Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. Mgr. Olivier Monfort, 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
Monfort
I.2 - Name
Olivier
I.3 - Degrees
doc. Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1990
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Ilkovičova 6, Mlynská dolina, 842 15 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Associate Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
olivier.monfort@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/31931
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Inorganic Chemistry
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2992-8155

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Université de Rennes 1 (France)
II.b - Year
2011
II.c - Study field and programme
Chemistry
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava
II.b - Year
2013
II.c - Study field and programme
Inorganic Chemistry
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava
II.b - Year
2017
II.c - Study field and programme
Inorganic Chemistry
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava
II.b - Year
2023
II.c - Study field and programme
Inorganic Chemistry
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Associate Professor Comenius University Bratislava 2023 - present
University Teacher - Assistant Professor Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave 2019 - 2023
Researcher Université Clermont Auvergne (France) 2018-2019
Researcher Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (France) 2017-2018

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
Material Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry II. Chemistry
Chemical Calculations 1 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.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Inorganic Chemistry III. Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry II. Chemistry
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)
0
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
3
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
1
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
1
V.4.c - Dissertation (third 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
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Chemistry I. Chemistry
Chemistry of nanomaterials Chemistry I. Chemistry
Colloquium in Inorganic Chemistry Chemistry I. Chemistry
New Trends in Material Chemistry Chemistry I. Chemistry
Advanced Laboratory exercises in Inorganic Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry II. Chemistry
Professional Training 1-2 Inorganic Chemistry II. Chemistry
Photochemical Processes Inorganic Chemistry II. Chemistry
Characterization Methods of Inorganic Compounds and Materials 2 Inorganic Chemistry II. Chemistry
Academic Research and Communication Inorganic Chemistry II. Chemistry
Nanostructured Compounds in Materials Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry II. Chemistry
Environmental Applications of Inorganic Compounds Inorganic Chemistry II. Chemistry
Physico-chemical Properties of Solid Inorganic Compounds Inorganic Chemistry II. Chemistry
Doctoral Seminar in Inorganic Chemistry 1-3 Inorganic Chemistry III. Chemistry
Selected Chapters in Materials Chemistry 1-3 Inorganic Chemistry III. Chemistry
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry 1-2 Inorganic Chemistry III. 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
116
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
79
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
63
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
46
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
1200
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
965
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
1200
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
965
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
8
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
6
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

O. Monfort*, A. Madhusudhan, M. Motola, Controversial mechanism of simultaneous photocatalysis and Fenton-based processes: additional effect or synergy?, Chemical Communications 60 (2024) 374-383

2

S. Atri*, E. Loni, Z. Dyrcikova, F. Zazimal, M. Caplovicova, D. Dvoranova, G. Plesch, M. Kabatova, M. Brigante, M. Naguib*, O. Monfort*, Tailored MXene-derived nano-heterostructure oxide for peroxymonosulfate activation in the treatment of municipal wastewaters, Nanoscale 16 (2024) 18430-18443

3

O. Monfort*, K. Hanna, Unexpected bias of freeze-drying on the performance assessment of chemical oxidation in soils contaminated by polychlorinated biphenyls, Environmental Chemistry Letters 17(3) (2019) 1391-1396

4

O. Monfort*, M. Usman, I. Soutrel, K. Hanna*, Ferrate(VI)-based chemical oxidation for the remediation of aged PCB contaminated soil: Comparison with conventional oxidants and study of limiting factors, Chemical Engineering Journal 355 (2019) 109-117

5

O. Monfort, L.-C. Pop, S. Sfaelou, T. Plecenik, T. Roch, V. Dracopoulos, E. Stathatos, G. Plesch, P. Lianos*, Photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen production by water splitting using BiVO4 photoanodes, Chemical Engineering Journal 286 (2016) 91-97

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

O. Monfort*, A. Madhusudhan, M. Motola, Controversial mechanism of simultaneous photocatalysis and Fenton-based processes: additional effect or synergy?, Chemical Communications 60 (2024) 374-383

2

S. Atri*, E. Loni, Z. Dyrcikova, F. Zazimal, M. Caplovicova, D. Dvoranova, G. Plesch, M. Kabatova, M. Brigante, M. Naguib*, O. Monfort*, Tailored MXene-derived nano-heterostructure oxide for peroxymonosulfate activation in the treatment of municipal wastewaters, Nanoscale 16 (2024) 18430-18443

3

S. Atri*, E. Loni, F. Zazimal, K. Hensel, M. Caplovicova, G. Plesch, X. Lu, R. Nagarajan, M. Naguib*, O. Monfort*, MXene-Derived Oxide Nano-Heterostructures for Photocatalytic Sulfamethoxazole Degradation, ACS Applied Nano Materials 7 (2024) 16506-16515

4

M. Cai, S. Gowrisankaran, M. Gregor, H. Makarov, T. Roch, J. Li, F. Wu, G. Mailhot, M. Brigante, O. Monfort*, Unravelling the activation mechanism of oxidants using copper ferrite nanopowder and its application in the treatment of real waters contaminated by phenolic compounds, Chemical Engineering Journal 481 (2024) 148623

5

V. V. Kusumkar, S. Atri*, S. Inan, M. Gregor, T. Roch, H. Makarov, M. Caplovicova, M. Galambos, E. Viglasova, G. Plesch, O. Monfort*, Application of MXene for remediation of low-level radioactive aqueous solutions contaminated with 133Ba and 137Cs, Chemical Communications 59 (2023) 12007-12010

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

M. Cai, S. Gowrisankaran, M. Gregor, H. Makarov, T. Roch, J. Li, F. Wu, G. Mailhot, M. Brigante, O. Monfort*, Unravelling the activation mechanism of oxidants using copper ferrite nanopowder and its application in the treatment of real waters contaminated by phenolic compounds, Chemical Engineering Journal 481 (2024) 148623

[o1] R. Akash et al., An LED-driven Hematite/Bi4O5I2 nanocomposite as an S-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst for efficient degradation of phenolic compounds in real wastewater, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 13 (2025) 1271-1286.

2

O. Monfort*, M. Usman, I. Soutrel, K. Hanna*, Ferrate(VI)-based chemical oxidation for the remediation of aged PCB contaminated soil: Comparison with conventional oxidants and study of limiting factors, Chemical Engineering Journal 355 (2019) 109-117                                     

[o1] Z. Wang et al., Degradation of mineral-immobilized pyrene by ferrate oxidation: Role of mineral type and intermediate oxidative iron species, Water Research 217 (2022) 118377

3

O. Monfort*, A. Madhusudhan, M. Motola, Controversial mechanism of simultaneous photocatalysis and Fenton-based processes: additional effect or synergy?, Chemical Communications 60 (2024) 374-383

[o1] S. Samajdar et al., Double heterojunction photocatalysts: strategic fabrication and mechanistic insights towards sustainable fuel production, Chemical Communications 61 (2025) 6069-6094

4

O. Monfort, L.-C. Pop, S. Sfaelou, T. Plecenik, T. Roch, V. Dracopoulos, E. Stathatos, G. Plesch, P. Lianos*, Photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen production by water splitting using BiVO4 photoanodes, Chemical Engineering Journal 286 (2016) 91-97  

[o1] R.-B. Song et al., Electrode materials engineering in electrocatalytic CO2 reduction: Energy input and conversion efficiency, Advanced Materials 32(27) (2020) 1903793

5

O. Monfort, L.-C. Pop, S. Sfaelou, T. Plecenik, T. Roch, V. Dracopoulos, E. Stathatos, G. Plesch, P. Lianos*, Photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen production by water splitting using BiVO4 photoanodes, Chemical Engineering Journal 286 (2016) 91-97  

[o1] M. Sanna et al., The unexpected photoelectrochemical activity of MAX phases: the role of oxide impurities, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 11 (2023) 3080-3090

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

Principal Investigator - project No. APVV-21-0039 "Photochemically Versatile Materials for Water Treatment" financed by the Slovak Research and Development Agency (SRDA) - 170k EUR

2

Member of Managing Committee - COST Action No. CA23104 "Mainstreaming water reuse into the circular economy paradigm" financed by European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) - 600k EUR

3

Scientist-in-Charge - project No. 3305/03/02 "Investigation of newly synthesized MXene-based solar driven photocatalysts in environmental remediation and hydrogen production" financed by MSCA COFUND SASPRO2 - 210k EUR

4

Principal Investigator - projekt No. SK-CN-23-0002 "Innovative iron-based photoactive materials for sustainable wastewater treatments" financed by the Slovak Research and Development Agency (SRDA) - 14k EUR

5

Principal Investigator - projekt No. SK-FR-22-0002 "Solar-active nanostructured materials for innovative remediation of water contaminated by pharmaceuticals” financed by the Slovak Research and Development Agency (SRDA) - 5k EUR

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
elected member of the Scientific Council Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand (ICCF) 2018-2019
elected member of the Academic Senate Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava 2022 - present
member of the PhD evaluation commission in Inorganic Chemistry Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava 2024 - present

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
University of Limerick Limerick, V94 T9PX, Ireland 21.5.2023 - 27.5.2023 Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme
Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA) 24 Avenue Blaise Pascal, 63178 Aubière, France 23.6.2019 - 13.7.2019 Interntional Summer School - Chemistry & Environmental Sciences

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

2025: Scientist of the Year 2024 of the Slovak Republic (in the category “Young Researcher”)

2021: 2nd place at Falling Walls Slovakia ("Breaking the Walls of Environmental Photochemistry")    

2016: Price of the Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava in the category "Chemical and Biological Sciences"  

2017: "Top 3 Oral Flash Communication" in the category "Semiconductor Photocatalysis"at the EAAOP5, Prague (5th European Conference on Environmental Applications of Advanced Oxidation Processes)

Date of last update
2026-02-11