Professional CV
PERSONAL DATA
NAME AND SURNAME: Martin Polovka, PhD.
DATE OF BIRTH: December, 1977
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL: 1984 - 1992
Primary School in Svit, Mieru st.,
Svit
SECONDARY SCHOOL: 1992 - 1996
SPŠ M. Currie - Sklodowska secondary school, Svit
Specialisation Chemical Technology
and processes
European qualification framework level EQF:5
UNIVERSITY: 1996- 2001
Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava
Specialisation: Chemistry
State MSc. exam (June 2001)
Diploma thesis awarded FERMAS, Ltd. - the best Diploma thesis in biotechnolgy
European qualification framework level EQF: 6 & 7
PhD STUDY: 1. 10. 2001 - 30.9 2004
(Nat. Qualif. IIB)
Specialisation: Physical Chemistry,
Department of Physical Chemistry
Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology STU, Bratislava
PhD thesis "EPR study of antioxidant properties of food and biosystems" defenced 28. 1. 2005
European qualification framework level EQF: 8
Senior Research Fellow (nat. qualif. IIA)
From 1.4.2008
EXPERIENCES & PRACTICE
2001 - 2006 Assistant Professor, FCHPT STU
2004 - 2005 High school computer science teacher, Einsteinova Grammar School, Bratislava
2005 Study stay, IFW Dresden, Dresden, Germany
from 1.2.2006 Researcher, Food Research Institute
1.7. 2011 - 30.11.2013 Deputy Head of Unit, Department of Food Chemistry and Analysis
1.12.2013 - 31.12.2018 Head of Unit, Department of Food Chemistry and Analysis
1.7.2020 - 22.6.2021 Deputy-Director General for Science and Research, National Agricultural and Food Centre
23.6.2021 - 23.12.2021 & 15.6.2022 - 21.11.2023 Director General, National Agricultural and Food Centre
from 1.5.2018 Director of the Institute, Food Research Institut
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
- English - very good (C2)
- Russian - basics (B2)
- German - basics (A2)
AWARDS
- Diploma of the Dean of the Faculty of Chemical Technology for The Best Students' Project in Physical Chemistry - 2nd Slovak Students' Conference on Chemistry
and Chemical Technology (2000)
- FERMAS, Ltd. Slovenská Ľupča Award for The Best Diploma Thesis in Biotechnolgy
(2001)
- Slovak Accademy of Agricultural Sciences Award for The Best Scientific Paper in the Competition of Young Scientists of the Sector of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Field of "Food and Nutrition of the Population" (2010)
PC SKILLS
- Software and hardware (instalation, problem solving) OS Windows 98, XP,Vista, Win7/10, Linux - advanced user
- Office 2000/XP/2003/2007/2010/365 - advanced user
- Other software: Corel Draw, Microcal Origin, Scientist, Hyper Chem, Isis Draw, Adobe Acrobat, HTML, CSS...
- Webmaster (slovenskafilatelia.sk, msgazdovsky.sk and other web solutions and online projects)..