I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Šebesta

I.2 - Name

Radovan

I.3 - Degrees

prof. Mgr., DrSc.

I.4 - Year of birth

1975

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

Professor

I.8 - E-mail address

Radovan.sebesta@uniba.sk

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

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4428

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

Organic chemistry

I.11 - ORCID iD

0000-0002-7975-3608

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

1998

II.c - Study field and programme

Chemistry, 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

2002

II.c - Study field and programme

Organic chemistry

II.4 - Associate professor

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences

II.b - Year

2008

II.c - Study field and programme

organic chemistry

II.5 - Professor

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences

II.b - Year

2015

II.c - Study field and programme

organic chemistry

II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences

II.b - Year

2012

II.c - Study field and programme

organic chemistry

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position	III.b - Institution	III.c - Duration
Postdoc	ETH Zurich, Švajčiarsko	2003-2004
Postdoc	Univerzita v Groningene, Holandsko	2004-2005
Assistant Professor	Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences	2005-2008
Associate Professor	Comeniucs University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences	2008-2015
Professor	Comeniucs University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences	2015-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
Mechanisms of organic reactions	Organic and bioorganic chemistry	II.	Chemistry
Chemistry of organometallic compounds	Organic and bioorganic chemistry	II.	Chemistry
Determining the structure of organic compounds	Organic and bioorganic chemistry	II.	Chemistry
Organic Chemistry	Biological chemistry	I.	Chemistry
Organic chemistry for advanced students	Organic chemistry	III.	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
Organic and bioorganic chemistry	II.	chemistry
Organic Chemistry	III.	chemistry
Biological chemistry	I.	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.3.a - Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure	V.3.b - Study field to which it is assigned
Organic chemistry	chemistry

V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses

V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses

V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)

V.4.2 - Number of defended theses

V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)

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
Molecular spectroscopy	chemistry	I.	chemistry
Bachelor thesis in organic and bioorganic chemistry	chemistry	I.	chemistry
Asymmetric catalysis	Organic and bioorganic chemistry	II.	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

266

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

124

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

2119

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

941

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

VI.1.a - Overall

2119

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

941

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

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

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

Mechanochemical Pd-Catalyzed Amino- and Oxycarbonylations using FeBr2(CO)4 as a CO Source. T. Čarný, P. Kisszékelyi, M. Markovič, T. Gracza, P. Koóš, R. Šebesta, Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 8617–8621. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.3c03440)

Mechanochemically Activated Asymmetric Organocatalytic Domino Mannich Reaction-Fluorination. D. Krištofíková, M. Mečiarová, E. Rakovský, R. Šebesta, ACS Sust. Chem. Eng. 2020, 8, 14417–14424. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c04260)

Trapping of chiral enolates generated by Lewis acid promoted conjugate addition of Grignard reagents to unreactive Michael acceptors by various electrophiles. D. Vargová, J. M. Perez, S. R. Harutyunyan, R. Šebesta, Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 11766-11769. (https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CC05041H)

Asymmetric one-pot conjugate addition of Grignard reagents to α,β-unsaturated compounds followed by reaction with carbenium ions. M. Drusan, E. Rakovský, J. Marek, R. Šebesta, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2015, 357, 1493-1498. ( https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.201500074)

Catalysts with ionic tags and their use in ionic liquids. Šebesta, R.; Kmentová, I.; Toma, Š. Green Chem. 2008, 10, 484-496. (https://doi.org/10.1039/B801456F)

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

Organocatalytic Diastereodivergent Enantioselective Formal oxa-Diels-Alder Reaction of Unsaturated Ketones with Enoates Under Liquid-Assisted Grinding Conditions. T. Peňaška, V. Modrocká, K. Stankovianska, M. Mečiarová, E. Rakovský, R. Šebesta, ChemSusChem 2022, e202200028. (https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202200028)

Hybrid Peptide–Thiourea Catalyst for Asymmetric Michael Additions of Aldehydes to Heterocyclic Nitroalkenes, P. Čmelová, D. Vargová, R. Šebesta, J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 581-592. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.0c02251)

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

Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 8617: Xiang, K., Shou, H., Hu, C., Su, W., Yu, J.; Mechanochemical aerobic oxidative Heck coupling by polymer-assisted grinding: cyclodextrin additive facilitating regioselectivity control. Green Chem., 2024, 26, 5890-5899.

ACS Sust. Chem. Eng. 2020, 8, 14417: Williams, M.T.J., Morrill, L.C., Browne, D.L. Mechanochemical Organocatalysis: Do High Enantioselectivities Contradict What We Might Expect? ChemSusChem, 2022, 15, e202102157.

Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 11766: Feng, S., Dong, Y., Buchwald, S.L.; Enantioselective Hydrocarbamoylation of Alkenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202206692.

Adv. Synth. Catal. 2015, 357, 1493: Wang, J.Y.J., Palacin, T., Fletcher, S.P.; β-Chloroaldehydes from Trapping Zirconium Enolates Produced in Asymmetric 1,4-Additions (2019) Organic Letters, 21 (2), pp. 378-381.

Green Chem. 2008, 10, 484: Limberger, J., Leal, B.C., Monteiro, A.L., Dupont, J. Charge-tagged ligands: Useful tools for immobilising complexes and detecting reaction species during catalysis. Chem. Sci. 2015, 6 , 77-94.

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

Fine organometallic compounds for green synthesis and catalysis; 2023-2027; APVV-22-0167

Preparation of new drugs and their intermediates based on chiral pyrrolidines; 2016-2019; APVV-15-0039

Assisted mechanical milling for catalytic synthesis; 2024-2027; VEGA 1/0445/24

Asymmetric multicatalysis for efficient synthesis of chiral carbocyclic and heterocyclic compounds; 2019-2023; APVV-18-0242

New antiviral drugs: Design, synthesis and activity testing of novel specific inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 viral coronavirus proteases; 2020-2021; APVV-PP-COVID-20-0010

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 Scientific Council of PriF UK	Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences	2020-present
Member of the Scientific Council of the PF UPJŠ	Pavel Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Science	2019-present
Member of the Scientific Council, Institute of Polymers of the Slovak Academy of Sciences	Institute of Polymers of the Slovak Academy of Sciences	2018-2022
Editor and member of the editorial board of Chemical Papers	Chemical Papers (Springer)	2016-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)
ETH Zurich (research group of Prof. Dieter Seebach)	Zurich, Switzerland	2003-2004 (19 months)	Postdoc (work contract)
University of Groningen (Prof. Ben Feringa's research group)	Groningen, Netherlands	2004-2005 (12 months)	Postdoc (work contract)

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

1. Chairman of the Expert Group for Organic Chemistry in the Slovak Chemical Society.

2. Guest editor of two thematic issues of the Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry devoted to asymmetric organocatalysis (2022, 2024).

Date of last update

2025-04-04

Name and surname:	prof. Mgr. Radovan Šebesta, DrSc.
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