Zeman Michal

Education

• 1971–1976: Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences
• 1977: Doctor of Natural Sciences (RNDr.) – Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
• 1982: Candidate of Sciences (CSc.), Research Institute of Animal Production, Nitra
• 1997: Doctor of Sciences (DrSc.), Animal Physiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Košice
• 1998: Associate Professor, Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Košice
• 2003: Full Professor, Animal Physiology, Masaryk University, Brno

Employment

• 1978–1987: Institute of Poultry Breeding and Genetics, Ivanka pri Dunaji
• 1987–1989: Institute of Physiology of Farm Animals, Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Košice and Ivanka pri Dunaji
• 1990–1998: Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, SAS, Ivanka pri Dunaji
• 1999–present: Department of Animal Physiology and Ethology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava

Long-term Research Stays

• 1991–1992: Max Planck Institute for Behavioural Physiology, Seewiesen/Andechs, Germany
• 1992–1993: Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium

Short-term Research Stays

• 1993: Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom – 1 month
• 1995: Institute for Small Animal Research, Celle, Germany – 2 weeks
• 1995, 1999, 2003: Max Planck Institute for Behavioural Physiology, Seewiesen-Andechs, Germany – 3 repeated visits, each 4 weeks
• 1997, 1998: Department of Animal Physiology and Immunology, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium – 2 visits (4 and 2 weeks)
• 2011: University of Warsaw – invited lectureship funded by the EU for Poland under the “Masters in Science” programme

International Scientific Projects

• 1992–1994: Principal investigator of a joint grant awarded by the Max Planck Society, Munich, Germany
• 1995: Principal investigator of project PO 200284697 awarded by the IAEA, Vienna, Austria

National Scientific Projects

• 2018–2022: Principal investigator of APVV project APVV-17-0178 awarded by the Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV)
• 2004–2006: Principal investigator of APVV project APVT-022704
• 2008–2010: Principal investigator of APVV project APVV-0214-07
• 2018–2022: Institutional coordinator of project APVV-17-0371 (Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University) in collaboration with the Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS)
• 2011–2014: Institutional coordinator of project APVV-0047-10 (Faculty of Natural Sciences, CU) in collaboration with the Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, SAS
• 2011–2014: Institutional coordinator of project APVV-0050-10 (Faculty of Natural Sciences, CU) in cooperation with the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak University of Technology
• 2012–2014: Principal investigator of VEGA projects 1/0492/19, 1/0557/15, and 1/0686/12 awarded by the Scientific Grant Agency (VEGA)
• 2010–2011: Principal investigator of VEGA project 1/1129/10
• 2007–2009: Principal investigator of VEGA project 1/4343/07
• 2001–2003: Principal investigator of VEGA project 1/8208/01
• 1997–2000: Principal investigator of VEGA project 2/5044/98
• 1994–1997: Principal investigator of VEGA project 2/1053/94

Overview of Roles

• Member of the Council for the National Programme Supporting R&D Infrastructure
• Member of the Expert Group of the Slovak Accreditation Commission for Biological Sciences
• Member of the APVV Council for Natural Sciences (2015–present)
• Vice-chair of the APVV Council for Natural Sciences (2019–present)
• Member of the VEGA Commission for Biological and Ecological Sciences (1996–1998, 2005–2011)
• Member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University (2016–present)
• Member of the scientific councils of several SAS institutes (biochemistry, molecular physiology, experimental endocrinology, zoology, heart research, normal and pathological physiology)
• Member of the Joint Committee for Candidate Dissertation Defences (1995–1999)
• Member of the Committee for Doctoral Dissertation Defences (DrSc.) (1998–present)
• Member of subject-specific committees for PhD defences at the Faculty of Natural Sciences CU, UPJŠ, and the Faculty of Pharmacy CU
• Member of PhD defence committees at the Catholic University of Leuven and the University of Chambéry

Editorial Board Memberships

• Associate Editor of the journal Neuroendocrinology Letters
• Topic Board Member – International Journal of Molecular Sciences
• Guest Editor: Special Issue “Molecular Research on Light's Effects on Animals and Humans” (IJMS)
• Editorial Board Member of the journal Biológia, Zoology Section (1998–2006)

Elected Memberships in Scientific Societies

• Member of the Board of Governors, World Society for the Farm Animal Endocrinology (1994–2000)
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Society for Avian Endocrinology (1998–2016)
• Head of the working group "Physiology and Incubation", Slovak branch of WPSA

Conference Organisation and Scientific Committees

• World Veterinary Congress (Budapest)
• Farm Animal Endocrinology (Brussels)
• Avian Endocrinology (Leuven, Belgium 2000; Niagara Falls, Canada 2017)
• Perinatal Development in Birds – founding member and organiser (1996–2015; Germany, Israel, the Netherlands, Slovakia)
• Animal Physiology – Member of the Scientific Committee of physiology conferences in Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Poland (1998–present)

Chapters in International Monographs

• McNabb F.M.A., Scanes C.G., Zeman M.: The endocrine system, pp. 174–202. In: Avian Growth and Development. Evolution in the altricial–precocial spectrum. (Starck M.J. & Ricklefs R.E., eds.), Oxford University Press, 1998.
• Cornelissen G., Halberg F., Zeman M.: In: Melatonin: From Molecules to Therapy, pp. 1–47. Toward a Chronome (Time Structure) of Melatonin. New York, Nova Science Publishers, 2006.

Invited Lectures at International Conferences

• 1993: European Pineal Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1994: European Poultry Conference, Glasgow, United Kingdom
• 1996: Workshop Perinatal Development in Birds, Berlin, Germany
• 1995: World Veterinary Poultry Congress, Budapest, Hungary
• 1997: Canadian Pineal Conference, Guelph, Canada
• 2005: International Congress of Comparative Endocrinology, Boston, USA
• 2015: Khon Kaen, Thailand – lecture with travel costs covered
• 2015: International Conference BalcanLight, Athens, Greece – Mechanisms mediating negative effects of ALAN on human health
• 2016: 4th International ALAN Conference, Cluj, Romania – Physiological mechanisms mediating negative effects of ALAN on human health
• 2019: Krakow, Poland – International Conference on Environmental and Astronomical Light Pollution: Hazard arising from artificial light at night for physiology and health
• 2020: Workshop on Light Pollution, Prague (organised by the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic)

Graduated PhD Students and Their Current Positions

• Prof. Iveta Herichová, PhD. – Professor, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
• Assoc. Prof. Monika Okuliarová, PhD. – Associate Professor, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
• Assoc. Prof. Luboš Molčan, PhD. – Associate Professor, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
• Mariana Mačajová, PhD. – Senior Research Scientist, Centre of Biosciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Katarína Stebelová, PhD. – Lecturer, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
• Zuzana Dzirbíková, PhD. – Lecturer, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
• Miroslava Rafayová, PhD. – Researcher, Janssen Pharmaceutical Company
• Roman Moravčík, PhD. – Lecturer, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
• Zuzana Kaňková, PhD. – Lecturer, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
• Pavel Svitok, PhD. – Specialist, Centre for Assisted Reproduction GYN-FIV
• Jana Horváthová, PhD. – Lecturer, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
• Angelika Drozdová, PhD. – Bojnice Hospital with Polyclinic

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Number of supervised and successfully defended Master’s theses: 28