CV

Education:
- Institute of Botany of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava
(1992-1995 as a external PhD. student, PhD. in 1996)
- Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University, Bratislava
(1984-1989, RNDr. in 1989)

Employment:
- Institute of Forest Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Zvolen
(1989-present, from 1996 as a senior scientist)

Scientific activities:
- mycofloristics and mycocoenological research of beech and Norway spruce stands
(mainly managed and virgin forests)
- monitoring of beech necrotic disease and phytopathological studies of woody plants
faunistical research of arachnids (mainly the harvestmen – Opiliones) in Slovakia

Languages:
- Slovak (mother language)
- Czech
- Russian
- English

Memberships:
- member of the Slovak Mycological Society
- member of the Slovak Entomological Society (presently SARAS, o.z.)
- member of the International Society of Arachnology (USA)
- member of the Grant Agency VEGA of the SAS Bratislava (2004-2008)
- member of the Redaction board of the Kmetianum – Zborník SNM Martin (2005-present)
- member of the Redaction board of the Nauka za Gorata – Forest Science, Forest Research
Institute of BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria (2014-present)

Others:
- founder member and president of the Young Nature Conservationist in Sirk village (1979-
1984)
- co-author of subject words of the Encyclopaedia Beliana, SAS Bratislava
- hobbies: tourism, factual, historical and military literature, kit of aircraft models