Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Ing. Pavol Zigo, 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
Zigo
I.2 - Name
Pavel
I.3 - Degrees
Ing.,PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1960
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky / Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Katedra astronómie, fyziky Zeme a meteorológie / Department of Astronomy, Physics of the Earth and Meteorology Mlynská dolina 842 48 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
vedecký pracovník / researcher
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
zigo@fmph.uniba.sk
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4788?mode=full

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
Slovak University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
II.b - Year
1985
II.c - Study field and programme
Electric power engineering
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty o Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
II.b - Year
2007
II.c - Study field and programme
Astrophysics
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
Technical worker Tesla Bratislava 1986 - 1987
Researcher Food Research Institute in Bratislava 1987 - 1991
Research Assistant Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty o Mathematics, Physics and Informatics 1991 - 1993
Electronics developer PPT laboratory and industry techics 1993 (3 mesiace / months)
Researcher Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty o Mathematics, Physics and Informatics 1994 - doteraz / 1994 - present

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
Postrgradual study: Using microprocessors and microcomputers for technology processes control Slovak University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering 1988

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.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
1
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
Astronomical instruments Astronomy and astrophysics II. Physics
Laboratory work (2) Astronomy and astrophysics II.

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
55
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
12
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
26
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
173
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
88
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
112
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
14
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Tóth, Juraj; Kornoš, Leonard ; Vereš, Peter ; Šilha, Jiří ; Kalmančok, Dušan ; Zigo, Pavol ; Világi, Jozef: All-Sky Video Orbits of Lyrids 2009. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, Volume 63, Issue 2, p.331-334, (2011)

2

Šilha, Jiří; Krajčovic, Stanislav; Zigo, Matej; Tóth, Juraj; Žilková, Danica; Zigo, Pavol; Kornoš, Leonard; Šimon, Jaroslav; Schildknecht, Thomas; Cordelli, Emiliano; Vananti, Alessandro; Mann, Harleen Kaur; Rachman, Abdul; Paccolat, Christophe; Flohrer, Tim : Space debris observations with the Slovak AGO70 telescope: Astrometry and light curves. Advances in Space Research, Volme 65, Issue 8, p. 2018-2035, (2020)


3

Tóth, Juraj; Kornoš, Leonard; Zigo, Pavol; Gajdoš, Štefan; Kalmančok, Dušan; Világi, Jozef; Šimon, Jaroslav; Vereš, Peter; Šilha, Jiří; Buček, Marek; Galád, Adrián; Rusnák, Patrik; Hrábek, Peter; Ďuriš, František; Rudawska, Regina: All-sky Meteor Orbit System AMOS and preliminary analysis of three unusual meteor showers, Planetary and Space Science, Volume 118, p. 102-106, (2015)

4

Tóth, J.; Svoreň, J.; Borovička, J.; Spurný, P.; Igaz, A.; Kornoš, L.; Vereš, P.; Husárik, M.; Koza, J.; Kučera, A.; Zigo, P.; Gajdoš, Š.; Világi, J.; Čapek, D.; Krišandová, Z.; Tomko, D.; Šilha, J.; Schunová, E.; Bodnárová, M.; Buzová, D.; Krejčová, T.: The Košice meteorite fall: Recovery and strewn field. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 50, Issue 5, p. 853-863, (2015)

5

Zigo, P.; Porubčan, V.; Cevolani, G.: The activity and mass distribution of the Geminid meteor shower of 1996-2007 from forward scatter radio observations

Contributions Of The Astronomical Observatory Skalnate Pleso, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-17, (2009)

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

Šilha, J.; Krajčovič, S.; Zigo, M.; Tóth, J.; Žilková, D.; Zigo, P.; Kornoš, L.; Šimon, J.; Schildknecht, T.; Cordelli, E.; Vananti, A.; Mann, H. K.; Rachman, A.;

Paccolat, C.; Flohrer, T.: Space debris observations with the Slovak AGO70 telescope: Astrometry and light curves. Advances in Space Research, Volme 65, Issue 8, p. 2018-2035, (2020)

2

Šilha, J.; Krajčovič, S.; Zigo, M.; Tóth, J.; Kornoš, L.; Zigo, P.; Šimon, J.; Setty, S.J.; Flohrer, T.; Jilete, Beatriz: AGO70 Telescope, Slovak Optical System for Space Debris Research, Surveillance and SLR Tracking. First International Orbital Debris Conference, https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/orbitaldebris2019/orbital2019paper/pdf/6034.pdf, (2019)

3

Tóth, J.; Kornoš, L.; Ďuriš, F.; Zigo, P.; Kalmančok, D.; Világi, J.; Šimon, J.; Gajdoš, Š.; Matlovič, P.; Kubirtová, A.; Baláž, M.: AMOS from Slovakia, Canary Islands and Chile. Proceedings of the International Meteor Conference, Petnica 2017, International Meteor Organization, p. 16-17, (2018)

4

Tóth, J.; Kornoš, L.; Matlovič, P.; Rudawska, R. Hajduková, M. Zigo, P.; Világi, J.: Southern sky meteor showers – AMOS data. European Planetary Science Congress 2018, Göttingen : Copernicus Gesellschaft, https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2018/EPSC2018-554.pdf, (2018)

5

Rudawska, R.; Tóth, J.; Kalmančok, D.; Zigo, P.; Matlovič, P.: Meteor spectra from AMOS video system. Planetary and Space Science, Volume: 123, p. 25-32, (2016)

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

Tóth, J.; Svoreň, J.; Borovička, J.; Spurný, P.; Igaz, A.; Kornoš, L.; Vereš, P.; Husárik, M.; Koza, J.; Kučera, A.; Zigo, P.; Gajdoš, Š.; Világi, J.; Čapek, D.; Krišandová, Z.; Tomko, D.; Šilha, J.; Schunová, E.; Bodnárova, M.; Buzová, D.; Krejčová, T.: The Košice meteorite fall: Recovery and strewn field. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 50, Issue 5, p. 853-863, (2015); Wheeler, Lorien F.; Mathias, Donovan L.; Stokan, Edward; et al.: Atmospheric energy deposition modeling and inference for varied meteoroid structures. Icarus, Volume: 315, p. 79-91, (2018)

2

Rudawska, R.; Tóth, J.; Kalmančok, D.; Zigo, P.; Matlovič, P.: Meteor spectra from AMOS video system. Planetary and Space Science, Volume: 123, p. 25-32, (APR 2016); Koschny, D.; Soja R.; Engrand, C.; et al: Interplanetary Dust, Meteoroids, Meteors and Meteorites. Space Science Rewievs, Volume: 215, Issue: 4, Article Number: 34, (2019)

3

Tóth, Juraj; Kornoš, Leonard ; Vereš, Peter ; Šilha, Jirí ; Kalmančok, Dušan ; Zigo, Pavol ; Világi, Jozef: All-Sky Video Orbits of Lyrids 2009. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, Volume 63, Issue 2, p.331-334, (2011); The 2011 Draconids: The First European Airborne Meteor Observation Campaign, 

Earth Moon And Planets, Volume: 114, Issue: 3-4, Pages: 137-157, (2015)

4

Tóth, J.; Kornoš, L.; Zigo, P.; Gajdoš, Š.; Kalmančok, D.; Világi, J.; Šimon, J.; Vereš, P.; Šilha, J.; Buček, M.; Galád, A.; Rusnák, P.; Hrabek, P.; Ďuriš, F.; Rudawska, R.: All-sky Meteor Orbit System AMOS and preliminary analysis of three unusual meteor showers. Planetary And Space Science, Volume: 118, p. 102-106, (2015); Campbell-Brown, M. D.; Blaauw, R.; Kingery, A.: Optical fluxes and meteor properties of the camelopardalid meteor shower. Icarus, Volume: 277, p. 141-153, (2016)

5

The Bologna-Modra forward-scatter radar experiment: reflection properties of meteor trains. Hajduk, A.; Hajduková, M.; Gajdoš, Š.; Kostecký, P.; Zigo, P.; Cevolani, G.; Grassi, G.; Trivellone, G.: The Bologna-Modra forward-scatter radar experiment: reflection properties of meteor trains. Planetary and Space Science, Volume 43, Issue 6, p. 747-749, (1995); Meisel, D.D.; Richardson, J.E.: Statistical properties of meteors from a simple, passive forward scatter system 

Planetary and Space Science, Volume 47, Issue 1-2, p. 107-124, (1998)

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

APVV-0517-12: Model populácie meteoroidov v blízkom okoli Zeme / APVV-0517-12: Model of meteoroid population in the close vicinity of the Earth. Riešiteľ / Investigator

2

APVV-16-0148: Fyzikálne vlastnosti a dynamika meteoroidov. / APVV-16-0148: Physical and dynamical characteristics of meteoroids. Riešiteľ / Investigator

3

ESA PECS Grant No: 4000117170/16/NL/NDe; HamrOptSen: Development of a Supporting Optical Sensor for High-Area-toMass-Ratio Objects Cataloguing and Research. Riešiteľ / Investigator

4

ESA PECS Grant No: 4000126272/18/NL/SC; ImpEuroLEOTrack: Improvement of European capabilities for LEO objects tracking with optical passive sensors. Riešiteľ / Investigator

5

ESA PECS Grant No: 4000132460/20/NL/SC; SlovakSST: Slovak Automated Space Surveillance and Tracking Optical System.   Riešiteľ / 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
Active Member of Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology International Astronomical Union - Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology 2010 - present

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

IX. - Other relevant facts