Ing. Hana Horváthová, PhD.
Area of research
As an environmental biotechnologist at the Department of Geochemistry, she deals with research topics based mainly on the application of microorganisms (bacteria) to the degradation of various groups of contaminants. Currently, she alternates with the following research directions: bioleaching of potentially toxic metalloids (As, Sb) from tailing pond materials; study of various hybrid methods of degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), transfer of biodegradation of hydrocarbons from laboratory to in situ conditions, or electroremediation of oil and chlorinated contaminants. The ambition for the future is to apply the studied approaches also to micropollutants and pharmaceuticals.
ORCID: Hana Horváthová (0000-0003-3497-2361) (orcid.org)
Pedagogical activity
Master's degree subjects (Environmental Geochemistry)
- Biodegradation of persistent organic pollutants
- Biogeochemical processes in soils and sediments
- Methods of remediation of environmental burdens
Major publications
Horváthová, H., Jurkovič, Ľ., Macek, J., Tóth, R., Kravchenko, D., 2020. Nanodegradation of chlorinated hydrocarbons from groundwater in the native geological environment (laboratory batch experiment). In Mineralia Slovaca, Vol. 52, iss. 2, s. 133-142.
Horváthová, H., Lászlová, K., Dercová, K., 2019. Bioremediation vs. Nanoremediation: Degradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Using Integrated Remediation Approaches. In Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. Vol. 230, iss. 8, 204. DOI: 10.1007/s11270-019-4259-x.
Horváthová, H., Lászlová, K., Dercová, K., 2018. Bioremediation of PCB-contaminated shallow river sediments: The efficacy of biodegradation using individual bacterial strains and their consortia. In Chemosphere. Vol. 193, s. 270-277. CC: 000423890500032; DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.11.012.
Dercová, K., Murínová, S., Dudášová, H., Lászlová, K., Horváthová, H., 2018. The Adaptation Mechanisms of Bacteria Applied in Bioremediation of Hydrophobic Toxic Environmental Pollutants: How Indigenous and Introduced Bacteria Can Respond to Persistent Organic Pollutants-Induced Stress? In Persistent Organic Pollutants. 1. vyd. London: Intech Open, s. 29. ISBN 978-953-51-6699-3. DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.79646.
Lászlová, K., Dercová, K., Horváthová, H., Murínová, S., Škarba, J., Dudášová, H., 2016. Assisted bioremediation approaches Biostimulation and bioaugmentation Used in the removal of organochlorinated pollutants from the contaminated bottom sediments. In International Journal of Environmental Research. Vol. 10, iss. 3, s. 367-378. DOI: 10.22059/IJER.2016.58756.
Grants
2023 Horizont 2023: ARAGORN - Achieving Remediation And Governing Restoration of Contaminated Soils Now HORIZON-MISS-2022-SOIL-01-04 (coordinator: Kobenhavns Universit)
2019 Hlavný riešiteľ - Grant STU pre podporu mladých vedeckých pracovníkov č. 1624 (2019): Integrácia bakteriálneho metabolizmu a redukčnej sily nanočastíc železa na odstránenie chlórovaných kontaminantov
2015 - 2018 Spoluriešiteľ projektu VEGA 1/0295/15: Pokročilé prístupy bioremediácie - biostimulácia a bioaugmentácia - na dekontamináciu organických chlórovaných zlúčenín zo znečistených sedimentov, vôd a pôd
2017 Hlavný riešiteľ - Grant STU pre podporu mladých vedeckých pracovníkov č. 1683 (2017): Bioremediácia polychlórovaných bifenylov (PCB) kombináciou nanotechnológie a biotechnológie
2013 - 2017 Spoluriešiteľ projektu APVV 0656-12:Odstraňovanie vybraných špecifických syntetických látok z vôd procesmi s využitím ozónu.