Martin Tomko, DVM, PhD

Last update: 23. 10. 2023

I. BASIC INFORMATION
I.1 Surname Tomko
I.2 Name Martin
I.3 Titles DVM, PhD
I.4 Year of birth 1958
I.5 Name of the workplace University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Department of Biology and Physiology
I.6 Address of the workplace Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovak Republic
I.7 Position lecturer
I.8 E-mail address martin.tomko@uvlf.sk
I.9 Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/20448
I.10 Name of the study field in which a person works at the university veterinary medicine
I.11 ORCID iD 3 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9696-6384
3 Optional item.

II. HIGHER EDUCATION AND FURTHER QUALIFICATION GROWTH
II.a Name of the university or institution II.b Year II.c Study field and programme
II.1 First degree of higher education
II.2 Second degree of higher education Veterinary College in Košice 1983 general veterinary medicine
II.3 Third degree of higher education University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice 1993 veterinary morphology and physiology
II.4 Associate professor
II.5 Professor
II.6 Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. CURRENT AND PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
III.a Occupation-position III.b Institution III.c Duration
assistant professor, vice-rector University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice 2013 2023
country manager Slovak register of blood stem cells, Bratislava 2012 2013
Business Unit Manager Sanofi-Aventis, Bratislava 2006 2012
sales representative, product manager, sales director, Business Unit Manager Merck Sharp and Dohme, Bratislava 1993 2006
researcher, assistant, assistant professor College of Veterinary Medicine in Kosice 1983 1993

IV. DEVELOPMENT OF PEDAGOGICAL, PROFESSIONAL, LANGUAGE, DIGITAL AND OTHER SKILLS
IV.a Activity description, course name, other IV.b Name of the institution IV.c Year
minimum in paedagogy Institute of Information and Forecast in Education, Youth and Sport, Bratislava 1990

V. OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE TEACHING CAREER AT THE UNIVERSITY
V.1. Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a Name of the profile course V.1.b Study programme V.1.c Degree V.1.d Field of study

V.2. Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year 4
V.2.a Study programme V.2.b Degree V.2.d Field of study
4 According to Art. 6 para. 4 of the Standards for the Study Programme.

V.3. Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.3.a Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure V.3.b Study field to which it is assigned

V.4. Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.a Bachelor's (first degree) V.4.b Diploma (second degree) V.4.c Dissertation (third degree)
V.4.1 Number of currently supervised theses 1 1 0
V.4.2 Number of defended theses 1 3 0

V.5. Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a Name of the course V.5.b Study programme V.5.c Degree V.5.d Field of study
Communication skillscynology full time slovak languagefirstveterinary medicine
Communication skillscynology external slovak languagefirstveterinary medicine
Professional communication and psychology full time english languagefirstveterinary medicine
Professional communication and psychologyveterinary nurse full time slovak languagefirstveterinary medicine
Professional communication and psychologyveterinary nurse external slovak languagefirstveterinary medicine
Biologypharmacy (join study programme) full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndpharmacy
Zoologyfood hygiene full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Professional communicationfood hygiene full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Biologygeneral veterinary medicine full time english languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Zoologygeneral veterinary medicine full time english languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Professional communicationgeneral veterinary medicine full time english languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Zoologygeneral veterinary medicine full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Professional communicationgeneral veterinary medicine full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine

VI. OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH/ARTISTIC/OTHER OUTPUTS
VI.1. Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.a Overall VI.1.b Over the last six years
VI.1.1 Number of the research/artictic/other outputs 94 48
VI.1.2 Number of the research/artictic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases 13 5
VI.1.3 Number of citations corresponding to the research/artictic/other outputs 11 6
VI.1.4 Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases 11 6
VI.1.5 Number of invited lectures at the international, national level 1 1

VI.2. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs 5
1. TOMKO, Martin. Influence of parental origin, litter size and sex on the frequency of splayleg in piglets: a case report. In: Acta Veterinaria Hungarica. 1993. ISSN 0236-6290, Roč. 41, č. 3-4(1993), s. 329-339.
(1993: 0.014 - IF)
2. TOMKO, Martin. Activity of serum creatine kinase, lactate dehydrogenase and LD isoenzymes in piglets affected with congenital tremor: a case report. In: Acta Veterinaria Hungarica. 1992. ISSN 0236-6290, Roč. 40, č. 4 (1992), s. 285-295.
(1992: 0.111 - IF)
3. TOMKO, Martin. Lactic dehydrogenase activity and LD-isoenzymes distribution in the serum of piglets with myoclonia congenita. In: Czech Journal of Animal Science. 1993. ISSN 1212-1819, Vol. 38, č. 6(1993), s. 521-528.
4. TOMKO, Martin - DVOŘÁK, Petr - BEŇOVÁ, Katarína. 137Cs Occurrence in the wild Boar meat in Slovakia 30 years after the Chernobyl catastrophe. In: ISoWiF. Xth International Symposium on Wild Fauna - ISoWIF 2017, 21 to 23 September 2017, Vila Real, Portugal : Book of Abstracts. 1. vyd. Zamora : WAVES, 2017. ISBN 978-989-704-245-4, s. 113.
5. DVOŘÁK, Petr - DOLEŽALOVÁ, Jana - BEŇOVÁ, Katarína - TOMKO, Martin. 137Cs activity concentration in mushrooms from the Bobrůvka river valley. In: Potravinarstvo Slovak Journal of Food Sciences. 2020. ISSN 1338-0230, Vol. 14, no. (2020), p. 254-257.
(12 - H-index, 0.259 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q)
5 Maximum of five most significant outputs, if the RATP form is attached to the application.

VI.3. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years 6
1. DVOŘÁK, Petr - DOLEŽALOVÁ, Jana - BEŇOVÁ, Katarína - TOMKO, Martin. 137Cs activity concentration in mushrooms from the Bobrůvka river valley. In: Potravinarstvo Slovak Journal of Food Sciences. 2020. ISSN 1338-0230, Vol. 14, no. (2020), p. 254-257.
(12 - H-index, 0.259 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q)
2. DVOŘÁK, Petr - BEŇOVÁ, Katarína - MÁTÉ, Dionýz - TOMKO, Martin - DOLEŽALOVÁ, Jana. Pork meat quality after exposure to low (0.5 Gy) dose of gamma radiation. In: Acta veterinaria Brno. 2019. ISSN 0001-7213, Vol. 88, no. 4 (2019), p. 481-486.
(2019: 0.566 - IF, 36 - H-index, 0.658 - IF 5y, 0.216 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
3. DVOŘÁK, Petr - DOLEŽALOVÁ, Jana - BEŇOVÁ, Katarína - TOMKO, Martin. Aktivita radiocesia v houbách z údolí řeky Bobrůvky : [Activity of radiocesium in the mushrooms from the Bobrůvka river valley] In: HYGIENA ALIMENTORUM XL : konferencia. HYGIENA ALIMENTORUM XL: Bezpečnosť a kvalita mliečnych a rastlinných komodít, 15.-17. máj 2019, štrbské Pleso, Slovenská republika : recenzovaný zborník abstraktov prednášok a posterových prezentácií z medzinárodnej vedeckej konferencie. 1. vyd. Košice : UVLF, 2019. ISBN 978-80-8077-619-0, s. 64.
4. KOVÁŘIK, Ladislav - DVOŘÁK, Petr - BEŇOVÁ, Katarína - TOMKO, Martin - ŠPALKOVÁ, Michaela. Interaction of radionuclide 131 I and cadmium chloride in an alternative bioassay with Artemia franciscana evaluated by a digital record. In: Acta veterinaria Brno. 2020. ISSN 0001-7213, Vol. 89, no. 4 (2020), p. 413-420.
(2020: 0.667 - IF, 38 - H-index, 0.793 - IF 5y, 0.198 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q4 - JCR Best Q)
5. LUPTÁKOVÁ, Lenka - TOMKO, Martin - VALENČÁKOVÁ, Alexandra - ŠPALKOVÁ, Michaela. Biology for Veterinary Medicine. Rec. Katarína Holovská, Beáta Holečková. 1. vyd. Košice : UVLF, 2018. ISBN 978-80-8077-590-2, 217 s.
6 Maximum of five most significant outputs over the last six years, if the RATP form is attached to the application.

VI.4. The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs 7
1. BEŇOVÁ, Katarína - DVOŘÁK, Petr - TOMKO, Martin - FALIS, Marcel. Artificial environmental radionuclides in Europe and methods of lowering their foodstuff contamination – a review. In: Acta veterinaria Brno. 2016. ISSN 0001-7213, Vol. 85, č. 1(2016), s. 105-112.
(2016: 0.415 - IF, 36 - H-index, 0.519 - IF 5y, 0.236 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q4 - JCR Best Q)
[1] HARKUT, Ondřej - ALEXA, Petr - UHLÁŘ, Radim. Radiocaesium Contamination of Mushrooms at High-and Low-Level Chernobyl Exposure Sites and Its Consequences for Public Health. In Life, 2021-12-01, 11, 12, pp. Dostupné na: https://doi.org/10.3390/life11121370.
2. BEŇOVÁ, Katarína - DVOŘÁK, Petr - TOMKO, Martin - FALIS, Marcel. Artificial environmental radionuclides in Europe and methods of lowering their foodstuff contamination – a review. In: Acta veterinaria Brno. 2016. ISSN 0001-7213, Vol. 85, č. 1(2016), s. 105-112.
(2016: 0.415 - IF, 36 - H-index, 0.519 - IF 5y, 0.236 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q4 - JCR Best Q)
[1] MITROVIĆ, B. M. - VITOROVIĆ, O. - AJTIĆ, J. - VRANJEŠ, B. Radioactivity in the environment and food chain at mt. Maljen, Serbia. In Romanian Reports in Physics. ISSN 12211451, 2020-01-01, 72, 4, pp. 1-11.
3. TOMKO, Martin. Influence of parental origin, litter size and sex on the frequency of splayleg in piglets: a case report. In: Acta Veterinaria Hungarica. 1993. ISSN 0236-6290, Roč. 41, č. 3-4(1993), s. 329-339.
(1993: 0.014 - IF)
[1] HAO, Xingjie - PLASTOW, Graham - ZHANG, Chunyan - XU, Sutong - HU, Zhiqiu - YANG, Tianfu - WANG, Kai - YANG, Huawei - YIN, Xiaoxue - LIU, Shili - WANG, Zhenghua - WANG, Zhiquan - ZHANG, Shujun. Genome-wide association study identifies candidate genes for piglet splay leg syndrome in different populations. In BMC GENETICS. ISSN 1471-2156, 2017, vol. 18, no., pp.
4. TOMKO, Martin. Influence of parental origin, litter size and sex on the frequency of splayleg in piglets: a case report. In: Acta Veterinaria Hungarica. 1993. ISSN 0236-6290, Roč. 41, č. 3-4(1993), s. 329-339.
(1993: 0.014 - IF)
[1] WU, Tao - ZHANG, Xu - TIAN, Mi - TAO, Qiangqiang - ZHANG, Liang - DING, Yueyun - ZHANG, Xiaodong - YIN, Zongjun. Transcriptome analysis reveals candidate genes involved in splay leg syndrome in piglets. In JOURNAL OF APPLIED GENETICS. ISSN 1234-1983, 2018, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 475-483.
5. TOMKO, Martin. Influence of parental origin, litter size and sex on the frequency of splayleg in piglets: a case report. In: Acta Veterinaria Hungarica. 1993. ISSN 0236-6290, Roč. 41, č. 3-4(1993), s. 329-339.
(1993: 0.014 - IF)
[1] LONCKE, R. - DEWULF, J. - VANDERHAEGHE, C. - DE KRUIF, A. - MAES, D. Non-infectious causes of piglet mortality before weaning Part 1: factors related to the piglet. In VLAAMS DIERGENEESKUNDIG TIJDSCHRIFT. ISSN 0303-9021, 2009, vol. 78, no. 1, pp. 20-27.
7 Maximum of five most significant citations, if the RATP form is attached to the application.

VI.5. Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years 8
1. VEGA 1/0791/14 "New approaches in detecting natural foci of autochthonous ruminant liver flukes (Fasciola hepatica, Dicrocoelium dendriticum) in Slovakia and their actual occurrence in cloven-hoofed game", Duration: 2014 - 2016
2. KEGA 007UVLF-4/2019 "Implementation of innovative methodologic procedures in the education of biological subjects", Duration: 2019 - 2021
3. VEGA 1/0113/20 "Molecular characteristics of selected zoonotic species and genotypes of intestinal pathogens in the environment in Slovakia", Duration: 2020 - 2022
4. VEGA 1/0415/13 "Monitorovanie 137 Cs v lesnom ekosystéme na Slovensku.", Duration: 2013 - 2015
8 Maximum of five most significant projects, if the RATP form is attached to the application. In addition to the name and brief characteristics of the project, the type of participation is indicated (in Slovak and in English), if possible, a hyperlink to the project and its outputs and citations are stated as well.

VII. OVERVIEW OF ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE RELATED TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH/ARTISTIC/OTHER ACTIVITIES 9
VII.a Activity, position VII.b Name of the institution, board VII.c Duration
vice-rector for education University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice 2019 2023
member of the Editorial Board Journal of Science of Veterinary Medicine”, published by Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University, Ukraine 2018 2023
member of the Editorial Board Folia Veterinaria, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice 2017 2018
vice-rector for foreign studies University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice 2015 2019
9 E.g. academic positions, memberships in editorial boards and in scientific and professional societies.

VIII. OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL MOBILITIES AND VISITS ORIENTED ON EDUCATION AND RESEARCH/ARTISTIC/ OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE GIVEN FIELD OF STUDY
VIII.a Name of the institution VIII.b Address of the institution VIII.c Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Veterinary Medicine, Dept. of Pathobiological Sciences, WI, USA Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA 1990 1990 invitation by prof. Michael T. Collins, DVM, PhD
Small animal Clinics, Veterinary Medical Services Ltd., IL, USA Illinois, USA 1990 1990 7 month fellowship at small animal clinics belonging to Veterinary Medical Services group
COMECOM Research center Budapest, Hungary – RVHP reference workplace for mycobacterial diseases, Budapest, Hungary Budapest, Hungary 1986 1986 fellowship
Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, State Veterinary Institute Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech republic 1985 1985 fellowship

IX. OTHER RELEVANT FACTS 10
IX.a If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artictic/other activities are mentioned
During the period 1993 - 2013, over 60 specialized trainings in different business areas - certificates in communication, negotiation, selling and presentation skills, marketing strategies, sales tactics, business management, human resources management, finance, etc. International conferences 1. International conference “The Impact of Global Change on The Environment , Human and Animal Health “, Košice, Slovakia, May 2-6, 2017 – Conference chairman 2. X-th International Symposium on Wild Fauna, ISoWiF 2017, Vila Real, Portugalsko, September 22-23, 2017 – scientific board member and chairman, invited keynote lecture 3. 7-th International Congress Veterinary Science and Profession, Zagreb, Croatia, October 5-7, 2017 – International organizing committee member 4. NordGlobal 2019 - 2nd International Joint Conference on Global Change, Bodo, Norway May 21-22, 2019 – International organizing committee member 5. 10-th International Deer Biology Congress, Osijek, Croatia, September 4-9, 2022 – Chaiman of Deer Antlers and Conservation section 6. 3-rd International conference – The Impact of Global Change on the Environment, Human and Animal Health, June 13-16,2023, Kosice, Slovakia – Conference chairman
10 Maximum of 1800 characters, if the RATP form is attached to the application.
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