UCM
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
 doc. RNDr. Zita Tokárová, PhD.
Email:
 zita.tokarova@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
Tokárová
I.2 - Name
Zita
I.3 - Degrees
doc. RNDr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1979
I.5 - Name of the workplace
University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, Department of Chemistry
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Nám. J Herdu 2, 917 01 Trnava
I.7 - Position
Associate professor
I.8 - E-mail address
zita.tokarova@ucm.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5432
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
17. Chemistry
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-5074-0336

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
II.b - Year
2003
II.c - Study field and programme
chemistry
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
II.b - Year
2004
II.c - Study field and programme
chemistry
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Department of Organic chemistry, Slovak Universtity of Technology, Bratislava
II.b - Year
2007
II.c - Study field and programme
organic chemistry
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Slovak Universtity of Technology, Bratislava
II.b - Year
2025
II.c - Study field and programme
17. Chemistry, organic chemistry
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Associate professor University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, Department of Chemistry 2022 - present
Assistant Professor, University Lecturer Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2012-2022
Research Fellow Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw 2010-2012
Assistant Professor, University Lecturer Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava 2008–2012
Research Fellow Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University in Krakow 2007-2008

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
Course of nuclear magnetic resonance Warszaw University 2011
Course of applied organic synthesis Institute of applied synthetic, TU Wien 2006,2007
Intensive course of english language Institute of Language and Preparatory Studies, Charles University in Prague 2025
Team building, team leadership, and conflict resolution within teams AIO Education 2025

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
Organic chemistry chemistry I. Chemistry
Physical Organic Chemistry applied chemistry II. Chemistry
Bioorganic chemistry applied chemistry II. Chemistry
Laboratory exercises of organic chemistry I chemistry I. Chemistry
Laboratory exercises of organic chemistry II chemistry I. Chemistry
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.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)
2
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
1
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
11
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
12
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2
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
Laboratory excercise in Organic chemistry Applied analytical chemistry (profesionally oriented study programme) I. Chemistry
Laboratory exercises of organic chemistry biotechnology I. 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
100
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
35
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
32
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
10
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
460
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
170
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
455
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
166
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
4
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

ADC/V3: Jerzy Romiszewski (5 %), Zita Tokárová (85 %)*, Jozef Mieczkowski, Ewa Gorecka. Optical Properties of thiophene-containing liquid crystalline and hybrid liquid crystalline materials. New Journal of Chemistry 2014, 38, 2927-2934. (IF 2.5, Ohlasy: 20, Q2 / *corresponding author)

ADC/V3: Zita Puterová (40 %)*, Jindra Valentová (15 %), Zuzana Bojková (5 %), Jozef Kožíšek (15 %), Ferdinand Devínsky (25 %). Synthesis, crystal structure and antiradical effect of copper(ii) Shiff base complexes containing five-, six- and unusual seven-membered rings. Dalton Transactions 2011, 40, 1484-1490. (IF 3.5, Ohlasy: 20, A+/Q1, *corresponding author)

ADC/V3: Zita Puterová (60 %)*, Anita Andicsová (20 %), Daniel Végh (20 %). Synthesis of pi-conjugated thiophenes starting from from substituted 3-oxopropanenitriles via Gewald reaction. Tetrahedron 2008, 64, 11262-11269. (IF 2.2, Ohlasy 50, A+/Q1, *corresponding author)

ADC/V3: Katarzyna Szelagowska-Kunstman (20 %), Piotr Cyganik(15 %), Maria Goryl (15 %), Denise Zacher (15 %), Zita Puterová (15 %), Roland A. Fischer (10 %), Marek Szymonski (10 %). Surface structure of metal-organic frameworks grown on self-assembled monolayers revealed by high-resolution atomic force microscopy. Journal of American Chemical Society 2008, 13, 14446-14447. (IF 15.6, Ohlasy: 40, A+/Q1)

ADC/V3: Zita Puterová (60 %)*, Alžbeta Krutošíková (20 %), Daniel Végh (20 %): Gewald reaction: synthesis, properties and applications of substituted 2-aminothiophenes. ARKIVOC 2010, i, 210-246. (IF 0.9, Ohlasy: 175, Q4/B, *corresponding author)

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

ADC/V3: Marcela Gašparová (50 %), Zita Tokárová (50 %). Low-field nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy as an environmnetally benign and energy saving analytical tool in organic laboratories. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 2025, 22, 8691-8703.(IF 3.4, Ohlasy: 5)

Q2 / A

ADC/V3: Dominika Kendrová (20 %), Marcela Gašparová (20 %), Anita Andicsová-Eckstein (20 %), Tomáš Váry (5 %), Kamil Tokár (10 %), Zita Tokárová (25 %)*. The Influence of the Isosteric Exchange of Benzene by Thiophene-Core of Phthalocyanine: The Synthesis, Structure and Opto-Electronic Behavior of pi-conjugated Unit Blocks in Materials. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry 2025, 62, 13-24. (IF 2.4, Ohlasy: 0, Q3/B *corresponding author)

ADC/V3: Zita Tokárová (25 %)*, Natália Kabaňová (20 %), Júlia Korcová (5 %), Lenka Gallová (5 %), Kamil Tokár (25 %), Daniel Végh (20 %). Diverse synthetic approaches to 3-arylmethylidene- and bis-3,5-diarylmethylidene-N-benzylpiperidin-4-ones with thiophene scaffolds: The comparative experimental study. Jounral of Molecular Structure 2025, 1336, 142133 (1-12).(IF 4.0, Ohlasy: 0, Q2/A, *corresponding author)

ADC/V3: Anita Andicsová-Eckstein (30 %), Zita Tokárová (30 %)*, Erika Kozma (5 %), Róbert Balogh (5 %), Anna Vykydalová (5 %), Wojciech Mroz (5 %), Kamil Tokár (20 %). Thiazolo(5,4-d)thiazoles with spirobifluorene moiety as a novel D-pi-A hosts: Design, synthesis and structure propertry relationship and application in electroluminiscent devices. New Journal of Chemistry 2023, 47, 11165-11175. (IF: 2.5, Ohlasy: 8, Q2 /A, *corresponding author)

ADC/V3: Zita Tokárová (75 %)*, Anita Andicsová-Eckstein (5 %), Róbert Balogh (5 %), Kamil Tokár (5 %). Survey of the Ketcham reaction for series of furan-substituted thiazolo(5,4-d)thiazoles. Tetrahedron 2021, 89, 132155 (1-12). (IF 2.2, Ohlasy: 5, Q2 /A, *corresponding author)

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

Marcela Gašparová (50 %), Zita Tokárová (50 %). Low-field nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy as an environmnetally benign and energy saving analytical tool in organic laboratories. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 2025, 22, 8691-8703.(total citations WOS a SCOPUS = 5)

Citations:

  1. E. Kamgar et al. Assessment of molecular dynamics in natural Shilajit using low-field NMR relaxometry for geographical traceability. Reviews in Analytical Chemistry, 2026, 45, 20250097.
  2. S. I. Mohammad et al. Expedited and dependable geothermal rock characterization and absolute permeability modeling using advanced data-driven techniques. Geothermal Energy 2025, 13, 45.
  3. F. Wang et al. Water molecular ordering dynamics TBAB semi-clathrate hydrate phase change. Chemical Engineering Journal 2025, 522, 168151.
  4. N. P. N Solon Achchige et al. Rethinking dopants in thin-film nanocomposite membranes: A property driven approach. Journal of Water Process Engineering 2025, 78, 108706.
  5. T. J. Pawar et al. Quantitative NMR for detection of spinosaded residues in agricultural soils. RSC Advances 2025, 15, 5547-5557.

Anita Andicsová-Eckstein (30 %), Zita Tokárová (30 %)*, Erika Kozma (5 %), Róbert Balogh (5 %), Anna Vykydalová (5 %), Wojciech Mroz (5 %), Kamil Tokár (20 %). Thiazolo(5,4-d)thiazoles with spirobifluorene moiety as a novel D-pi-A hosts: Design, synthesis and structure propertry relationship and application in electroluminiscent devices. New Journal of Chemistry 2023, 47, 11165-11175. (total citations WOS a SCOPUS = 8)

Citations:

  1. G. B. Bodedla, M. Zhang, W-Y. Wong. Advancements in the molecular design of thiazolo(5,4-d)thiazole-based conjugated polymers and their emerging applications. Progress in Polymer Science 2026, 172, 102054.
  2. Y.-C. Kao et al. Synergestic Engineering of Pyrene-Thiazolothiazole-Based Donnor-pi-Acceptor Conjugated Mircoporous Polymers with Heteroatom Embedding for Efficient Visible-Light Photocatalyst for Organic Dye Degradation. ACS Polymers Au 2025, 5, 633-644.
  3. Y. Qu, Y. Li. Structural insights and molecular advancements in fluorene-based electroluminescent materials: A mini-review. Journal of Molecular Structure 2025, 1330, 141466.
  4. X.-C. Huang, Kong J.-J. Thiazolothiazole based functional metal-organic frameworks. Cryst. Eng. Comm. 2025, 27, 2611-2622.
  5. A. V. Lolaeva et al. Facile metal-free synthesis of thiazolo(5,4-d)thiazole-containing conjugated polymers for thin-film electronics. Synth. Metals 2024, 306, 117614.

Zita Tokárová (75 %)*, Anita Andicsová-Eckstein (5 %), Róbert Balogh (5 %), Kamil Tokár (5 %). Survey of the Ketcham reaction for series of furan-substituted thiazolo(5,4-d)thiazoles. Tetrahedron 2021, 89, 132155. (Citations WOS + SCOPUS = 5).

Citations:

  1. C. Wang et al. Enhanced conductivity and energy storing performances of 3D bimetallic conductive metal-organic frameworks based on linear pi-conjugated thiazoles for supercapacitors. Chemi. Eng. Journal. 2025, 522, 167834.
  2. X.-C. Huang, Kong J.-J. Thiazolothiazole based functional metal-organic frameworks. Cryst. Eng. Comm. 2025, 27, 2611-2622.
  3. T. T. T. Nguyen, J.-F. Longevial, S. Hesse. Synthesis of Thiazolo(5,4-d)thiazoles in an Eco-Friendly L-Proline-Ethylene Glycol Mixture. Molecules 2025, 30, 938.
  4. T. Kotnik, S. Kovačič. Modern Methods for Conjugated Polymers Preparation: Concept of Transition Metal-Free Synthesis. Europ. J. Organic Chemistry 2025, 28, e202400874.
  5. I. G. Shahin et al. Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Thiazole Ring: Mini Review.Mini Reviews in Organic Chemistry 2023, 20, 270-284.

Zita Tokárová,Petra Maxianová, Tomáš Váry, Vojtech Nádaždy, Daniel Végh, Kamil Tokár. Thiophene-centered azomethines: Structure, photophysical and electronic properties. Journal of Molecular Structure 2020, 1204, 127492. (total citations WOS + SCOPUS = 7)

Citations:

  1. T. L. Thokoane et al. Structural, magnetic and photoluminescence properties of Zn-Ni ferrites synthesized by hydrothermal method. J. Mol. Structure 2024, 1315, 138906.
  2. M. Soroceanu, C.-P. Constantin, M.-D. Damaceanu. A straightforward synthetic strategy towards conjugated donor-acceptor naphthylimido-azomethines with tunable films morphologies and opto-electronic properties. Prog. Organic Coanting 2022, 166, 106785.
  3. S. Kotowicz et al. Selected physicochemical properties of thiophene imines with a free NH2 group. Przeglad Elektrochemiczny 2022, 98, 76-78.
  4. V. Quoc et al. DFT study on some polythiophenes containing benzo(d)thiazole and benzo(d)oxazole: structure and band gap. Design. Monomers Polym. 2021, 24, 274-284.
  5. C. M. Anderson et al. Platinum complexes from C-H Activation of Sterically Hindered (C/N) Donor Benzothiophene Iminie Ligands: Synthesis and Photophysical Properties. ACS Omega 2020, 5, 26855-26863.

Zita Tokárová, Róbert Balogh, Pavol Tisovský, Katarína Hrnčariková, Daniel Végh. Direct nucleophilic substitution of polyfluorobenzenes with pyrrole and 2,5-dimethylpyrrole. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 2017, 204, 59-64. (Total citations WOS +SCOPUS = 8)

Citations:

  1. J. Shen et al. Amination and Para C-H Arylation of Arly Fluorides Enabled by alpha-Methylnaphthyl (MeNAP) Palladium Catalysts. Ang. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, 65, e21597.
  2. J. Zhou, Z. Zhao, N. Shibata. Transition-metal-free silylboronate-mediated cross-couplings of organic fluorides with amines. Nature Commun. 2023, 14, 1847.
  3. R. Ma et al. Advances in Catalytic C-F Bond Activation and Transformation of Aromatic Fluorides. Catalysts 2022, 12, 1665
  4. K. V. Shcherbakov et al. Alternative Functionalization of 2-(3,4-Dihalophenyl)-4H-chromen-4-ones via Metal-Free Nucleophilic Aromatic Fluorine Substitution and Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions. Chem. Select 2022, 7, e202201775
  5. M. A. Panova et al. Selective nucleophilic aromatic substitution of 2-(polyfluorophenyl)-4H-chromen-4-ones with pyrazole. J. Fluor. Chem. 2022, 263, 110034.

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

VEGA 2/0055/21

Study of low molecular weight \pi-conjugated thiophene derivatives suitable as organic semiconductors

Project leader for UCM: Assoc. prof. RNDr. Zita Tokárová, PhD.

2021-2023

VEGA 1/0086/21

New compounds with useful magnetic and opto-electrical properties

Project leater: prof. RNDr. Ján Titiš, PhD.

reseracher: Assoc. prof. RNDr. Zita Tokárová, PhD.

2021-2024

APVV-19-0087

Bioactive transition metal complexes with magnetic bistability

Project leader for UCM: prof. RNDr. Ján Titiš, PhD.

researcher: Assoc. prof. RNDr. Zita Tokárová, PhD.

2020-2023

VEGA 1/0013/18

Physicochemical properties of monoamine neurotransmitters

Project leader: prof. Ing. Prof. Roman Boča, DrSc.

researcher: Assoc. prof. RNDr. Zita Tokárová, PhD.

2018-2021

KEGA 009UCM-4/2024

Innovation of the educational process in the bachelor’s and master’s study program in Biomedical Chemistry

Project leader. Ing. Jozef Sokol, CSc., mim. prof.

researcher: Assoc. prof. RNDr. Zita Tokárová, PhD.

2024-2026 

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
European Researchers' Night Slovak Organization for Research and Development Activities, o.z. (SOVVA) 2019, 2023
Student Scientific Conference – Expert Guarantor in the Applied Chemistry Section Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2018-2022, 2026
Children’s University – Expert Guarantor in a field of chemistry and Organizer Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2016-2021, 2024, 2025

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)
Center for New Technologies Banacha 2C, 02-097, Warszawa, Poland 2018-september lecture stay
Laboratory of Technology of Novel Functional Materials, University of Warsaw Banacha 2C, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland April 2008 lecture stay
Faculty of the Environment, J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem Pasteurova 3632/15, 40096 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic v pedagogical activity
Institute for Language and Preparatory Studies Study centre Prague - Voršilská 19–23 May 2025 Erasmus

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned
  • Expert Consultant of the project: Ag²⁺-initiated Diels–Alder Reactions, in cooperation with the Centre of New Technologies (CeNT), University of Warsaw, Poland – preparation for research stay
  • Permanent Member of the Referees’ Board for ARKIVOC – international peer-reviewed journal
  • External partner of the Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava – unpaid position
  • Chemistry Olympiad for secondary schools – professional mentoring in organic chemistry at a grammar school J. Hollého in Trnava
  • scientific semminar activity with a topic of the MOF´s - metal organic frameworks in ATRI Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, november 2025
Date of last update
2026-01-29