Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. Ing. Roman Szücs, 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
Szücs
I.2 - Name
Roman
I.3 - Degrees
doc. Ing., PhD., FRSC
I.4 - Year of birth
1967
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Katedra analytickej chémie, Prírodovedecká fakulta, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave / Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Mlynská dolina CH2, Ilkovičova 6, SK-84215 Bratislava, Slovenská Republika
I.7 - Position
Docent/Associate professor
I.8 - E-mail address
roman.szucs@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/30865
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Chémia/Chemistry
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0011-0317

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
Slovenská Vysoká Škola Technická, Bratislava / Slovak Techical University
II.b - Year
1990
II.c - Study field and programme
Technická  fyzikálna a analytická chémia / Technical physical and analytical chemistry
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Univerzita Gent, Belgicko / University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
II.b - Year
1994
II.c - Study field and programme
Chemistry
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave
II.b - Year
2024
II.c - Study field and programme
Analytická chémia
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Výskumný pracovník / Researcher University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium 1.3.1994 – 31.3.1995
Postdoktorandský výskumný pracovník / Postdoctoral Research Fellow Unilever Research Laboratory, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands 1.4.1995 – 31.5.1997
Výskumný pracovník v separačných metódach a výpočtovej chémii / Senior Research Fellow Separation Sciences and Computational Chemistry Pfizer Global R&D, Sandwich, Kent, CT139NJ, United Kingdom 1.6.1997 - 30.11.2022
Docent/Associate professor Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Prírodovedecká fakulta / Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences 15.2.2019 - súčasnosť / 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
"Web applications: design, development and management. The client side of application development. The server-side of application development" Open University 2008
"Databases within website design. Open source development tools. Web server management, performance and tuning" Open University 2009
Object Oriented Programming with Java Open University 2010
Software development with Java Open University 2011

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
Pokročilé metódy chemometrie/Advanced chemometric methods Analytická chémia/Analytical Chemistry II. chémia/Chemistry
Analytická chémia / Analytical Chemistry Biological Chemistry / Environmental Studies I. chémia/Chemistry
Odber a spracovanie vzorky v analytickej chémii / Sampling and sample pre-treatment in analytical chemistry Analytická chémia / Analytical Chemistry II. chémia/Chemistry
Elektroseparačné metódy / Electroseparation methods Analytická chémia / Analytical Chemistry II. chémia/Chemistry
Uvod do matematickeho spracovania dat 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.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
4
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
5
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
Trendy analytickej chémie / Trends in analytical chemistry Analytická chémia / Analytical Chemistry II. chémia/Chemistry
Identifikácia a kvantifikácia chemických látok / Identification and quantification of chemical substances Chémia / Chemistry I. chémia/Chemistry
Introduction to Bioanalysis Biological Chemistry I. chémia/Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry Environmental Studies I. ekologické a environmentálne vedy/Ecological and Environmental Sciences
Separation Methods Biological Chemistry I. 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.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
77
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
14
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
2569
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1004
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
31
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Prediction of Analyte Retention Time in Liquid Chromatography. Haddad, Paul R.; Taraji, Maryam; Szücs, Roman. In: Analytical Chemistry 93 (2021) 228-256. ISSN 0003-2700. – ISSN (online) 1520-6882. (2021: IF: 8.008, Q1-JCR, Q1-SJR), citacie/citation: 74 - WOS

2

Impact of structural similarity on the accuracy of retention time prediction. Szucs, Roman Brown, Roland Brunelli, Claudio Hradski, Jasna Masar, Marian. In: Journal of Chromatography A, 1707 (2023) 464317 ISSN (print) 0021-9673. (2023: 3.8 – IF, Q1 – JCR, Q1 – SJR), citácie/citations: 5 – WOS.

3

Rapid Method Development in Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography for Pharmaceutical Analysis Using a Combination of Quantitative Structure–Retention Relationships and Design of Experiments. Taraji, MaryamHaddad, Paul R.Amos, Ruth I. J.Talebi, MohammadSzücs, RomanDolan, John W.Pohl, Christopher A. Analytical Chemistry 89 (2017) 1870-1878. ISSN 0003-2700. (2017: 6.8 - IF, Q1 -JCR, Q1 SJR), citacie / citations: 43 - WOS

4

Universal response in liquid chromatography using charged aerosol detection, Górecki, Tadeusz; Lynen, Frederic; Szücs, Roman; Sandra, Pat. Analytical Chemistry 78 (2006) 3186. ISSN 0003-2700

5

Retention Index Prediction Using Quantitative Structure-Retention Relationships for Improving Structure Identification in Nontargeted Metabolomics. Wen, Yabin; Amos, Ruth I. J.; Talebi, Mohammad; Szücs, Roman; Dolan, John W.; Pohl, Christopher A.; Haddad, Paul R. Analytical Chemistry 90 (2018) 9434. ISSN (print) 0003-2700. (2018: 6.35 – IF, Q1 – JCR, Q1 – SJR), citácie/citations: 34 – WOS.

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

Prediction of Analyte Retention Time in Liquid Chromatography. Haddad, Paul R.; Taraji, Maryam; Szücs, Roman. In: Analytical Chemistry 93 (2021) 228-256. ISSN 0003-2700. – ISSN (online) 1520-6882. (2021: IF: 8.008, Q1-JCR, Q1-SJR), citacie/citation: 74 - WOS

2

Impact of structural similarity on the accuracy of retention time prediction. Szucs, Roman Brown, Roland Brunelli, Claudio Hradski, Jasna Masar, Marian. In: Journal of Chromatography A, 1707 (2023) 464317 ISSN (print) 0021-9673. (2023: 3.8 – IF, Q1 – JCR, Q1 – SJR), citácie/citations: 5 – WOS.

3

Retention Index Prediction Using Quantitative Structure-Retention Relationships for Improving Structure Identification in Nontargeted Metabolomics. Wen, Yabin; Amos, Ruth I. J.; Talebi, Mohammad; Szücs, Roman; Dolan, John W.; Pohl, Christopher A.; Haddad, Paul R. Analytical Chemistry 90 (2018) 9434. ISSN (print) 0003-2700. (2018: 6.35 – IF, Q1 – JCR, Q1 – SJR), citácie/citations: 34 – WOS.

4

Exploration of the Selectivity and Retention Behavior of Alternative Polyacrylamides in Temperature Responsive Liquid Chromatography Baert, M., Wicht, K., Hou, Z., ... Prez, F.D., Lynen, F. Analytical Chemistry, 2020, 92(14), pp. 9815–9822

5

Structure driven prediction of chromatographic retention times: Applications to pharmaceutical analysis, Szucs, R., Brown, R., Brunelli, C., Heaton, J.C., Hradski, J., International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021, 22(8), 3848

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

Prediction of surface excess adsorption and retention factors in reversed-phase liquid chromatography from molecular dynamics simulations Gritti, F; Trebel, N; (...); Tallarek, U Dec 6 2022 JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A 1685

2

Automated multifactorial design of experiment and Bayesian optimisation algorithm approaches to method development for the green analysis by supercritical fluid chromatography of a pharmaceutical ingredient Brunelli, C; Osborne, R; (...); Taylor, M Sep 13 2024 JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A 1732

3

Retention time prediction in hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography with graph neural network and transfer learning Yang, Q; Ji, HC; (...); Lu, HM Oct 25 2021 JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A 1656

4

Microscale Purification with Direct Charged Aerosol Detector Quantitation Using Selective Online One- or Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography Hettiarachchi, K; Streckfuss, E; (...); Greshock, TJ Jun 14 2022 ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 94 (23) , pp.8309-8316

5

Identification and Prioritization of Environmental Organic Pollutants: From an Analytical and Toxicological Perspective Ruan, T; Li, PY; (...); Jiang, GB Aug 2 2023 CHEMICAL REVIEWS 123 (17) , pp.10584-10640

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

APVV-17-0318: Aplikačné možnosti nových ortogonálnych miniaturizovaných a mikroseparačných analytických systémov pre rýchly monitoring biologických, environmentálnych a forenzných vzoriek, 2018-2022, spoluriešiteľ. Aplikačne orientovaný projekt, riešený v spolupráci s Katedrou experimentálnej fyziky na Fakulte matematiky, fyziky a informatiky Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave, zameraný na štúdium aplikačných možností nových ortogonálnych miniaturizovaných a mikroseparačných analytických systémov pre rýchly monitoring biologických, environmentálnych a forenzných vzoriek a vytvorenie novej koncepcie kombinovaných mikroseparačných techník na báze kvapalinovej chromatografie a elektroforézy s iónovou pohyblivostnou spektrometriou. / APVV-17-0318: Application possibilities of new orthogonal miniaturized and microseparation analytical systems for rapid monitoring of biological, environmental and forensic samples, 2018-2022, researcher. Application-oriented project, solved in cooperation with the Department of Experimental Physics at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava, focused on studying the application possibilities of new orthogonal miniaturized and microseparation analytical systems for rapid monitoring of biological, environmental and forensic samples and creating a new concept of combined microseparation. techniques based on liquid chromatography and electrophoresis with ion mobility spectrometry. 

2

VEGA 1/0787/18: Vývoj nových techník úpravy biomedicínskych a environmentálnych vzoriek pre pokročilé kombinované analytické metódy, 2018-2020, spoluriešiteľ. Projekt základného výskumu, riešený v spolupráci s Chemickým ústavom Slovenskej akadémie vied v Bratislave, zameraný na vývoj nových techník úpravy vzoriek pre pokročilé kombinované analytické metódy na báze elektroseparácií, kvapalinovej chromatografie, hmotnostnej spektrometrie a jadrovej magnetickej rezonancie na stopovú analýzu nízko- a vysokomolekulových iónogénnych látok v biomedicínskych a environmentálnych vzorkách. / VEGA 1/0787/18: Development of new techniques for the treatment of biomedical and environmental samples for advanced combined analytical methods, 2019-2020, researcher. Basic research project, solved in cooperation with the Institute of Chemistry of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava, focused on the development of new sample preparation techniques for advanced combined analytical methods based on electroseparations, liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance for trace analysis of low- and high-molecular ionogenic substances in biomedical and environmental samples. 

3

APVV-22-0133 Vývoj nových liečiv pozostáva z niekoľkých odlišných krokov, ako sú objav nových bioaktívnych látok, vývoj syntetických postupov, formulácia produktu, klinické skúšky a vývoj výrobných procesov s cieľom dostupnosti liečiv na globálnych trhoch. Popri znižovaní nepriaznivých účinkov na ľudské zdravie a znižovanie výrobných nákladov, ďalším všeobecným cieľom optimalizácie výrobných procesov je znižovanie nežiaduceho vplyvu výroby liečiv a iných bioaktívnych látok na životné prostredie, nakoľko podľa “Sustainable Medicines Partnership“ (SMP) až 4% globálnych emisií sú v dôsledku zdravotnej starostlivosti. Presné stanovenie obsahu aktívnej zložky vo farmaceutickom produkte je len jednou z mnohých aktivít vykonávaných analytickými chemikmi podporujúcich vývoj nových liečiv a bioaktívnych látok. Úplná charakterizácia aktívnej zložky z pohľadu procesných nečistôt, nespotrebovaných reakčných činidiel, syntetických medziproduktov, degradačných produktov, excipientov a pomocných aditív, predstavuje jednu z najkomplexnejších a časovo a cenovo najnáročnejších aktivít podliehajúcich medzinárodným dohodám o kontrole týchto látok. Chemická analýza je rovnako dôležitá pre farmakokinetiku, farmakodynamiku a porozumenie metabolických procesov v ľudskom organizme. Významnou výzvou pre farmaceutickú analýzu je zložitosť a diverzita analyzovaných vzoriek, ktorá zahŕňa nielen aktívnu látku a farmaceutický produkt, ale aj rôzne biologické vzorky, ako sú napr. moč, krv, plazma, exkrementy a tkanivá. Ďalšou výzvou je zloženie vzoriek, ktoré popri zložitej matrice obsahujú veľký počet komponentov, ktoré často signifikantne ovplyvňujú výsledky analýzy cez proces známy ako matricové efekty. Napriek nedávnemu vývoju v mnohých priamych analytických prístupoch, komplexnosť analyzovaných vzoriek prakticky vždy vyžaduje aplikáciu separačných analytických metód s cieľom separácie analytov tak, aby pri ich stanovení nedochádzalo k vzájomnému ovplyvňovaniu analytických signálov a následne k chybným výsledkom. Typické analytické laboratórium vo farmaceutickom priemysle bežne prevádzkuje niekoľko stoviek analytických prístrojov, z ktorých prevažná väčšina (~70%) sú kvapalinové chromatografy. Mobilná fáza typicky pozostáva z rôznych zmesí organických rozpúšťadiel a tlmivých roztokov. Následne tieto laboratóriá každoročne produkujú veľké objemy chemického odpadu, ktorého spracovanie na celosvetovej úrovni predstavuje významný príspevok ku globálnym emisiám. / APVV-22-0133 The development of new pharmaceutical drugs consists of several distinct steps such as the discovery of new bioactive compounds, synthetic route development, formulation development, clinical trials and manufacturing development with the aim of pharmaceutical drug availability on the global markets. The optimisation of manufacturing processes generally involves reduction of the adverse impact on the human health, the reduction of the manufacturing costs and reduction of the negative impact of manufacturing activities on the environment as according to “Sustainable Medicines Partnership“ (SMP) as much as 4% of global emissions is due to healthcare . Accurate determination of the active component in the pharmaceutical product is one of many activities carried out by analytical chemists supporting the development of new pharmaceuticals and bioactive compounds. The complete characterisation of the active components in terms of process related impurities, residual reagents, synthetic intermediates, degradation products, excipients and additives represents one of the most complex, time-consuming and high cost activities subject to international agreements on the control of these substances. Chemical analysis is equally important for pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics as well as understanding of metabolic processes. A significant challenge for the pharmaceutical analysis is the complexity and diversity of the analysed samples. These include not only active compound and pharmaceutical product but also various samples of biological origin such as urine, blood, plasma, stool and tissue. In addition to the complicated matrices, large number of analytes that often influence the results of analysis through matrix effects represents another challenge. Despite recent developments in direct analytical approaches, complexity of analysed samples almost always requires application of separation techniques with the objective of the separation of analytes prior to their detection in order to minimise or completely eliminate matrix effects.. A typical analytical laboratory in the pharmaceutical industry routinely operates several hundred analytical instruments, the vast majority (~70%) of which are liquid chromatographs. The mobile phase typically consists of various mixtures of organic solvents and buffer solutions. Consequently, these laboratories produce large volumes of chemical waste every year, the treatment of which at global level makes a significant contribution to global emissions.

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 International Editorial Advisory Panel for Bioanalysis, International Journal published by Future Science group Future Science group doposiaľ / to date

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 Ghent Ghent, Belgium 2005-2021 Visiting professor
Dublin City University Dublin, Ireland 2011-2014 Adjunct Professor
University of Tasmania Hobart, Australia 2014 (Jan-Feb) Senior Visiting Lecturer

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Date of last update
2024-11-07