Marta Richtáriková
The main scientific interest of M. Richtáriková is preparation and evaluation of samples for radiocarbon measurements. She focuses mostly on atmospheric carbon dioxide, tree ring and groundwater samples collected at both urban and rural sampling stations in Slovakia, which are important for climate change studies.
Affiliation: Comenius University, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics
Address: Mlynska dolina F-1, 842 48 Bratislava, Slovakia
Email: marta.richtarikova@fmph.uniba.sk
Phone: +421 2 60295652
Education
1978 – 1983 Analytical chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
1984 RNDr. (Analytical chemistry), Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
Academic Career
1989 – present Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University
Employment
1984 – 1985 Chemical Institute, Comenius University
1985 – 1989 Czechoslovak Institute of Metrology, Bratislava
1989 – present Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University
Scientific Activities
Recent scientific projects
2020 – present Isotope studies of meteorites: characterization of meteorites and cosmic radiation
(VEGA 1/0421/20)
2018 - present Enhancing capacity for environmental radionuclide monitoring in Slovakia, International Atomic Energy Agency (SLR/1001)
2018 – present Study of properties of atmospheric radionuclides, their use as tracers of environmental processes and radiation risks (VEGA)
2016 - present Rare nuclear processes and development of methods for their investigations (APVV-15-576)
2016 - 2020 Investigation of Lunar meteorites and similar chondrites (VEGA 1/0891/17)
2014 - 2017 Environmental radionuclide monitoring in Slovakia, International Atomic Energy Agency (SLR/008)
2014 - 2017 Investigation of Martian Meteorites, Chelyabinsk meteorite, and other Recent Chondrites (VEGA 1/0783/14)
List of recent publications
Publications in SCI journals
2020
1. Povinec P.P., I. Kontuľ, S.-H. Lee, I. Sýkora, J. Kaizer, M. Richtáriková. Radiocarbon and 137Cs dating of wines. J. Environ. Radioact. 217 (2020) 106205.
2018
1. Kontuľ I., P.P. Povinec, A. Šivo, M. Richtáriková. Radiocarbon in the atmosphere around the Bohunice nuclear power plant in Slovakia. J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 318 (2018) 2335-2339.
2. Kaizer J., J. Obuch, I. Kontuľ, A. Šivo, M. Richtáriková, P. Čech, P.P. Povinec. Methods of Radiocarbon Determination in Wine and Bone Samples by Gas Proportional Counting Technique. Radiocarbon 60 (2018) 1139–1149.
2017
1. Kontuľ I., M. Ješkovský, J. Kaizer, A. Šivo, M. Richtáriková, P.P. Povinec, P. Čech, P. Steier, R. Golser. Radiocarbon concentration in tree-ring samples collected in the south-west Slovakia (1974–2013). Appl. Radiat. Isot. 126 (2017) 58–60.
2016
1. Povinec, P.P., J. Masarik, M. Ješkovský, R. Breier, J. Kaizer, J Pánik, M. Richtáriková, J. Staníček, A. Šivo, J. Zeman. Recent results from the AMS/IBA laboratory at the Comenius University in Bratislava: preparation of targets and optimization of ion sources. J. Radioan. Nucl. Chem. 307 (2016) 2101-2108.
2015
1. Ženišová, Z., P.P. Povinec, A. Šivo, R. Breier, M. Richtáriková, A. Ďuričková, A. Ľuptáková. Hydrogeochemical and isotopic characterization of groundwater at Žitny Island (SW Slovakia). Hydrology Res. 46 (2015) 929-942.
2. Povinec, P.P., J. Masarik, M. Ješkovský, J. Kaizer, A. Šivo, R. Breier, J. Pánik, J. Staníček, M. Richtáriková, M. Zahoran, J. Zeman. Development of the Accelerator Mass Spectrometry technology at the Comenius University in Bratislava. Nucl. Instr. Met. B 361 (2015) 87-94.
3. Povinec, P.P., A. Šivo, M. Ješkovský, I. Svetlik, M. Richtáriková, J. Kaizer. Radiocarbon in the atmosphere of the Žlkovce monitoring station of the Bohunice NPP: 25 years of continuous monthly measurements. Radiocarbon 57 (2015) 355-362.
4. Ješkovský, M., P.P. Povinec, P. Steier, A. Šivo, M. Richtáriková, R. Golser. Retrospective study of 14C concentration in the vicinity of NPP Jaslovské Bohunice using tree rings and the AMS technique. Nucl. Instr. Met. B 361 (2015) 129-132.
5. Povinec, P.P., I. Svetlik, M. Ješkovský, A. Šivo, J. John, I. Špendlíková, M. Němec, J. Kučera, M. Richtáriková, R. Breier, M. Fejgl, R. Černý. Joint Bratislava-Prague studies of radiocarbon and uranium in the environment using accelerator mass spectrometry and radiometric methods. J. Radioan. Nucl. Chem. 304 (2015) 67-73.
6. Povinec, P.P., J. Masarik, P. Kúš, K. Holý, M. Ješkovský, R. Breier, J. Staníček, A. Šivo, M. Richtáriková, A. Kováčik, J. Szarka, P. Steier, A. Priller. A new IBA-AMS laboratory at the Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia). Nucl. Instr. Met. B 342 (2015) 321-326.
2013
1. Povinec, P.P., Z. Ženišová, A. Šivo, N. Ogrinc, M. Richtáriková, R. Breier. Radiocarbon and stable isotopes as groundwater tracers in the Danube river basin of SW Slovakia. Radiocarbon 55 (2013) 1017-1028.
2012
1. Povinec, P.P., K. Holý, M. Chudý, A. Šivo, I. Sýkora, M. Ješkovský, M. Richtáriková. Long-term variations of 14C and 137Cs in the Bratislava air - implications of different atmospheric transport processes. J. Environ. Radioact. 108 (2012) 33-40.
2010
1. Povinec, P.P., O. Franko, A. Šivo, M. Richtáriková, R. Breier, P.K. Aggarwal, L.J. Araguás-Araguás. Spatial radiocarbon and stable carbon isotope variability of mineral and thermal waters in Slovakia. Radiocarbon 52 (2010) 1056-1067.
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2009
1. Povinec, P.P., M. Chudý, A. Šivo, J. Šimon, K. Holý, M. Richtáráiková. Forty years of atmospheric radiocarbon monitoring around Bohunice nuclear power plant, Slovakia. J. Environ. Radioact. 100 (2009) 125-130.
2008
1. Povinec, P.P., A. Šivo, J. Šimon, K. Holý, M. Chudý, M. Richtáriková, J. Morávek. Impact of the Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant on atmospheric radiocarbon. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 11 (2008) 1686-1690.
Publications in other journals
2010
1. Povinec, P.P., A. Šivo, M. Richtáriková, R. Breier, Ľ. Lúčan, P.K. Aggarwal, L.J. Araguás-Araguás. Spatial distribution of isotopes in groundwater of Slovakia. Acta Phys. Univ. Comenianae 50-51 (2010) 143-153.
2008
1. Franko, O., A. Šivo, M. Richtáriková, P.P. Povinec. Radiocarbon ages of mineral and thermal waters of Slovakia. Acta Phys. Univ. Comenianae 48-49 (2008) 111-124.
Publications in Conference Proceedings
2017
1. Povinec P.P., R. Breier, M. Ješkovský, J. Kaizer, I. Kontuľ, J. Pánik, M. Richtáriková, J. Staníček, A. Šivo. Accelerator ion technologies in investigation of rare nuclear processes and environmental radioactivity. In: Proc. 19th Conf. Czech Slovak Physicists (Ed. A. Džubinská, M. Reiffers). Slovak Physical Society, Košice, 2017, p. 14–20.
2. Kontuľ I., M. Ješkovský, J. Kaizer, P.P. Povinec, M. Richtáriková, I. Svetlik, A. Šivo, P. Čech. Radiocarbon record in modern tree rings from Slovakia. In: Proc. ENVIRA2017 Conf. (Ed. G. Lujaniené, P.P. Povinec). SRI Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, 2017, p. 121–122.
3. Povinec P., I. Kontuľ, J. Kaizer, A. Šivo, M. Richtáriková. Radiocarbon in wines: a useful tracer for studying environmental processes and wine dating. In: Proc. ENVIRA2017 Conf. (Ed. G. Lujaniené, P.P. Povinec). SRI Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, 2017, p. 128.
2012
1. Povinec, P.P., Z. Ženišová, R. Breier, M. Richtáriková, A. Šivo. Isotopic tracing of groundwater at Žitný ostrov (SW Slovakia). In: Proc. ENVIRA2010 Conf. Italian Physical Society, Bologna, 2012, p. 105-115.
2. Grolmusová, Z., A. Rapčanová, P. Veis, P. Čech, J. Michalko, A. Šivo, M. Richtáriková, P.P. Povinec. 13C measurements of alpha-cellulose from tree-ring samples using the IRMS spectrometry. In: Proc. of Contr. Pap.: Part III Physics. MATFYZPRESS, Bratislava, 2012, p. 73-76.