RNDr. Mária Repovská, PhD.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Scientific researcher, Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, TIP UPJŠ - Košice, Slovak Republic
April 2025 - Currently
development and characterization of proteins and enzymes with new properties suitable for medical, diagnostic and biotechnological applications covalent modification of proteins and peptides
Assistant store manager, Lidl Slovenská republika, s.r.o. - Košice, Slovak Republic
September 2023 - March 2025
responsibility for the store and leading a team of 5-7 people
responsibility for employee training and for compliance with OSH
administrative activities connected with the operation of the store and the circulation of goods
gathering and analyzing data, KPI evaluation
daily inventory, annual inventory
responsibility for goods and flow of funds - employee billing, safe deposit and daily closing
recording supplier complaints and returns in the information system
goods quality control
customer care, complaints processing
Scientific researcher, Saftra-Photonics, s. r. o. - Košice, Slovak Republic
May 2020 - August 2023
research tasks in the development of PickMol sensing chips
development of detection procedures for the analysis of water and biological samples with the unique PickMol™ nanotechnology
performing spectroscopic measurements and experiments
purification procedures for specific matrices
technical tasks associated with the preparation of scale-up production
testing and verification of the specifications of PickMol sensing chips
coordination and professional support and guarantee of development activities of the BioPickMol project - Development of nanosensory photonic systems for rapid detection of viruses administrative support of grants and reporting
development of Lab safety manual - Operating Regulations for new chemical and nanotechnology laboratories and responsibility for the operation of the laboratories
responsibility for compliance with OSH in the laboratories and management of the OSH agenda
responsibility for record and registration of dangerous chemical substances
Scientific researcher, The Spanish National Research Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-CSIC) - Madrid, Spain
July 2023 - July 2023
sample collection, sample analysis
detection of the presence of pesticides in collected water samples
detection methods: Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and PickMol™ nanotechnology
Administrative worker, assistant to the company manager, REMA-AGRO, s. r. o. - Trebišov, Slovak Republic
September 2017 - February 2020
processing of reports in MS Excel and implementation of the information system for managing the land agenda
management of the ordering system
communication with the Agricultural Payment Agency (PPA) and state administration authorities
operative trips to production facilities in order to ensure control and administrative agenda
External doctoral student, Institute of Chemistry, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice - Košice, Slovak Republic
September 2011 - August 2018
scientific research work in the laboratory of the Department of Organic Chemistry, participation in solving projects within the framework of VEGA grants
obtaining a PhD degree by defending a dissertation entitled: Study of the synthesis of nucleoside analogs of indole phytoalexins, 1-
methoxycamalexin and its derivatives
Scientific researcher, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University - Košice, Slovak Republic
June 2007 - December 2009
scientific research activity within the project obtained from the Agency for Science and Research
name of the project: 1-Methoxyindole phytoalexins and their analogues as a new type of the compounds with antitumor activity
creation and management of the project website
consultant of 3 diploma theses
University teacher, Technical University - Košice, Slovak Republic
January 2007 - June 2007
lecturing and conducting exercises within the subject Fundamentals of Organic, Analytical Chemistry and Biochemistry for students of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Internal doctoral student, Institute of Chemistry, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University - Košice, Slovak Republic
November 2003 - October 2006
scientific research activity in the laboratory, teaching of laboratory exercises
VVGS project manager and co-investigator of the VEGA project
consultant of 2 diploma and 2 bachelor theses
Quality Inspector, Farmfoods - food packaking - Arbroath, Great Britain
June 2002 - September 2002
work during studies
quality control of packaged food products by laboratory methods
EDUCATION
Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University
Organic chemistry
September 1998 - June 2003, Košice, Slovak Republic
COURSE OR CERTIFICATE
ECDL certificate (digital skills), Pavol Jozef Šafárik University
January 2006 - June 2006
SKILLS
Microsoft Excel - Advanced
Microsoft Office - Expert
OriginLab - Skillful
LANGUAGES
English - Upper intermediate (B2)
German - Intermediate (B1)
INTERESTS OR HOBBIES
Family, dog, hiking, swimming, reading
