microsoft.com and https://www.upjs.sk/navody/office-365/ and BigBlueButton https://bbb.science.upjs.sk/b

· Cyber ​​security - own CSIRT team https://csirt.upjs.sk/#/

· Increasing security awareness: support for students in case of data leakage, compromise of email addresses, compromise of devices with malware

· IT Support Helpdesk https://www.upjs.sk/helpdesk/kontakty/

· Audio visual technology – enabling audio and video projection, as well as remote connection in hall RB0A5 in the RB pavilion building, hall AK0A7 on Kostlivého street, in the Historical meeting of the rectorate, the Great meeting of the rectorate, the Small meeting of the rectorate and the meeting of vice-rectors at the rectorate.

· The university is also involved in the National telepresentation infrastructure CVTI - 10 connections https://www.tp.cvtisr.sk/telekonferencne-miestnosti/

· E-learning – portal for e-learning education

· e-learning My career: https://www.upjs.sk/pracoviska/unipoc/aktuality/e-learning-moja-kariera/

UPJŠ LF portal - multimedia support for the teaching of clinical and health departments together with all medical faculties in the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic

· Counseling for students – https://portal.ccvapp.upjs.sk/ticket-page/poradenstvo-pre-studentov/31

· Career and psychological counseling for students: UNIPOC UPJŠ

· Technology and innovation park UPJŠ - https://www.upjs.sk/pracoviska/tip/, which includes an incubator and support for technology transfer

· UVP Medipark

· VVC Promatech

· UVP Technicom at UPJŠ

· UPJŠ Botanical Garden

· Danišovce educational and training facility

The main mission of the university workplace, UPJŠ University Library (UK) as an information workplace of the university, is to participate in the information provision of teaching and research activities of its employees and students, to create conditions for supporting the educational process and an inspiring environment for users. UK fulfills this mission by making creative use of information resources and technologies, providing, documents, information and consultation, expertise staff and facilities to support teaching, learning and research. Library and information services are documented at https://www.upjs.sk/en/departments/university-library/service/ . UPJŠ is operated by Vydavateľstvo ŠafárikPress UPJŠ http://www.safarikpress.6f.sk The publishing house is involved in spreading awareness of the possibilities of electronic publishing at the university. The Unibook portal provides a permanent repository of electronic documents, an archive of all published publications and at the same time modern possibilities for purchasing book publications of UPJŠ employees via the standard web interface of the e-shop (https://unibook.upjs.sk/en/).

The AiS2 Academic Information System is used to support comprehensive education management at all three levels of higher education.

Information and Communication Technologies Center (CIaKT) UPJŠ in Košice is a university-wide information workplace that covers the activities of information and communication technologies inside UPJŠ, but also externally in relation to its surroundings. The CIaKT UPJŠ university node is also a regional node of the SANET (Slovak Academic Network) network.

Educational activities at UPJŠ, which are provided by distance or combined method, are sufficiently supported and secured. Information on the distance form, an overview of tools with instructions and available university portals can be found on:

https://www.upjs.sk/en/university/Internal-system-evaluation-quality/study-programmes/#7

The university strives to link knowledge with practice, which is supported by strong ties with important partners and organizations. The partners are official associations in the Career Club UPJŠ.

UPJŠ is a founding member of Košice IT Valley and also cooperates with other partners https://www.upjs.sk/en/university/international-relations/memberships/.

In the past period, within the scope of ŠP ACHd, dissertations were realized in the form of double diplomas with the University of Zaragoza in Spain (2 theses were defended: RNDr. Monika Pataky Stolárová, PhD. and Mgr. Anna Vráblová, PhD.) and with the University of Aix-Marseille in France (1 thesis was defended: Mgr. Eva Beňová, PhD). All these works were carried out on the basis of concluded contracts on joint training, which were signed by the rectors of the respective universities.

Doctoral students of ŠP ACHd regularly carry out short-term and long-term study stays at partner universities/workplaces abroad, especially the University of Zaragoza (Spain), Université Aix-Marseille (France), FÚ AV ČR in Prague (CZE), UP in Olomouc (CZE) ), University of Kragujevac (Serbia), Juniata College in Huntingdon (USA), Martin-Luther-Universität in Halle-Wittenberg (Germany), University of Valencia (Spain), University of Messina (Italy), Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic ), University of Antwerp (Belgium), J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry in Prague (Czech Republic), Institute of Inorganic Chemistry AS CR in Prague (Czech Republic). The outcome of these stays are usually quarantined publications in co-authorship.

Doctoral students of ŠP ACHdeAj are co-researchers of several projects of the APVV and VEGA types, some of which are solved in cooperation with partner universities in Slovakia: STU in Bratislava, UK in Bratislava, UCM in Trnava, ÚACH SAS in Bratislava. UG SAV in Košice, TU in Košice, UVLF in Košice, University of Prešov in Prešov.

Cooperation with the above mentioned domestic partners and some foreign partners is also realized through the participation of colleagues from these universities/workplaces in commissions for dissertation examinations, commissions for defence of dissertations or in the form of preparation of opposition assessments.

Doctoral students also solve projects of the VVGS type issued and financed by UPJŠ.

Partnerships enabling the provision of educational activities of the study programme:

Faculty of Science

• Centers of excellence

• Start-up projects

• Technicom University Science Park

• Shared laboratories

• Promatech Research Center

The development of UPJŠ students is ensured not only by quality education, but also by social, sports, cultural, spiritual and social activities during their studies. An overview of what the university, its workplaces and also the city of Košice offer to our students can be found at:

https://www.upjs.sk/en/university/Internal-system-evaluation-quality/study-programmes/#7

Doctoral students of ŠP ACHdeAj have shared offices (a maximum of 4 doctoral students in one office) and, in addition, they have available the Student Room on the ground floor of the Moyzesova 11 building.

The university enables and supports education outside UPJŠ in national and international institutions. Student international mobility is an essential area of the university's international relations. All important information about the possibilities of mobility and internships for university students is published on the following pages: https://www.upjs.sk/en/university/international-relations/,

https://www.upjs.sk/en/university/Internal-system-evaluation-quality/study-programmes/#3.

Information on support for international mobility and internships at the faculty is available at:

Faculty of Science: https://www.upjs.sk/en/faculty-of-science/foreign-students/office/

Mobility administration takes place in the Academic Information System AiS2. It regulates the conditions for the recognition of completed studies the PhD Study Regulations at UPJŠ.

In the recent period (since 2015), our students completed the following study and research stays longer than 1 month:

Name                                            Host organisation, state                                 Dates

Mgr. Michaela Rendošová              Valencia Spain                                             10.4.2021 – 15.7.2021

Mgr. Michaela Rendošová              Valencia Spain                                             1.2.2020 – 25.3.2020

Mgr. Nikolas Király                          Wilrijk, Belgium                                            12.10.2020 – 20.11.2020

Mgr. Miroslava Litecká                    Charles University, Prague                           31.1.2019 – 31.5.2019

Mgr. Slavomíra Šterbinská              Universidad Zaragoza, Spain                      17.9.2019 – 18.12.2019

Mgr. Erika Samoľová                       Academy of Sciences, Prague                     1.1.2019 – 31.3.2019

Mgr. Veronika Farkasová                Juniata College Huntingdon, USA                30.1.2018 – 14.5.2018

Mgr. Andrea Lüköová                      Juniata College Huntingdon, USA                30.1.2018 – 14.5.2018

Mgr. Anna Vráblová                         Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain                  1.3.2018 – 31.5.2018

Mgr. Erika Samoľová                       Academy of Sciences, Prague                      31.1.2018 – 1.6.2018

Mgr. Erika Samoľová                      Academy of Sciences, Prague                      11.6.2018 – 9.9.2018

Mgr. Erika Samoľová                       Academy of Sciences, Prague                     12.9.2018 – 31.12.2018

Mgr. Eva Beňová                             Aix-Marseille Université, Francúzsko            30.9.2016 – 31.1.2017

Mgr. Anna Vráblová                         Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain                   1.3.2017 – 1.6.2017

Mgr. Anna Vráblová                         Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain                  30.8.2017 – 30.11.2017

Mgr. Erika Samoľová                       Charles University, Prague                            28.1.2017 – 1.7.2017

Mgr. Anna Vráblová                         Univesity of Zaragoza, Spain                         31.3.2016 – 30.6.2016

Mgr. Eva Beňová                             Aix-Marseille Université, France                   5.5.2016 – 20.7.2016

Mgr. Miroslava Litecká                     Charles University, Prague                           5.1.2015 – 30.5.2015

General and specific requirements and prerequisites for admission to the doctoral study in SP ACHdeAj are listed on the pages:

https://www.upjs.sk/prirodovedecka-fakulta/studium/d-studium/

https://www.upjs.sk/prirodovedecka-fakulta/studium/doktorandske/poziadavky-na-prijimacie-konanie/

The topics of the theses for the given academic year are published on the website:

https://www.upjs.sk/prirodovedecka-fakulta/informacie-pre-zaujemcov-o-studium/prijimacie-konanie/PK-D-21-22/

Principles of the admission procedure at UPJŠ define the basic legislative starting points and general principles according to which a reliable, fair and transparent admission procedure for study programmes carried out at UPJŠ in I., II., joint I. and II. and in III. higher education level. Information on the admission procedure at UPJŠ is published on the website:

https://www.upjs.sk/en/information/prospective-students/

https://www.upjs.sk/en/university/Internal-system-evaluation-quality/study-programmes/#4

Detailed conditions regarding admission to individual study programs at the faculty are published on the website of Faculty of Science: https://www.upjs.sk/en/faculty-of-science/potential-students/

Below are the data on the results of the admission procedure for the ACHd study program by individual academic year in the structure: applied / applied abroad / accepted / admitted foreign students.

2015/2016: 3/0/3/0

2016/2017: 3/0/3/0

2017/2018: 1/0/1/0

2018/2019: 2/0/2/0

2019/2020: 3/0/3/0

2020/2021: 4/0/4/0

2021/2022: 4/0/4/0

Information on the process of monitoring and evaluating student satisfaction at the university is published at: https://www.upjs.sk/en/university/Internal-system-evaluation-quality/study-programmes/ - 10

Quality indicators and results of quality monitoring at UPJŠ and its components are publicly available at: https://www.upjs.sk/en/university/Internal-system-evaluation-quality/indicators/

The university informs about the results of the evaluation of the quality of educational activities on its website: https://www.upjs.sk/en/university/Internal-system-evaluation-quality/surveys/26217/

Specific measures to increase the quality of the study programme based on the results of the surveys are listed in the minutes of the Study Programme Board meetings, which are archived in the monitoring panel of the SP in AiS2.

The university and its faculties conduct questionnaire surveys on the employment of university graduates in order to improve the profile of the graduate, closer connection of studies with practice and improve the position of graduates in the labor market. Information on monitoring graduate feedback can be found at:

https://www.upjs.sk/en/university/Internal-system-evaluation-quality/surveys/graduates/

The currently valid rules, periodicity and methodology of the questionnaire surveys are described on the page: https://www.upjs.sk/en/university/Internal-system-evaluation-quality/study-programmes/ - 10

Specific conclusions from questionnaire surveys conducted at the level of the university, faculty or. workplaces for the given study programme are documented in the minutes of the Study Programme Board. The minutes are archived in the monitoring panel of the study programme in AiS2

(e.g study guide, accommodation regulations, fee directive, guidelines for student loans, etc.).

All information on study programmes, which provide an overview of relevant internal regulations, fees or student loans, is available to the public and regularly updated on the following page:

https://www.upjs.sk/en/university/Internal-system-evaluation-quality/study-programmes/#7 and also within the information for UPJŠ students: https://www.upjs.sk/en/information/current-students/.

Specific information is published by the faculty at:

Faculty of Science: https://www.upjs.sk/en/faculty-of-science/foreign-students/general-informations/