Address
- Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 04001 Košice, Slovakia
- soltys( at )saske.sk
Phone
- +421-55-633 14 12
ORCID: 0000-0002-4490-3151
Web of Science Researcher ID: P-3576-2019
Scopus Author ID: 56998460000
Scientific interests
- Parasitology
- Immunology
- Autoimmunity
- Regenerative medicine
| Work experience | ||
| 1994-present | senior researcher; Institute of Parasitology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Košice, Slovakia | |
| 1990-1994 | Ph.D. student; Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia | |
| 1988-1994 | research intern; Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia | |
| Education and training | ||
| 2013 | Qualification IIa (senior researcher) | |
| 2003-2004 | R. Kirschstein NRSA postdoctoral fellowship NIH, Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy, Immunology, Rheumatology and Institute of Pathology; Rainbow Babies and Children Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA | |
| 1988-1994 | Ph.D. study at the Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia; Degree C.Sc. (equivalent of Ph.D.) awarded by the Presidium of the Slovak Academy of Sciences; Bratislava, Slovakia Specialization – Parasitology/Invasive diseases/Immunology |
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| 1981-1986 | University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Slovakia Degree awarded DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine) | |
| 1977-1980 | secondary school; The Šrobárova Grammar School, Košice, Slovakia | |
| Working stays abroad | ||
| July 2007 – December 2012 | Assistant Professor at the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Division of Neuromuscular Translational Research SLU (2007-2011). Secondary affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. |
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| January 2005 – June 2007 | Research scholar in the Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, USA | |
| October 1999 – December 2006 | Research Fellow in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Allergy, Immunology, Rheumatology, Rainbow Babies & Children Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, USA | |
| January 1997 – September 1999 | Visiting scholar, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA | |
| October 1995 – October 1996 | Royal Society Fellow at the Department of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, U.K. | |
| September 1993 – December 1993 | Research Fellowship at the Gent University, Belgium | |
| Memberships | ||
| 2007-present | American Association of Immunologists (AAI) | |
| 2007-present | Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) | |
| 2007-present | New York Academy of Sciences, New York, USA | |
| 1998-present | Czech and Slovak Parasitological Society | |
| Prizes and awards | ||
| 2007 | Travel Award for Junior Investigators: 11th International Conference on Myasthenia Gravis and Related Disorders, Chicago, USA | |
| 1996 | Royal Society Fellowship at the Nottingham University, Nottingham, U.K. | |
| 1993 | Fellowship at the Gent University, Belgium, Awarded by the Commission of the European Communities in Brussels, Belgium (Program of Cooperation in Science and Technology with Central and Eastern European countries) | |