Diana Vitazkova received her engineering degree from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Zilina in 2019. Since then, she has been working as a biomedical engineer in a sleep laboratory that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of patients with sleep-related breathing disorders, which is a part of the Clinic of Pneumology and Phthisiology at the University Hospital in Martin. At present, she is a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology, working on the topic of advanced methods of sleep monitoring and diagnosis of sleep disorders in the home environment using photoplethysmographic multi-sensors.
Helena Kosnacova obtained a master's degree in molecular biology at the Faculty of Science of Comenius University in 2014 and a Ph.D. degree in physiology and pathophysiology at the Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University, where she still works. In addition, she works at the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Her research interests include iron metabolism, neurodegenerative diseases, mitochondria, EEG, EMG, ECG, sensory systems, and bio-monitoring devices. In 2017, she worked at the University of Eastern Finland on models of Alzheimer's disease. At present, she is at work on her second Ph.D. at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology, on the topic of pilot experiments and hardware design of an intelligent electrooculographic headband for people with muscular paralysis.
Daniela Turonova earned her master’s degree from the Faculty of Arts at UCM in Trnava and completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava. She is currently employed at the Department of Psychology and works closely with the Psychophysiology Laboratory. Her research interests include psychophysiology, cognitive neuroscience, and psychometrics. In psychophysiology, she focuses on HRV in relation to sleep and stress responses. In sleep research, she investigates methods for assessing sleep quality, the relationship between stress and sleep, and the role of circadian rhythms in shaping sleep behaviors, particularly in children. Her goal is to understand how biological and environmental factors influence the development of sleep patterns in children.
Erik Foltan received his master's degree in 2023 in the Electronics and Photonics study program at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. Currently enrolled as a Ph.D. student at the same faculty, he specializes in telemedicine, hardware design, and hardware testing. His research focuses on modern telemedicine technologies and bioelectrical sensors.
Martin Jagelka received M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electronics and photonics from the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava in 2012 and 2017, respectively. His dissertation thesis concerned the design, construction, and characterization of organic structures for sensoric applications. His current responsibility is leading the research and development of systems for power devices and IoT sensor systems.
Martin Berki obtained his master's degree in robotics and cybernetics from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava in 2024. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D., focusing on the development of innovative algorithms for non-invasive biosignal monitoring.
Michal Micjan obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2019 at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. He received the “STU Rector’s Prize” for excellent performance of study obligations throughout his studies in the Doctoral Study Programme of Electronics and Photonics. He is the head of the organic and medical electronics department at FEI STU. He has extensive experience in the management of national and international projects. Michal Micjan has devoted his entire working life to research in the field of organic electronics, telemedicine, and project management of research and development projects (PRINCE2 Practitioner certificate). His scientific interests are globally oriented to project implementation and to the transfer of research results into the commercial sphere. Michal is also the author or co-author of more than 100 publications (26 Scopus), 11 of which are in the Current Contents Connect database of Web of Science, with more than 180 citations. He is co-editor of two scientific proceedings and co-author of one chapter in the book. Michal is also inventor of eight patents (four accepted and four under review) and eighteen registered utility models. For his previous work at STU in the field of organic electronics and telemedicine, he received the STU Young Scientist award for 2023.
Ondrej Kokavec obtained his master's degree in 2024 in the Electronics and Photonics study program, at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. He specializes in the field of organic and flexibile electronics, telemedicine, and semiconductor technologies manufacturing, while continuing his academic career as a a Ph.D. student.
Filip Gerhat received his master's degree in robotics and cybernetics in 2023 at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. Currently, he is continuing his studies in the neighbouring field of electronics and photonics as a Ph.D. student at the same faculty. His research is focused on sensor arrays and data processing, with a special interest in machine learning approaches. He also fulfils the role of an embedded software developer for various projects, mostly in the field of telemedicine and other remote-monitoring applications.
Erik Vavrinsky received his master's and Ph.D. degrees from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology (FEI STU) in 2002 and 2005, respectively. He has carried out postgraduate studies in the area of thin film microsensors and electrochemical biosensors. Since 2021, he has worked as associate professor in the area of telemedicine. At present, he participates in the FEI STU education process as a lecturer. In addition, he works partially at the Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology at STU. His current research interests include design, characterization and testing of sensor systems, health devices, and biomonitoring. The dominant part of his multidisciplinary research is focused on human physiology.