Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
RNDr. Oliver Štrbák, 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
Strbak
I.2 - Name
Oliver
I.3 - Degrees
RNDr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1980
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Biomedical Centre Martin, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine CU
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Mala Hora 4, 036 01 Martin
I.7 - Position
Researcher
I.8 - E-mail address
oliver.strbak@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.jfmed.uniba.sk/kontakt/zamestnanci/strbak11
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Medical, clinical and pharmaceutical biochemistry
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-0212-3392

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of mathemathics, physics and informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2002
II.c - Study field and programme
Physics (biophysics and molecular physics)
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of mathemathics, physics and informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2004
II.c - Study field and programme
Physics (biophysics and molecular physics)
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Science, University of Pavol Jozef Safarik in Kosice
II.b - Year
2010
II.c - Study field and programme
Condensed matter physics and acoustic
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
Head of the Laboratory of Metabolomics Biomedical Centre Martin 2020 - present
Research Scientist IIa Biomedical Centre Martin 2016 - 2020
Research Scientist IIb Institute of Measurement SAS 2010 - 2016
Early stage researcher (Marie-Curie fellow) Institute of Scientific Instruments AS CR 2007 - 2010
Specialist Astronomical Institute SAS 2006 - 2007
Research and development assistant CPN Ltd. 2005 - 2006

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
Training school in genomic data analysis in association studies Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Italy 2023
Metal oxidation machinery in arecheon M. Sedula Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria 2016
Magnetic Resonance Pulse Sequences for Siemens training course Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland 2009
"Scientific Project Management" course University Claude-Bernard Lyon, Lyon, France 2008
"Advanced Statistical Data Processing" course Pardubice University, Pardubice, Czech Republic 2005
"NMR Spectroscopy for the Study of Natural Molecules" course University of Chemistry and Technology, Praha, Czech Republic 2005

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.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
2
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
3
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
59
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
40
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
43
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
24
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
620
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
342
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
522
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
217
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
3
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

 Development of FerroQuant software tool for MRI data analysis and quantification, as a part of the APVV project (Principal investigator).

2

 Collaboration to upgrade the jMRUI software tool for MRS-MRSI data analysis, as a parto of the FAST project (Marie-Curie fellow).

3

 Proof of mineral core reduction of ferritin derivatives by vitamins B2 and C (Publication: https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/17/6332).

4

Creation of an MRI protocol to distinguish between physiological and pathological ferritin (Publication: https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/16/8487).

5

Publication of a new hypothesis of a magnetotaxis origin (Publication: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01490451.2018.1554013).

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

Proof of mineral core reduction of ferritin derivatives by vitamins B2 and C (Publication: https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/17/6332).

2

Creation of an MRI protocol to distinguish between physiological and pathological ferritin (Publication: https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/16/8487).

3

Publication of a new hypothesis of a magnetotaxis origin (Publication: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01490451.2018.1554013).

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

Publication: Quantitation of magnetic resonance spectroscopy signals: The jMRUI software package, No. of citations: 292

2

Publication: Magnetic properties and heating effect in bacterial magnetic nanoparticles, No. of citations: 39

3

Publication: Encapsulation of indomethacin in magnetic biodegradable polymer nanoparticles, No. of citations: 38

4

Publication: Chitosan-stabilized iron oxide nanoparticles for magnetic resonance imaging, No. of citations: 30

5

Publication: Magnetic resonance imaging of surgical implants made from weak magnetic materials, No. of citations: 19

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

Project title: Advanced diagnostics of neurodegenerative disorders using magnetic resonance techniques and artificial intelligence, Grant scheme: APVV-22-0122, Years: 2023 – 2027, Position: Principal Investigator

2

Project title: Iron-sulphur clusters - from chemistry to immunology, Grant scheme: COST (no. CA 21115), Years: 2022 – 2026, Position: Management Committee Member

3

Project title: Mapping of biogenic iron oxides as biomarkers of neurodegenerative diseases using advanced magnetic resonance methods, Grant scheme: Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic (no. 2018/11-UKMT-7), Years: 2018 – 2020, Position: Principal investigator

4

Project title: European network for advancing electromagnetic hyperthermic medical technologies, Grant scheme: COST (no. CA 17115), Years: 2018 – 2022, Position: Management Committee Member

5

Project title: Measurement of biological response of weak low-frequency electromagnetic fields, Grant scheme: VEGA (no. 2/0138/16), Years: 2016 – 2018, Position: Co-investigator

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)
Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna Währinger Straße 42 A-1090 Wien, Austria August 1st -31st, 2016 Short Term Scientific Mission (COST project TD 1308 "ORIGINS")
Department of Magnetic Resonance and Bioinformatics, Institute of Scientific Instruments, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Královopolská 147 612 64 Brno Česká republika September 1st, 2007 - August 31st, 2010 Marie-Curie Research and Training Network fellowship (project "FAST", 6th FP)

IX. - Other relevant facts