Department of Botany, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Professional background:Professional background:
Education: Cytology, Comenius University, Bratislava (1978-1983)
Qualification: B.Sc. (1983), M.Sc. (1984), Ph.D. (1991)
Profession: Department of Botany, Comenius University (from: 1988 – till date, position: scientist)
Specialization: Aging/ DNA repair/Bioindication of polluted environment by means of flowering plants.

Professional experiences:

Fellowships at the Institute of Experimental Botany, Czecho-Slovak Academy of Science, Prague (twice six months).
Fellowships at the Biophysical Institute, Czecho-Slovak Academy of Science, Brno (twice three months).
Course on Cytogenetics in Genetic Toxicology, Swansea, UK.
One-month stay at the Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung in Gatersleben, Germany.
Three-months stay at Departamento Biologia Celular, Facultad de Biologia, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.
Two one-month stays at Institut für Tumorbiologie – Krebsforschung Der Universität Wien, Austria.
One-month stay at the Department of Molecular Biology, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
One-month stay at the Department of Plant Sciences, Cambridge, UK).
Stipend of Hoallender Committee of the Environmental Mutagen Society, Japan.

Participation at important scientific meetings:
Essen, Germany; Prague, Czech Republic; Lucknow, India; San Francisco, USA; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Ciezsyn, Poland; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Denver, USA; Shizuoka, Japan; Vienna, Austria etc.