V3 Hiller, E., Faragó, T., Kolesár, M., Filová, L., Mihaljevič, M., Jurkovič, Ľ., Demko, R., Machlica, A., Štefánek, J., Vítková, M., 2024: Metal(loid)s in urban soil from historical municipal solid waste landfill: Geochemistry, source apportionment, bioaccessibility testing and human health risks. Chemosphere. Vol. 362, Article number 142677. SJR - SCOPUS: 2023 - 1,806

V3 Horváthová, H., Schwarzkopfová, K., Vojtková, H., Jurkovič, Ľ., Faragó, T., Boturová, K., Hiller, E., Urík, M., Vítková, M., 2024: Aerobic release of arsenic and antimony from mine soils by biostimulation of indigenous microbial activity and bioaugmentation with Cupriavidus genera of bacteria. Plant and Soil. Vol. 497(1-2), s. 175-197. SJR - SCOPUS: 2022 - 1,153

V3 Faragó, T., Špirová V., Blažeková, P., Lalinská-Voleková, B., Macek, J., Jurkovič, Ľ., Vítková, M., Hiller, E., 2023: Environmental and health impacts assessment of long-term naturallyweathered municipal solid waste incineration ashes deposited in soil—old burden in Bratislava city, Slovakia. Heliyon, s. 1-18, Art. No. e13605. IF - JRC: 2022 - 4. Q2 [Multidisciplinary] 2022

V3 Hiller, E., Jurkovič, Ľ., Faragó, T., Vítková, M., Tóth, R., Komárek, M., 2021: Contaminated soils of different natural pH and industrial origin: The role of (nano) iron- and manganese-based amendments in As, Sb, Pb, and Zn leachability. Environmental Pollution. Vol. 285, art. no. 17268, IF - JCR: 2020 - 8.071, Q1

V3 Hiller, E., Jurkovič, Ľ., Majzlan, J., Kulikova, T., Faragó, T. (2021): Environmental availability of trace metals (Mercury, chromium and nickel) in soils from the abandoned mine area of merník (Eastern Slovakia). Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 30(6), 5013–5025, IF - JCR: 2020 - 1.699, Q3

V3 Schwarzkopfová, K., Faragó, T., Jurkovič, Ľ., 2018: Mobilization of arsenic from technosols in a short-term dynamic column experiment. Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry. Vol. 100 (2), s. 157-174. IF - JCR: 2018 - 0,972, Q3

V3 Hiller, E., Faragó, T., Kolesár, M., Filová, L., Mihaljevič, M., Jurkovič, Ľ., Demko, R., Machlica, A., Štefánek, J., Vítková, M., 2024: Metal(loid)s in urban soil from historical municipal solid waste landfill: Geochemistry, source apportionment, bioaccessibility testing and human health risks. Chemosphere. Vol. 362, Article number 142677. SJR - SCOPUS: 2023 - 1,806

V3 Horváthová, H., Schwarzkopfová, K., Vojtková, H., Jurkovič, Ľ., Faragó, T., Boturová, K., Hiller, E., Urík, M., Vítková, M., 2024: Aerobic release of arsenic and antimony from mine soils by biostimulation of indigenous microbial activity and bioaugmentation with Cupriavidus genera of bacteria. Plant and Soil. Vol. 497(1-2), s. 175-197. SJR - SCOPUS: 2022 - 1,153

V3 Faragó, T., Špirová V., Blažeková, P., Lalinská-Voleková, B., Macek, J., Jurkovič, Ľ., Vítková, M., Hiller, E., 2023: Environmental and health impacts assessment of long-term naturallyweathered municipal solid waste incineration ashes deposited in soil—old burden in Bratislava city, Slovakia. Heliyon, s. 1-18, Art. No. e13605. IF - JRC: 2022 - 4. Q2 [Multidisciplinary] 2022

V3 Hiller, E., Jurkovič, Ľ., Faragó, T., Vítková, M., Tóth, R., Komárek, M., 2021: Contaminated soils of different natural pH and industrial origin: The role of (nano) iron- and manganese-based amendments in As, Sb, Pb, and Zn leachability. Environmental Pollution. Vol. 285, art. no. 17268, IF - JCR: 2020 - 8.071, Q1

V3 Hiller, E., Jurkovič, Ľ., Majzlan, J., Kulikova, T., Faragó, T. (2021): Environmental availability of trace metals (Mercury, chromium and nickel) in soils from the abandoned mine area of merník (Eastern Slovakia). Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 30(6), 5013–5025, IF - JCR: 2020 - 1.699, Q3

co-investigator

No. of project: 101112723. Duration of the project: 1.10.2023 - 30.9.2027. Project name: AchievingRemediation And GOverning Restoration of contaminated soils Now. Akronym: ARAGORN.

Financed: EUROPEAN RESEARCH EXECUTIVE AGENCY (REA)

Annotiation: Soil contamination is a severe hazard to humans and the environment. We propose

Achieving Remediation And GOverning Restoration of contaminated soils Now (ARAGORN)

through development and implementation of a complete framework. The framework starts

from the identification of contaminated sites and presents a decision-making tree to identify

remediation and restoration strategies, and

contribute to the aims of the EU Soil Strategy. The framework is grounded in scientific

progress and adapted to fully support public and

private land managers to take effective actions to protect, remediate and restore the

environment on Europe’s polluted soils. ARAGORN

will provide better insights into contaminated sites and improve remediation and restoration

decision-making by implementing robust

mapping and monitoring tools that are fit-for-purpose and covers a wide range of

contaminants. Neglected hotspot polluted sites will be

identified by fit-for-purpose monitoring and decision strategies. This will enable public and

private stakeholders of contaminated sites to

move from regrettable remediation to restorative remediation. ARAGORN will compile and test

remediation strategies and sustainable

soil decontamination solutions, and will develop and put in practice nature-based solutions,

improve knowledge on biodiversity and

deliver a framework for step-by-step decision making in terms of what is the best approach for

resilient restoration in various European

countries. The complete framework will be developed together with strategic engagement of

land managers throughout Europe, and by

rooting knowledge through co-creative processes and sustainable infrastructures. The

implementation will be done through a strong team

of multidisciplinary scientists and practitioners with ongoing commitments with a diverse set

of stakeholders across Europe at the local,

national and EU level. We will interlink land managers and sectors across Europe to take

effective action on soil health and provide

longevity links and support to several EU policy and international commitments.

co-investigator

No. of project: APVV-22-0134. Duration of the project: 1.7.2023 - 30.6.2027. Project name: Complex model of W-Mo deposit Ochtiná-Rochovce and environmentally acceptable possibilities of its use. Akronym: Model W-Mo bearing Ochtiná. Financed : Research and Development Support Agency

Annotiaton: The project deals with the unique, economically usable tungsten accumulation in Slovakia, which is also significant from the point of view of the entire European Union, as it represents a critical mineral raw material with the highest index of economic importance. At the W-Mo porphyry deposit in Ochtiná-Rochovce, the prospecting survey so far has made it possible to identify mineable reserves of this metal and obtain a license for mining, but many basic geological, mineralogical and genetic information as well as data on the potential environmental risks of mining. As part of the project, a new geological-structural-genetic model of the W-Mo deposit will be created, which will enable a more rational and efficient search for mineralized structures, even in the wider vicinity of the deposit, where manifestations of polymetallic and precious metal mineralization are known. The prevention of negative impacts of mining activity on the environment will also be addressed. The hydraulic and hydrogeochemical model of the deposit area will be created in order to prevent the risk of groundwater intrusion into the mine works and pollution of surface and underground waters. Potential mining waste and waste after ore processing will also be comprehensively assessed. Creation complex 2D and 3D GIS models of the deposit and its surroundings will significantly contribute not only to the formulation of the geological-genetic model of the deposit, but also make planning exploratory and environmentally acceptable mining activities on the deposit and its surroundings more efficient. At the same time, the project outputs will have the potential to significantly contribute to the effective search for this rare and little-explored type of ore deposits throughout the European Union, but also elsewhere in the world.

co-investigator

No. of the project: APVV-21-0212. Duration of the project: 1.7.2022 - 30.6.2026. Project name: Selected environmental burdens as a stress factor affecting biodiversity and health risks for exposed population groups. Akronym: Burdnes. Financed: Research and Development Support Agency.

Annotation: Environmental burden (EB) is pollution of the territory caused by human activity, which poses a serious risk to human health, or the rock environment, groundwater and land, with the exception of environmental damage. As part of the project, a detailed investigation of the composition of the deposited material at individual EBs will be carried out using state-of-the-art equipment field and laboratory methods in the field of geochemistry and mineralogy, at the same time the equipment of all co-researchers of the project will be used, including the latest analytical procedures. The previous knowledge from the individual studied locations will be supplemented by current analyzes of water, soil, river sediments and ocher precipitates taken during the implementation of the project. A new direction in EB evaluation could be the interdisciplinary connection of geological and biological research with focus on the impact of environmental contamination on biodiversity in the monitored locations. The acquired knowledge should subsequently be used in the assessment and calculation of health risks, mainly in the sense of involving scenarios of consumption of contaminated inputs into the food chain investigated exposed groups of the population. We can also consider the testing and design of remediation technologies as an important goal of the project, which should be tested within the project in laboratory as well as semi-operational (pilot) experiments directly at the investigated locations.

2016 responsible researcher, Grant UK/187/2016 "Study of the mobilization of contaminants (As, Pb, Cd, Zn) in technosols using the application of autochthonous microorganisms and the method of soil lysimeters"

2015 responsible researcher, Grant UK/187/2015 "Lysimeter in-situ study of the mobilization of contaminants (As, Hg, Zn) from technosol by application of autochthonous microorganisms"