Vladimír Falťan

doc. RNDr. Vladimír Falťan, PhD.
e-mail vladimir.faltan (at) uniba.sk
telefón +421 2 9014 9431
kancelária B1-458
www fns.uniba.sk/faltan
adresa
Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Prírodovedecká fakulta
Katedra fyzickej geografie a geoekológie
Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6
842 15 Bratislava 4
Academic Profile
Study
1994 – 1999 master degree in biology and geography at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
1999 – 2002 PhD. in physical geography and geoecology at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
Work experiences
2002 – 2003 researcher at the Department of Landscape Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
since 2004 teacher at the Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
since 2013 Assoc. Professor of Physical Geography and Geoecology at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
International experiences
Bavarian Forest National Park (2005) – World Wildlife Found
Queen’s University Belfast (2006) – Socrates/Erasmus
Prielbrusye National Park (2008)
Memberships
Member of executive committee of the Slovak Geographical Society
Research
- Land Cover
- Landscape Ecology
- Terroir
Projects
The analysis of changes of chosen parameters in landscape system in the Tatra National Park area impacted by the wind disasters
supported by Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education of Slovak Republic and Slovak Academy of Science [grant number VEGA 1/3052/06]
Analysis of land cover changes in the context of environmental drivers
supported by Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education of Slovak Republic and Slovak Academy of Science [grant number VEGA 1/0421/16]
Creation of academic textbook "Methods of land cover research"
supported by Cultural and Educational Grant Agency of the Slovak Republic [grant number KEGA 080UK-4/2016].
Assessment of land use dynamics and land cover changes
supported by Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education of Slovak Republic and Slovak Academy of Science [grant number VEGA 1/0247/19]
Teaching
- Geographical regionalisation and systematics
- Applied geography
- Landscape protection
- Methods of geoecological research
- Regional geoecology of the Earth
- Geoecological fieldworks
PhD students
Current PhD students
Mgr. Vladimír Šagát
Mgr. Matej Hruška
PhD students successfully completing
Mgr. Marián Gábor, PhD.
Mgr. Šárka Horáčková, PhD.
Mgr. Marek Súľovský, PhD.