Mgr. Veronika Piscová, PhD., Institute of Landscape Ecology of
Slovak Academy of Sciences, Akademická 2, 949 10 Nitra, Slovakia. Senior Research Scientist at The Institute of Landscape Ecology of Slovak Academy of Sciences, her research work focuses on the biodiversity of agricultural land, meadow, forest and alpine ecosystems, and ecosystem services. Participation in Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER): an experimental study Global Litter Degradation Study − TeaComposition, participation in the solution of ALTER-Net Framework Program projects: an experimental study on the decomposition of Teatime4science. Work on research projects of the Slovak grant agency VEGA, APVV; international projects including projects of the 6th and 7th EU framework program EBONE, OpenNESS, GLORIA Europe and the EEA ETC BD project. Member of the Slovak Committee MAB UNESCO. Expert in the World Network of Mountain Biosphere Reserves. Assistant professor at The Constantine The Philosopher University in Nitra, the Department of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, involved in the field of ecology and environmental sciences.
Mgr. Michal Ševčík, PhD., Constantine the Philosopher
University in Nitra, Trieda A. Hlinku 1, 949 01 Nitra, Slovakia. Assistant professor, involved in the field of
information systems and their use in ecology and environmental sciences. His
main research areas are geographic information systems, databases, application
software development (desktop and web). He is also skilled in data analysis,
machine learning and statistical analysis (spatio-temporal, regression,
multivariate, time series, multilevel, additive, predictive models in
frequentists and Bayesian framework).
RNDr. Andrej Sedlák, Constantine the Philosopher
University in Nitra, Trieda A. Hlinku 1, 949 01 Nitra, Slovakia. PhD candidate at The
Constantine The Philosopher University in Nitra, the Department of Ecological
and Environmental Sciences. Dissertation thesis is aimed at effects of experimental
trampling on vegetation in protected areas. The main aim is to value the
resistance of high mountain communities to trampling along selected hiking
trails.
Prof. RNDr. Juraj Hreško, PhD., Constantine the Philosopher
University in Nitra, Trieda A. Hlinku 1, 949 01 Nitra, Slovakia. Professor
at The Constantine The Philosopher University in Nitra, head of Department of
Ecological and Environmental Sciences. Slovakia. Engaged on landscape eological
research of high mountain landscapes with an emphasis on geomorphological processes
and alpine lake development. Collaboration with Polska Akademia
Nauk, Institut Geografii Przestrzennego Zagospodarovania, Kraków, Poland,
Akademia Górniczo Hutnicza – Kraków, Poland, University of Colorado Boulder,
Mountain Research Station (Instaar) USA, Institut fűr Geographie, Karl-Franzen-Universität
Graz, Austria, Innsbruck, Institute of Botany, Dept. of Ecology, Austria. Member of the Slovak
Committee MAB UNESCO. Member of VEGA scientific grant agency of Ministry of
Education SR.
Prof. RNDr. František Petrovič, PhD., MBA, Constantine the Philosopher
University in Nitra, Trieda A. Hlinku 1, 949 01 Nitra, Slovakia. Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and informatics,
Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, professor at the Department of
Ecological and Environmental Sciences. Slovakia. He is also the president of
the Slovak Ecological Society. Member of KEGA, VEGA and APVV scientific
grant agencies of Ministry of Education SR. Focuses on changes and trends in
landscape development, dispersed settlement and ecosystem services of the
landscape. Main investigator of several international (Horizont,
Erasmus) and national projects.
