Address
- Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 04001 Košice, Slovakia
- papaj( at )saske.sk
Phone
- +421-55-62 227 87
ORCID: 0000-0002-2701-6905 4
Web of Science Researcher ID: AAN-5918-2020
Scopus Author ID: 7801462849
Scientific interests
- parasitological examination of the environment within selected ecosystems for the presence of sanitary important endoparasitic germs;
- monitoring the occurrence of endoparasitic infections, particularly on parasitic zoonoses in domestic animals as a possible source of environmental contamination
- monitoring the prevalence of endoparasitic infections in inhabitants in selected ecosystems
- sanitary aspects of parasitic soil contamination;
- sanitation methods of environment contaminated by endoparasitic developmental stages;
- physical and chemical analysis of wastes, biodegradation products and soil chemistry;
- recycling of agricultural and municipal wastes;
- waste treatments
| Work experience | ||
| 2011-2016 | Deputy Director, Institute of the Parasitology of the SAS, Košice, Slovakia | |
| 2006 - present | Senior Researcher at the Institute of the Parasitology of the SAS, Košice, Slovakia | |
| 2002 - present | Head of the Department of Environmental and Plant Parasitology at the Institute of the Parasitology of the SAS, Košice, Slovakia | |
| 2000 - 2006 | Researcher at the Institute of the Parasitology of the SAS, Košice, Slovakia | |
| Education and training | ||
| 2014 | Awarded degree of Associate Professor (Assoc. Prof.), University of Prešov, Prešov, Slovakia | |
| 2006 | Qualification IIa (senior research worker) | |
| 2001 | Awarded degree of Philosophiae doctor (PhD.), Comenius university in Bratislava, Slovakia | |
| 1999 | Awarded degree of Doctorate of Natural Sciences (RNDr.), Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia | |
| 1997 - 2000 | PhD. study at Institute of Parasitology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Department of Ecological Parasitology, Košice, Slovakia | |
| 1992-1997 | University study at the Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Košice, Slovakia; Degree Mgr. (equivalent of MSc.) awarded by the Faculty of Science, UPJŠ; specialization – Biology and Chemistry | |
| Working stays abroad | ||
| March 2013 | Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, České Budějovice, Czech Republic | |
| May 1999 | Working stay at the College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA | |
| Memberships | ||
| Member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Parasitology SAS, Košice, Slovakia | ||
| Member of the Slovak Academy of Agricultural Science, Department of Veterinary Medicine | ||
| Member of the Slovak Society of Parasitology | ||
| Member of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Committee on Environment | ||
| Prizes and awards | ||
| 2013 | Golden INCHEBA for the novel technologies for environmentally friendly disposal method of hazardous biological parasitic waste in wastewater treatment plants | |
| 2012 | Prize for the Popularisation of Science, granted by the SAS | |
| 2011 | The main Prize of the Ministry of Education, Sciences, Research and Sport SR Scientia Pro Futuro for supervising the best student project entitled: “Sandpits and soil in the Prešov region as a source of human larval toxocarosis” (Tibor Porubän, Gymnázium Sv. Mikuláša in Prešov) | |
| 2001 | Štefan Schwarz fellowship holder (at the post-doc position) | |