Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Lucia Nemček, 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
Nemček
I.2 - Name
Lucia
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1977
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava 4
I.7 - Position
Research worker
I.8 - E-mail address
lucia.nemcek@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4301
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Ecological and Environmental Sciences / Earth Sciences
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6850-262X

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, Faculty of Natural Sciences
II.b - Year
2000
II.c - Study field and programme
Environmental Science, Soil Science
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
2010
II.c - Study field and programme
Environmental Science, Soil Science
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
research worker Institute of Laboratory Research on Geomaterials, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University 2009 - present

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
field trip 'Ukraine 2009' Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute, Bratislava 2009
Fieldtrip of Societas Pedologica Slovaca to Toruń, Jordan & Brodnica Lakeland, focused on soils modelled by continental glacier Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) in Toruń 2011
Visegrad fund research project 'Validation of the Central European Soil Database' Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute, Bratislava 2013
Scientific degree qualification IIa Slovak Academy of Sciences 2018

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
Analytical Geochemistry Environmental Geochemistry II. Ecological and Environmental 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.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)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
1
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
Modern methods of experimental research of geological materials Mineralogy, Petrology and Mineral Resources 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
75
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
31
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
24
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
16
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
240
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
89
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
61
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
55
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
6
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
0
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

(V3) Hagarová I., Nemček L. Reliable quantification of ultratrace selenium in food, beverages, and water samples by cloud point extraction and spectrometric analysis, Nutrients 14(17):3530, 2022 (IF - JCR: 2021 - 6,706; wos-jcr wos-jcr -- Q1 [nutrition & dietetics] -- 2021)

2

(V3) Hagarová I., Nemček L., Šebesta M., Zvěřina O., Kasak P., Urík M. Preconcentration and separation of gold nanoparticles from environmental waters using extraction techniques followed by spectrometric quantification, International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23(19):11465, 2022 (IF - JCR: 2021 - 6,208; wos-jcr -- Q1 [biochemistry & molecular biology] -- 2021)

3

A+ (ADC) Nemček L., Šebesta M., Urík M., Bujdoš M., Dobročka E., Vávra I. Impact of bulk ZnO, ZnO nanoparticles and dissolved Zn on early growth stages of barley - A pot experiment. Plants, 2020, 9, 1365 (IF - JCR: 2019 - 2,762; wos-jcr -- Q1 [Plant sciences] -- 2019)

4

A+ (ADC) Kořenková L., Šebesta M., Urík M., Kolenčík M., Kratošová G., Bujdoš M., Vávra I., Dobročka E. Physiological response of culture media-grown barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) to titanium oxide nanoparticles. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Soil & Plant Science, 2017, 67:4, 285-291 (IF - JCR: 2017 - 0,894; wos-jcr -- Q3 [agronomy] ; Q4 [soil science] -- 2017)

5

A+ (ADC) L. Kořenková, M. Uhrík: Soil moisture and its effect on bulk density and porosity of intact aggregates of three Mollic soils, Indian J. Agr. Sci. 82 (2012) 172-176 (IF - JCR: 2012 - 0,177; wos-jcr -- Q4 [agriculture] -- 2012)

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

(V3) Hagarová I., Nemček L. Reliable quantification of ultratrace selenium in food, beverages, and water samples by cloud point extraction and spectrometric analysis, Nutrients 14(17):3530, 2022 (IF - JCR: 2021 - 6,706; wos-jcr wos-jcr -- Q1 [nutrition & dietetics] -- 2021)

2

(V3) Hagarová I., Nemček L., Šebesta M., Zvěřina O., Kasak P., Urík M. Preconcentration and separation of gold nanoparticles from environmental waters using extraction techniques followed by spectrometric quantification, International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23(19):11465, 2022 (IF - JCR: 2021 - 6,208; wos-jcr -- Q1 [biochemistry & molecular biology] -- 2021)

3

(ADC)Hagarová I., Nemček L. Application of metallic nanoparticles and their hybrids as innovative sorbents for separation and pre-concentration of trace elements by dispersive micro-solid phase extraction: A minireview, Frontiers in Chemistry 9(5): 72755, 2021 (IF - JCR: 2021 - 5,545; wos-jcr -- Q2 [chemistry, multidisciplinary] -- 2021)

4

A+ (ADC) Šebesta, M., Nemček, L., Urík, M., Kolenčík, M., Bujdoš, M., Vávra, I., Dobročka, E., Matúš, P., 2020. Partitioning and stability of ionic, nano- and microsized zinc in natural soil suspensions. Sci. Total Environ. 700. (IF - JCR: 2019 - 6,551; wos-jcr -- Q1 [Environmental sciences] -- 2019)

5

A+ (ADC) Nemček L., Šebesta M., Urík M., Bujdoš M., Dobročka E., Vávra I. Impact of bulk ZnO, ZnO nanoparticles and dissolved Zn on early growth stages of barley—A pot experiment. Plants, 2020, 9, 1365 (IF - JCR: 2019 - 2,762; wos-jcr -- Q1 [Plant sciences] -- 2019)

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

Ningthoujam R., Singh Y.D., Babu P.J., Tirkey A., Pradhan S., Sarma M. Nanocatalyst in remediating environmental pollutants. Chemical Physics Impact, 2022, 4: 100064

(cited research: Hagarová I., Nemček L. Application of metallic nanoparticles and their hybrids as innovative sorbents for separation and pre-concentration of trace elements by dispersive micro-solid phase extraction: A minireview. Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021, 9(5): 72755)

2

Modi S., Yadav V.K., Choudhary N., Alswieleh A.M., Sharma A.K., Bhardwaj A.K., Khan S.H., Yadav K.K., Cheon, J.-K., Jeon, B.-H. Onion peel waste mediated-green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles and their phytotoxicity on mung bean and wheat plant growth. Materials, 2022, 15(7): 2393

(cited research: Nemček L., Šebesta M., Urík M., Bujdoš M., Dobročka E., Vávra I. Impact of bulk ZnO, ZnO nanoparticles and dissolved Zn on early growth stages of barley - A pot experiment. Plants, 2020, 9(10), 1365)

3

Rakhmatulina E., Thompson S. Freeze–thaw processes degrade post‐fire water repellency in wet soils. Wildfire and Hydrological Processes, 2020, 34(26): 5229-5241

(cited research: Kořenková L., Matúš P. Role of water repellency in aggregate stability of cultivated soils under simulated raindrop impact. Eurasian Soil Science, 2015, 48(7):754-758)

4

Sun W., Dou F., Li C. et al. Impacts of metallic nanoparticles and transformed products on soil health. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2020, DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2020.1740546 

(cited research: Šebesta M., Nemček L. Urík M. et al. Partitioning and stability of ionic, nano- and microsized zinc in natural soil suspensions. Science of The Total Environment, 2019, 700: 134445)

5

Gallego-Hernández A.L., Meza-Figueroa D., Tanori J. et al. Identification of inhalable rutile and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) nanoparticles in the atmospheric dust. Environmental Pollution, 2020, 260: 114006

(cited research: Šebesta M., Nemček L. Urík M. et al. Partitioning and stability of ionic, nano- and microsized zinc in natural soil suspensions. Science of The Total Environment, 2019, 700: 134445)

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

VEGA 1/0203/14; (2014-2017); Potential risk assessment of spread of inorganic contamination of geogenic or anthropogenic origin induced by biologically catalyzed release of toxic elements from humic matter (deputy principal investigator); This project studies the effects of microbial activity on stability of humic substances, and their influence on potentially toxic elements associated with this heterogenous group of natural organic matter.  

                                                               

ABSTRACT: Despite the fact that the humic substances, especially subclass humic acids, are chemically stable molecules, their degradation might be induced by the microbial activity. These processes are related to changes in the chemical structure of humic substances and may lead to their mineralization. One of the important geochemical implications of this transformation is the release of potentially toxic elements, which, despite the fact that are relatively firmly bounded to humic substances, even in relatively stable environments are not expected to be released from these phases. This implies a significant risk to humans as well as to other organisms due to possible intensification of microbially induced alterations of humic substances resulting in transfer of toxicants into the biosphere and increasing the risk of exposure.

2

VEGA 1/0146/18; (2018-2021); Effects of microbial extracellular metabolites and bio-transformation processes on mobility of Mn, Fe and Si, and other environmentally significant micro-nutrients (deputy principal investigator); This project studies the mutual interaction of microorganisms or their extracellular metabolites and the surfaces of solid amorphous or crystalline inorganic phases, which affect the mobility and bioavailability of various elements.            


ABSTRACT: Although Fe, Mn and Si are important micronutrients from the point of view of agrobiology and no less important elements from the viewpoint of geochemistry, the influence of filamentous fungi on their mobility in the environment is omitted in current literature. However, chelating and redox properties of fungal extracellular metabolites, rapid metabolism and high tolerance to chemical stressors, make this heterotrophic group ideal candidate for efficient mobilization of nutrients in soils. This unique property is, however, two-sided and can also mobilize hazardous substances bound in natural geochemical barriers, the dominant component of which is iron and manganese oxides and hydroxides. Therefore, this project is primarily assessing the impact of this significant heterotrophic microbial group, especially their extracellular products, on the stability and transformation of solid phases with high Fe, Mn and Si content and related changes in mobility and bioavailability of these nutrients in the environment.

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