Professor of theoretical physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics,
Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Born 16th of March 1939, Bratislava
Fields, Specializations
Theoretical physics, particle physics, physics education
Studies and degrees
1956 – 1961 Faculty of Natural Science, Comenius University Bratislava theoretical physics
1963 – 1968 PhD study at the Faculty of Natural Science, Comenius University, theoretical particle physics
1978 - Docent, Faculty of Natural Science, Comenius University
1981- DrSc. Comenius University
1983 - Professor, Comenius University, Bratislava
Positions and administrative functions
1963 – 1978 Assistant and senior assistent
Faculty of Natural Science, Comenius University, Bratislava
1978 - 1983 Docent at the Department of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Natural Science and after the splitting of the Faculty of Natural Science, at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Comenius University
1983 - 1989 Professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Comenius University
1989 – 1989 Since March to November, the Head of the Department of Physics Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
1989 - 1990 Since November 1989 till September 1990 first deputy of the
Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of the Slovak republic
1990 - 1992 Since September 1990 till June 1992 Minister of Education,
Youth and Sports of the Slovak republic
1992 - Since September 1992 Professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and
Physics, Comenius University, Bratislava
1997 - Head of the Department of Physics Education at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
1999 - Coordinator of the Tempus project "Innovation of teacher training in physics and maths"
Stays abroad, visits
1967 - 4 months, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, research associate1968 - 9 months, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, research associate
1995 - 6 months, CERN, Geneva, Švajčiarsko, research associate
1989 - 3 months, Helsinki, Finland, research associate
1994 – 1999 stays as Enseignant invité at the Blaise Pascal University, Clermont- Ferrand, France, altogether 14 months
Editor
1984 – 1989 Editor of the European Journal of Physics