Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Juraj Filo, 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
Filo
I.2 - Name
Juraj
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1985
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of natural sciences
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
asistant professor
I.8 - E-mail address
juraj.filo@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5500
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Organic chemistry
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-3995-2565

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of natural sciences
II.b - Year
2007
II.c - Study field and programme
Chemistry
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of natural sciences
II.b - Year
2009
II.c - Study field and programme
Organic chemistry
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of natural sciences
II.b - Year
2013
II.c - Study field and programme
Organic chemistry
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
researcher Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of natural sciences 2013-2020
assistant professor Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of natural sciences 2020-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
Molecular spectroscopy Chemistry I. Chemistry
Molecular spectroscopy Chemistry I. Chemistry
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)
1
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
1
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
2
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
Structure determination of organic compounds Organic and bioorganic chemistry II. Chemistry
Chémia

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
64
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
38
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
64
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
38
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
511
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
384
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
511
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
384
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

Tabussi, A., Serviou, S. K., Medveď, M., Hrubý, V., Filo, J., Lazar, P., Cigáň, M., Chronopoulos, D. D., Otyepka, M., & Kokotos, C. G. (2026). Revealing the photochemical activity of fluorographene towards organic transformations: selective aerobic photooxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ta09779g

2

Small-molecule coumarin fluorescent pH probes for extremely acidic conditions. Joniak, J., Stankovičová, H., Filo, J., Gaplovská-Kyselá, K., Garaj, V., Cigáň, M., Sens. Actuator. B-Chem. 2020, 307, 127646-121656. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2019.127646)

3

Polysubstituted 5-Phenylazopyrimidines: Extremely Fast Non-ionic Photochromic Oscillators. Čechová, L., Filo, J., Dračínský, M., Slavov, C., Sun, D., Janeba, Z., Slanina, T., Wachtveitl, J., Procházková, E., Cigáň, M., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 15590-15594. (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202007065)

4

Heydari, A., Borazjani, N., Kazemi-Aghdam, F., Filo, J., & Lacík, I. (2025). DMTMM-mediated amidation of sodium alginate in aqueous solutions: pH-dependent efficiency of conjugation. Carbohydrate Polymers, 348, 122893. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2024.122893

5

Mravec, B., Budzák, Š., Medved’, M., Pašteka, L. F., Lazar, P., Procházková, E., Růžička, A., Kožíšek, J., Vegso, K., Bodik, M., Šiffalovič, P., Švec, P., Filo, J., & Cigáň, M. (2025a). Solid-State Photoswitching of Hydrazones Based on Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147(3), 2421–2431. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c12510

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

Hegedüsová, L., Blaise, N., Pašteka, L. F., Budzák, Š., Medveď, M., Filo, J., Mravec, B., Slavov, C., Wachtveitl, J., Grabarz, A. M., & Cigáň, M. (2024). Enhancing the Potential of Fused Heterocycle-Based Triarylhydrazone Photoswitches. Chemistry - A European Journal, 30(8), e202303509. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202303509

2

Small-molecule coumarin fluorescent pH probes for extremely acidic conditions. Joniak, J., Stankovičová, H., Filo, J., Gaplovská-Kyselá, K., Garaj, V., Cigáň, M., Sens. Actuator. B-Chem. 2020, 307, 127646-121656. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2019.127646)

3

Polysubstituted 5-Phenylazopyrimidines: Extremely Fast Non-ionic Photochromic Oscillators. Čechová, L., Filo, J., Dračínský, M., Slavov, C., Sun, D., Janeba, Z., Slanina, T., Wachtveitl, J., Procházková, E., Cigáň, M., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 15590-15594. (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202007065)

4

Mravec, B., Budzák, Š., Medved’, M., Pašteka, L. F., Lazar, P., Procházková, E., Růžička, A., Kožíšek, J., Vegso, K., Bodik, M., Šiffalovič, P., Švec, P., Filo, J., & Cigáň, M. (2025a). Solid-State Photoswitching of Hydrazones Based on Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147(3), 2421–2431. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c12510

5

Design of High-Performance Pyridine/Quinoline Hydrazone Photoswitches. Mravec, B., Budzák, Š., Medved’, M., Pašteka, L.F., Slavov, C., Saßmannshausen, T., Wachtveitl, J., Kožíšek, J., Hegedüsová, L., Filo, J., Cigáň, M. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 17, 11633–11646. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.joc.1c01174)

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

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2019, 21, 24749: Dithienylethene-based photoswitchable catalysts: State of the art and future perspectives. Majee, D., Presolski, S. ACS Catalysis 2021, 11, 2244-2252.

2

J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 5986: Heteroaryl azo dyes as molecular photoswitches. Crespi, S., Simeth, N.A., König, B., Nature Reviews Chemistry 2019, 3, 133–146.

3

Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2014, 49, 48: Acid–Base-Triggered Structural Transformation of a Polyoxometalate Core Inside a Dodecahedrane-like Silver Thiolate Shell. H. Liu, C.-Y. Song, R.-W. Huang, Y. Zhang, H. Xu, M.-J. Li, S.-Q. Zang, G.-G. Gao, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 11, 3699-3703.

4

Molecules 2019, 24(5), 992: Applications of Zeolites to C1 Chemistry: Recent Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities, Q. Zhang, J. Yu, A. Corma, Adv. Mater. 2020, 32(44), 2002927. 

5

Molecules, 2017, 22(8), 1340: Dual mode detection of water in an organic solvent with a rhodamine-6G derivative. K. C. Behera, B. N. Patra, B. Bag, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2020, 338, 129861.

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

Maximizing optical nonlinearities within a confined chromophore space: Towards smaller and highly-efficient photosensitizers for bioimaging and theranostic applications; 2018-2021; APVV-17-0324

2

Molecular switching under the spotlight; 2021-2025; APVV-20-0098

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

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

Date of last update
2026-04-13