Marian Valko-Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia

Prof. Marian Valko
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia

Tel: +421-2-593 25 750 (direct line)
Fax: +421-2-524 93 198
E-mail: marian.valko@stuba.sk

Contact address:
Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
Radlinskeho 9
SK-812 37 Bratislava
Slovakia

Editorial Board Membership:

Editor of Chemical Papers, 2008-

Editorial Board Member of International Scholarly Research Notices published by Hindawi publishing corp., 2011-

Editorial Board Member of Letters in Drug Design & Discovery, published by Bentham Science Publisher (Holland) , 2013-

Highly Cited Researcher 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 by Clarivate Analytics (former Thomson Reuters)

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Degrees obtained:

M.Sc. - 1988 in Physical chemistry from Slovak Polytechnic Institute, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

Ph.D. - 1991 in Physical chemistry from Slovak Technical University, Bratislava

D.Sc. - 2004 in Physical chemistry from Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia

Prof. - 2010 in Physical chemistry from Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia

Research stays abroad:
Long term stays:

PECESS postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Natural Sciences, Liverpool Polytechnic, Liverpool, UK (1991/1992 - 12 months)

The Royal Society Visiting Scientist, School of Pharmacy and Chemistry, Liverpool John Moores University, UK (1994/1995 - 12 months)

DAAD Visiting Scientist, NMR Laboratory, Bremen University, Bremen, Germany (2004 - 3 months)

Research collaboration:

Prof. Mark T.D. Cronin and Dr. Judith C. Madden, School of Pharmacy and Chemistry, LJMU, Liverpool, UK

Prof. Kamil Kuca, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Prof. Jong-Ha Choi, Department of Chemistry, Andong National University, South Korea

Science Citation Index (SCI) by Thomson Reuters:

To date more than 25000 SCI citations (April 2022)

Selected publications:
Book chapters:
K. Jomova, M. Lawson, M. Valko:
Mechanisms of antioxidant activity.
in Food Oxidants and Antioxidants: Chemical, Biological, and Functional Properties,
ed. G. Bartosz, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis group, Boca Raton, FL, 2013, p. 325-342.

K. Jomova, M. Valko:
Thermodynamics of free radical reactions and the redox environment of a cell.
in Oxidative Stress: Diagnostics and Therapy, Editors: S. Andreescu, M. Hepel,
American Chemical Society, Washington DC, 2012, p. 71-82.

K. Jomova, M. Valko:
Free radicals, signal transduction, and human disease.
in Oxidative Stress in Vertebrates and Invertebrates: Molecular Aspects of Cell Signaling,
Editors: T. Farooqui, A. A. Farooqui, Wiley-Blackwell, New York, 2011, p. 17-32.

Articles:
K. Jomova, L. Zelenicky, H. Morris, M. Mazur, M. Valko:
Chemo-mechanical coupling in molecular motors interpreted through the uncertainty relations.
Chem. Phys. 372, 13-16 (2010).

K. Jomova, O. Kysel, J.C. Madden, H. Morris, S.J. Enoch, S. Budzak, A.J. Young, M.T.D. Cronin, M. Mazur, M. Valko:
Electron transfer from all-trans beta-carotene to the t-butyl peroxyl radical at low oxygen pressure.
(an EPR spectroscopy and computational study).
Chem. Phys. Letters 478, 266-270 (2009).

M. Valko, D. Leibfritz, J. Moncol, M.T.D. Cronin, M. Mazur, J. Telser:
Free radicals and antioxidants in normal physiological functions and human disease.
Int. J. Biochem. Cell Biol. 39, 44-84 (2007).

V. Brezova, M. Valko, M. Breza, H. Morris, J. Telser, D. Dvoranova, K. Kaiserova, L. Varecka, M. Mazur, D. Leibfritz:
Role of Radicals and Singlet Oxygen in Photoactivated DNA Cleavage by the Anticancer Drug Camptothecin: An Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Study.
J. Phys. Chem. B 107, 2415-2425 (2003).

A.V. Malkov, I. R. Baxendale, M. Bella, V. Langer, J. Fawcett, D.R. Russell, D. J. Mansfield, M. Valko, P. Kocovsky:
Synthesis of New Chiral 2,2-Bipyridyl-Type Ligands Their Coordination to Molybdenum(0), Copper(II),
and Palladium(II), and Application in Asymmetric Allylic Substitution, Allylic Oxidation, and Cyclopropanation.
Organometallics 20, 673-690 (2001).

P. Banacky, P. Pelikan, M. Valko, S. Buchta, F. Hanic, A. Cigan:
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance of High-Tc Superconducting Composites YBa2Cu3-xScxO6+-d.
J. Phys. Chem. B 105, 1943-1946 (2001).

M. Valko, H. Morris, M. Mazur, J. Telser, E. McInnes, F. Mabbs:
High affinity binding site for copper(II) in human and dog serum albumins. (An EPR study).
J. Phys. Chem. B 103, 5591-5597 (1999).

R. Boca, M. Hvastijová, J. Kozíšek, M. Valko:
The crystal, molecular and electronic structure of bis{bis(methoxycarbimido) aminato} copper(II) complex.
Inorg. Chem. 35, 4794-4797 (1996).

M. Valko, R. Klement, P. Pelikán, R. Boca, L. Dlhan, A. Böttcher, H. Elias, L. Müller:
Copper(II) and Cobalt(II) complexes with derivatives of salen and tetrahydrosalen: An Electron Spin Resonance, Magnetic Susceptibility, and Quantum chemical study.
J. Phys. Chem. 99, 137-143 (1995).

A. Bottcher, H. Elias, E.-G. Jager, H. Langfelderová, M. Mazúr, L. Müller, H. Paulus, P. Pelikán, M. Rudolph, M. Valko:
Comparative study on the coordination chemistry of cobalt(II), nickel(II) and copper(II) with derivatives of "salen"
and "tetrahydrosalen": Metal-catalyzed oxidative dehydrogenation of the C-N bond in coordinated "tetrahydrosalen".
Inorg. Chem. 32, 4131-4138 (1993).

Hobbies (piano playig; please listen to my recordings on youtube channel):

Chopin Fantasie-Impromptu for piano

Bach Air on G string (piano)

Chopin Waltz in A minor (piano)

Chopin Nocturne No. 19 E minor op. 72, No.1 (piano)

more pieces soon...

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