Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
prof. RNDr. Fedor Šimkovic, CSc.
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
Šimkovic
I.2 - Name
Fedor
I.3 - Degrees
Prof., RNDr.,CSc.
I.4 - Year of birth
1959
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Faculty of mathematics, physics and informatics, Comenius University
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Mlynská dolina, 842 48 Bratislava, Slovensko
I.7 - Position
profesor
I.8 - E-mail address
simkovic@fmph.uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4722
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
fyzika
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2414-0414

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
1981
II.c - Study field and programme
nuclear physics
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
1983
II.c - Study field and programme
nuclear physics
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Moscow State University and Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR Dubna
II.b - Year
1991
II.c - Study field and programme
Physics of elementary particles and nuclear physics
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Mathematics, physics and informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2004
II.c - Study field and programme
nuclear and subnuclear physics
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Charles University in Prague
II.b - Year
2012
II.c - Study field and programme
nuclear physics
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
scientific worker, professor (2022) Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava 1.1.1994 - till now
postdoc BAT IIa, invited profesor (2004-2005) Institute of Theoretical Physics, Eberhard-Karls University in Tuebingen, Germany 1993, 1994-1996; 2004-2005
scientific worker; leading scientific worker; deputy director of LTP; main scientific worker Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR Dubna, Russia 1988-1992; 1992-1997; 2008-2012; 2012-2020
PhD student Moscow State University, Russia 1983-1988
reasearch and development worker BEZ Bratislava, Slovakia 1983-1984

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
Neutrino Physics theoretical physics, nuclear and subnuclear physics magister study physics
Quantum Mechanics for Nuclear Physicists nuclear and subnuclear physics magister study physics
Nuclear Theory nuclear and subnuclear physics magister study physics
Astroparticle Physics nuclear and subnuclear physics PhD study 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
Theoretical physics magister study physics
Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics PhD study 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.c - Dissertation (third degree)
4
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
2
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
9
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
6
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
335
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
117
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
283
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
65
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
8024
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
605
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
8024
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
605
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
170
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
40
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Theory of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay, J. D. Vergados, H. Ejiri and F. Šimkovic, arXiv:1205.0649 [hep-ph], DOI:10.1088/0034-4885/75/10/106301, Rept. Prog. Phys. 75, 106301 (2012), cited by 448 records (https://inspirehep.net).

2

Anatomy of nuclear matrix elements for neutrinoless double-beta decay, F. Šimkovic, A. Faessler, V. Rodin, P. Vogel and J. Engel. arXiv:0710.2055 [nucl-th], DOI:10.1103/PhysRevC.77.045503, Phys. Rev. C 77, 045503 (2008), cited by 351 records (https://inspirehep.net).

3

The 0nbb-decay nuclear matrix elements with self-consistent short-range correlations”

F. Šimkovic, A. Faessler, H. Muther, V. Rodin and M. Stauf. arXiv:0902.0331 [nucl-th] DOI:10.1103/PhysRevC.79.055501, Phys. Rev. C 79, 055501 (2009), cited by 303 records (https://inspirehep.net).

4

0nbb and 2nbb nuclear matrix elements, quasiparticle random-phase approximation, and isospin symmetry restoration, F. Šimkovic, V. Rodin, A. Faessler and P. Vogel, arXiv:1302.1509 [nucl-th], DOI:10.1103/PhysRevC.87.045501, Phys. Rev. C 87, no. 4, 045501 (2013), cited by 268 records (https://inspirehep.net).

5

Dominance of pion exchange in R-parity violating supersymmetry contributions to neutrinoless double beta decay, A. Faessler, S. Kovalenko, F. Šimkovic and J. Schwieger, hep-ph/9612357, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.183, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 183 (1997), cited by 125 records (https://inspirehep.net).

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

Neutrinoless double beta decay and neutrino mass J.D. Vergados, H. Ejiri, F. Šimkovic, 1612.02924 [hep-ph], DOI: 10.1142/S0218301316300071 , Int.J.Mod.Phys.E 25 (2016) 11, 1630007, Impact factor: 1.153 (2018), 153 citations (https://inspirehep.net).

2

0νbb-decay nuclear matrix element for light and heavy neutrino mass mechanisms from deformed quasiparticle random-phase approximation calculations for 76Ge, 82Se, 130Te, 136Xe , and 150Nd with isospin restoration . Dong-Liang Fang, Amand Faessler, Fedor Šimkovic, 1803.09195 [nucl-th], DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.97.045503, Phys.Rev.C 97 (2018) 4, 045503, Impact factor: 3.296, 33 citations (https://inspirehep.net).

3

Improved description of the $2\nu\beta\beta$ -decay and a possibility to determine the effective axial-vector coupling constant. Fedor Šimkovic, Rastislav Dvornický, Dušan Štefánik, Amand Faessler, 1804.04227 [nucl-th], DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.97.034315, Phys.Rev.C 97 (2018) 3, 034315, Impact factor: 3.296, 26 citations (https://inspirehep.net).

4

0nbb nuclear matrix elements, neutrino potentials and SU(4) symmetry. Fedor Šimkovic, Adam Smetana, Petr Vogel, 1808.05016 [nucl-th], DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.98.064325, Phys.Rev.C 98 (2018) 6, 064325, Impact factor: 3.296, 21 citations (https://inspirehep.net).

5

Can one measure the Cosmic Neutrino Background? Amand Faessler, Rastislav Hodák, Sergey Kovalenko, Fedor Šimkovic,1602.03347 [nucl-th], DOI: 10.1142/S0218301317400080, Int.J.Mod.Phys.E 26 (2017) 01n02, 1740008, Impact factor: 1.153 (2018),15 citations (https://inspirehep.net).

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

 ESET Science Award 2020 (outstanding individual contributor to Slovak science)

2

Silver Medail of Comenius University for Excellent scientific team NuMassNS, 2015

3

First prize of JINR Dubna for theory, 2011

4

Second prize of JINR Dubna for theory, 2005 and 2020

5

Silver medal of Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, 2009

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

Grant scheme VEGA; the name of the project: „Nucleus as a laboratory to study fundamental properties of neutrinos“, notation 1/0922/16 (2016-19), project cost for the whole period: 63 300 EUR, principal investigator

2

Grant scheme VEGA; the name of the project: „Physics of massive neutrinos and nuclear structure, “ notation 1/0607/20 (2020-23), project cost: 9765 EUR in 2020 and 10180 EUR in 2021, principal investigator

3

Grant scheme APVV; the name of the project: “Structure, reactions and rare processes of atomic nuclei“, notation APVV-14-0524 (2015-2019), project cost for the whole period: 134 000 EUR, investigator

4

Project scheme of the JINR Dubna, RF; the name of the project: “Grand Unification, Fundamental Rare Decays (2015-18)“, project cost: 30 000 USD per year, 120 000 USD for the whole period 2016-18, principal investigation

5

Project scheme of the JINR Dubna, RF; the name of the project: “Nuclear Structure From Underground to Sky – Neutrino physics theory and experiments (2019-21)”, project cost: 30 000 USD per year, 90 000 USD for the whole period 2019-21, 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
VI InternationalPontecorvo Neutrino Physics School in Horný Smokovec, main organizer Comenius University in Bratislava, Charles University in Prague, Czech Technical University in Prague, JINR Dubna 27.8.-4.9. 2015
VII International Pontecorvo Neutrino Physics School in Prague Comenius University in Bratislava, Charles University in Prague, Czech Technical University in Prague, JINR Dubna 20.8.-1.9. 2017
VIII International Pontecorvo Neutrino Physics School in Sinaia University in Bucharest, Comenius University in Bratislava, Charles University in Prague, Czech Technical University in Prague, JINR Dubna 1.9.-10.9. 2019

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)
Institute for Theoretical Physics, Karls-Eberhard Univerzita v Tuebingene, Germany Auf der morgenstelle 14, D-72076 Tuebingen, SRN 1.11.2004-31.10.2005, 01.06. 2007 – 31.10. 2007 employment contracts
Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR Dubna, Russia Joliot-Curie 8, 141 980 Dubna, Moscow region, Russia 01.02. 1988 – 30.04. 1997; 02.09. 2008 – 18.01. 2021 employment contracts
University Federico Santa Maria, Chile Valparaiso, Chile 1.5.-31.5. 2007 employment contract

IX. - Other relevant facts