Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Zuzana Pelechová Drongová, 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
Pelechová Drongová
I.2 - Name
Zuzana
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1985
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Botany, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava 4
I.7 - Position
Assistant professor
I.8 - E-mail address
zuzana.pelechova@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/23090
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Biology
I.11 - ORCID iD
0009-0008-8582-0249

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
Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2009
II.c - Study field and programme
Teacher Training of General Education Subjects, Environmental Studies and Biology
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2014
II.c - Study field and programme
Botany
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
Asistant professor Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava 2015 - present
Researcher Comenius University Science Park in Bratislava 2014-2015
Teacher Comenius Elementary School in Námestovo 2009-2010

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
Determination course for hydrobiologists 2015 The National Institute of Public Health and Czech Phycological Society 2015
Determination course for hydrobiologists 2014 The National Institute of Public Health and Czech Phycological Society 2014
Scientific Thursday for Specialists - Ecology and Determination of Green Cocal Algae - educational seminar Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences 2013
Hydrobiological course - Surface waters, chosen groups of algae and cyanobacteria The Association of Slovak Scientific and Technological Societies, Water Research Institute in Bratislava and National Reference Laboratory for Water in Slovakia 2013
Determination course for hydrobiologists 2013 The National Institute of Public Health and Czech Phycological Society 2013
Algology - Diversity, ecophysiology and stress resistance of polar cyanobacteria - specialized course Centre for Polar Ecology and University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice 2013
Scientific Thursday for specialists - Diatoms of our reservoirs, overview of the most common planktonic genera and species - educational seminar Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences 2013
English language course ReVA Akademos language school 2011-2012
English language course ReVA Akademos language school 2010-2011

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
Methods in botany Botany II. Biology
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)
1
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
0
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
Phycology Botany II. Biology
Botany seminar 1 Systematic biology, Biology I. Biology
Excursion in botany 1 Systematic biology I. Biology
Botany seminar 1 for teachers Teacher Training for Biology in Combination I. Teacher Training and Education Science

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
19
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
1
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
0
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
75
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
51
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
72
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
50
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

Lichner, L., Hallett, P. D., Drongová, Z., Czachor, H., Kovacik, L., Mataix-Solera J. a Homolák, M. 2013. Algae influence the hydrophysical parametres of a sandy soil. Catena, 108, 58-68

2

Jančovičová, S., Mišíková, K., Pelechová Drongová, Z. 2023. (Ne)zelené listy z botaniky. Sinice, riasy, machorasty a huby/(Non)green worksheets from botany. Cyanobacteria, algae, bryophytes and fungi. Bratislava : Comenius University in Bratislava, 187 s.

3

Pelechová Drongová, Z. 2021. Cyanobaktérie a riasy. In: Šimonovičová, A., Nosalj, S., Machariková, M., Pelechová Drongová, Z., Takáčová, A., Mišíková, K., Guttová, A. Pôdne mikroskopické vláknité huby, cyanobaktérie, riasy, machorasty, lichenizované huby a ich biodiverzita, Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2021. s. 107-128.

4

Drongová, Z. a Kováčik, Ľ. 2014. Biologické pôdne krusty viatych pieskov na lokalite Sekule, Záhorská nížina. Bulletin Slovenskej botanickej spoločnosti, 36 (1), 11-18.

5

Drongová, Z., Czachor., H., Kováčik, Ľ. a Lichner, Ľ. 2011. Vplyv rias na hydrofyzikálne charakteristiky piesočnatej pôdy. Acta Hydrologica Slovaca, 12, 220-228. 

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

Jančovičová, S., Mišíková, K., Pelechová Drongová, Z. 2023. (Ne)zelené listy z botaniky. Sinice, riasy, machorasty a huby. Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 187 s.

2

Pelechová Drongová, Z. 2021. Cyanobaktérie a riasy. In: Šimonovičová, A., Nosalj, S., Machariková, M., Pelechová Drongová, Z., Takáčová, A., Mišíková, K., Guttová, A. Pôdne mikroskopické vláknité huby, cyanobaktérie, riasy, machorasty, lichenizované huby a ich biodiverzita, Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2021. s. 107-128. 

3

Pelechová Drongová, Z. 2017. Let’s go to the field. Botanical excursion 2. Acta Botanica Universitatis Comenianae, 52, 47-56.

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

Coban, O., De Deyn, G.B., van der Ploeg, M. 2022. Soil microbiota as game-changers in restoration of degraded lands. Science, Vol. 375, No. 6584, art. no. 0725

2

Acharya, S., Holland, A., Rees, G., Brooks, A., Coleman, D., Hepplewhite, C., Mika, S., Bond, N., Silvester, E. 2023. Relevance of tributary inflows for driving molecular composition of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in a regulated river system. Water research, Vol. 237, art. no. 119975

3

Guida, G., Nicosia, A., Settanni, L., Ferro, V. 2023. A review on effects of biological soil crusts on hydrological processes. Earth-Science Reviews, Vol. 243, art. no. 104516

4

Martínez, S.I., Contreras, C.P., Acevedo, S.E., Bonilla, C.A. 2022. Unveiling soil temperature reached during a wildfire event using ex-post chemical and hydraulic soil analysis. Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 822, art. no. 153654

5

Liu, K., Li, T., Duan, X., Zhang, S., Chen, M., Hou, H., Wang, Z., Yu, A., Chen, D., Zhang, X., Hu, J., Dong, Y., Liu, D., Che, R. 2023. The degradation of subalpine meadows significantly changed the soil microbiome. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Vol. 349, atr. no. 108470

6

Garbowski, T., Bar-Michalczyk, D., Charazińska, S., Grabowska-Polanowska, B., Kowalczyk, A., Lochyňnski, P. 2022. An overview of natural soil amendments in agriculture. Soil and Tillage Research, Vol. 225, art. no. 105462

7

Wang, Z., Walach, R. 2022. The resemblance between flow patterns in submerged or open-to-air outlet hydrophobic capillary tubes and water infiltration in hydrophobic porous media. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 611, art. no. 128008

8

Shi, W., Pan, Y., Zhang, Y., Hu, R., Wang, X. 2022. The effect of different biocrusts on soil hydraulic properties in the Tengger Desert, China. Geoderma, Vol. 430, art. no. 116304

9

Sepehrnia, N., Bachmann, J. 2022. Capturing water repellency cessation time by means of characteristic time method. Geoderma, Vol. 427, No. 4, art. no. 116126

10

Ylmaz, D., Di Prima, S., Stewart, R.D., Abou Najim, M.R., Fernandez-Moret, D., Latorre, B., Lassabatere, L. 2022. Three-term formulation to describe infiltration in water-repellent soils. Geoderma, Vol. 427, No. 3, art. no. 116127

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

Co-investigator of the project KEGA 030UK-4/2022 – (Ne)zelené listy z botaniky. Sinice, riasy, machorasty a huby/(Non)green worksheets from botany. Cyanobacteria, algae, bryophytes and fungi (2022)

2

Researcher of the project Comenius University Science Park in Bratislava, activity: 2.4 Enviro-medicine for 21st Century – biotic and abiotic factors of the country and their influence (2014 – 2015)

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 society Slovac Botanical Society 2011 - present
member of society Czech Phycological Society 2015 - present
lecturer Determination course for hydrobiologists 2015 2015
lecturer Institute of High Muntain Biology, The University of Žilina, Tatranská Javorina 2016
lecturer Institute of Industrial Education, Žilina 2016-present

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)
External study stay ERASMUS Department of Botany, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice 18. 02. - 14. 06. 2013 student mobility

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2023-10-02