Mgr. Zuzana Pilková, PhD.
Area of research
She currently focuses on organic (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) and inorganic (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, Sb, Zn and others) urban contaminants resulting from road transport in terms of distribution, resource determination and mobility in urban soils of various uses. Specifically, she focuses on soils near roads in Bratislava, but also on community gardens in Bratislava. Community garden research focuses on the occurrence of potentially toxic metals and metalloids, their penetration into the edible parts of leafy, fruiting and root vegetables, and the associated potential health risks from eating vegetables grown in urban environments. In terms of determining sources of contamination using multivariate statistical methods, he specializes in the application of the positive matrix factorisation factor model. Currently, she is working mainly on the project VEGA no. 1/0246/23 focusing on risk elements in soils and vegetables of private gardens in Bratislava.
ORCID: Zuzana Pilková (0000-0003-3301-7426) (orcid.org)
Pedagogical activity
Master's degree subjects (Environmental geochemistry)
- Diploma seminar 1
- Diploma seminar 2
- Statistics and modelling in environmental geochemistry
- Methods of study and evaluation of geological and anthropogenic materials
Major publications
Pilková, Z., Filová, L., Hiller, E., Mihaljevič, M. (2024) Re-interpretation of metal(loid) concentrations in urban soils of two different land uses by positive matrix factorisation. Environmental Forensics, 25(6), 626-644
Hiller, E., Pilková, Z., Filová, L., Mihaljevič, M., Špirová, V., Jurkovič, Ľ. (2023) Metal(loid) concentrations, bioaccessibility and stable lead isotopes in soils and vegetables from urban community gardens. Chemosphere, 305, 135499
Pilková, Z., Hiller, E., Filová, L., Jurkovič, Ľ. (2022) Sixteen priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in roadside soils at traffic light intersections (Bratislava, Slovakia): concentrations, sources and influencing factors. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 44(10), 3473-3492
Hiller, E., Pilková, Z., Filová, L., Jurkovič, Ľ., Mihaljevič, M., Lacina, P. (2021) Concentration of selected trace elements in surface sois near crossroads in the city of Bratislava (the Slovak Republic). Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28(5), s. 5455 - 5471
Grants
2023- Horizont 2023: ARAGORN - Achieving Remediation And Governing Restoration of Contaminated Soils Now HORIZON-MISS-2022-SOIL-01-04 (coordinator: Kobenhavns Universit)
2023- spoluriešiteľ projektu VEGA č. 1/0246/23 Priestorová distribúcia, geochemická frakcionácia, orálna bioprístupnosť a bioakumulácia rizikových stopových kovov/polokovov v pôdach a zeleniny urbánnych komunitných a privátnych záhrad
2022 vedúci projektu Grant UK/42/2022 Hodnotenie bioprístupnosti vybraných stopových kovov a polokovov z pôdneho substrátu a koreňovej zeleniny z komunitných záhrad v Bratislave
2021 vedúci projektu Grant UK/9/2020 Koncentrácia, distribúcia a bioprístupnosť vybraných potenciálne toxických kovov a polokovov v pôdach komunitných záhrad v Bratislave