Miroslava Mališová, a scientist of the STU Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology in Bratislava, has become the absolute winner of the Top Student Personality of Slovakia in the academic year 2022/2023. Simultaneously, she has also become the laureate of the Student Personality of Slovakia Award for Natural Sciences and Chemistry and the Uniqa Award for sustainability.
Since her Bachelor studies at the STU Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology in Bratislava, Ing. Miroslava Mališová, PhD. has been working on the development of advanced motor fuels, while trying to find alternatives to motor fuels based on the plants of other than a food character.
"Currently, we work on the project dealing with linseed sowing, a plant being originally considered a weed, but having a great potential for its high oil content. We also have a project for using coffee waste," stated Miroslava for the Pravda daily.
Already during her Master studies, she wrote two scientific publications and won two 1st and one 3rd places at the international student scientific conferences. During her doctoral studies, she represented Slovakia as a delegate at the forum for young future leaders, organized by the World Petroleum Council. She also received important awards, such as the St. Gorazd Award granted by the Ministry of Education, Science and Research, or Commendation of the Dean. She became a holder of four different scholarships and a researcher in three scientific projects. She completed a scientific internship at the Technical University of Vienna at the Department of Physical Chemistry, where she focused on the topic of catalytic processing of CO2 greenhouse gas into valuable raw materials. She represented her Faculty, Department and her research submitting a total of 23 contributions at foreign and domestic conferences; she is the main author of six scientific publications with a total citation response of 34. During her studies, she also became a tutor for foreign Erasmus students and was a consultant of two Master and one Bachelor theses. Along with researchers from universities around the world, such as Yale and Princeton, she became a member of the "Young Scientist Committee", which is a co-organizer of the prestigious worldwide congress on catalysis.
Miroslava Mališová spends her free time to promoting the study of science and technology, either on social networks, or by spreading the goodwill of her Faculty at her former elementary school. She completed her doctoral studies in May, and since then, she has been fully devoted to research and teaching as an assistant professor at the STU Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology. Her goal is to continue scientific research and attain even the unattainable.
"I really appreciate these very prestigious awards; I believe it will help me in obtaining new research projects and their funding," responded Miroslava Mališová to the triple award, including the highest one.
14 Dec. 2023
