Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. RNDr. Tomáš Blažek, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Blažek
I.2 - Name
Tomáš
I.3 - Degrees
Doc. RNDr. PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1963
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Department of Theoretical Physics
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Department of Theoretical Physics, FMFI UK, Mlynská dolina, 842 48 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Associate Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
blazek@fmph.uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4520
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Physics
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2645-0283

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
II.b - Year
1986
II.c - Study field and programme
Physics of border fields
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
II.b - Year
1996
II.c - Study field and programme
Physics
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava
II.b - Year
2007
II.c - Study field and programme
Physics
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Research Assistant Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava 1986-1991
Teaching / Research Associate The Ohio State University 1992-1996
postdoc Indiana University, Bloomington IN, U.S.A. 1997-1998
postdoc Northwestern University, Evanston IL, U.S.A. 1998-2000
Lecturer / Researcher University of Southampton, Southampton, UK 2000-2004
Research Assistant Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava 2005-2007
Associate Professor Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava 2007 - 2012
Professor Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava 2012-2015
Associate Professor Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava 2015-2019
Professor Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava 2020 - present time

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Quantum Theory 1 Physics I. Physics
Quantum Electrodynamics Theoretical Physics II. Physics
Relativistic Quantum Field Theory 1 Theoretical Physics and Mathematical Physics III. Physics
Relativistic Quantum Field Theory 2 Theoretical Physics and Mathematical Physics III. Physics
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Physics I. Physics
Theoretical Physics II. Physics
Theoretical Physics and Mathematical Physics III. Physics
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
1
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
4
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
7
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
14
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
3
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Quantum Theory 2 Physics I. Physics
Selected topics on Quantum Mechanics Theoretical Physics II. Physics
Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics Theoretical Physics II. Physics
Beyond Standard Model Physics Theoretical Physics II. Physics

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
1050
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
540
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
960
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
540
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
10000
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2000
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
10000
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2000
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
48
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
16
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

G.Aad, T.Blažek et al (ATLAS Collaboration): Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, Physics Letters B716, 2012, 1 - 29. 9000+ citations

2

 T.Blažek, S.Pokorski and S.Raby: Finite supersymmetric threshold corrections to CKM matrix elements in the large tan beta regime,  

Physical Review D - Particles and Fields. - Vol. 52, No. 7, 1995, s. 4151-4158, 154 citations

3

 T.Blažek, R.Dermíšek and S.Raby: Yukawa unification in SO(10), Physical Review D 65, (2002), 115004, 125 citations

4

T.Blažek, R.Dermíšek and S.Raby: Predictions for Higgs and supersymmetry spectra from SO(10) Yukawa unification with mu>0, Physical Review Letters 88 (2002), 111804, 121 citations

5

G.Aad, T.Blažek et al (ATLAS Collaboration): Combined measurement of the Higgs boson mass in pp collisions at root s=7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS and CMS experiments, Physical Review Letters. - Vol. 114, No. 19 (2015), Art. No. 191803, s. 1-33, 673 citations

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

E.Cortina-Gil, T.Blazek, et al (NA62 Collaboration): Search for π0 decays to invisible particles, Journal of High Energy Physics. - č. 02 (2021), art. no. 201, 75 citations

2

E.Cortina-Gil, T.Blazek, et al (NA62 Collaboration): An investigation of the very rare K+→ π+νν ̄ decay, Journal of High Energy Physics. - č. 11 (2020), s. [1-55], art. no. 042, 77 citations

3

T.Blažek and P.Maták: Cutting rules on a cylinder: a simplified diagrammatic approach to quantum kinetic theory, The European Physical Journal C81, č.12 (2021), Art.no. 1050, 4 citations

4

G.Aad, T.Blažek et al (ATLAS Collaboration): Search for electroweak production of charginos and sleptons decaying into final states with two leptons and missing transverse momentum in root s=13 TeV  pp collisions using the ATLAS detector, The European Physical Journal C80, č.2 (2020), Art.no. 123, 328 citations

5

E.Cortina-Gil, T.Blazek, et al (NA62 Collaboration): First search for K+ -> pi(+) nu(nu)over-bar using the decay-in-flight technique,  

Physics Letters B. - č. 791 (2019), s. 156-166, 117 citations

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

[o1] 2021 S.D.Bass, A.De Roeck, M.Kado: The Higgs boson implications and prospects for future discoveries, Nature Reviews Physics volume 3, pages 608–624 (2021)

[Citovaná práca/Cited publication] G.Aad, T.Blažek et al (ATLAS Collaboration): Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, Physics Letters B716, 2012, 1 - 29.

2

[o1] 2017 M.Hoferichter, P.Klos, J.Menéndez, A.Schwenk: Improved Limits for Higgs-Portal Dark Matter from LHC Searches, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119 181803 (2017)

[Citovaná práca/Cited publication] G.Aad, T.Blažek et al (ATLAS Collaboration): Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, Physics Letters B716, 2012, 1 - 29.

3

[o1] 2021 A.Crivellin, M.Hoferichter, C.A.Manzari: Fermi Constant from Muon Decay Versus Electroweak Fits and Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa Unitarity, Phys. Rev. Lett. 127 071801 (2021) 

[Citovaná práca/Cited publication] G.Aad, T.Blažek et al (ATLAS Collaboration): Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, Physics Letters B716, 2012, 1 - 29.

4

[o1] 2003 Bajc, B. - Senjanovic, G. - Vissani, F.: b-tau unification and large atmospheric mixing: A case for a noncanonical seesaw mechanism. In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 90, No. 5, 2003, Art. No. 051802 - SCI ; SCOPUS

[Citovaná práca/Cited publication] T.Blažek, R.Dermíšek and S.Raby: Yukawa unification in SO(10), Physical Review D 65, (2002), 115004

5

[o1] 2000 Babu, K. S. - Kolda, C.: Higgs-mediated B-0 -> mu(+) mu(-) in minimal supersymmetry. In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 84, No. 2, 2000, s. 228-231 - SCI

[Citovaná práca/Cited publication] T.Blažek, S.Pokorski and S.Raby: Finite supersymmetric threshold corrections to CKM matrix elements in the large tan beta regime,  

Physical Review D - Particles and Fields. - Vol. 52, No. 7, 1995, s. 4151-4158

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

2022 Contract No.0466/2022 with Slovak Education Ministry "Zmluva o poskytnutí finančných prostriedkov na spolufinancovanie projektu výskumu a vývoja NA62 CERN"

2

2021 Contract No.0243/2021 with Slovak Education Ministry "NA62 CERN"

3

2016-2020 Contract No.0211/2016 with Slovak Education Ministry "NA62 CERN"

4

2016-2020 Contract No. 0207/2016 with Slovak Education Ministry "ATLAS CERN"

5

2023-2026, VEGA 1/0719/23 Štúdium vlastností a signálov novej fyziky za štandardným modelom / Study of Properties and Signals of Beyond Standard Model Physics

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Head of Department Theoretical Physics Department 2007 - present time
Head of Organizing Committee Models of Modern Physics Summer School since 2007 up to the present, once per year
member of Organizing Committee Student Colloquium and School on Mathematical Physics since 2016 up to the present, once per year
member Joint Subject Committee for doctoral studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematical Physics 2015 - present
head of Organizing Committee Theoretical Physics Winter School 2007, 2008
Principal Investigator JATEA ESF Project 2006 - 2008

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
The Ohio State University Columbus OH, U.S.A. 1991-1996 Teaching / Research Associate
Indiana University Bloomington, IN, U.S.A. 1997-1998 postdoc
Northwestern University Evanston IL, U.S.A. 1998-2000 postdoc
University of Southampton Southampton, United Kingdom 2000-20004 Lecturer / Researcher
CERN Geneva, Switzerland more than 50 visits, each time staying for a week or two working visit
Le Laboratoire de physique subatomique et de cosmologie de Grenoble (LPSC) Grenoble, France 2008 and 2009, one week each year invited working visit
University of Hawaii Honolulu HI, U.S.A. one week in 2001 invited working visit
Les Houches Beyond Standard Model Theory Workshop Les Houches, France one week in 2001 Beyond Standard Model Theory Network
Theoretical Advanced Summer Institute TASI, University of Colorado Boulder CO, U.S.A. June 1993 and June 1995, each time for one month Beyond Standard Model Theory Network sponsored by Department of Energy
High Energy Physics Summer School Trieste, Italy 15.6.-15.7.1996, one month organized and sponsored by ICTP inTrieste

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2024-05-17