UCM
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
prof. Mgr. Alžbeta Marček Chorvátová, DrSc.
Email:
alzbeta.marcek.chorvathova@ucm.sk
Homepage:
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Fakulta/Univerzita:
FPV UCM - Faculty of Natural Sciences
Pracovisko:
UCHEV - Ústav chémie a environmentálných vied

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Marček Chorvátová
I.2 - Name
Alžbeta
I.3 - Degrees
prof. Mgr., DrSc.
I.4 - Year of birth
1968
I.5 - Name of the workplace
I.6 - Address of the workplace
FNS UCM
I.7 - Position
professor
I.8 - E-mail address
alzbeta.marcek.chorvatova@ucm.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/23357
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Biophysics
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8798-0624

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics Comenius University
II.b - Year
1991
II.c - Study field and programme
Biophysics and chemistry physics
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1 France
II.b - Year
1995
II.c - Study field and programme
Physiology
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
UPJS Kosice
II.b - Year
2009
II.c - Study field and programme
4.1.12. Biophysics
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
UPJS Kosice
II.b - Year
2019
II.c - Study field and programme
4.1.12. Biophysics
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)
II.a - Name of the university or institution
UPJS Kosice
II.b - Year
2014
II.c - Study field and programme
010303 Biophysics

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
professor FNS UCM since 2014
researcher ILC SCSTI since 2008
researcher CHU Sainte-Justine University of Montreal Canada 2002-2008

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Certificate in English for Academic Writing /C1/C2 British Council in Bratislava, SLOVAKIA 2010
Animal Protection Certificate University of Montreal, CANADA 2003
Certificate in Higher Education, specialization Business and Computer studies University of Liverpool, UNITED KINGDOM 2002
Certificate in Management of Industrial Systems, specialization Innovation University Claude Bernard, Lyon I, FRANCE 1994
Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies" in Neuroscience’s Laboratory of Physiology of Excitable Elements, University Claude Bernard, Lyon I, FRANCE 1991-1992

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Physics in the environment OOZP 1 Environmental sciences
Introduction to Biophysics OOZP 1 Environmental sciences
Environmental physics OOZP 1 Environmental sciences
Applied biophysics Environmental engineering 2 Environmental sciences
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
OOZP . protection and restoration of the environment 1 Environmental sciences
Environmental engineering 2 Environmental sciences
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
7
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
13
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
4
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Biophysical chemistry OOZP Bc Environmental sciences
Introduction to physics biology 1 Biology
Physics 1 Chemistry 1 Chemistry
Introduction to physics Biotechnology 1 Biotechnology
Biophysical chemistry Biotechnology 1 Biotechnology

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
88
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
40
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
80
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
13
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
1289
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
279
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
1289
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
279
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
75
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
17
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

Marcek Chorvatova A. 2015: Time-resolved spectroscopy of NAD(P)H in live cardiac myocytes: 67-92.

Chapter 5 in the book “Advanced Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting Applications”, Becker W

(Ed), New York, Springer publ.; on invitation.

Marcek Chorvatova A. 2014: Autofluorescence-assisted examination of cardiovascular system physiology and pathology: 245-271. Chapter 12 in the book “Natural Biomarkers for Cellular Metabolism: Biology, Techniques, and Applications”, Heikal A., Ghukasyan V (Eds), Series in Cellular and Clinical Imaging, Periasamy A (Series Ed), Taylor and Francis publ.; on invitation

Chorvatova A. Chorvat D., Jr., 2014: Oncology applications: Optical diagnostics of cancer: 325-343. Chapter 14 in the book “Fluorescence Lifetime Spectroscopy and Imaging for Tissue Biomedical Diagnostics”, Marcu L, French PMW, Elson DS V (Eds), CRC Press Publ., on invitation

Chorvat D. Jr. and Chorvatova A., 2009: Multi-wavelength fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy: a new approach to the study of endogenous fluorescence in living cells and tissues. Laser Physics Letters 6 (3): 175-193. Invited review article

Gallo-Payet N., Grazzini E., Chouinard L., Chorvatova A., Bilodeau L., Payet M.D., Guillon G., 1996: Role of Ca2+ in the action of Adrenocorticotropin in cultured human adrenal glomerulosa cells. Journal of Clinical Investigation 98 (2): 460-466

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

Marcek Chorvatova A., Mateasik A., Chorvat D. Jr., 2025: Differential effect of nano vs. micro-sized plastics on live Chlorella sp. algae in water environment, Microplastics and Nanoplastics 5 (4): 1-9, SpringerNature. Open access. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43591-025-00111-2.

Marcek Chorvatova A., Garcia Bucio MA., Jurasekova Z., Noskovicova E., Nulandaya L., Bondarev D., Chorvat D. Jr., Miskovsky P., 2025: Identification of microplastics in the aquatic environment, or in the presence of algae Chlorella sp., by comparison of biophotonic methods, Polymer Testing, 108749. Open access. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2025.108749.

Marcek Chorvatova A., Uherek M., Chorvat D. Jr., 2021: Biosensing the presence of metal nanoparticles by spectrally- and time-resolved endogenous fluorescence in water moss Fontinalis antipyretica. Frontiers in Physics 9, 634324: 1-9.

Marcek Chorvatova A., Uherek M., Mateasik A., Chorvat D. Jr., 2020: Time-resolved endogenous chlorophyll fluorescence sensitivity to pH: study on Chlorella sp. algae. Methods and Applications in Fluorescence 8: 024007, doi 10.1088/2050-6120/ab77f4.

Pavlinska Z., Chorvat D. Jr., Mateasik A., Jerigova M., Velic D., Ivosevic DeNardis N., Marcek Chorvatova A., 2020: Fluorescence responsiveness of unicellular marine algae Dunaliella to stressors under laboratory conditions. Journal of Biotechnology 324S (2020): 100018, doi 10.1016/j.btecx.2020.100018, Open access. (Journal of Biotechnology X 6: 1-10)

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

Pavlinska Z., Chorvat D. Jr., Mateasik A., Jerigova M., Velic D., Ivosevic DeNardis N., Marcek Chorvatova A., 2020: Fluorescence responsiveness of unicellular marine algae Dunaliella to stressors under laboratory conditions. Journal of Biotechnology 324S (2020): 100018, doi 10.1016/j.btecx.2020.100018, Open access. (Journal of Biotechnology X 6: 1-10) (počet citácii: 10).

    1. Xiao, J.-Y., Chen, T.-H., Wu, M.-X., Zeng, X.-Y., Zheng, J.-L., Zhu, Q.-L., Functional insights into the chloroplast rps2 gene from Dunaliella salina: Enhanced cadmium adsorption and resistance in recombinant bacteria, (2025) Algal Research, 89, art. no. 104075, DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2025.104075
    2. Gupta, M., Halophilic Cyanobacteria and Microalgae: Role in Environmental Clean-Up and Value-Added Products, (2025) Physiology of Halophytes: Signaling, Omics, and Tolerance Mechanisms, pp. 213 – 231, https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-105005930672&partnerID=40&md5=e98521e837f15911cbe86fd30097936b
    3. Cvjetinovic, J., Bedoshvili, Y.D., Davidovich, N.A., Maksimov, E.G., Prikhozhdenko, E.S., Todorenko, D.A., Bodunova, D.V., Davidovich, O.I., Sergeev, I.S., Gorin, D.A. Exploring salinity induced adaptations in marine diatoms using advanced photonic techniques, (2024) Scientific Reports, 14 (1), art. no. 32007, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-83640-9
    4. Lesniewska, N., Duval, J.F.L., Caillet, C., Razafitianamaharavo, A., Pinheiro, J.P., Bihannic, I., Gley, R., Le Cordier, H., Vyas, V., Pagnout, C., Sohm, B., Beaussart, A., Physicochemical surface properties of Chlorella vulgaris: a multiscale assessment, from electrokinetic and proton uptake descriptors to intermolecular adhesion forces (2024) Nanoscale, 16 (10), pp. 5149 – 5163, DOI: 10.1039/d3nr04740g
    5. Novosel, N., Mišić Radić, T., Levak Zorinc, M., Zemła, J., Lekka, M., Vrana, I., Gašparović, B., Horvat, L., Kasum, D., Legoviç, T., Žutinić, P., Gligora Udovič, M., Ivošević DeNardis, N. Salinity-induced chemical, mechanical, and behavioral changes in marine microalgae, (2022) Journal of Applied Phycology, 34 (3), pp. 1293 – 1309, DOI: 10.1007/s10811-022-02734-x

Marcek Chorvatova A., Uherek M., Mateasik A., Chorvat D. Jr., 2020: Time-resolved endogenous chlorophyll fluorescence sensitivity to pH: study on Chlorella sp. algae. Methods and Applications in Fluorescence 8: 024007, doi 10.1088/2050-6120/ab77f4, (number of citations: 26)

  1. Zhang, Y., Xu, L., Qian, F., Yan, B., Lin, Z., Chen, T., Peng, X. Flexible and Multifunctional Biomass-Based Chlorella Hydrogels for High-Performance Wearable Electronics, (2025) Advanced Materials Technologies, 10 (8), art. no. 2401474, DOI: 10.1002/admt.202401474
  2. Li, R., Dong, J., Wu, G., Gao, L., Yang, M. A novel turbidity compensation method for fluorescence spectroscopy and application in the detection of two algae species (2025) Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 329, art. no. 125510, DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2024.125510
  3. Kuzikova, I., Zaytseva, T., Chernova, E., Povolotckaia, A., Pankin, D., Sazanova, A., Medvedeva, N. Impact of algicidal fungus Aspergillus welwitschiae GF6 on harmful bloom-forming cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa: Growth and physiological responses (2025) Chemosphere, 372, art. no. 144090, DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2025.144090
  4. Ma, T., Jiang, H., Tsuchikawa, S., Inagaki, T. Enhanced quantification of chlorophyll a and its degradation products in olive oil using time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence fingerprint analysis, (2024) Food Chemistry, 460, art. no. 140656, DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.140656
  5. Lesniewska, N., Duval, J.F.L., Caillet, C., Razafitianamaharavo, A., Pinheiro, J.P., Bihannic, I., Gley, R., Le Cordier, H., Vyas, V., Pagnout, C., Sohm, B., Beaussart, A. Physicochemical surface properties of Chlorella vulgaris: a multiscale assessment, from electrokinetic and proton uptake descriptors to intermolecular adhesion forces (2024) Nanoscale, 16 (10), pp. 5149 – 5163, DOI: 10.1039/d3nr04740g

Ivosevic DeNardis N., Pecar Ilic J., Ruzic I., Novosel N., Misic Radic T., Weber A., Kasum D., Pavlinska Z., Katalin Balogh R, Hajdu B, Marcek Chorvatova A, Gyurcsik B., 2019. Algal cell response to laboratory-induced cadmium stress: a multimethod approach, European Biophysics Journal 48: 231-248. EBJO-D-18-00162, doi 10.1007/s00249-019-01347-6 (number of citations 21)

  1. Obidi, P.O., Bayless, D.J.Chemical characterization and integration of approaches in algal cultivation systems for enhanced mass transfer (2025) Algal Research, 89, art. no. 104102, DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2025.104102
  2. Wang, X., Lu, Y., Li, X., Wang, M., Liu, X., Huang, H., Cao, W., Liu, Y., Ren, L., Xu, Y. Integrated metabolomics and transcriptomics analyses for understanding the mechanism underlying amantadine-induced toxicity in Laminaria japonica (2025) Journal of Hazardous Materials, 489, art. no. 137616, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.137616
  3. Passucci, V., Thomas-Chemin, O., Dib, O., Assaf, A.A., Durand, M.-J., Dague, E., Areco, M.M., Formosa-Dague, C. Investigating the role of extracellular polymeric substances produced by Parachlorella kessleri in Zn(II) bioremediation using atomic force microscopy, (2024) Environmental Pollution, 363, art. no. 125082 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125082
  4. Gupta, M. Halophilic Cyanobacteria and Microalgae: Role in Environmental Clean-Up and Value-Added Products, (2025) Physiology of Halophytes: Signaling, Omics, and Tolerance Mechanisms, pp. 213 - 231, https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-105005930672&partnerID=40&md5=e98521e837f15911cbe86fd30097936b
  5. Xu, M., Zhu, F., Yang, Y., Liu, M., Li, X., Jiang, Y., Feng, L., Duan, J., Wang, W., Yuan, X., Zhang, X., Mechanism of transport and toxicity response of Chlorella sorokiniana to polystyrene nanoplastics, (2024) Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 270, art. no. 115901, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115901

Chorvatova A. Chorvat D., Jr., 2014: Tissue fluorophores and their spectroscopic characteristics: 47-84. Chapter 3 in the book “Fluorescence Lifetime Spectroscopy and Imaging for Tissue Biomedical Diagnostics”, Marcu L, French PMW, Elson DS V (Eds), CRC Press Publ., DOI:10.1201/b17018-5, on invitation, Supported by VEGA 1/0296/11 and Laserlab Europe 2, No 228334, https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.1201/b17018/fluorescence-lifetime-spectroscopy-imaging-daniel-elson-laura-marcu-paul-french. (number of citations: 28)

  1. Rimbault, C., Devaux, B., Mehidine, H., Sibai, M., Jamme, F., Réfrégiers, M., Abi-Haidar, D. Proof of concept study on differentiating metastatic brain samples by their originating organ using multimodal autofluorescence spectroscopy, (2025) Scientific Reports, 15 (1), art. no. 11476, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-92366-1
  2. Gao, Z., Zheng, J., Xu, G., Research Progress and Technological Application Prospects of Comprehensive Evaluation Methods for Egg Freshness, (2025) Foods, 14 (9), art. no. 1507, DOI: 10.3390/foods14091507
  3. Plavskiǐ, V.Y., Sobchuk, A.N., Mikulich, A.V., Dudinova, O.N., Plavskaya, L.G., Tretyakova, A.I., Nahorny, R.K., Identification by methods of steady-state and kinetic spectrofluorimetry of endogenous porphyrins and flavins sensitizing the formation of reactive oxygen species in cancer cells, (2024) Photochemistry and Photobiology, 100 (5), pp. 1310 – 1327, DOI: 10.1111/php.13911
  4. Carrillo-Betancourt, R.A., López-Camero, A.D., Hernández-Cordero, J., Luminescent Polymer Composites for Optical Fiber Sensors, (2023) Polymers, 15 (3), art. no. 505, DOI: 10.3390/polym15030505
  5. Mehidine, H., Réfrégiers, M., Jamme, F., Varlet, P., Juchaux, M., Devaux, B., Abi-Haidar, D., Molecular changes tracking through multiscale fluorescence microscopy differentiate Meningioma grades and non-tumoral brain tissues, (2021) Scientific Reports, 11 (1), art. no. 3816, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-78678-4

Chorvat D. Jr. and Chorvatova A., 2009: Multi-wavelength fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy: a new approach to the study of endogenous fluorescence in living cells and tissues. Laser Physics Letters 6 (3): 175-193. Invited review article, https://doi.org/10.1002/lapl.200810132., (number of citations: 192)

  1. Hwang, W., McPartland, T., Jeong, S., Evans, C.L. A robust method for autofluorescence-free immunofluorescence using high-speed fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (2025), 15 (1), art. no. 5503, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-89142-6
  2. Shcheslavskiy, V.I., Shirmanova, M.V., Yashin, K.S., Rück, A.C., Skala, M.C., Becker, W. Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Techniques—A Review on Principles, Applications and Clinical Relevance (2025), 18 (12), art. no. e202400450, DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202400450
  3. Shehata, N., Magdy, G., Noman, S., Samir, E., Salah, M., Nair, R., Alwakeel, A., Hajjiah, A., Kandas, I., Efficient Peroxide Nanosensors via Both Optical Fluorescence and Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) Conversion Processes (2025), 54 (11), pp. 9839 - 9854, DOI: 10.1007/s11664-025-12367-8
  4. Greiner, S., Ebrahimi, M., Rodewald, M., Urbanek, A., Meyer-Zedler, T., Schmitt, M., Neugebauer, U., Popp, J. Characterizing Metabolic Shifts in Septic Murine Kidney Tissue Using 2P-FLIM for Early Sepsis Detection (2025), 12 (2), art. no. 170, DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering12020170
  5. Malý, P., Strachotová, D., Holoubek, A., Herman, P., Interferometric excitation fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy, Nature Communications, (2024), 15 (1), art. no. 8019, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52333-2

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

 Low-Dimensional materials - manipulation, functionalization and bioapplications: LOW-D-MATTER (In Slovak: “Nízko-dimenzionálne materiály- manipulácia, funkcionalizácia a bioaplikácie: LOW-D-MATTER”) VEGA No. 2/0070/21 (2021-2023), PI

Laserlab Europe V, The “Integrated Initiative” of European Laser Infrastructures. European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Laserlab Europe V agreement no 871124) (2019-2023), member.

Biosensing environmental pollutants and their interaction with living organisms by advanced biophotonics methods, ENVIROBIOM. (In Slovak: “ Biodetekcia environmentálnych polutantov a ich interakcie so živými organizmami pomocou pokročilých biofotonických metód, ENVIROBIOM”), Funded by the EU NextGenerationEU through the Recovery and Resilience Plan for Slovakia, grant N 09I03-03-V04-00689 (since 2024), PI

ICPLASTIC: ISO compatible, efficient and reproducible protocols/equipment for mICronanoPLASTIC detection through machine-learning, COST (European Science Foundation) MoU – 044/24, Grant No. CA23131, representative for Slovakia (since 2025)

AR Physics made for students with special needs (ARphymedes plus), Erasmus plus Programme of the European Union, Grant No. 2020-1-SK01-KA226-SCH-094415, KA1: scientific partnership for school education. and AR Physics made for students (ARphymedes), Erasmus plus, Programme of the European Union, Grant No. 2020-1-SK01-KA201-078391, KA1: scientific partnership for school education. PI

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
vice dean FNS UCM 2015-2022
head of department of biophysics FNS UCM 2016-2022

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine University of Sherbrooke, CANADA 1995-1998 post-doc
Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool Liverpool, UK 1999-2002 post-doc

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

SKVH, president of an “ad hoc” committee for award of scientific degrees “Doctor Scientarum” DrSc in

specialisation 010303 Biophysics (2021-2026)

Reviewer of grant applications:

-Reviewer of H2020 ICT grants in Photonics (since 2017 - today)

-Reviewer for projects of Scientific Grant Agency of Ministry of Education of Slovak Republic VEGA

(2010-today).

- Reviewer for projects of Research and Development Support Agency of Ministry of Education of Slovak

Republic APVV, since 2018

- Reviewer and committee member for Fonds de Recherche en Santé de Québec (FRSQ) committee

FF4-7M for evaluation of M.Sc. studentships (2008 - 2010).

- External reviewer for Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (2010 & 2011).

- External reviewer for Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) committee Clinical Investigation-A

(2005).

- External reviewer for Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (2005).

- Evaluation for Swiss National Science Foundation, science field: biology and medicine (2019)

Date of last update
2026-01-30