I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Lačný

I.2 - Name

Alexander

I.3 - Degrees

doc. RNDr., PhD.

I.4 - Year of birth

1982

I.5 - Name of the workplace

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava

I.6 - Address of the workplace

Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

I.7 - Position

associate professor

I.8 - E-mail address

alexander.lacny@uniba.sk

I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/26300

I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university

Earth Sciences

I.11 - ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9141-7626

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

II.b - Year

2010

II.c - Study field and programme

Geology

II.2 - Second degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Comenius University in Bratislava

II.b - Year

2012

II.c - Study field and programme

General Geology and Tectonics

II.3 - Third degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Comenius University in Bratislava

II.b - Year

2016

II.c - Study field and programme

Tectonics

II.4 - Associate professor

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Comenius University in Bratislava

II.b - Year

2024

II.c - Study field and programme

Geology

II.5 - Professor

II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position	III.b - Institution	III.c - Duration
scholarly assistant	Comenius University in Bratislava	2016 - 2026
associate professor	Comenius University in Bratislava	2026-continue

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
Scientific Qualification Degree 2A	Slovak Academy of Sciences	2022

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
Geology and Lithogeography	Geography, Cartography and Geoinformatics	bachelor's degree	Geography

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.4.2 - Number of defended theses

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
Basics of Speleology	Geology	bachelor's degree	Earth Sciences
Geology in nutshell	all-faculty	bachelor's degree	Earth Sciences
Excercises in Geology and lithogeography	bachelor's degree	bachelor's degree	Earth Sciences
/ Speleology	Dynamic Geology	bachelor's degree	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

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level

VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

Lačný, A., Plašienka, D. & Vojtko, R., 2016: Structural evolution of the Turňa Unit constrained by fold and cleavage analyses and its consequences for the regional tectonic models of the Western Carpathians. Geologica Carpathica, 2016, 67/2, 177– 193.

Plašienka, D., Méres, Š., Ivan, P., Sýkora, M., Soták, J., Lačný, A., Aubrecht, R., Bellová, S. & Potočný, T., 2019: Meliatic blueschists and their detritus in Cretaceous sediments: New data constraining tectonic evolution of the West Carpathians. Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 112, 1, 55–81.

Putiška, R., Kušnirák, D., Dostál, I., Lačný, A., Mojzeš, A., Hók, J., Pašteka, R., Krajňák, M. & Bošanský, M., 2014: Integrated geophysical and geological investigations of karst structures in Komberek, Slovakia. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, v. 76, no. 3, p. 155–163.

Vojtko, R., Lačný, A., Jeřábek, P., Potočný, T., Gerátová, S., Kilík, J., Plašienka, D. & Lexa, O., 2023: Deformation pattern of the Lower Triassic sedimentary formations of the Silicic Nappe: Evidence for dynamics of the Western Carpathian orogen. Journal of Geosciences, 68, 229-248

Lačný A., Kriváňová K., Vojtko R., Klamová E., Droppa D.M., Gerátová S. & Gašper S., 2025: Structural evolution of the Fatric Unit in the Malé Karpaty Mountains (Slovakia) during the Cretaceous–Early Neogene Alpine Orogeny: Insights from field-based orientation analysis. Geologica Carpathica, 76/6, 445-457

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

Klamová E., Vojtko R., Droppa D.M., Lačný A. & Hók J., 2026: Geological structure and tectonic evolution of the Tatric Unit between Pernek village and Pezinská Baba saddle (Malé Karpaty Mts., Slovakia). Geologica Carpathica, 77/3, 189-204

Marko, F., Woodhead, J., Scholz, D., Hurai, V. & Lačný, A., 2022: 238U/206Pb age of the fossil sinter crust (fowstone) covering fault walls of a Badenian neptunian dyke (Devín quarry, Western Carpathians). Geologica Carpathica, 73,2, 173-178.

Gerátová, S., Vojtko, R., Lačný, A. & Kriváňová, K., 2022: Structural pattern and tectonic evolution of the Muráň fault revealed by geological data, fault-slip analysis and paleostress reconstruction (Western Carpathians). Geologica Carpathica, 73, 1, 43-62.

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

[o1] 2019 - Bónová, K. - Mikuš, T. - Bóna, J. - In: Minerals, Vol. 8, No. 12, 2019 ; Art. No. 543 ; SCOPUS

[o1] 2020 - Ruzicka, P. - Myslan, P. - Kurylo, S. - Mineral composition of metapelite and metapyroclastic components

[o1] 2019 - da Gama, M.F.P. - Braga, M.A. - Barbosa, M.R. - de Paula, R.G. - Goncalves, D.F. - Brandi, I.V. - In: Revista Brasileira de Geofisica, Vol. 37, No. 3, 2019 ; s. 121-134 ; SCOPUS

o1] 2020 - Liso, I.S. - Chieco, M. - Fiore, A. - Pisano, L. - Parise, M. - Underground Geosites and Caving Speleotourism: Some Considerations, From a Case Study in Southern Italy. - In: Geoheritage, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2020 ; Art. No. 13 ; SCOPUS

[o1] 2018 - Kövér, S. - Fodor, L.- Kovács, Z. - Klötzli, U. - Haas, J. - Zajzon, N. - Szabó, C. - In: International Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 107, No. 8, 2018 ; s. 2975-2998 ; SCOPUS

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

2022-2026: APVV-21-0281 Alpínsky geodynamický vývoj vnútorných zón Západných Karpát. Alpine geodynamic development of the inner zones of the Western Carpathians (principal investigator Assoc. Prof. Rastislav Vojtko)

2020-2024: VEGA-1/0346/20 Stredoslovensky zlomový systém a jeho úloha pri tektonickom vývoji vnútrohorských paniev a neovulkanitov Central Slovak Fault System – its role during the tectonic evolution of intramontane basins and neovolcanites (principal investigator Assoc. Prof. Rastislav Vojtko).

2017-2021:APVV-16-0146 Multidisciplinárny výskum geofyzikálno-štruktúrnych parametrov a environmentálneho vplyvu zlomov Západných Karpát. Multidisciplinary research of geophysical and structural parameters, and environmental impacts of faults of the Western Carpathians. (Principal investigator Prof. Bielik)

2017-2020: VEGA 1/0085/17 Structural relationships and tectonometamorphic evolution of the Meliatic, Turnaic and Silicic units (principal investigator: D. Plašienka).

2022-2023: APVV-21-0159 Atlas tektonických dislokácií zemskej kôry na území Slovenska. Atlas of tectonic dislocations of the earth’s crust in the territory of Slovakia (principal investigator Dr. Vladimír Bezák)

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 the Editorial Board	Acta Carsologica Slovaca	2017 - continues
Member of the Editorial Board	Bulletin of Slovak Speleological Society	2014 - continues
Member of the Editorial Board	Protection areas of the Slovak Republic	2021 - continues
Member of the Scientific Board	State Nature Conservancy of Slovak Republic	2019 - continues

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

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

Awards: 2018 – SGS award for the most significant geological work for the years 2016–2017 in category II – scientific works of young authors (Lačný A., Plašienka D. & Vojtko R., 2016: Structural evolution of the Turnňa Unit constrained by the fold and cleavage analyzes (Western Carpathians). Geologica Carpathica, 67, 2, 177–193.)

Date of last update

2026-08-11

Name and surname:	doc. RNDr. Alexander Lačný, 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