PhD Study

Institute of Geotechnics SAS is an external educational institution providing doctoral (PhD) study in study program Extraction and Processing of Earth Resources and in the study program Mechanical Engineering, specialization Material Science in cooperation with the Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling at Technical University of Košice.

Graduates of master degree in engineering or natural science may apply for PhD study. The PhD study usually takes 4 years in full-time form (internal with scholarship) or 5 years in external form (no scholarship).

List of running PhD research

Mgr. Dáša Drenčaková
Synthesis and doping of selected transition metal selenides by high-energy milling for prospective thermoelectrics
(Supervisor: Mgr. Marcela Achimovičová, PhD.)

Mgr. Petra Gállová
Heavy Metals and Organic Pollutants in Particulate Matter and Atmospheric Deposition
(Supervisor: Ing. Jozef Hančuľák, PhD.)

Imelda Octa Tampubolon
Mechanochemical synthesis of nanocrystalline metal chalcogenides as potential materials for energy conversion (Supervisor: RNDr. Matej Baláž, PhD.)

Mgr. Nataliia Chechitko
Development of highly sensitive and specific sensors based on silica and reduced metal nanoparticles on the surface
(Supervisor: Dr. Inna Melnyk)

Ing. Viktória Kožárová
Intensification of mineral raw materials treatment processes using microwave energy
(Supervisor: Ing. Ingrid Znamenáčková, PhD.)