CV | Miriama Malček Šimunková

EDUCATION:

Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava

2017-2021 PhD in Chemistry (Physical Chemistry)

Final Thesis: Cu(II) coordination compounds with biologically active ligands

Supervisor: prof. Marián Valko, DrSc. Consultants: Dr. Zuzana Barbieriková, prof. Vlasta Brezová

Reviewers: Assoc. prof. Erik Čižmár, PhD.; prof. Peter Segĺa, DrSc.

Defence:  25.08.2021 head of the committee: prof. Peter Šimon

Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava

2015 - 2017, Ing. (MSc.) in Technical Chemistry

Final Thesis Synthesis and characterisation of Cu(II) complexes with biologically active ligands.

Supervisor: prof. Marián Valko, DrSc.

Defence:  06/2017 head of the committee: prof. Peter Rapta

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Assistant Professor / Junior Researcher, September 2021–present
Department of Physical Chemistry, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia

• Experimental research using spectroscopic and magnetic resonance methods.
  
• EPR characterisation of paramagnetic species, free radicals and photoactive materials.
  
• Sample preparation, experimental data analysis and interpretation of reaction mechanisms.
  
• Preparation of scientific manuscripts, research reports and project documentation.
  
• Teaching physical chemistry and supervising student research projects.
  
• Participation in scientific dissemination and public engagement activities, including ChemWEEK and ChemSHOW.

Assistant Professor / Lecturer, October 2024–July 2025 (part-time)
University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia

• Lectures and seminars in Physical Chemistry I and II.

Research Internship, May–October 2018
Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Olomouc, Czech Republic

• Experimental work in magnetic methods, sample preparation, measurements and data analysis.
  
• Research activities involving EPR spectroscopy and scientific manuscript preparation.

Assistant, 2017–2020 (part-time)
Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia

• Lectures and seminars in molecular models and theory of chemical bonding.
  
• EPR measurements and laboratory research.
  

RESEARCH EXPERTISE/SKILLS:

• Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy: Detection and characterisation of paramagnetic species, free radicals and reactive oxygen species.
  
• Free-radical and oxidative-stress chemistry: Investigation of radical mechanisms, redox-active metal complexes and interactions with biological systems.
  
• Photoactive materials and photocatalysis: Spectroscopic investigation of light-induced reactions, interfacial charge transfer and photocatalytic processes.
  
• Transition-metal complexes: Spectral characterisation and investigation of the chemical and biological properties of metal-based compounds.
  
• Principal investigator of competitive research projects funded through Slovak national and institutional schemes, including the Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV) and MSCA PF (Horizon).

PUBLICATIONS:

1. MALČEK ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama – DVORANOVÁ, Dana – LUŠPAI, Karol – DYRČÍKOVÁ, Zuzana – LUKAČOVIČ VAJOVÁ, Izabela – DUKIĆ, Miljana – LAZIĆ, Vesna – SREDOJEVIĆ, Dušan – NEDELJKOVIĆ, Jovan M. Tailoring TiO₂ photocatalysis via interfacial charge transfer complexes with substituted salicylic acids: A combined theoretical and spectroscopic study. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, vol. 474 (2026), 117018. WoS quotes 0
2. CLAVIER, Batiste – MALČEK ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama – BOUCHER, Fabien – BREZOVÁ, Vlasta – ROQUES, Christine – CORBEL, Gwenaël. Bactericidal activity of the layered cupric hydroxy-fluoride Cu(OH)F against pathogenic Escherichia coli strain. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, issue 12 (2026). WoS quotes 0
3. ZAŽÍMAL, František – PODMANICKÁ, Anna – MALČEK ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama – IMREOVÁ, Zuzana – ATRI, Shalu – DRDANOVÁ, Alexandra Paulína – MARKOVIČ, Martin – KÓÓŠ, Peter – MONFORT, Olivier – VOJS STAŇOVÁ, Andrea – MACKUĽAK, Tomáš – HOMOLA, Tomáš. First synergistic application of photocatalysis by novel graphitic carbon nitride nanomaterial and low-temperature plasma technology for highly efficient removal of pharmaceuticals from real wastewater. Journal of Water Process Engineering, vol. 83 (2026), 109545. WoS quotes 0
4. LIŠTIAK, Matúš – VALENTOVÁ, Jindra – ZAHRADNÍKOVÁ, Eva – VARGA, Rudolf – SAMOĽOVÁ, Erika – LITECKÁ, Miroslava – LUŠPAI, Karol – PUCHOŇOVÁ, Miroslava – MALČEK ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama – MONCOĽ, Ján – JOZEFÍKOVÁ, Flóra. Synthesis, Characterization, and Biological Studies of Novel Salicylatocopper(II) Complexes Containing 1,10-Phenanthroline. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 28, issue 21 (2025), e202500143. WoS quotes 0
5. SREDOJEVIĆ, Dušan N. – MALČEK ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama – TRPKOV, Đorđe – DUKIĆ, Miljana – LAZIĆ, Vesna – MALČEK, Michal. Exploring Novel Interfacial Charge Transfer Complexes Between TiO₂ and Flavonoids: Theoretical Study. ChemPhysChem, vol. 26 (2025), e202500058. WoS quotes 0
6. ŠTEKLÁČ, Marek – MALČEK, Michal – GAJDOŠ, Peter – VEVERICOVÁ, Simona – ČERTÍK, Milan – VALKO, Marián – BREZOVÁ, Vlasta – MALČEK ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama. Antioxidant effect, DNA-binding, and transport of the flavonoid acacetin influenced by the presence of redox-active Cu(II) ion: Spectroscopic and in silico study. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, vol. 264 (2025), 112802. WoS quotes 1
7. SVITKOVÁ, Veronika – NEMČEKOVÁ, Katarína – DRDANOVÁ, Alexandra Paulína – IMREOVÁ, Zuzana – TULIPÁNOVÁ, Alexandra – HOMOLA, Tomáš – ZAŽÍMAL, František – DEBNÁROVÁ, Stanislava – STÝSKALÍK, Aleš – RYBA, Jozef – BAČA, Ľuboš – MALČEK ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama – GÁL, Miroslav – MACKUĽAK, Tomáš – VOJS STAŇOVÁ, Andrea. Advancing wastewater treatment: The efficacy of carbon-based electrochemical platforms in removal of pharmaceuticals. Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 500 (2024), 156946. WoS quotes 13
8. NIKŠIĆ, Valentina – MALČEK ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama – DYRČÍKOVÁ, Zuzana – DVORANOVÁ, Dana – BREZOVÁ, Vlasta – SREDOJEVIĆ, Dušan – NEDELJKOVIĆ, Jovan M. – LAZIĆ, Vesna. Photoinduced reactive species in interfacial charge transfer complex between TiO₂ and taxifolin: DFT and EPR study. Optical Materials, vol. 152 (2024), 115454. WoS quotes 8
9. MALČEK ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama – ŠTEKLÁČ, Marek – RAPTOVÁ, Renáta – GAJDOŠ, Peter – ČERTÍK, Milan – MALČEK, Michal. The effect of Cu(II) ion on antioxidant and DNA-binding mechanism of baicalein and scutellarein: Spectroscopic, theoretical, and molecular docking study. Applied Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 38, issue 4 (2024), e7390. WoS quotes 5
10. MARTINIAKOVÁ, Silvia – HOJEROVÁ, Jarmila – TURÁNYIOVÁ, Zuzana – DVORANOVÁ, Dana – MALČEK ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama. Reducing the impact of artificial blue light on the skin: A spectroscopic study. Acta Chimica Slovaca, vol. 17, issue 1 (2024). WoS quotes 0
11. ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama - BARBIERIKOVÁ, Zuzana - MAZÚR, Milan - VALKO, Marián- ALOMAR, Suliman Y. - ALWASEL, Saleh H. - MALČEK, Michal. Interaction of Redox-Active Copper(II) with Catecholamines: A Combined Spectroscopic and Theoretical Study. Inorganics, vol- 11. (2023) . 1--19. WoS quotes 4
12. ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama - BIELA, Monika - ŠTEKLÁČ, Marek - HLINČÍK, Andrej - KLEIN, Erik- MALČEK, Michal. Cu(II) complexes of flavonoids in solution: Impact of the Cu(II) ion on the antioxidant and DNA-intercalating properties. Journal of Molecular Liquids, vol. 359. (2022) s. 1--12. WoS quotes 18
13. KOMÁRKOVÁ, Bára -ECORCHARD, Petra -MOTLOCHOVÁ, Monika-SLOVÁK, Václav-VISLOCKÁ, Xénia-SMRŽOVÁ, Darina-KORMUNDA, Martin-BEZDIČKA, Petr-LUŠPAI, Karol- ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama-DVORANOVÁ, Dana-ŠRÁMOVÁ SLUŠNÁ, Michaela-BELHÁČOVÁ, Lenka-ŠUBRT, Jan. Effect of amines on the peroxo-titanates and photoactivity of annealed TiO2. Arabian Journal of Chemistry, vol.15. (2022) s. 1--17. WoS quotes 4
14. BARBIERIKOVÁ, Zuzana - ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama -BREZOVÁ, Vlasta -SREDOJEVIC, Dusan N.- LAZIC, Vesna- LONCAREVIC, Davor -NEDELJKOVIC, Jovan M. Interfacial charge transfer complex between TiO2 and non-aromatic ligand squaric acid. Optical Materials, vol. 123.(2022) s. 1--7. WoS quotes 10
15. JOMOVÁ, Klaudia – HUDECOVÁ, Lenka- LAURO, Peter – ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama - BARBIERIKOVÁ, Zuzana – MALČEK, Michal – ALWASEL H. Saleh – ALHAZZA, Ibrahim- RHODES, C.J - VALKO, Marián. The effect of Luteolin on DNA damage mediated by a copper catalyzed Fenton reaction. In Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, vol. 226. (2022) a.n. 111635, WoS quotes 38
16. ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama - ŠTEKLÁČ, Marek –  MALČEK, Michal. Spectroscopic, computational and molecular docking study of Cu(ii) complexes with flavonoids: from cupric ion binding to DNA intercalation In New Journal of Chemistry. Vol. 45, (2021), p. 10810-10821 počet citácií WoS quotes 10
17. MEZEIOVÁ, Eva - JANOČKOVÁ, Jana - ANDRYS, Rudolf - SOUKUP, Ondřej - KOBRLOVÁ, Tereza - MÚČKOVÁ, Ľubica - PEJCHAL, Jaroslav - ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama - HANDL, Jiří - MIČÁNKOVÁ, Petra - ROUŠAR, Tomáš - HRABINOVÁ, Martina - NEPOVIMOVA, Eugenie - MARCO-CONTELLES, Jose Luis - VALKO, Marián - KORÁBEČNÝ, Ján. 2-Propargylamino-naphthoquinone derivatives as multipotent agents for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. In European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. Vol. 211, 2021, s. (1-13), art. no. 113112.  WoS quotes 31
18. ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama- BARBIERIKOVÁ, Zuzana - JOMOVÁ, Klaudia - HUDECOVÁ, Lenka - LAURO, Peter - ALWASEL, Saleh Hamad Amad - ALHAZZA, Ibrahim M. - RHODES, Christopher J. - VALKO, Marián. Antioxidant vs. Prooxidant Properties of the Flavonoid, Kaempferol, in the Presence of Cu(II) Ions: A ROS-Scavenging Activity, Fenton Reaction and DNA Damage Study. In International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Vol. 22, iss. 4 (2021), p. (1-17), art. no. 1619. WoS quotes 127
19. ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama - VALKO, Marián - BUČINSKÝ, Lukáš - MALČEK, Michal. Structure functionality relationship of flavonoids (myricetin, morin, taxifolin and 3 ',4 '-dihydroxyflavone). A computational study via the cupric ion probe. In Journal of Molecular Structure. Vol. 1222, (2020), p. 1-11, art. no. 128923.  WoS quotes 15
20. HUDECOVÁ, Lenka - JOMOVÁ, Klaudia - LAURO, Peter - ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama- ALWASEL, Saleh Hamad Amad - ALHAZZA, Ibrahim M. - MONCOĽ, Ján - VALKO, Marián. Antimicrobial and antifungal activities of bifunctional copper(II) complexes with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, flufenamic, mefenamic and tolfenamic acids and 1,10-phenanthroline In Open Chemistry. Vol. 18, iss. 1 (2020), s. 1444-1451.  WoS quotes 7
21. ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama - MALČEK, Michal. Dimethyl sulfoxide as a strongly coordinating solvent: 3´,4´-dihydroxyflavone-Cu(II)-DMSO system case study. In Acta Chimica Slovaca. Vol. 13, No. 2 (2020), s. 1-11. ISSN 1337-978X. WoS quotes 7
22. JOZEFÍKOVÁ, Flóra - PERONTSIS, Spyros - ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama- BARBIERIKOVÁ, Zuzana - ŠVORC, Ľubomír - VALKO, Marián - PSOMAS, George - MONCOĽ, Ján. Novel copper(II) complexes with fenamates and isonicotinamide: structure and properties, and interactions with DNA and serum albumin. In New Journal of Chemistry. Vol. 44, iss. 29 (2020), s. 12827-12842 WoS quotes 24
23. JOMOVÁ, Klaudia - HUDECOVÁ, Lenka - LAURO, Peter - ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama - ALWASEL, Saleh Hamad Amad - ALHAZZA, Ibrahim M. - VALKO, Marián. A Switch between Antioxidant and Prooxidant Properties of the Phenolic Compounds Myricetin, Morin, 3 ',4 '-Dihydroxyflavone, Taxifolin and 4-Hydroxy-Coumarin in the Presence of Copper(II) Ions: A Spectroscopic, Absorption Titration and DNA Damage Study. In Molecules. Vol. 24, iss. 23 (2019), s. 4335 [1-8]. WoS quotes 134
24. ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama - ALWASEL, Saleh Hamad Amad - ALHAZZA, Ibrahim M. - JOMOVÁ, Klaudia - KOLLÁR, Vojtech - RUSKO, Miroslav - VALKO, Marián. Management of oxidative stress and other pathologies in Alzheimer´s disease. In Archives of Toxicology. Vol. 93, iss. 9 (2019), s. 2491-2513. WoS quotes 249
25. ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama - LAURO, Peter - JOMOVÁ, Klaudia - HUDECOVÁ, Lenka - DANKO, Martin - ALWASEL, Saleh - ALHAZZA, Ibrahim M. - RAJČÁNIOVÁ, Simona - KOZOVSKÁ, Zuzana - KUČEROVÁ, Lucia - MONCOĽ, Ján - ŠVORC, Ľubomír - VALKO, Marián. Redox-cycling and intercalating properties of novel mixed copper(II) complexes with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs tolfenamic, mefenamic and flufenamic acids and phenanthroline functionality: Structure, SOD-mimetic activity, interaction with albumin, DNA damage study and anticancer activity. In Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. Vol. 194, (2019), s. 97-113.  WoS quotes 72
26. POPRAC, Patrik - JOMOVÁ, Klaudia - ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama  - KOLLÁR, Vojtech - RHODES, Christopher J. - VALKO, Marián. Targeting Free Radicals in Oxidative Stress-Related Human Diseases. In Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. Vol. 38, iss. 7 (2017), s. 592-607. WoS quotes 911
27. BRANIŠA, Jana - JOMOVÁ, Klaudia - PORUBSKÁ, Mária - KOLLÁR, Vojtech - ŠIMUNKOVÁ, Miriama  - VALKO, Marián. Effect of drying methods on the content of natural pigments and antioxidant capacity in extracts from medicinal plants: a spectroscopic study. In Chemical Papers. Vol. 71, iss. 10 (2017), s. 1993-2002. ISSN 0366-6352 (2017) WoS quotes 17