Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Ing. Marcel Veterník, 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
Veterník
I.2 - Name
Marcel
I.3 - Degrees
Ing., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1986
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University in Bratislava, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Department of Medical Biophysics
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Malá hora 4, Martin, SR
I.7 - Position
assistant professor
I.8 - E-mail address
marcel.veternik@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/18049
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Nursing; Midwifery; Public Health; General Medicine; Dentistry, Dental Medicine
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0001-7936-1869

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University of Žilina, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
II.b - Year
2008
II.c - Study field and programme
Biomedical Engineering
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University of Žilina, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
II.b - Year
2010
II.c - Study field and programme
Biomedical Engineering
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin
II.b - Year
2014
II.c - Study field and programme
Medical Biophysics
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
assistant professor Comenius University in Bratislava, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin up to the 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
Course of Medical education Comenius University in Bratislava, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin 2020
Protection of animals used for scientific or educational purposes, module: Execution, design of procedures and projects Institute of Postgraduate education of Veterinary Surgeons, Košice, SR 2015
Routing Protocols and Concepts, CCNA 2 Cisco Networking Academy 2010
Network Fundamentals, CCNA 1 Cisco Networking Academy 2009

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
Medical Biophysics General Medicine I.+II. General Medicine
Medical Biophysics Dental Medicine I.+II. Dentistry, Dental Medicine
Biophysics and Radiology Nursing I. Nursing
Biophysics and Radiology Public Health I. Public Health
Biophysics and Radiology Midwifery I. Midwifery
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.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
1
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
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
Medical Biophysics Biomedical engineering I. Electrical and Electronics Engineering

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
121
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
49
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
13
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
201
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
49
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
132
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
31
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

Poliacek I, Simera M, Veternik M, Kotmanova Z, Pitts T, Hanacek J, Plevkova J, Machac P, Visnovcova N, Misek J, Jakus J. The course of lung inflation alters the central pattern of tracheobronchial cough in cat-The evidence for volume feedback during cough. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2016 Jul 15;229:43-50. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2016.04.008. Epub 2016 Apr 25. PMID: 27125979; PMCID: PMC5369651.

2

Poliacek I, Pitts T, Rose MJ, Davenport PW, Simera M, Veternik M, Kotmanova Z, Bolser DC. Microinjection of kynurenic acid in the rostral nucleus of the tractus solitarius disrupts spatiotemporal aspects of mechanically induced tracheobronchial cough. J Neurophysiol. 2017 Jun 1;117(6):2179-2187. doi: 10.1152/jn.00935.2016. Epub 2017 Mar 1. PMID: 28250153; PMCID: PMC5454471.

3

Veternik M, Simera M, Martvon L, Cibulkova L, Kotmanova Z, Poliacek I. Effect of various modes of tracheal mechanical stimulation on the cough motor pattern. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2025 Feb-Mar;332:104367. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2024.104367. Epub 2024 Nov 10. PMID: 39532210.

4

Veternik M, Tonhajzerova I, Misek J, Jakusova V, Hudeckova H, Jakus J. The impact of sound exposure on heart rate variability in adolescent students. Physiol Res. 2018 Nov 14;67(5):695-702. doi: 10.33549/physiolres.933882. Epub 2018 Jul 25. PMID: 30044112.

5

Veternik M, Simera M, Jakus J, Poliacek I. Integration of simulated multipotential signals: the role of integration window width and of the number of spikes. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2013;788:265-72. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-6627-3_37. PMID: 23835987.

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

Martvon L, Veternik M, Simera M, Kotmanova Z, Babalova L, Morris KF, Pitts T, Bolser DC, Poliacek I. Modeling and simulation of vagal afferent input of the cough reflex. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2022 Jul;301:103888. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2022.103888. Epub 2022 Mar 17. PMID:

35307565.

2

Poliacek I, Pitts T, Rose MJ, Davenport PW, Simera M, Veternik M, Kotmanova Z, Bolser DC. Microinjection of kynurenic acid in the rostral nucleus of the tractus solitarius disrupts spatiotemporal aspects of mechanically induced tracheobronchial cough. J Neurophysiol. 2017 Jun 1;117(6):2179-2187. doi: 10.1152/jn.00935.2016. Epub 2017 Mar 1. PMID: 28250153; PMCID: PMC5454471.

3

Poliacek I, Simera M, Veternik M, Kotmanova Z, Bolser DC, Machac P, Jakus J. Role of the dorsomedial medulla in suppression of cough by codeine in cats. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2017 Dec;246:59-66. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2017.07.011. Epub 2017 Aug 1. PMID: 28778649; PMCID: PMC5646267.

4

Veternik M, Tonhajzerova I, Misek J, Jakusova V, Hudeckova H, Jakus J. The impact of sound exposure on heart rate variability in adolescent students. Physiol Res. 2018 Nov 14;67(5):695-702. doi: 10.33549/physiolres.933882. Epub 2018 Jul 25. PMID: 30044112.

5

Veternik M, Simera M, Martvon L, Cibulkova L, Kotmanova Z, Poliacek I. Effect of various modes of tracheal mechanical stimulation on the cough motor pattern. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2025 Feb-Mar;332:104367. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2024.104367. Epub 2024 Nov 10. PMID: 39532210.

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

Citation: Li G, Li J, Ju Z, Sun Y, Kong J. A novel feature extraction method for machine learning based on surface electromyography from healthy brain. Neural Comput Appl [Internet]. 2019;31(12):9013-22. Source: Veternik M, Simera M, Jakus J, Poliacek I. Integration of simulated multipotential signals: the role of integration window width and of the number of spikes. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2013;788:265-72.

2

Citation: Madjar N, Gazoli R, Manor I, Shoval G. Contrasting effects of music on reading comprehension in preadolescents with and without ADHD. Psychiatry Res. 2020 Sep;291:113207. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113207. Epub 2020 Jun 7. PMID: 32559672. Source: Veternik M, Tonhajzerova I, Misek J, Jakusova V, Hudeckova H, Jakus J. The impact of sound exposure on heart rate variability in adolescent students. Physiol Res. 2018 Nov 14;67(5):695-702. doi: 10.33549/physiolres.933882. Epub 2018 Jul 25. PMID: 30044112.

3

Citation: Alves MA, Garner DM, do Amaral JAT, Oliveira FR, Valenti VE. The effects of musical auditory stimulation on heart rate autonomic responses to driving: A prospective randomized case-control pilot study. Complement Ther Med. 2019 Oct;46:158-164. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2019.08.006. Epub 2019 Aug 15. PMID: 31519273. Source: Veternik M, Tonhajzerova I, Misek J, Jakusova V, Hudeckova H, Jakus J. The impact of sound exposure on heart rate variability in adolescent students. Physiol Res. 2018 Nov 14;67(5):695-702. doi: 10.33549/physiolres.933882. Epub 2018 Jul 25. PMID: 30044112.

4

Citation: Mutolo D. Brainstem mechanisms underlying the cough reflex and its regulation. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2017 Sep;243:60-76. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2017.05.008. Epub 2017 May 24. PMID: 28549898. Source: Poliacek I, Simera M, Veternik M, Kotmanova Z, Pitts T, Hanacek J, Plevkova J, Machac P, Visnovcova N, Misek J, Jakus J. The course of lung inflation alters the central pattern of tracheobronchial cough in cat-The evidence for volume feedback during cough. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2016 Jul 15;229:43-50. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2016.04.008. Epub 2016 Apr 25. PMID: 27125979; PMCID: PMC5369651.

5

Citation: Yeung DT, Bough KJ, Harper JR, Platoff GE Jr. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Executive Meeting Summary: Developing Medical Countermeasures to Rescue Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression (a Trans-Agency Scientific Meeting)-August 6/7, 2019. J Med Toxicol. 2020 Jan;16(1):87-105. doi: 10.1007/s13181-019-00750-x. Epub 2019 Dec 18. PMID: 31853736; PMCID: PMC6942061. Source: Poliacek I, Simera M, Veternik M, Kotmanova Z, Bolser DC, Machac P, Jakus J. Role of the dorsomedial medulla in suppression of cough by codeine in cats. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2017 Dec;246:59-66. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2017.07.011. Epub 2017 Aug 1. PMID: 28778649; PMCID: PMC5646267.

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

Project APVV-23-0162: Safe intErsections of Cycling commUnications with oveRhead Electric Lines. Investigator.

2

Project VEGA 1/0092/20: Relations of central control of cough and breathing. Investigator.

3

Project VEGA1 / 0173/20: Iron and other biogenic elements in the CNS as markers of exposure to electromagnetic fields. The main subject of research is the evaluation of the non - thermal effects of EMP on experimental animals (rabbit, rat), accumulation of iron (ferritin) as well as other biogenic elements in the CNS and other organs examined by Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS). Investigator.

4

Project APVV-19-0214: BiocompatibiLity and objectIfication of the grid Frequency Electromagnetic field in densely populated areas. Implementation of this multidisciplinary project expressively contributes to the realisation of the EU policies at national level. The activities are focused on: 1) objectification of the 50 Hz EM background levels in select, densely populated areas, also extending beyond the designated protection zones; 2) a qualitative and quantitative analysis of potential bio-effects of grid frequency EM field and 3) suggestion of effective preventive measures for decreasing the effects. The main project outcome is a unique web portal that will provide information pertaining to the levels of artificial EM low-frequency background in selected densely populated areas, to the related potential health risks and recommendations for appropriate preventive measures. Investigator.

5

Project KEGA 057UK-4/2021: Preparation of university textbook in english language for medical Biophysics with innovation of teaching processes for distance education using e-learning. The presented project is focused on updating the educational texts of theoretical and practical section of the mandatory subject Medical Biophysics of the first-year students at the Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Engineering of both Medical and Non-medical faculties. In order to improve the educational process, it is necessary to issue new university textbook for foreign students in program general medicine in English, which would reflect the modern practical tasks and completely include the necessary curriculum. The updated textbook will also include the implementation of interactive content and e-learning processes applicable during the standard as well as distance learning process upon the emergency situations. 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
Member of organizing committee of SSA (Student`s Scientific Activities) Comenius University in Bratislava, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin 2017 - today

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)
Study visit at University of South Florida, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA 7.5.2012 - 14.6.2012
Study visit at University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Physiological Sciences University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Physiological Sciences, 2015 SW 16th Ave, Gainesville, Florida, USA 18.6.2013 - 19.6.2013

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2025-01-30