Pavel Povinec
Prof. Dr. Pavel P. Povinec, DrSc., FRSC
Faculty Professor of Physics
Comenius University
Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics
Education
1960-1965 Physics (MSc.), Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University (CU)
1969-1970 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay
1974 Physics (PhD), CU
Academic Career
1965 - 1978 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Natural Sciences, CU
1978 -1984 Associate Professor, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, CU
1983 Doctor of Sciences (DrSc.), CU
1984 Professor, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, CU
Employment
1965-1980 Faculty of Natural Sciences, CU
1980-1990 Vice-Dean, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, CU
1980-1992 Head, Department of Nuclear Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, CU
1990-1992 Invited researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (HEPHY, Vienna)
1993-2005 Head of the Laboratory, International Atomic Energy Agency, Marine Environment Laboratories, Monaco
2006-present Professor, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, CU
Visiting professorships
1982, 1984, 1987 University of Tbilisi
1990 University of Bologna
1991 University of Padua
1992 University of Heidelberg
1992 University of Rome
1998-2005 University of Nice,
2013 University of Kanazawa
MAJOR HONOURS
International
2023 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
2018 Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (Austria)
2017 Hevesy Medal Award, Springer/New York (USA)
2013 PROSE Award for the best book in Environmental Sciences (P.P. Povinec, K. Hirose, M. Aoyama: Fukushima Accident - Radioactivity Impact on the Environment, Elsevier, New York, 2013) (USA)
2005 Nobel Prize for Peace (Member of the IAEA team), Nobel Prize Comm. for Peace (Norway)
2004 STA Award, Science and Technology Agency (Japan)
2004, 2000 IAEA Awards, International Atomic Energy Agency (Vienna)
2003 FAO Medal, Food and Agricultural Organization (Rom)
2002 CEA Award, Commission l’Energy Atomique (France)
2001 Gold Medal of the University of Tbilisi (Georgia)
National
2022 Ilkovič Medal Award, Slovak Academy of Sciences
2022 Elected Honorary Member of the Slovak Physical Society
2021 Elected Member of the Slovakia Learning Society of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (Academician)
2018 State Award “Pribina Cross 1st Class”, President of the Slovak Republic
2017 Scientist of the Year, Ministry of Education and Science of the Slovak Republic
2017 Award of the Slovak Physical Society
2016 Award for the best citation record, Slovak Literary Foundation
2014 Award for the best scientific book, Slovak Literary Foundation
2012 Medal of the Slovak Physical Society
2012 Commemorative Medal of the Comenius University
2007 Gold Medal of the Comenius University
1992 Medal of the Union of Slovak Mathematicians and Physicists
1988 Medal of the Union of Czechoslovak Mathematicians and Physicists
1985 Gold Medal of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Comenius University
1985 Medal of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the Comenius University
1985 Medal of the Electro-technical Faculty of the Slovak Technical University
1985 Medal of the Faculty of Nuclear and Physical Engineering of the Czech Technical University, Prague
PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITIES
University courses for undergraduate and graduate studies in Nuclear Physics and in Environmental Physics (over ten lectures and seminars)
MSc Diploma Thesis supervision:21 completed
PhD Thesis supervision: 29 completed
Recent PhD students
Mgr. Jakub Kvasniak, PhD – Development of IBA techniques for analysis of biological samples (2023)
RNDr. Miloslava Bagínová, PhD - Monte Carlo simulations of detector background in underground laboratories (2023)
Mgr. Veronika Palušová, PhD - Monte Carlo simulations of detectors background and analysis of background characteristics of the SuperNEMO experiment at the Modane underground laboratory (2022)
Mgr. Ivan Kontuľ, PhD – Development of accelerator mass spectrometry for analysis of environmental radionuclides (2019)
Mgr. Ján Pánik, PhD – Development of the accelerator mass spectrometry at CENTA (2018)
Mgr. Jakub Zeman, PhD – Development of Ion Beam Analysis techniques at CENTA for elemental analysis (2017)
Ing. Jakub Kaizer, PhD – Radionuclides in the environment and development of methods of their determination by accelerator mass spectrometry (2015)
Mgr. Róbert Breier, PhD - Monte Carlo simulation of background characteristics of HPGe detectors (2011)
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
The main research fields
Nuclear physics
- Rare nuclear processes and decays, investigations of double beta-decays, underground physics (experiments NEMO/SuperNEMO, LEGEND, BETA-Zr)
- Radiopurity investigations for underground experiments (development of high-sensitive coincidence-anticoincidence gamma-spectrometers, development of reference materials)
- Monte Carlo simulations of detectors background operating underground
- Development of the underground laboratory in IAEA Monaco (the first underground laboratory for marine radioactivity studies)
- Multi-element detector in Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory searching for double beta-decay of Xe-136 (the first experiment carried out in Gran Sasso).
Astrophysics
- Search for dark matter particles (experiment CRESST, the best cross-section limits for masses < 2 GeV/c2)
- Cosmogenic radionuclides in meteorites (discovery of long-term variations of galactic cosmic rays)
- Cosmic-ray exposure ages and pre-atmospheric dimensions of meteorites (ordinary and carbonaceous chondrites, irons)
- Radionuclides in Lunar and Martian meteorites (their origin and characteristics)
- Radionuclide variations studies in lunar samples (APOLLO and LUNA missions)
- Sun impacts on the Earth - solar cycles in isotope archives (discovery of the 11-yr C-14 cycle in tree rings and wines).
Environmental physics
- Radionuclides as tracers of environmental processes (atmosphere-hydrosphere-biosphere interactions)
- Climate change studies using isotope archives (55 yr long 14CO2 record in the atmosphere, the 3rd longest in the world; C-14 records in tree rings)
- Assessments of global and regional impacts of nuclear weapons tests on the total environment (incl. humans)
- Assessments of the Chernobyl and Fukushima accident impacts on the global and regional environments
- Assessment of the impacts of Slovak nuclear power plants on the total environment
- Assessment of radiation doses to humans and biota from global fallout and natural radionuclides
- Groundwater as a strategic resource in the 21st Century - vulnerability and protection of the Rye Island in south Slovakia (the largest groundwater reservoir in Central Europe - groundwater dating, time and space characteristics).
Isotope oceanography
– Tracing seawater currents in oceans using isotope tracers (Pacific, Indian, Atlantic, Arctic) and seas (Mediterranean, Irish Sea, North Sea, Kara Sea, Sea of Japan, Okhotsk Sea)
- Identification of water masses in the South Indian Ocean and in the Southern Ocean (discovery of the accumulation of world marine pollutants in the Indian Ocean gyre as the final storage of world pollutants)
- Seawater-sediment and seawater-biota interactions - particle reactive (Pu, Am, Th) and dissolved (Cs, U) radioisotopes
- Climate change studies in oceans (Sea of Japan - formation of eddies, Pacific Ocean - changes in bottom salinity)
- Assessment of radionuclide contamination of oceans from global and local fallout due to nuclear weapons testing - Pacific (Bikini, Mururoa), Arctic (Novaya Zemlya, Kara Sea), impacts on the marine environment, marine biota and humans
- Assessments of impacts from dumping of radioactive wastes in oceans - possible releases, impacts on the marine environment, marine biota and humans (NE Atlantic Ocean, Baltic sea; Arctic Ocean, Kara Sea, Novaya Zemlya bays; NW Pacific Ocean, Sea of Japan, Okhotsk Sea)
- Submarine groundwater discharge studies in the world ocean - assessments of groundwater losses to the sea (Mediterranean, coastal waters off Sicily, coastal waters of Brasil, Mauritius Island)
- Assessment of losses in groundwater resorces due to salinisation of coastal groundwater reservoirs (Mediterranean, Sea of Japan).
Development of high-sensitive radioanalytical methods
- Development of the Centre for Nuclear and Accelerator Technologies (CENTA) as the universal facility for IBA and AMS research and applications
- Development of low-level radiometric spectrometry systems (high-sensitive liquid scinntillation beta-spectrometry, high-resolution alpha-spectrometry with Si detectors)
- Development of in situ underwater gamma-spectrometry using HPGe (cooled with liquified methane) and NaI(Tl) detectors - seawater and seabed mapping of radionuclide distributions (Kara Sea and Novaya Zemlya bays (monitoring of radioactive wastes dumping sites), Irish Sea, Mediterranean, offshore Sicily, SW Atlantic (offshore Brasil), CS Pacific (Mururoa Island); long-term monitoring of gamma-ray emitters in the Irish Sea with satellite data transmission to Monaco
- Develoment of underground gamma-spectrometry methods (coincidence-anticoincidence gamma-spectrometers based on HPGe, NaI(Tl) and plastic scintillation detectors)
- Development of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) methods and the first marine applications of AMS in the assessment of C-14 and I-129 at radioactive waste dumping sites in NE Atlantic and NW Pacific oceans
- Develoment of the method of simultaneous measurement of activity and background (Povinec method) using gas proportional and liquid scintillation beta-spectrometers
- Develoment of the multi-element gas proportional detector for H-3 and C-14 counting (Povinec detector), later also applied in double beta-decay experiments in the Gran Sasso and Baksan undergound laboratories.
Supervision of Research Projects
International underground experiments
2022– EC-2020-1-RD-EUFRAT-HADES, Investigations of single beta-decay of Zr-96 and double beta-decays of Zr-94 and Zr-96 to excited states in the HADES (Geel, Belgium) underground laboratory. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (principal investigator from Slovakia).
2018- CRESST, Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers – a dark matter search experiment with best detection limit for particles with mas < 2 GeV/c2. Leader of the Slovak team and member of the Institutional and Editorial Boards of the experiment (8 European laboratories), https://cresst-experiment.org
2016- LEGEND, Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless ββ Decay of Ge-76 using 200 kg and 1000 kg of Ge detectors in the Gran Sasso (Italy) and SNOLab (Canada) underground laboratories (the biggest global experiment with the expected best half-life limit of 1026 yr). Leader of the Slovak team and member of the Institutional Board of the experiment (60 worldwide laboratories), www.legend-exp.org
2010–2018 EURECA, European Underground Rare Event Calorimeter Array. Leader of the Slovak team and member of the Institutional Board of the experiment (21 worldwide laboratories), https://users.physics.ox.ac.uk/~kraus/research/EURECA.htm
2006 - NEMO3 and SuperNEMO, Neutrino Ettore Majorana Observatory, experiments on investigations of double beta-decay processes and neutrino physics. A search for neutrinoless double beta-decay of 82Se and other isotopes (the best half-life limit of 1024 yr) using tracking-calorimetry techniques in the Modane (France) underground laboratory. Leader of the Slovak team, member of the Institutional Board and head of the Shielding team of the experiment (23 worldwide laboratories), https://supernemo.org.
Co-supervision of national research projects with EU support
2019– ITMS-2014 313021X329 Advancing University Capacity and Competence in Research, Development and Innovation (ACCORD) (Analyser of high-energy ions installed in Aug. 2022)
2011-2013 ITMS-26240120026 Centrum of Excellence for Physics of Complex Systems, Phase II (building of a tandem accelerator facility)
2010-2013 ITMS-26240220004 Development of nuclear technologies for evaluation of environmental impacts of energy sources (building of a tandem accelerator facility)
2007-2011 ITMS-2624012002 Centrum of Excellence for Physics of Complex Systems (building of a tandem accelerator facility)
Supervision of national research projects (>2007)
2023-2025 VEGA-1/0487/23 Investigation of new ordinary and carbonaceous chondrites
2020-2022 VEGA-1/0421/20 Investigation of meteorites: characterisation of meteorites and cosmic rays
2017-2020 VEGA-1/0382/17 Investigation of meteorites from the Moon, lunar meteorites and lunar samples
2016-2020 APVV-15-576 Rare nuclear processes and development of methods for their investigations
2016-2020 APVV-15-521 National Standard and Ensuring of Rn-222 Standardisation in Slovakia (co- principal investigator)
2014-2017 VEGA-1/0783/14 Investigation of Martian Meteorites, Chelyabinsk meteorite, and other recent chondrites
2011-2013 VEGA-1/0770/11 Isotopic Investigation of the Meteorite Kosice and similar chondrites
2008-2010 VEGA-1/0108/08 Isotope variability and vulnerability of groundwater of Slovakia
International research projects
2022- 20-EPN2-118 EUROPLANET I/2677, Solar activity studies around 660 BC and 800 BC by radiocarbon analysis of annual tree rings using accelerator mass spectrometry (Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, Project No. 871149; in collaboration with University of Arizona at Tucson, and ATOMKI in Debrecen).
2020- IAEA - RER7014, Improving Environmental Monitoring and Assessment for Radiation Protection in the Region/Slovakia (Responsible Officer for Slovakia). Support provided for the expansion of the gamma-spectrometry laboratory and for fellowships; a development of a joint IAEA-CENTA training centre in progress).
2018-2020 IAEA-SLR1001, Strengthening Environmental Radionuclide Monitoring in Europe (Responsible Officer for Slovakia). Support provided for the expansion of the IBA line at CENTA and for fellowships.
2016-2018 IAEA- RER7008, Strengthening Capabilities for Radionuclide Measurement in the Environment and Enhancing QA/QC System for Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring. (Responsible Officer for Slovakia)
2014-2018 Beta-decays. Single and double beta-decay studies of 96Zr, 96Nb and 96Mo. Muenster-Jyväskylä-Bratislava collaboration, (Co-principal Investigator).
2014-2018 Marine sediments, Development of compound specific C-14 analyses in organic fractions of marine sediments (Lithuania-Slovakia Collaboration, Responsible officer for Slovakia)
2013-2017 IAEA-RER7/005, Implementing modern approaches and tools for the assessment of radiation impact on the total environment. (Responsible Officer for Slovakia).
2012-2015 IAEA-SLR 0008, Enhancing Capacity for Environmental Radionuclide Monitoring at the Centre for Nuclear and Isotope Technologies and Education/Training to Support the Expansion of Nuclear Power and the Decommissioning of NPPs (Principal investigator). Supporting building of IBA/AMS beamlines at the CENTA facility and supporting long-term training of five CENTA fellows at accelerator laboratories in EU and USA. The best IAEA Technical Cooperation project, https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/18/11/slr0008.pdf
2012-2014 EC Evaluation Com. Fukushima marine radioactivity assessment and food controll
2009-2012 APVV SK-SI0011-10 Development of isotope methods or better understanding of impacts of Sava and Danube rivers on the groundwater systems in Slovenia and Slovakia (Responsible officer for Slovakia).
2004-2013 SHOTS, South Hemisphere Ocean Tracer Studies, IAEA-Japan-Slovakia project, co-investigator representing Slovakia. Results published in the Special issue: Progress in Oceanography 89(2011)1-134, Co-editor.
1990-1994 DELPHI Experiment (CERN), Leader of the Slovak Group
1990-1994 ATLAS Experiment (CERN), Leader of the Slovak Group
1990-1994 Experiment SDC (LBL, Berkeley), Leader of the Slovak Group
1990-1994 Experiment XENON on double beta-decay search in 136Xe (Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory, Univ. Milano), Leader of the Slovak Group
1989-2004 AUSTRON - An Interdisciplinary Research Centre, Central European Initiative (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna), Leader of the Slovak Group
1984-1992 Experiments HYPERON and MARS on production and decays of particles (JINR, Dubna), Leader of the Bratislava Group
1983-1990 Experiment ARES on rare nuclear particle decays (JINR, Dubna), Leader of the Bratislava Group
International research projects in IAEA Monaco
2004-2006 El Niño and climate change studies using isotope records in the marine environment, IAEA-world project (IAEA Responsible Officer)
2000-2006 ATOMS-Med, Oceanographic investigations in the Eastern Mediterranean, IAEA-world project (IAEA Responsible Officer)
2000-2006 UN Atlas of Oceans, IAEA-FAO-WMO Joint Project, http://www.oceansatlas.org , (IAEA Responsible Officer).
1997-2004 SGD, Submarine Groundwater Discharge studies, IAEA-world (IAEA Responsible Officer). Special issues (Co-Editor): (1) Continental Shelf Research 26(2006)825-88. (2) Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 76(2008)455-542.
1996-2005 WOMARS, Worldwide Marine Radioactivity Studies, IAEA-world project (IAEA Responsible Officer). Special Issue (Editor): Deep-Sea Research II 50(2003)2595-2846.
1996-1998 Mururoa, Study of the Radiological Situation at the Atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa, IAEA-world project (Scientific Secretary of Working Groups on Marine Monitoring and Marine Modelling). Soecial Issue (Editor): The Science of the Total Environment Vol. 237/238, 1-508, 1999
1993-2004 Pacific RA Dumping, Investigation of Radioactive Dumping Sites in Far Eastern Seas, IAEA-world project (IAEA Responsible Officer).
1993-2004 Atlantic RA Dumping, Investigation of NE Atlantic Dump Site, IAEA-world project (IAEA Responsible Officer).
1993-2002 Arctic RA Dumping, International Arctic Seas Assessment Project, IAEA-world project (IAEA Responsible Officer for Marine Radioactivity).
1993-2001 MARDOS, Marine Radioactivity Doses from Consumption of Seafood, IAEA-world project (IAEA Responsible Officer).
Organization of international oceanic cruises
1. IAEA expedition on investigation of submarine groundwater discharge in coastal waters of Mauritius, 24-29/, 2004 (chief scientist of the expedition).
2. BEAGLE Expedition – Southern Ocean Tracer Studies, R/V Bossey Maru, 8/2003 – 3/2004.
3. IAEA expedition in Brazilian coastal waters, R/V Albacora, 14-26/11, 2003 (chief scientist of the expedition).
4. Southern Ocean ANTARES IV expedition, R/V "Marion Dufresne II", 4/1-24/2, 1999.
5. Indian Ocean transect, R/V "Italica", 4/3-9/4, 1998
6. Arabian Sea expedition, R/V "Sagar Sampada", 19/3-20/4, 1998
7. Expedition to the NE Atlantic dumping sites, R/V "Walther Herwig III", 14/8-15/9, 1998
8. IAEA'97 Pacific Ocean expedition, R/V "Bosei Maru", 21/10-20/11, 1997 (chief scientist of the expedition)
9. IAEA/CEA Mururoa/Fangataufa expedition, R/V “Marara”, 15/7.3/8, 1996 (chief scientist of the expedition for the marine environment)
10. Expedition to NE Atlantic dumping sites, R/V "Walther Herwig III", 8/8-9/9, 1996
11. Japanese - S. Korean - Russian - IAEA expedition to the dumping sites in the Far Eastern Seas, R/V "Okean", 12/8-12/9, 1995.
Development of Reference Materials
1. Radionuclides in Irish Sea Water, IAEA-381 (Povinec et al., J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 251(2002)369-374).
2. Radionuclides in the Arabian Sea sediment, IAEA-315 (Povinec, P.P., Pham, M.K., J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem., 248(2001)211-216.
3. Radionuclides in Fangataufa Lagoon sediment, IAEA-384 (Povinec et al., J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem., 273(2007)383-393.
4. Radionuclides in Irish Sea Sediment, IAEA-385 (Pham, M.K., …, Povinec P.P. et al., Appl. Radiat. Isot. 66(2008)1711-1717).
5. Radionuclides in Bikini Atoll sediment (IAEA-410) and Pacific Ocean sediment (IAEA-412) (Pham M.K.,…, Povinec, P.P. et al., Appl. Radiat. Isot. 109(2016)101–104).
6. Radionuclides in mixed fish from the Irish Sea and North Sea, IAEA-414 (Pham, M.K., Povinec P.P. et al. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 64(2006)1253-1259).
7. Radionuclides in Mediterranean Sea Water, IAEA-418 (Pham, M.K., Betti, M., Povinec P.P. et al., J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem., 286(2010) 121-127).
8. Radionuclides in the mussel sample from the Mediterranean Sea, IAEA-437. (Pham M.K., Betti M., Povinec P.P. et al., J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 283(2010)851-859.
9. Radionuclides in the water sample from the Irish Sea, IAEA-443 (Pham MK, Betti M, Povinec, P.P., et al. J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 288(2011)603-611).
10. Radionuclides in Baltic Sea seaweed, IAEA-446 (Pham, …, Povinec P.P. et al., Appl. Radiat. Isot. 87(2014)468-474).
11. The NIST shellfish Standard Reference Material 4358 (Nour, S., P. Povinec, et al. J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem., 81, 330-334 2013)
12. The NIST Seaweed Standard Reference Material (Outola J., …, Povinec P.P. et al. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 64(2006)1242-1247).
13. Reference material for natural radionuclides in glass designed for underground experiments (Povinec P.P. et al.. J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 307(2016)619–626).
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
International Evaluation Committees
EU panel on the consequences of the Fukushima accident
IAEA Committee for the evaluation of IAEA TC projects
IAEA Committee for the evaluation of environmental aspects of the Fukushima accident
International Committee for the evaluation of the Fukushima accident projects in Japan
International Committee for the evaluation of the Fukushima impact on the biosphere in South Korea
Governmental Committees
2010-2014 Project Evaluation Committee at the Agency for Research and Development of the Ministry of Education and Science of Slovakia
2006-2010 Governmental Committee for Assessment of Impacts of Nuclear Power Plants
1994-1998 Slovak Governmental Board for Science and Education
1986-1992 Slovak Commissions for Scientific Degrees
Member of the Committees for defence of Assoc. Professor and Professor Posts
- Comenius University, Bratislava
- Slovak Technical University, Bratislava
- University of Arizona at Tucson, USA
- University of Honolulu, USA
- Technical University of Denmark,
- Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic
- Josef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Member of the Committees for defence of MSc, PhD and DrSc Thesis
- Comenius University, Bratislava
- Slovak Technical University, Bratislava
- Josef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana
- Czech Technical University, Prague
- Universcity of Jyväskylä
- University of Nice
- Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava
Professional Organisations
2018-present European Academy of Sciences and Arts
2015-present American Chemical Society
2014-present International Radioecological Union
2012-present Geochemical Society
2004-present World Council on Isotopes
2000-present European Energy Association
1996-2005 IHU Commission for groundwater-seawater interactions (Vice-President)
1996-2000 International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
1982-1990 Slovak Physical Society (Chairman)
1982-1990 European Physical Society (Member of the Board)
1990-1992 International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
Associate Editor of SCI Journals
Radiocarbon (Cambridge University Press)
Journal of Analytical Science and Technology (Springer)
Member of Editorial Boards of SCI International Journals
Scientific Reports/Nature (Springer Nature)
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity (Elsevier)
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (Springer)
The Scientific World Journal (Hindavi)
Frontiers in Energy (Springer)
Helion (Elsevier)
Editor and Co-editor of Special Issues of Journals
1. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity: Variations of Environmental Radionuclides (2020,). Editors: P.P. Povinec, I. Svetlik
2. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity: Radionuclides as Tracers of Environmental Processes (2018). Editors: P.P. Povinec, G. Lujaniené
3. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity: New Challenges with New Analytical Technologies (2016). Editors: P.P. Povinec, A. Ioannidou
4. Meteoritics and Planetary Science: The Fall of the Košice Meteorite, Vol. 50, No. 5, 851-892, 2015. Editor: P.P. Povinec, J. Tóth
5. Biogeosciences: Impact of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Discharges on the Ocean, Vol. 10, No. 10-11, 2013-2014): Editors: K. Buesseler, H. Nies, M. Aoyama, P.P. Povinec, M. Dai
6. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity: Environmental Impacts of the Fukushima Accident (Part II), Vol., No. 12, 1-170, 2012): Editor: P.P. Povinec
7. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity: Radioecological Studies – New Frontiers and Developments, Vol., 108, No. 6, 2012. Editors: P.P. Povinec, W. Plastino.
8. Progress in Oceanography: The Southern Ocean Tracer Studies (SHOTS), Vol. 89, No. 1-4, 1-133, 2011. Editors: M. Aoyama, P.P. Povinec, J.A. Sanchez-Cabeza
9. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science: Submarine Groundwater Discharge Studies along the Ubatuba Coastal area in South-Eastern Brazil, Vol. 76, No. 3, 455-542, 2008, Editors: P.P. Povinec, W.C. Burnett, J. de Oliveira
10. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity: Radioecological Studies, Vol. 100, No.2, 101- 202, 2009. Editor: P.P. Povinec)
11. Continental Shelf Research: Submarine Discharge Studies Offshore South-Eastern Sicily, Vol. 26, No. 7, 825-884, 2006. Editors: P.P. Povinec, P. Aggarwal
12. Deep Sea Research II: Worldwide Marine Radioactivity Studies, Vol. 50, No. 17-21, 2595-2846, 2003. Editor: P.P. Povinec
13. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity: 2001: An Ocean Odyssey, Vol. 69, N. 1-2, 3-157, 2001. Editor: P.P. Povinec
14. The Science of the Total Environment: The Marine Environment – Understanding and Protecting for the Future, Vol. 237/238, 1-508, 1999, Editor: P.P. Povinec
15. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics: Rare Nuclear Decays and Fundamental Physics, Vol. 17, S1-543, 1991. Editor: P. Povinec
16. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Low-Level Counting, Vol. B17, No. 5-6, 377-583, 1986. Editor: P.P. Povinec
Editor of books and IAEA Reports
1. Analysis of Environmental Radionuclides. Elsevier, New York, 2008 (Editor: P.P. Povinec).
2. Radionuclides in the Environment. Elsevier, New York, 2006 (Editor: P.P. Povinec, J.A. Sanchez-Cabeza).
3. Nuclear and Isotope Techniques for the Characterization of Submarine Groundwter Discharge in Coastal Zones. IAEA-TECDOC-1595, Vienna, 2008, 192p (Editors: P.P. Povinec, K.M. Kulkarni).
4. Quantifying Uncertainty in Nuclear Analytical Measurements. IAEA-TECDOC-1401, Vienna, 2004 (Editors: R. Parr, P.P. Povinec, P. De Regge).
5. Worlwide Marine Radioactivity Studies (WOMARS). Radionuclide levels in Oceans and Seas. IAEA-TECDOC-1429, Vienna, 2005, 186p (Editor: P.P. Povinec).
6. Global Marine Radioactivity Database (GLOMARD). IAEA-TECDOC-1146, Vienna, 2000, 51p (Editor: P.P. Povinec).
7. Radioactivity in the Arctic Sea. IAEA-TECDOC-1075, Vienna 1999, 69p (Editor: P.P. Povinec).
8. The Radiological Situation of the Atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa. Radionuclide Concentrations Measured in the Aquatic Environment of the Atolls. Vol. 2, IAEA, Vienna, 1998, 118p (Editor: P.P. Povinec).
9. The Radiological Situation of the Atolls of Mururoa And Fangataufa. Transport of Radioactive Material in the Marine Environment. Vol. 5. IAEA, Vienna, 1998, 140p (Editor: P.P. Povinec).
10. Strategies and Methodologies for Applied Marine Radioactivity Studies. IAEA Training Course Series No. 7, Vienna 1997, 377p (Editors: S.W. Fowler, P.P. Povinec)
11. Sources of Radioactivity in the Marine Environment and their Relative Contribution to Overall Dose Assessment from Marine Radioactivity (MARDOS). IAEA-TECDOC-838, Vienna, 1995, 54p (Editor: P.P. Povinec).
Organisation of international conferences
7th Intern. Conf. on Environmental Radioactivity ENVIRA2021, Sevilla (Spain), May 2021 (together with M. Garcia-Leon, Univ. of Sevilla)
6th Intern. Conf. on Environmental Radioactivity ENVIRA2021, on line , Dec. 2021 (together with A. Ioannidou, Univ. of Thessaloniki)
The 5th Intern. Conf. on Environmental Radioactivity ENVIRA2019, Prague (Czechia), 2019 (together with I. Svetlik, Inst. of Nuclear Physics, CAS)
4th Intern. Conf. on Environmental Radioactivity ENVIRA2017, Vilnius (Lithuania), 2017 (together with G. Lujaniene, SCI Centre of Physics, LAS)
3rd Intern. Conf. on Environmental Radioactivity ENVIRA2015, Thessaloniki (Greece), 2015 (together with A. Ioannidou, Univ. of Thessaloniki)
NEMO and SuperNEMO Collaboration Meeting, Bratislava, 2014 (together with F. Šimkovic, JINR Dubna)
2nd Intern. Conf. on Environmental Radioactivity, Rome (Italy), 2010 (together with W. Plastino, Univ. Roma Tre)
Climate Variability Studies in the Ocean: Response of Oceans and Seas to Climate Change, ICTP Trieste (Italy), 2004 (together with F. Molteni and A. Bracco, ICTP Trieste)
Intern. Conf. on Isotopes in Environmental Studies, Monaco, 2004
Climate Variability Studies in the Ocean: Tracing and Modelling the Ocean Variability, ICTP Trieste (Italy), 2003 (together with F. Molteni, ICTP Trieste)
Intern. Conf. on the Study of Environmental Change Using Isotope Techniques, 2001, Vienna (together with P. Aggarwal, IAEA, Vienna)
Intern. Conf. on Marine Pollution, Monaco, 1998
Intern. Seminar on the Use of Isotope Techniques in Marine Environmental Studies, Athens (Greece) 1996 (together with K. Froehlich, IAEA Vienna)
Hexagonal (Austria, Italy, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Slovakia) Ministerial Meeting on Scientific Collaboration in Central Europe, Bratislava, 1992
European Conf. on Nuclear Physics (incl. 4th Low Radioactivity Conference), Bratislava 1990
The 3rd Intern. Conf. on Low-level Radioactivity, Bratislava, 1985
The 11th Intern. Symp. On Nuclear Electronics, Bratislava, 1983
The 2nd Intern. Conf. on Low-level Radioactivity, Strbske Pleso, 1980
Intern. Conf. on Low-level Radioactivity, Tatranska Lomnica, 1975
In preparation:
8th Intern. Conf. on Environmental Radioactivity ENVIRA2025, Cracow (Poland), Sept. 2025 (together with J.W. Mietelski, Inst. Nucl. Phys.)
Organization and chairing of sessions at international conferences
3rd Intern. Conf. on Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (2023, Budapest, Hungary) - preparation and chairing the session „Mass Spectrometry“.
12th International Conference on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC XI) (Kona, Hawaii, USA), March 2023, responsible for organization of the session “Ultra-sensitive Mass Spectrometric and Radiometric Methods for Environmental and Space Applications”
18th RadChem Intern. Conf. (2022 Mariánske Lázně, Czech Republic)
2nd Intern. Conf. on Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (10– 15/4, 2019, Budapest, Hungary) - preparation and chairing the session „Mass Spectrometry“.
11th International Conference on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC XI) (Kona, Hawaii, USA), May 2018, responsible for organization of the session “Ultra-sensitive Mass Spectrometric and Radiometric Methods for Environmental and Space Applications”
17th RadChem Intern. Conf. (11-16/5, 2018 Mariánske Lázně, Czech Republic) – preparation and chairing the session „Radionuclides in the Environment, Radioecology” (together with M. Fejkl)
2nd International Conference on Radiocarbon in the Environment, Debrecen (Hungary), June 2017, responsible for organization of the session “Impact of Nuclear Power Plants on the Environment”
Intern. Conf. on Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (10– 15/4, 2016, Budapest, Hungary) - preparation and chairing the session „Mass Spectrometry“.
10th Intern. Conf. on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC X) (13–17/4, 2015, Kona, Havaii, USA) - preparation and chairing the session „Ultra-low-level radiometric and mass spectrometry techniques“.
Intern. Conf. on Radiocarbon in the Environment (18-22/8, 2014, Belfast, UK) - preparation and chairing the session “Radiocarbon in environmental monitoring of nuclear facilities” (together with M. Molnár and I. Svetlík)
17th RadChem Intern. Conf. (11-16/5, 2014 Mariánske Lázně, Czech Republic) – preparation and chairing the session „Radionuclides in the Environment, Radioecology” (together with V. Bečková)
Intern. Congress GOLDSCHMIDT‘2014 (8-17/6, 2014, Sacramento, USA) - preparation and chairing the session „Energy and the Environment“ (together with A.J.T. Jull)
6th Intern. Symp. on In situ Nuclear Metrology as a tool for Radioecology INSINUME´2012 – (11-15/6, 2012, Brussels) – preparation and chairing the session „In situ technologies in nuclear emergencies“.
9th Intern. Conf. on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC IX) (23-31/3, 2012, Kona, Hawaii, USA) – preparation and chairing the session „Ultra-low-level radiometric and mass spectrometry techniques“.
Intern. Conf. on isotopes in marine and fresh water systems (26-30/3, 2011, Monaco) - preparation and chairing the session „Environmental aspects of the Fukushima accident“.
Intern. Conf. on Natural Computation (23-27/7, 2011, Shanghai, China) – preparation and chairing the session „Modelling the impact of the Fukushima accident“.
3rd Intern. Nuclear Chemistry Congress (17-22/9, 2011, Palermo, Italy) - preparation and chairing the session „Environmental Radioactivity“.
16th RadChem Intern. Conf. (18-24/4, 2010 Mariánske Lázně, Czech Republic) – preparation and chairing the session „Radionuclides in the Environment, Radioecology”.
8th Intern. Conf. on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC VIII) (5-10/4, 2009, Kona, Hawaii, USA) – preparation and chairing the session „Ultrasensitive mass spectrometry and other methods applied to environmental problems
7th Intern. Conf. on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC VII) (26-30/3, 2006, Kona, Hawaii, USA) – preparation and chairing the session „Ultra-low-level radiometric and mass spectrometry techniques“.
6th Intern. Conf. on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC VI) (7-11/4, 2003, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA) - preparation and chairing the session “"Ultra sensitive mass spectrometry and other methods applied to environmental problems”
5th Intern. Conf. on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC V) (9-14/4, 2000, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA) - preparation and chairing the session “"Ultra sensitive mass spectrometry and other methods applied to environmental problems”.
Member of Scientific Boards of International Conferences
3rd Intern. Conf. on Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 2023, Budapest, Hungary)
12th International Conference on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC XI) (Kona, Hawaii, USA), 2023
18th RadChem Intern. Conf. (2022 Mariánske Lázně, Czech Republic)
2nd Intern. Conf. on Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (10– 15/4, 2019, Budapest, Hungary)
11th International Conference on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC XI) (Kona, Hawaii, USA), May 2018
17th RadChem Intern. Conf. (11-16/5, 2018 Mariánske Lázně, Czech Republic)
2nd International Conference on Radiocarbon in the Environment, Debrecen (Hungary), June 2017.
7th Intern. Conf. on Low-level Radioactivity Measurement Techniques (26. – 30. 9. 2016, Seattle, USA)
Intern. Conf. on Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (10. – 15. 4. 2016, Budapest, Hungary)
The 10th Intern. Conf. on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC X) (12-17/4, 2015, Kona, Hawaii, USA)
6th Intern. Symp. on In situ Nuclear Metrology as a tool for Radioecology INSINUME´2012 – (11-15/6, 2012, Brussels)
The 6th Intern. Conf. on Low Radioactivity Measurements and Applications (14-18/9, 2012, Jeju, S. Korea)
9th Intern. Conf. on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC IX) (23-31/3, 2012, Kona, Hawaii, USA)
3rd Intern. Nuclear Chemistry Congress (17-22/9, 2011, Palermo, Italy)
20th Intern. Radiocarbon Conf. (31/5-5/6, 2009, Kona, Hawaii, USA)
8th Intern. Conf. on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC VIII) (5-10/4, 2009, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA)
Intern. Conf. HydroChange2008 (30. 9.-3. 10. 2008, Kyoto, Japonsko)
11th Intern. Conf. on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (14-19/9, 2008, Rome, Italy)
4th Intern. Symp. on In situ Radionuclide Metrology as a tool for Radioecology INSINUME‘ 2008 (13.-17. 10. 2008, Rabat, Maroko)
Intern. Symp. on In situ Radionuclide Metrology as a tool for Radioecology INSINUME‘ 2006 (6-8/9-2006, Kusadasi, Turkey)
Intern. Symp. on In situ Radionuclide Metrology as a tool for Radioecology INSINUME‘ 2002 (10-12/6-2002, Fleurus, Belgium)
7th Intern. Conf. on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC VII) (26-30/3, 2006, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA)
Intern. Conf. 2001: An Ocean Odyssey (21-28/10-2001, Mar del Plata, Argentina)
6th Intern. Conf. on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC VI) (7-11/4, 2003, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA)
5th Intern. Conf. on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC V) (9-14/4, 2000, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA)
Editor and Co-Editor of Conference Proceedings
1. Environmental Radioactivity, Proc. Intern. Conf. Environmental Radioactivity ENVIRA2017 (2021). Editors: I. Svetlik, P.P. Povinec
2. Variations of Environmental radionuclides, Proc. Intern. Conf. Environmental Radioactivity ENVIRA2017 (SCK Press, 2018). Editors: G. Lujaniené, P.P. Povinec
3. New Challenges with New Analytical Technologies. Proc. Intern. Conf. Environmental Radioactivity ENVIRA2015 (Univ. of Thessaloniki Press, 2016). Editors: A. Ioannidou, P.P. Povinec
4. Environmental Radioactivity: New Frontiers and Developmnets. Proc. International Conference on Environmental Radioactivity (Societa Italiana Physica, Bologna, 2012, 463p.). Editors: W. Plastino, P.P. Povinec)
5. A New Focus on Groundwater–Seawater Interactions. Proc. IAHS/IUGG Symposium (IAHS Press, Vol. 312, Paris, 2007, 344p.). Editors: W. Sanford, C. Langevin, P.P. Povinec
6. Radionuclides in the Environment. Proc. International Conference on Isotopes in Environmental Studies (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2006, 646p.). Editors: P.P. Povinec, J.A. Sanchez-Cabeza
7. Isotopes in Environmental Studies. Proc. International Conference on Isotopes in Environmental Studies – Aquatic Forum 2004. (IAEA Conference and Symposium Paperss 26/P, Vienna, 2006, 710p.). Editors: P.P. Povinec & J.A. Sanchez-Cabeza.
8. International Conference on Isotopes in Environmental Studies. Book of Extended Synopses. (IAEA-CN-118, Vienna, 2004). Editor. P.P. Povinec.
9. Study of Environmental Change using Isotope Techniques. Book of Extended Synopses (IAEA, Vienna, 2002, 531p.). Editors: P. Aggarwal, J.J. Gibson, P.P. Povinec
11. International Conference on Environmental Change using Isotope Techniques. Book of Extended Synopses. (IAEA- CN-80, Vienna, 2001, 206p.). Editors: P. Aggarwal, J.J. Gibson, P.P. Povinec
12. Marine Pollution. Proc. International Conference on Marine Pollution (IAEA, Vienna, 1999, 750p.). Editor. P.P. Povinec
13. Use of Isotope Techniques in Marine Environmental Studies. Proc. International Seminar (IAEA, Vienna 1996, 320p.). Editors: K. Froehlich, P.P. Povinec
14. Rare Nuclear Processes. Proc. of the 14th Europhysics Conference on Nuclear Physics (World Scientific, Singapore, 1992, 441p.). Editor: P. Povinec
15. Low-Level Counting and Spectrometry. Proc. of the 3rd International Conference Low Radioactivities´85 (VEDA, Bratislava, 1987, 308 p.). Editor: P. Povinec
16. Proc. 8th Conference of Czechoslovak Physicists (JCSMF, Praha. Vol. I/1 350p.), I/2 (361p.) and II 470p.), 1985). Editors: J. Šebesta, P. Povinec
17. Low-Level Counting. Proc. of the 2nd International Conference Low Radioactivities´80 (VEDA, Bratislava, Vol. 1, 1982, 434 p.; Vol. 2, 204p.). Editor: P. Povinec
18. Low-Radioactivity Measurements and Applications. Proc. International Conference (SPN, Bratislava, 1977, 548p.). Editor: P. Povinec, S. Usačev
Invited talks at conferences (>1980): Over 50 talks
Organization of IAEA Research Coordination Meetings, Technical Cooperation Metings, and Consultant Meetings
24 meetings organised during the period 1993-2005
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