Prof. Ing. Roman Martoňák, DrSc. 
Contact
Department of Experimental Physics
Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
Comenius University in Bratislava
Mlynská dolina F1
842 48 Bratislava phone: +421 2 60295467
Slovakia 
Researcher unique identifiers
ORCID 0000-0002-4013-9117
Researcher ID T-5223-2018
Research group Computational Materials Science
Most cited papers (Google scholar)
Most recent papers (Google scholar)
Awards
member of the Learned Society of Slovakia since 2019
Cena za vedu a techniku 2017 – Osobnosť vedy a techniky
Prémia literárneho fondu za trojročný vedecký ohlas v kategórii Prírodné a lekárske vedy za rok 2016
In 2015 nominated by the Accreditation Commission as member of the top scientific team Center of Physics of Complex Systems
Prémia literárneho fondu za trojročný vedecký ohlas v kategórii Prírodné a lekárske vedy za rok 2013
Recent invited lectures
„Quantum and classical ripples in graphene“, konferencia CECAM50, 9 – 12 September 2019, Lausanne, Switzerland
„Beyond SiO2: New tetrahedral and octahedral structures in IV-VI compounds„,
Workshop on Crystal Structure Prediction: Exploring the Mendeleev Table as a Palette to Design New Materials, 14 – 18 January 2019, Trieste, Italy
„High-Pressure Phase Diagram, Structural Transitions, and Persistent Non-Metallicity of BaBiO3: Theory and Experiment“, 6th International Conference on Superconductivity and Magnetism (ICSM2018), 29.4.-4.5. 2018, Antalya, Turkey
„High-pressure phase diagram, structural transitions, and persistent non-metallicity of BaBiO3: theory and experiment“ E-MRS (European Materials Research Society) 2017 Fall Meeting, 18 – 21 September 2017, Warsaw, Poland
„New high-pressure layered phases of CS2 and SiS2“ The 11th International Conference on Cryocrystals and Quantum Crystals (CC11), Turku, Finland,18.8. – 24.8.2016
„Crystal structure prediction and metadynamics simulations at high pressure“ INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL of CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, 49th Course, High-pressure crystallography: status artis and emerging opportunities, a NATO Advanced Study Institute, Erice, Italy, 27.5. – 2.6.2016
Current teaching
Structure and mechanical properties of solids
Computer simulations in physics
Quantum simulations in condensed matter physics
Curriculum vitae
Born 1964 in Handlová, Slovakia
Nationality Slovak Republic
Education
Master
1982 – 1987 Study in Solid State Engineering at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Technical University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
PhD
1989 – 1993 PhD study in Condensed Matter Theory at The International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy under supervision of Prof. E. Tosatti.
Postdoctoral fellowships
1993 – 1994 Post-Doctoral Fellow in the group of Prof. E. Tosatti, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy.
1995 – 1997 Post-Doctoral Fellow in the group of Prof. K. Binder, Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany.
1998 – 1999 Post-Doctoral Fellow in the group of Prof. M. Parrinello, Max- Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany.
Habilitation
2004 – 2005 Habilitation at Departement Physik, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Habilitation thesis “Constant-Pressure Simulations in Condensed Matter Physics”, submitted in June 2004
Habilitation lecture “Physikalisch motivierte Optimierungsverfahren” (Physically motivated optimization methods), January 2005
Venia Legendi obtained for the field of Computational Physics, valid from 1 April 2005
Employment
2000 – 2001 Visiting Associate Professor of Solid State Physics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Slovak Technical University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
2001 – 2006 Research worker in the group of Prof. M. Parrinello, Computational Science, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Lugano, Switzerland
2006 – 2014 Associate Professor of Physics, Department of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
2014 – present Full Professor of Physics, Department of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia