Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Zuzana Kučerová, 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
Kučerová
I.2 - Name
Zuzana
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1991
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Department of Theoretical Physics, Mlynská dolina F2 842 48 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Research assistant
I.8 - E-mail address
zuzana.kucerova@fmph.uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/33285
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Physics
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8906-3902

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, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
II.b - Year
2013
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, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
II.b - Year
2015
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, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
II.b - Year
2021
II.c - Study field and programme
Nuclear and subnuclear 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
Research assistant Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of mathematics, physics and informatics 2020-present

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.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)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
0
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

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
30
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
21
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
30
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
21
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
1274
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
622
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
190
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
190
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
6
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
6
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

E.Cortina-Gil, Z. Kucerova et al. (NA62 Collaboration), Observation of the K+ to pi+ nu nubar decay and measurement of its branching ratio, JHEP02, 191 (2025)

2

E.Cortina-Gil, Z. Kucerova et al. (NA62 Collaboration), A measurement of the K+ to pi+ mu+ mu- decay, JHEP11, 011 (2022)

3

E.Cortina-Gil, Z. Kucerova et al. (NA62 Collaboration), Measurement of the very rare K+ to pi+ nu nubar decay, JHEP 6, 093 (2021)

4

E.Cortina-Gil, Z. Kucerova et al. (NA62 Collaboration), An investigation of the very rare K+ to pi+ nu nubar decay, JHEP 11, 042 (2020)

5

E. Cortina-Gil, Z. Kucerova et al. (NA62 Collaboration), First search for K+ to pi+ nu nubar using the decay-in-flight technique, Phys. Lett. B, 791, 156-166 (2019)

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

E.Cortina-Gil, Z. Kucerova et al. (NA62 Collaboration), Observation of the K+ to pi+ nu nubar decay and measurement of its branching ratio, JHEP02, 191 (2025)

2

E.Cortina-Gil, Z. Kucerova et al. (NA62 Collaboration), First detection of a tagged neutrino in the NA62 experiment, Physics Letters B, 863 (2025)

3

E.Cortina-Gil, Z. Kucerova et al. (NA62 Collaboration), Measurement of the K+ to pi+ gamma gamma decay, Physics Letters B, 850 (2024)

4

E.Cortina-Gil, Z. Kucerova et al. (NA62 Collaboration), A measurement of the K+ to pi+ mu+ mu- decay, JHEP11, 011 (2022)

5

E.Cortina-Gil, Z. Kucerova et al. (NA62 Collaboration), Measurement of the very rare K+ to pi+ nu nubar decay, JHEP 6, 093 (2021)

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

Search for light dark matter in rare meson decays

Ze-Kun Liu (Henan Normal U.), Ying Li (Henan Normal U.), Biao-Feng Hou (Henan Normal U.), Qin Chang (Henan Normal U.)

e-Print: 2512.21191 [hep-ph]

DOI: 10.1103/jk9r-xvph (publication)

Published in: Phys.Rev.D 113 (2026) 3, 035030

Cited article: VI.3.1

2

Characterizing heavy neutral leptons: Measuring parameters, discriminating Majorana versus Dirac, and using FASER2 as a trigger for ATLAS

Jonathan L. Feng (UC, Irvine), Alec Hewitt (UC, Irvine), Daniel La Rocco (UC, Irvine), Daniel Whiteson (UC, Irvine)

e-Print: 2510.16107 [hep-ph]

DOI: 10.1103/vbbq-fb1t (publication)

Published in: Phys.Rev.D 113 (2026) 3, 035006

Cited article: VI.3.2

3

Light scalar beyond the Higgs mixing limit

Cédric Delaunay (Annecy, LAPTH), Teppei Kitahara (Chiba U. and KMI, Nagoya), Yotam Soreq (Technion), Jure Zupan (Cincinnati U.)

e-Print: 2501.16477 [hep-ph]

DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2025)222

Published in: JHEP 10 (2025), 222

Cited article: VI.3.3

4

Review of particle physics

Particle Data Group • S. Navas (Granada U., Theor. Phys. Astrophys. and CAFPE, Granada) et al.

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.110.030001 (publication)

Published in: Phys.Rev.D 110 (2024) 3, 030001

Cited article: VI.3.4

5

Wess-Zumino-Witten Interactions of Axions

Yang Bai (Wisconsin U., Madison), Ting-Kuo Chen (Wisconsin U., Madison), Jia Liu (Peking U., SKLNPT and Peking U., CHEP), Xiaolin Ma (Peking U., SKLNPT)

e-Print: 2406.11948 [hep-ph]

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.081803 (publication)

Published in: Phys.Rev.Lett. 134 (2025) 8, 081803, Phys.Rev.Lett. 134 (2025) 8

Cited article: VI.3.5

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

2022-2026, Contract n. 0466/2022 with MŠVVŠ SR "NA62 CERN", participant

2

2023-2026, Štúdium vlastností a signálov novej fyziky za štandardným modelom, VEGA 1/0719/23, participant

3

2021, Contract n. 0243/2021 with MŠVMŠ SR "NA62 CERN", participant

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

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)
CERN Esplanade des Particules 1, 1217 Meyrin, Switzerland 1.4.2023 - 31.3.2026 applied fellowship

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2026-07-27