Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Ing. Michael Kenneth Lawson, 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
Lawson
I.2 - Name
Michael Kenneth
I.3 - Degrees
PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1962
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Galenic Pharmacy
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Odbojárov 10, 83232 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Lecturer / researcher
I.8 - E-mail address
lawson2@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://uniba.sk/nc/ludia/lawson2
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
nanoparticle delivery systems
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0003-1313

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University of Keele
II.b - Year
1985
II.c - Study field and programme
Mathematics
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Tampere University of Technology
II.b - Year
2000
II.c - Study field and programme
Biomedical engineering
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2014
II.c - Study field and programme
Physical Chemistry
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
Lecturer / researcher Comenius University in Bratislava 1/09/2020 - date
Teacher / researcher Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra 15/09/2015 - 31/08/2018
PhD. student Slovak Technical University in Bratislava 01/09/2010 - 31/08/2014

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
Courses in French Language Prolingua Language School, Luxembourg 2009
Diploma Course in Teaching English as a Foreign Language Oxford House, Barcelona 2005
Intensive German Language Course Private Language school in Vienna 2003
Course in word processing CLAIT 2002

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
Pharmaceutical Technology English programme Masters Pharmacy
Innovative Dosage Forms and Biological Medicines English programme Masters Pharmacy
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)
4
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
4
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
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
17
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
11
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
1668
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
30
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
1668
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
30
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
0
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
0
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Writing of review paper on delivery and therapeutic value of quercetin using chitosan nanoparticles.

Improvement of Therapeutic Value of Quercetin with Chitosan Nanoparticle Delivery Systems and Potential Applications

Published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043293

2

Research on effect of ascorbic acid on eumelanin and pheomelanin in human hair using EPR followed by publication on key results and interpretation.

M.K. Lawson, M. Valko, K. Jomova. EPR study of effect of ascorbic acid on hair and feather samples in relation to eumelanins and pheomelanins. European Pharmaceutical Journal. (2021) 68(1) 89-91. DOI: 10.2478/afpuc-2021-0001

3

Writing and publication of paper on copper and iron chelators with subsequent expansion with preparing seminar presentations on subject of iron and copper regulation in a variety of model organisms.

MK. Lawson, M. Valko, MTD. Cronin, K. Jomová. Chelators in Iron and Copper Toxicity. Current Pharmacology Reports (2016) 2:271-280.

4

Research on reaction products of copper with quercetin in different solvents and different copper salts using UV-vis spectroscopy with subsequent interpretation.


MK. Lawson 02.09.2014 PhD. Thesis: Study of Cu(II) Complexes with Biologically Active Ligands. Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. Bratislava, Slovak Republic.


K. Jomova, M. Lawson, L. Drostinova, P. Lauro, P. Poprac, V. Brezova, M. Michalik, V. Lukes, M. Valko. Protective role of quercetin against copper(II)-induced oxidative stress: A spectroscopic, theoretical and DNA damage study. Food Chem Toxicol. (2017) 110: 340-350. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2017.10.042.

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

Writing of review paper on delivery and therapeutic value of quercetin using chitosan nanoparticles.

Improvement of Therapeutic Value of Quercetin with Chitosan Nanoparticle Delivery Systems and Potential Applications

Published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043293


2

Research on effect of ascorbic acid on eumelanin and pheomelanin in human hair using EPR followed by publication on key results and interpretation.

M.K. Lawson, M. Valko, K. Jomova. EPR study of effect of ascorbic acid on hair and feather samples in relation to eumelanins and pheomelanins. European Pharmaceutical Journal. (2021) 68(1) 89-91. DOI: 10.2478/afpuc-2021-0001

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

K. Jomová , D. Vondrakova, M. Lawson, M. Valko. Metals, Oxidative stress and neurodegenerative disorders. Mol Cell Biochem (2010) 345: 91-104.

1390 citations

2

K. Jomova, M. Lawson, L. Drostinova, P. Lauro, P. Poprac, V. Brezova, M. Michalik, V. Lukes, M. Valko. Protective role of quercetin against copper(II)-induced oxidative stress: A spectroscopic, theoretical and DNA damage study. Food Chem Toxicol. (2017) 110: 340-350. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2017.10.042.

75 citations

3

MK. Lawson, M. Valko, MTD. Cronin, K. Jomová. Chelators in Iron and Copper Toxicity. Current Pharmacology Reports (2016) 2:271-280.

46 citations

4

L. Gala, M. Lawson, M. et al. EPR Spectroscopy of a Clinically Active (1:2) Copper(II)-Histidine Complex Used in the Treatment of Menkes Disease: A Fourier Transform Analysis of a Fluid CW-EPR Spectrum. Molecules (2014) 19: 980-991.  

42 citations

5

Lawson M., Jomova K., Poprac P., Kuča K., Musílek K., Valko M. (2017) Free Radicals and Antioxidants in Human Disease. In: Al-Gubory K., Laher I. (eds) Nutritional Antioxidant Therapies: Treatments and Perspectives. Springer, Cham. pp. 283-305 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67625-8_12

41 citations

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

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
Participation in new course on Medical Devices to Masters level Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Galenic Pharmacy, Division of Health Care and Medical Devices 01.09.2021 - present
submission of paper about transdermal delivery of L-ascorbic acid. Awaiting puplishers decision Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Galenic Pharmacy August 2022 - January 2025
written review paper about copper-quercetin complexes. Will be submitted shortly. Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Galenic Pharmacy 02/09/2024 - 30/01/2025

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)
John Moores University, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences Rodney House, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool L3 5UX, UK 27/07/2015 - 28/08/2015 Visiting researcher

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2025-01-27