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researcher, member of the Presidium of SAS
RNDr. Pavol Siman, PhD.
Education:

2006; senior scientist/ ISCED 6

2002; PhD. in Petrology, Faculty of the Natural Sciences; Department of the Mineralogy and Petrology; Comenius University, Bratislava

1987; RNDr. in Geochemistry, general and deposits geology, Faculty of the Natural Sciences; Department of the Geochemistry; Comenius University, Bratislava

1982 – 1987; Comenius University, Faculty of the Natural Sciences; Department of the Geochemistry; Bratislava

Professional Ewperience:

Geological mapping, crystalline basement sequences research; thermodynamic & structural behaviour of high grade metamorphic / magmatic rocks / minerals (migmatites, orthogneiss, gneiss, granitoids); ore-bearing occurrence

EPMA instruments & microanalyses of materials – JEOL, CAMECA

Geochronology – the Ar/Ar dating – VG Instruments/Thermo Sc.

2012-2014; scientific and team leader of Japanese – Slovak project – JSPS

2008-2014; the Slovak Research and Development Agency / APVV projects

2009; co-autor of the General Geological Map of the Slovak Republic, scale 1: 200 000

2005-2007; scientific cooperation – British Geological Survey, Great Britain – petrography, mineralogy, petrology of Madagascar

2002-2005; scientific and team leader – research and development project – Ministry of Environments of the Slovak Republic

1993 – 1996; Geologishe Bundesanstalt, Austria – geological mapping, petrology, mineralogy, the Eastern Alps

1993; BRGM, Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières – France – geological and structural analysis in Brittany, Armorican massif

1988-2015; research projects in the Western Carpathians region; Ministry of Environments of the Slovak Republic, VEGA/APVV agency

Employment History:

2013 – Member of the Presidium of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava; infrastructure of SAS – use and developing; PR – favourable public image and website; cooperation with Ministry of Environments of the Slovak Republic

2010 – 2013 – Vice-director of the Geological Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava

2006 – 2010 – senior researcher and analyst, the Central European Ar Laboratory,

Geological Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava; cooperation Prof. W. Frank – Vienna University

2000– 2006; Head of the Department of Electron microanalysis, Geological Survey of Slovak Republic / State Dionýz Štúr Institute of Geology, Bratislava

1995 – 2000; Head of the Department of the Mineralogy and Petrology, Geological Survey of Slovak Republic, Bratislava

1990 – 1995; Deputy Head of the Department of mineralogical research, Dionýz Štúr Institute of Geology, Bratislava

1987 – 1995; regional geological mapping research in crystalline basement sequences and EPMA laboratory, Dionýz Štúr Institute of Geology, Bratislava

Professional Training:

2010, 2012, 2013; short research fellowships – Kyoto University, Japan – geochronology, geochemistry & petrology

2001, 2005, 2006, 2008; EUROGRANITES group

1995, 2007, 2012, 2015; VARISCAN BELT group

2003 – 2004; MICROSCIENCE & EMAS – modern developments and applications in micro beam analysis

1993 – 1997; Tempus Graduate School – Geodynamics, thermobarometry of geological processes, geochemistry, ore deposits. Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, field workshops in the Alps – France, Italy, Austria

1993 – 1995; BRGM, France – short study stays / mineralogy and petrology of the high metamorphosed rocks, Orléans

Honours and awards:

Honourable Mention Minister of the Environment for outstanding achievements in the field of geology and long-term contribution to environmental care

Scientific boards:

to 2006 – Geological Survey of Slovak Republic, Bratislava

2015 – Matej Bel University Banská Bystrica