Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Samuel Kováčik, 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
Kováčik
I.2 - Name
Samuel
I.3 - Degrees
PhD
I.4 - Year of birth
1988
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of mathematics, Physics and Informatics
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Mlynská dolina F1, 842 48 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Assisstent professor
I.8 - E-mail address
samuel.kovacik@fmph.uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/33261
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
13. Physics
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7643-1363

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2010
II.c - Study field and programme
Physics
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2012
II.c - Study field and programme
Theoretical physics
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2016
II.c - Study field and programme
Theoretical Physics and Mathematical Physics
II.4 - Associate professor
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Assistant professor Comenius University in Bratislava Since 2022
Research assistant Comenius University in Bratislava 2021-2022
Research fellow Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Research fellow
Postdoc MUNI Brno Since 2021

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

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Funding Application Workshop Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 2019
First Camridge Exams British Council 2009
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Machine learning 2019

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
General relativity Theoretical physics 2 Physics
Quantum gravity Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 3 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.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)
1
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
2
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
2
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
Theoretical physics (1) Physics education II. Physics
Theoretical physics (2) Physics education II. Physics
Selected topics from statistical 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
43
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
26
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
25
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
17
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
232
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
148
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
95
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
89
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
9
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
9
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

S. Kováčik, Hawking-radiation recoil of microscopic black holes, Phys.Dark Univ. 34 (2021), 100906

2

S. Kováčik, V. Gáliková, P. Prešnajder, Laplace-Runge-Lenz vector in quantum mechanics in noncommutative space, Journal of Mathematical Physics 54 (12)

3

S. Kováčik, D. O'Connor, Triple Point of a Scalar Field Theory on a Fuzzy Sphere, JHEP 10 (2018), 010

4

Y. Asano, S. Kováčik, D. O'Connor, The Confining Transition in the Bosonic BMN Matrix Model, JHEP 06 (2020), 174

5

S. Kováčik, J. Tekel, Fuzzy onionlike space as a matrix model, Phys. Rev. D (2024) 109, 105004

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

S. Kováčik, Hawking-radiation recoil of microscopic black holes, Phys.Dark Univ. 34 (2021), 100906

2

S. Kováčik, D. O'Connor, Triple Point of a Scalar Field Theory on a Fuzzy Sphere, JHEP 10 (2018), 010

3

S. Kováčik, J. Tekel, Fuzzy onionlike space as a matrix model, Phys. Rev. D (2024) 109, 105004

4

Y. Asano, S. Kováčik, D. O'Connor, The Confining Transition in the Bosonic BMN Matrix Model, JHEP 06 (2020), 174

5

Y. Asano, S. Kováčik, D. O'Connor, The non-perturbative phase diagram of the BMN matrix model, Journal of High Energy Physics (2018) 7, 1-16

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

V. Gáliková, S. Kováčik, P. Prešnajder, Laplace-Runge-Lenz vector in quantum mechanics in noncommutative space, J.Math.Phys. 54 (2013), 122106. Citation: A. Géré, P. Vitale, J. C. Wallet, Quantum gauge theories on noncommutative three-dimensional space, Phys.Rev.D 90 (2014) 4, 045019

2

Y. Asano, V. Filev S. Kováčik, D. O'Connor, The non-perturbative phase diagram of the BMN matrix model, JHEP 07 (2018) 152. Citation: D. Schaich, Progress and prospects of lattice supersymmetry, PoS LATTICE2018 (2019) 005

3

Y. Asano, V. Filev S. Kováčik, D. O'Connor, The flavoured BFSS model at high temperature, JHEP 01 (2017), 113. Citation: S. Catterall, R. G. Jha, D. Schaich, T. Wiseman, Testing holography using lattice super-Yang-Mills theory on a 2-torus, Phys.Rev.D 97 (2018) 8, 086020

4

S. Kováčik, Hawking-radiation recoil of microscopic black holes, Phys.Dark Univ. 34 (2021), 100906. Citation: A. Arbey, J. Auffinger, Physics Beyond the Standard Model with BlackHawk v2.0, Eur.Phys.J.C 81 (2021), 10

5

V. Gáliková, S. Kováčik, P. Prešnajder, Laplace-Runge-Lenz vector in quantum mechanics in noncommutative space, J.Math.Phys. 54 (2013), 122106. Citation: V. G. Kupriyanov, P. Vitale, Noncommutative R^R d via closed star product, JHEP 08 (2015) 024

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

VEGA 1/0703/20, team member

2

IRC research funding Quantization of Membranes and Testing Gauge/Gravity Duality

3

VEGA 1/0025/23, principal investigator

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
Member Disciplinary comittee 2014-2016
Summer studentship organizer Dublin Insitute for Advanced Studies 2019-2020

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)
Dublin Insitute for Advanced Studies 10 Burlington rd., Dublin, Ireland 6 weeks, 2016 Visiting scientist

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

Founder of the Vedátor project, which popularizes science. The reach of articles, total video views, and podcast listens is in the millions. Nominated for the Kalinga Prize, awarded the Science and Technology Award by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Research (2022), and twice awarded the Journalism Prize. Author of four popular science books.

Date of last update
2024-05-17