Prof. Dušan Galusek, DrSc. Scientific Background: advanced ceramic materials and composites, transparent oxide ceramics, metal-organic preceramic precursors, aluminate glasses, bioactive materials, corrosion and corrosion protection International projects: NATO SfP 981770, Light weight and transparent armors, 2006-2009, coordinator Interreg 22410320043, Development of a cooperation and educational platform for cross-border competitiveness in plasma applications [...]

doc. Ing. Róbert Klement, PhD. Scientific background:  Physical Chemistry, Luminescent Materials, Spectroscopy (Photoluminescence, EPR, UV-VIS-NIR), Electrochemistry National projets:  VEGA 1/0603/09: Glass and glass-ceramic materials based on rare-earth aluminates with exceptional mechanical and optical properties, principal investigator, 2009-2011 VEGA 1/0631/14: Novel glass and glass-ceramic materials based on rare-earth aluminates for applications in white [...]

Assoc. Prof. Mária Chromčíková, PhD. Scientific background:  Structure and properties of inorganic glasses and glass-forming melts Structural relaxation and viscosity of glass-forming melts Thermodynamic models International projects:  APVV SK – CZ – 00007 – 11, Thermodynamic models and structure of multicomponent glasses, 2012-2013, principal investigator APVV SK – PL – 18 – [...]

Ing. Jozef Kraxner, PhD. Scientific background:   Inorganic technology and materials Glass Science Technology Basic, advanced and applied research in field of glass and ceramics The main research interests are glass properties, mainly in connection with the glass science and technology and cooperation with the glass industry in the following main research topics: [...]

Assoc. Prof. Amirhossein Pakseresht, PhD. Scientific background: Thermal barrier coating (Modern TBCs) Hot corrosion Splat morphology Thin films prepared by PVD and PECVD methods Ceramic and metallic composite High entropy alloys  International projects: HORIZON 2020, WIDESPREAD-01-2016-2017-TeamingPhase2, Centre for functional and surface-functionalized glasses, 3/2017 – 2/2024 National projects: VEGA PROJECT, Hot corrosion and [...]

Martin Michálek, PhD. Scientific background:  Ceramic, ceramic composites, advanced ceramic materials, bioactive glasses International projects: SAS-MOST 2019-2021 Scaffolds and biocomposites for tissue regeneration, researcher. National projects: VEGA 1/0098/19 Viacvrstvové štruktúry biologických skiel pre regeneratívnu medicínu pripravené odlievaním a laminovaním pások, vedúci projektu. APVV – 20/0322 Nanostructured, functionally graded and bioinspired 3D Ti-based [...]

Assoc. Prof. José Joaquín Velázquez García, PhD. Scientific background:  Sol-gel, Crystallization, Oxyfluoride and Semiconductor glass and glass-ceramics, optically active materials, porous materials, MOFs, and Functional materials for optics and energy. International projects: HORIZON 2020, WIDESPREAD-01-2016-2017-TeamingPhase2, Centre for functional and surface-functionalized glasses, 3/2017 – 2/2024, Researcher.  National projets: FIS2006-02980, Luminescent nano-structured glass-ceramics: a [...]

Dagmar Galusková, PhD. Scientific background:  Methodology support for testing of corrosion resistance and durability of silicate materials. Glass (bioactive, historical, industrial…) chemical/surface characterization. International projects: APVV 22-0062, Reference glasses for analysis of strategic raw material 07/2023-06/2027 (principal investigator): Development of glassy materials with potential as internal standards to be used in the [...]

Peter Hošták, Ph.D. Since 2017, he has been leading the team responsible for project management and administrative support of the FunGlass. Together with his colleagues, he contributed to the transformation of the Center of Excellence, which in its six years of existence managed to raise more than €35M in competitive funding for [...]