Our Team
Co-Group leader
PI - Mechanisms and Reactivities in Remediation Processes (MR2P) lab
PI - Mechanisms and Reactivities in Remediation Processes (MR2P) lab
Dr. Olivier Monfort
Research Expertise:
advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); heterogeneous photocatalysis; photochemistry; iron chemistry; photoactive materials; water and soil treatments; (photo)Fenton processes; thin films/layers; nanopowders, iron oxides; ferrate; TiO2; BiVO4; environmental applications
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2992-8155
WOS ResearcherID: G-8912-2016
Scopus record: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56156831200
Social network: @Olivier_Monfort (X and Instagram)
Email ID: olivier.monfort@uniba.sk
Office: CH2-227
Phone Number: +421(0)290142141
Career:
Associate Professor [from 2023] M² group, FNS CU, SLOVAKIA
Assistant Professor [2019-2022] M² group, FNS CU, SLOVAKIA
Invited Researcher [2022 / 3 months] Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand, FRANCE
Post-doc researcher [2018-2019] Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, SIGMA Clermont - UMR 6296 Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand, FRANCE
Post-doc researcher [2017-2018] Ecole National Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, CNRS - UMR 6226 Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, FRANCE
PhD. candidate [2013-2017] M² group, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, SLOVAKIA
PhD. internship [2015 / 6 months] Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, GREECE
Miscellaneous:
Editorial Board Member, Processes [from 2018] MDPI open-access journal, SJR Q2, IF 3.352
Qualification "Vedecky Kvalifikacny Stupen IIa" [2021] Slovak Academy of Sciences, SLOVAKIA
Qualification "Maitre de Conference" [2019-2023] Conseil National des Universités, FRANCE
Co-Group leader
PI - Materials Innovation & Advances (MIA) lab
PI - Materials Innovation & Advances (MIA) lab
Dr. Martin Motola
Research Expertise:
Nanostructured materials; Self-organization phenomena; Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, thin films, powders, semiconductor chemistry, catalysis, and biomedical materials.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7394-9944
WOS ResearcherID: AAC-6860-2019
Scopus record: www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57197866926
Social networks: @MotolaMartin (X); @motola.martin (Instagram)
Email ID: martin.motola@uniba.sk
Office: CH2-223
Phone Number: +421(0)290149374
Career:
Assistant Professor [from 2021] M² group, FNS CU, SLOVAKIA
Post-doc researcher [2018-2020] Center of Materials and Nanotechnologies, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, CZECH REPUBLIC - under the supervision of Dr. Jan M. Macak (recipient of the prestigious ERC Starting Grant on the research and development of a new generation of solar cells)
PhD. candidate [2014-2018] Laboratory of Photoactive Materials, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, SLOVAKIA
Senior scientist
Prof. Dr. Gustav Plesch
Research Expertise:
Materials Chemistry; Photocatalysis; Nanotubes; Nanopowders; Thin layers; TiO2; Vanadium Oxides
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0481-0150
WOS ResearcherID: AAF-5743-2021
Scopus record: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7004298726
Email ID: gustav.plesch@uniba.sk
Office: CH2-222
Phone Number: +421(0)290149326
Career:
Full Professor [from 2006] Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, SLOVAKIA
Associate Professor [1996-2006] Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, SLOVAKIA
Assistant Professor [1993-1996] Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, SLOVAKIA
Researcher [1981-1993] Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, SLOVAKIA
Post-doctoral fellows
Dr. Shalu Atri
Thematic: Investigation of MXene-based photocatalysts in environmental remediation and hydrogen production
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-5217
WOS ResearcherID: GDN-8908-2022
Scopus record: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57205513202
Email ID: shalu1@uniba.sk
Office: CH2-224
Phone Number: n.a.
Career:
Post-doc researcher [from 2022] M² group, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, SLOVAKIA
Assistant Professor [2021-2022] Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University, INDIA
PhD. candidate [2016-2021] Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, INDIA
PhD. Students
MSc. Sridhar Gowrisankaran
PhD. thematic: Study of photocatalytic and photo-Fenton properties of Fe-based materials for environmental remediation
Publons: n.a.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1826-8178
WOS ResearcherID: GYA-0476-2022
Scopus record: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57815528000
Email ID: gowrisankaran1@uniba.sk
Office: CH2-231
Phone Number: +421(0)951598331
Education:
PhD. [from 2021] at M² group, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, SLOVAKIA
MSc. [2017-2019] Nanoscience and Technology from Manipal Academy of Higher Education, INDIA
MSc. Arshitha Madhusudhan
PhD. thematic: Preparation and investigation of photoactive materials and their composites with C-based compounds for water treatment
ORCID: n.a.
WOS ResearcherID: n.a.
Scopus record: n.a.
Email ID: m1@uniba.sk
Office: CH2-231
Phone Number: n.a.
Education:
PhD. [from 2022] at M² group, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, SLOVAKIA
MSc. [2020-2022] Nanoscience and Technology from Manipal Academy of Higher Education, INDIA
MSc. Hamidreza Behtooei
PhD. thematic: Preparation of transition metal oxide nanotubes for wastewater treatment
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6600-8766
WOS ResearcherID: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/JNR-7920-2023
Scopus record: n.a.
Email ID: behtooei1@uniba.sk
Office: CH2-231
Phone Number: n.a.
Education:
PhD. [from 2023] at M² group, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, SLOVAKIA
MSc. [2016-2018] Inorganic Chemistry from Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Research Center of Iran, IRAN
MSc. Yilan Zeng
PhD. thematic: TiO2-based AOPs: A sustainable approach to pharmaceutical residue removal from water
ORCID: n.a.
WOS ResearcherID: n.a.
Scopus record: n.a.
Email ID: zeng2@uniba.sk
Office: CH2-244
Phone Number: n.a.
Education:
PhD. [from 2022] at M² group, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, SLOVAKIA
MSc. [2020-2022] Environmental Sciences from BOKU Wien, AUSTRIA & University of Copenhagen, DENMARK
MSc. Rida Zahid
PhD. thematic: MOFs as efficient catalysts for environmental and energetic applications
ORCID: n.a.
WOS ResearcherID: n.a.
Scopus record: n.a.
Email ID: zahid3@uniba.sk
Office: CH2-244
Phone Number: n.a.
Education:
PhD. [from 2024] at M² group, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, SLOVAKIA
MSc. [2022-2024] Applied Physics from Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, PAKISTAN
Graduate Student(s)
BSc. Denis Szabó: MSc. thematic "Electrochemical preparation of TiO2 nanopowders"
Under-graduate Student(s)
T.B.A.
Alumni
Dr. Viktoriia Berezenko: PhD candidate from 1.9.2020 to 31.8.2024 (10 publications during 4-year PhD programme)
MEng. Amir Sultan: PhD internships between 2023 and 2024 (2 publications from his 3 stays)
Dr. Marcel Sihor: Post-doctoral fellow from 01.10.2021 to 31.03.2022 (4 publications from his 6-month stay)
Dr. Guru Karthikeyan Thirunavukkarasu: PhD candidate from 1.9.2018 to 31.8.2022 (6 publications during 4-year PhD programme)
MSc. Adela Slachtova: PhD internship from 01.09.2022 to 30.11.2022
MSc. Mikuláš Baník: Master student from 01.09.2021 to 9.6.2023
MSc. Katarína Bugyiová: Master student from 01.09.2021 to 9.6.2023