Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
prof. RNDr. Martin Bednarik, 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
Bednarik
I.2 - Name
Martin
I.3 - Degrees
prof., RNDr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1975
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Dept. of Engineering Geology, Hydrogeology and Applied Geophysics
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Prírodovedecká fakulta Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava 4
I.7 - Position
prof.
I.8 - E-mail address
mbednarik@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4163
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Earth Sciences
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-4813-1005

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
Faculty of Natural Sciences Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2001
II.c - Study field and programme
Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Natural Sciences Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2007
II.c - Study field and programme
Engineering Geology
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Natural Sciences Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2011
II.c - Study field and programme
Engineering Geology
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Natural Sciences Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2021
II.c - Study field and programme
Engineering Geology
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
reseach assistant Faculty of Natural Sciences Comenius University in Bratislava 2005 - 2012
assoc. professor Faculty of Natural Sciences Comenius University in Bratislava 2012-2021
professor Faculty of Natural Sciences Comenius University in Bratislava from 2021 - present

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

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
Basics of Engineering Geology Geology I. Earth Sciences
Building foundations Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology II. Earth Sciences
Engineering Geology in Civil Buildings Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology II. Earth Sciences
Regional Engineering Geology Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology II. Earth Sciences
Methods of engineering geological research Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology III. Earth Sciences
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.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology II. Earth Sciences
Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology III. Earth Sciences
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.3.a - Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure V.3.b - Study field to which it is assigned
Engineering Geology Earth Sciences
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
2
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
2
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
3
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
7
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
13
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2
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
Basics of GIS for geologists Geology I. Earth Sciences
Bachelor thesis Geology I. Earth Sciences
Civil Buildings Foundations Geology I. Earth Sciences
Geological legislation Geology I. Earth Sciences
Practical geology for everyone faculty subject I.+II. Earth Sciences
Course of Engineering Geological Mapping Engineering geology and Hydrogeology II. Earth Sciences
Slope stability research Engineering geology and Hydrogeology II. Earth Sciences
Diploma seminar in engineering geology and hydrogeology Engineering geology and Hydrogeology II. Earth Sciences
Field Course of Technical Investigations Engineering geology and Hydrogeology II. Earth Sciences
GIS Application in Engineering Geology Engineering geology and Hydrogeology II. Earth Sciences
Remote Sensing of the Earth in Engineering Geology Engineering geology and Hydrogeology II. Earth Sciences
Methods of engineering geological research Apllied geophysics II. Earth Sciences

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
141
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
21
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
55
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
1171
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
755
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
1001
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
755
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
5
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
5
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Bednarik M., Putiška R., Dostál I., Tornyai R., Šilhán K., Weis K., Ružek I., 2018: Multidisciplinary research of landslide at UNESCO site of Lower Hodruša mining water reservoir. Landslides, 15(6)

2

Bednarik M., Moshammer B., Heinrich M., Holzer R., Laho M., Rabeder J., Uhlir Ch., Unterwurzacher M., 2014: Engineering geological properties of Leitha Limestone from historical quarries in Burgenland and Styria, Austria. Engineering Geology, 176

3

Bednarik M., Yilmaz I., Marschalko M., 2012: Landslide hazard and risk assessment: a case study from the Hlohovec - Sereď landslide area in south-west Slovakia. Natural Hazards, 64(1)

4

Constantin M., Bednarik M., Jurhescu M., Vlaicu M., 2011: Landslide susceptibility assessment using the bivariate statistical analysis and the index of entropy in the Sibiciu Basin (Romania). Environmental Earth Sciences, 63(2)

5

Bednarik M., Magulová B., Matys M., Marschalko M., 2010: Landslide susceptibility assessment of the Kraľovany-Liptovský Mikuláš railway case study. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 35(3-5)

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

Dunčková L., Bednarik M., Krčmář D., Marschalko M., Tornyai R., 2019: GIS-based multicriteria evaluation of foundation conditions. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 78(4)

2

Hodasová K. & Bednarik M., 2021: Effect of using various weighting methods in a process of landslide susceptibility assessment. Natural Hazards, 105 (1)

3

Jánová V., Liščák P., Kopecký M., Bednarik M., Šimeková J., Ondrášik M., Pauditš P., Tupý P., Petro Ľ., Ondrejka P., Greif V., Ondrus P., 2022: Zosuvy na Slovensku (Landslides in Slovakia). Monografia, SAŽP Banská Bystrica. ISBN 978-80-8213-055-6

4

Bednarik M., Holzer R., Pivko D., Tornyai R., Hornáčková A., 2022: Engineering geological properties of building stones from the north-eastern part of the Vienna basin in the Western Carpathians. In: Geotechnical and geological engineering 40 (6).

5

Bednarik M., Yilmaz I., Kralovičová L.,2024: Deterministic approach to assess landslide susceptibility and landslide activity in the Central-Western Region of Slovakia. In: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment Springer Nature. Springer International Publishing AG. – ISSN 1435-9529. – ISSN (online) 1435-9537. – Roč. 83, č. 8 (2024)

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

Jiao, Y.-Y. - Wang, Z.-H. - Wang, X.-Z. - Adoko, A.C. - Yang, Z.-X.: Engineering Geology, Vol. 159, June 2013, s. 36-44 - SCI ; SCOPUS

2

Budimir, M.E.A. - Atkinson, P.M. - Lewis, H.G.: Landslides, Vol. 12, No. 3, 2015, s. 419-436 - SCOPUS 

3

Tsangaratos, P. - Ilia, I. - Hong, H. - Chen, W. - Xu, C.: Landslides, Vol. 14, No. 3, 2017, s. 1091-1111 - SCOPUS

4

Festa, V. - Fiore, A. - Luisi, M. - Miccoli, M.N. - Spalluto, L.: Engineering Geology, Vol. 233, Januar, 2018, s. 76-97 - SCI ; SCOPUS

5

Gurocak, Z. - Alemdag, S. - Bostanci, H.T. - Gokceoglu, C.: Discontinuity controlled slope failure zoning for a granitoid complex: A fuzzy approach. In: Rock Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 5. New York : Taylor & Francis, 2017, S.3-25 - SCOPUS

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

VEGA Grant No. 1/0182/23: Quantification of landslide risk in urbanized areas of Slovakia threatened by the devastating effects of slope movements (project leader; duration: 2023 – 2026)

2

Grant VEGA no. 1/0559/17: Application of seismic measurements on landslide areas (co-researcher; solution period: 1. 2017 - 12. 2019)

3

APVV project no. APVV-16-0146: Multidisciplinary research of geophysical-structural parameters and environmental impact of faults in the Western Carpathians (co-researcher; research period: 2017 - 2021).

4

Grant VEGA no. 1/0205/18: Diagnostics of porosity, absorbency and resistance of building stone for restoration of historic buildings (project leader; solution period: 2018 - 2020).

5

PARAGEO - PARtnership Against GEOhazards, EEA Scholarship Slovakia (EEA/EHP-SK06-IV-V-02) (principal investigator CU; duration: 09/2015 – 12/2016). 

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
membership Slovak Association of Engineering geologists from 2005
membership IAEG International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment from 2015
executive editor AGEOS - Acta Geologica Slovaca journal from 2018
editorial board member LANDSLIDES journal from 2015
editorial board member GEOTECHNIKA journal from 2014

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)
University of Parma Parma, ITALY 2004 (july-september) ERASMUS

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

Since 2009 I have been working as a scientific reviewer of manuscripts of scientific articles on request for several impacted journals.

Date of last update
2025-02-12