Department leader:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mário Molokáč
Němcovej 32, door nr. B-132
E-mail: mario.molokac@tuke.sk
Phone: +421 55 602 3131
His research in geotourism is focused on geoparks from their preparation, through their implementation to their management and the promotion of the general public. He is a member of the “Interdepartmental Commission of the Network of Geoparks of the Slovak Republic “, which has the status of an advisory organization of the Minister of the Environment of the Slovak Republic, he is also a consultant for the geopark of Novograd-Nógrad. He realizes his research activities within intentions of montaneous history and montaneous historical geography. He is a specialist in historical mining maps. Based on archive documents, he creates digital maps and 3D model of historical mining locations and mining phenomena using PC techniques. His historical digital outputs allow not only the selection of new information but also mutual topic and content-based comparison within individual time horizons. His famoust works focuses on the application of historical mining routes in mountain tourism, Salt Routes in Slovakia in the Middle Ages, Possibilities of Defining Cultural Routes Based on the Mining Heritage of Eastern Slovakia and the surrounding regions.As a member of the project team, he is involved in the European project called Virtual Mine and the APVV project called Development of an interactive business intelligence system to support complex decision making and planning in the tourism market conditions.
Employees:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ľubomír Štrba
Němcovej 32, door nr. B-133
E-mail: lubormir.strba@tuke.sk
Phone: +421 55 602 2442
Ľubomír Štrba, a guarantor of the first (Bachelor) level of the study programme Geotourism, intensively focuses mainly on identification of geological heritage and various approaches of its assessment with the potential of its use within specific tourism forms as e.g. geotourism and mining tourism and their development. Moreover, a subject of his interest is the protection of abiotic part of nature and presenting knowledge about the geology of Earth to the general public with special emphasis on understanding the position and importance of abiotic part within the whole system of the environment.
He is a member of the European Association of the Conservation of the Geological Heritage (ProGEO), Slovak Geological Society (SGS) and managing editor of the scientific journal Acta Geoturistica.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Branislav Kršák
Němcovej 32, door nr. B-114
E-mail: branislav.krsak@tuke.sk
Phone: +421 55 602 2664
Assistant Professor at the Geo and Mountaineering Tourism Department of the Faculty of Mining, Management and Geotechnology specializing in tourism development through the implementation of innovative information and communication technologies. His experience is reflected in international contributions targeted mainly on information and communication technologies in tourism. He has actively participated in more than 40 projects. He has 15 years of project manager experience.
Dipl.-Ing. Ján Derco, PhD.
Němcovej 32, door nr. B-126
E-mail: jan.derco@tuke.sk
Phone: +421 55 602 2443
Ján Derco (http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4536-4898) is a Lecturer and Researcher. His research interests include destination management and spa tourism. He graduated from the master’s program at the Faculty of Economics (Technical University of Kosice) in 2003. He wrote his dissertation at the Faculty BERG (Technical University of Kosice). He gained work experience in the financial control and government audit. In the years 2015-2018 he was a member of the International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism (AIEST). St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Dipl.-Ing. Jana Rybárová, PhD.
MSc. Marián Lukáč, PhD.
Němcovej 32, door nr. B-133
E-mail: marian.lukac@tuke.sk
Phone: +421 55 602 2442
He graduated field of study History and Philosophy. He provides currently in The Department of Geo and Mountain Tourism teaching of the subjects of Slovak History, Cultural Monuments of Slovakia, Field Trip etc. The professional interest focuses on various aspects of the history of Slovakia, the cultural heritage of Slovakia and the legal regulation of tourism. Previously cooperated with the Institute of Social Sciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and worked in the Grant Committee of the Regional Tourism Organization of the Košice Region.
Dipl.-Ing. Daniela Marasová, PhD.
Němcovej 32, door nr. B-127
E-mail: daniela.marasova.2@tuke.sk
Phone: +421 55 602 2332
The professional focus is on the application of logistic methods in the tourism decision making process, the rationalization of transport and the evaluation of transport quality in tourism. From transport systems it is mainly continuous belt transport and cable transport. At present, she is a co-founder of 2 VEGA projects to test lightweight belts for luggage at airports and one KEGA project entitled “Designing a specialized training concept geared to the development of experimental skills in the field of logistics education.
Dipl.-Ing. Dana Tometzová, PhD.
Němcovej 32, door nr. B-127
E-mail: dana.tometzova@tuke.sk
Phone: +421 55 602 2930
Dipl.-Ing. Dana Tometzová, PhD. – is a graduate of The Technical university of Kosice, in the field of „Geotourism“. The focus of her dissertation was on reservoir sustainability and sustainable management in geotourism, which is also the field of her current research. Spa tourism and geothermal and mineral water in geotourism has been widely covered in her publications. She currently works as an assistant professor in the Department of Geo and Mining tourism (Faculty of Mining, ecology, process control and geotechnology, Technical university of Kosice, Slovakia).
Science and research
Dipl.-Ing. Csaba Sidor, PhD.
Němcovej 32, door nr. B-126
E-mail: csaba.sidor@tuke.sk
Phone: +421 55 602 2443
PhD students
Ing. Enikő Kornecká
Park Komenského 19, door nr. 006
E-mail: eniko.kornecka@tuke.sk
Tel.: +421 55 602 2436
Enikő Kornecká currently works as a doctoral student at the Department of Geo and Mining Tourism (Faculty of Mining, ecology, process control and Geotechnology, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia) since September 2020, focusing on the management of geoparks, where the goal of her research is primarily the setting of optimal management in geoparks under the conditions of the Slovak Republic. She is a graduate of engineering studies at the Faculty of Mining, Management, Ecology and Geotechnologies of the Technical University in the Management of Land Resources study program. At present, she is a co-founder of projects “Innovation and streamlining of the educational process by implementing new progressive forms and methods of teaching in II. and III. degree of higher education” (040TUKE-4/2024) and also “The influence of water on environmental quality and health” (070TUKE-4/2024), which are covered by the Cultural and Educational Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sports of the Slovak Republic (KEGA).
Ing. Silvia Palgutová
Park Komenského 19, č.d. 73
E-mail: silvia.palgutova@tuke.sk
Tel.: +421 55 602 2436