Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Samuel Furka, 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
Furka
I.2 - Name
Samuel
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr. , PhD., MLJ
I.4 - Year of birth
1990
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Katedra fyzikálnej a teoretickej chémie / Department of physical and theoretical chemistry
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Prírodovedecká fakulta, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava 4 / Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava 4
I.7 - Position
Odborný Asistent VŠ / University assistant professor
I.8 - E-mail address
samuel.furka@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/32711
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
fyzikálna chémia / physical chemistry
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-7921-5527

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave / Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2013
II.c - Study field and programme
Biochémia, Chémia / Biochemistry, Chemistry
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave / Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2015
II.c - Study field and programme
Fyzikálna Chémia / Physical Chemistry
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave / Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2021
II.c - Study field and programme
Fyzikálna Chémia / Physical 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
Odborný asistent VŠ Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave / Comenius University in Bratislava 2021 - súčastnosť / presence

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
Laboratórne cvičenia z fyzikálnej chémie 1 / Laboratory exercises in physical chemistry 1 Fyzikálna chémia / Physical chemistry I. chémia/Chemistry
Physical Chemistry (En) Fyzikálna chémia / Physical chemistry I. chémia/Chemistry
"Bakalárska práca z fyzikálnej chémie 1 / Bachelor thesis in physical chemistry 1" Fyzikálna chémia / Physical chemistry I. chémia/Chemistry
"Bakalárska práca z fyzikálnej chémie 2 / Bachelor thesis in physical chemistry 2" Fyzikálna chémia / Physical chemistry I. chémia/Chemistry
"Cvičenie k bakalárskej práci z fyzikálnej chémie / Exercises for bachelor thesis in physical chemistry" Fyzikálna chémia / Physical chemistry I. chémia/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)
2
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
1
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
Seminár z kinetiky a mechanizmov chemických reakcií / Seminar on kinetics and mechanisms of chemical reactions Fyzikálna chémia II. chémia/Chemistry

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
32
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
32
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
20
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
15
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
137
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
137
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
101
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
83
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
20
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
20
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

ZnO nanoparticles as photodegradation agent controlled by morphology and boron doping, 2021, Catalysis Science & Technology 11(4) DOI: 10.1039/D0CY01802C

2

Novel antimicrobial materials designed for the 3D printing of medical devices used during the COVID-19 crisis, 2021, Rapid Prototyping Journal 27(5):890-904, DOI: 10.1108/RPJ-09-2020-0219

3

Q‐VENT – A Novel Device for Emergency Ventilation of the Lungs in Patients with Respiratory Failure due to Diseases such as COVID‐19, 2020, Medical Devices & Sensors 3(2) DOI: 10.1002/mds3.10124

4

Effect of Gallium and Boron doping on dielectric and conductivity properties of ZnO sintered from nanoparticles of different morphology in THz region, 2021, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 611(10): 125896, DOI:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.125896

5

Platelet Mitochondrial Bioenergetics Reprogramming in Patients with Urothelial Carcinoma, nt. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23(1): 388, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23010388

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

Čičkan, M., Klement, R., Matejdes, M., Kureková, V., Furka, D., Furka, S., Tomanová, K., Veteška, P., & Janek, M. (2025). Rare earth modification of smectites and their use in luminescent up-conversion emission. Applied Clay Science, 266, 107685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2024.107685

2

Dueñas Santana, J. A., Orozco, J. L., Febles Lantigua, D., Furka, D., Furka, S., & García Cruz, A. (2021). Using integrated Bayesian-Petri Net method for individual impact assessment of domino effect accidents. Journal of Cleaner Production, 294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126236

3

Dueñas Santana, J. A., Orozco, J. L., Furka, D., Furka, S., Boza Matos, Y. C., Febles Lantigua, D., González Miranda, A., & Barrera González, M. C. (2021). A new Fuzzy-Bayesian approach for the determination of failure probability due to thermal radiation in domino effect accidents. Engineering Failure Analysis, 120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2020.105106

4

Furka, D., Furka, S., Dueñas Santana, J. A., Tóth, A., Čaplovičová, M., Rakovský, E., Čičkan, M., & Janek, M. (2025). Enhancing Photocatalytic Efficiency Through Morphology and Band Gap Tuning in Gallium‐doped Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles. ChemNanoMat. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnma.202400665

5

Hromníková, D., Furka, D., Furka, S., Santana, J. A. D., Ravingerová, T., Klöcklerová, V., & Žitňan, D. (2022). Prevention of tick-borne diseases: challenge to recent medicine. In Biologia (Vol. 77, Issue 6). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-021-00966-9

6

Zahra, S., Furka, S., Campopiano, S., Iadicicco, A., Dueñas Santana, J. A., Neogrády, P., Tóth, A., & Furka, D. (2025). Advanced novel asymmetric notched plastic optic fibers for sensing applications. Optics & Laser Technology, 183, 112283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2024.112283

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

SAMRS/2021/KE/1/5 Zavedenie výroby a využitia slovenského pľúcneho ventilátora Q-vent pre „bridging“ terapiu pacientov s COVID-19 a jednoduché lekárske zákroky,, pozície: odborný pracovník,, projektový menežér,, https://slovakaid.sk/schvalene-a-neschvalene-projekty/samrs-2021-ke-1/                                                                                                                                                                                                            SAMRS / 2021 / KE / 1/5 Implementation of Slovak lung ventilator Q-vent for "bridging" therapy of patients with COVID-19 and simple medical interventions ,, position: specialist ,, project manager ,, https: // slovakaid .sk / schvalene-a-neschvalene-projekty / samrs-2021-ke-1 /

2

SAMRS/2024/KE/1 Zlepšenie verejného zdravia vyslaním lekárov, komunitnou výukou, poskytnutím stáží a nasadením analyzátora ochorení s AI a zariadení na čistenie vody.

SAMRS/2024/KE/1 Improving Public Health through the Deployment of Doctors, Community Education, Provision of Internships, and Implementation of a Disease Analyser with AI and Water Purification Devices.

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
2025-02-28