Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Ing. Ľuboš Nižnanský, 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
Nižnanský
I.2 - Name
Ľuboš
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr., Ing., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1983
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Institute of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Sasinkova 4, 811 08 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
scientific researcher
I.8 - E-mail address
niznansky10@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/25884
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Forensic Medicine
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4478-8018

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology STU in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2007
II.c - Study field and programme
Food technology and biotechnology
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology STU in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2009
II.c - Study field and programme
Biotechnology and Biochemistry
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology STU in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2013
II.c - Study field and programme
Biochemistry
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
Scientific researcher Institute of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava 2016-present
toxicologist Forensic Medicine, Health Care Surveillance Authority 2013-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
Certificate of professional training for working with highly toxic substances and mixtures and toxic substances and mixtures Axelum, s.r.o. 2023

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
Forensic Medicine- toxicology General Medicine I.+II. General Medicine
Forensic medicine and medical law in medical practice General Medicine I.+II. General Medicine
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.b - Diploma (second degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
5
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
81
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
39
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
10 Web of Science/ 11 Scopus
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
7 Web of Science/ 8 Scopus
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
75 Scopus/ 65 Web of Science
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
72 Scopus/ 62 Web of Science
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
75 Scopus/ 65 Web of Science
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
72 Scopus/ 62 Web of Science
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
1
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Nižnanský Ľ., Osinová D., Kuruc R., Hengerics Szabó A., Szórádová A., Masár M., Nižnanská Ž. Natural Taxanes: From Plant Composition to Human Pharmacology and Toxicity. Int J Mol Sci. 23(24):15619 (2022). doi: 10.3390/ijms232415619.

2

Nižnanský Ľ, Nižnanská Ž, Kuruc R. et al. Ayahuasca as a Decoction Applied to Human: Analytical Methods, Pharmacology and Potential Toxic Effects. J Clin Med. 11(4):1147 (2022). doi: 10.3390/jcm11041147.

3

Pieprzyca E, Skowronek R, Nižnanský Ľ, Czekaj P. Synthetic cathinones - From natural plant stimulant to new drug of abuse. Eur J Pharmacol. 875:173012 (2020). doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173012.

4

Nižnanský Ľ, Mikuláš Ľ, Szabó AH, Nižnanská Ž, Valuch J. Unusual concentration of tramadol detected in cadaver in the last stage of decomposition and in fly larvae in the immediate vicinity: case report and literature review. Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 20(1):183-188 (2024). doi: 10.1007/s12024-023-00597-3.

5

Nižňanský L, Kryštofová S, Vargovič P, Kaliňák M, Simkovič M, Varečka L. Glutamic acid decarboxylase gene disruption reveals signalling pathway(s) governing complex morphogenic and metabolic events in Trichoderma atroviride. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 104(5):793-807 (2013). doi: 10.1007/s10482-013-9989-y.

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

Nižnanský Ľ., Osinová D., Kuruc R., Hengerics Szabó A., Szórádová A., Masár M., Nižnanská Ž. Natural Taxanes: From Plant Composition to Human Pharmacology and Toxicity. Int J Mol Sci. 23(24):15619 (2022). doi: 10.3390/ijms232415619.

2

Nižnanský Ľ, Nižnanská Ž, Kuruc R. et al. Ayahuasca as a Decoction Applied to Human: Analytical Methods, Pharmacology and Potential Toxic Effects. J Clin Med. 11(4):1147 (2022). doi: 10.3390/jcm11041147.

3

Pieprzyca E, Skowronek R, Nižnanský Ľ, Czekaj P. Synthetic cathinones - From natural plant stimulant to new drug of abuse. Eur J Pharmacol. 875:173012 (2020). doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173012.

4

Nižnanský Ľ, Mikuláš Ľ, Szabó AH, Nižnanská Ž, Valuch J. Unusual concentration of tramadol detected in cadaver in the last stage of decomposition and in fly larvae in the immediate vicinity: case report and literature review. Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 20(1):183-188 (2024). doi: 10.1007/s12024-023-00597-3.

5

Blaško J, Nižnanská Ž, Kubinec R, Mikuláš L, Nižnanský L, Kubincová J, Kunštek M, Duháčková L, Hrčka R, Kabát J, Gabrišová L, Šidlo J, Hengerics Szabó A. Simple, fast method for the sample preparation of major capsaicinoids in ground peppers, in potato chips and chilli sauces and their analysis by GC-MS. J Food Compos Anal. 114,104733 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2022.104733.

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

Gao, X.; Zhang, N.; Xie, W. Advancements in the Cultivation, Active Components, and Pharmacological Activities of Taxus mairei. Molecules 2024, 29, 1128. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29051128

2

Meo, L.; Savarese, M.; Munno, C.; Mirabelli, P.; Ragno, P.; Leone, O.; Alfieri, M. Circulating Biomarkers for Monitoring Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Children. Pharmaceutics 2023, 15, 2712. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15122712

3

Feeney, W., Moorthy, A. S., Sisco, E. Spectral trends in GC-EI-MS data obtained from the SWGDRUG mass spectral library and literature: A resource for the identification of unknown compounds. Forensic Chemistry 2022, 31,100459. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forc.2022.100459.

4

Love D, Jones NS. Interpol Review of Drug Analysis 2019-2022. Forensic Sci Int Synerg. 2023 Jan 5;6:100299. doi: 10.1016/j.fsisyn.2022.100299.

5

Pelletier, R., Le Daré, B., Le Bouëdec, D. et al. Identification, synthesis and quantification of eutylone consumption markers in a chemsex context. Arch Toxicol 98, 151–158 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-023-03615-z

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

Co-investigator: Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic and Slovak Academy of Sciences (VEGA)

VEGA 1/0740/24: Dependence of the post-mortem interval on changes in the lipid fraction composition of cadaver fingerprints 

2024-2026

2

Co-investigator: Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic and Slovak Academy of Sciences (VEGA)

VEGA 1/0790/21: The role of catalase in determining the postmortem interval

2021-2023

3

Principal investigator : Grant for young scientists. Study of PDR transporters in the genus Trichoderma 25.5 2011-30.3.2012. STU grant no. 6412

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
ad hoc expert in forensic toxicology Field of Healthcare and Pharmacy, branch of Forensic Toxicology 2014-
member Working Group on the Early Warning System for New Psychoactive Substances (EWS) 2018-
Scientific secretary and Chairman Scientific secretary of the Committee of the Slovak Forensic Society, Chairman of the toxicology section of the Slovak Forensic Society 2018-
Pedagogical activity: Laboratory investigation methods in toxicology, Toxicology and occupational diseases, Occupational medicine and toxicology University of St. Elizabeth 2018-

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

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

2012 - Siedme ivanské dni mladých biológov, third place-lecture

2017- Diploma on the occasion of the interactive conference of young scientists in the Use of instrumental methods in the analysis of biologically significant substances section

2018- co-author of the publication GC-MS/MS method for age determination of fingerprints. Price- Best Young Scientist Paper Award 2018.

2022- 3rd place in the poster section at XV. International conference Present State and Perspectives of Analytical Chemistry in Practice for work Unusual concentration of tramadol in skeletal remains of a human individual and in fly larvae found in the vicinity

2022- Invitation to ACP 2022 invited speaker na XVth International conference Present State and Perspectives of Analytical Chemistry in Practice

2023-Award of the Slovak Forensic Society for the best publication (scientific article) v r. 2022 

Date of last update
2024-04-30