Successful PhD Defenses at FunGlass

On August 27–28, FunGlass proudly hosted the doctoral dissertation defenses of our talented researchers. We are delighted to announce that all candidates demonstrated excellent preparation, confidently addressed the questions of their supervisors and reviewers, and successfully defended their PhD theses.

This achievement marks an important milestone in their academic journey, enabling them to continue their research at the next level. Congratulations to all new PhDs – we wish you great success in your future scientific endeavors!

Alena Akusevich

Thesis title: Crystallization behaviour and luminescent properties of undoped and Ce³⁺-doped glass microspheres in the system YAG–Al₂O₃
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Robert Klement (FunGlass TnUAD, Slovakia)
Reviewers:

• Ing. Katarína Drdlíková, PhD. (CEITEC BUT Brno, Czech Republic)

• Assoc. Prof. Ekaterina Trusova, PhD. (Belarusian State Technological University, Belarus)

Abel Woldu Ourgessa

Thesis title: Geopolymer-like materials from engineered mixtures of inorganic waste
Supervisors: Dr. Jozef Kraxner (FunGlass TnUAD, Slovakia), Prof. Enrico Bernardo (University of Padova, Italy)
Reviewers:

• Assoc. Prof. Ing. Luboš Bača, PhD. (Faculty of Chemical and Food Technologies, STU Bratislava)

• Prof. Dr. Paolo Mazzoleni (University of Catania, Italy)

Avnee Chauhan

Thesis title: High entropy oxide ceramic by pressure assisted sintering of multi-component rare-earth oxides
Supervisors: Prof. Dušan Galusek (FunGlass TnUAD, Slovakia), Prof. Enrico Bernardo (University of Padova, Italy)
Reviewers:

• Dr. Tamás Csanádi (Institute of Materials Research SAS, Košice)

• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Francesco Baino (Politecnico Torino, Italy)

Martina Vitázková

Thesis title: Development of multifunctional nanodevices based on silica and magnetic nanoparticles for theragnostic applications
Supervisor: Dr. Martin Michálek
Reviewers:

• Assoc. Prof. Andrej Ficek (PriF UK Bratislava)

• Prof. Vladimír Zeleňák, DrSc. (UPJŠ Košice)

Onat Basak

Thesis title: Structure and properties of bioactive glasses doped with ions with potential therapeutic and antibacterial effects
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Mária Chromčíková
Reviewers:

• Assoc. Prof. Pavla Honcová (University of Pardubice)

• Prof. RNDr. Vladimír Zeleňák, DrSc. (UPJŠ Košice)

The defenses were public, and the participation was abundant. Thank you to everyone who joined us in supporting our researchers on this significant occasion!