Management

"Zuzana Panczová, PhD, is an independent researcher at the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology SAS. As an ethnologist, she focuses on contemporary and traditional narratives (especially fames, rumours and conspiracy theories) in the context of religious and ideological beliefs. She is the author and co-author of dozens of scientific publications in this area (e.g. Conspiracy Theories: Themes, Historical Contexts and Argumentation Strategies, 2017) and a popularizer of science, for which she was awarded the SAS Prize for Popularization of Science in 2021. Since June 2021, she has been working in the Presidium of SAS as the SAS Vice President for International Relations."

"Martin Nosko finished his PhD. at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, where he has worked as a researcher for more than 20 years. His work was dedicated to study the relationship between the manufacturing process, microstructure and mechanical properties of materials. During his PhD. studies, he was also involved and actively participated in industrial research. From 2016 to 2020, he was the Head of the division that characterised surfaces and interfaces of metal matrix composites. The division focused more on interdisciplinary research and tackling societal challenges, especially in materials research, which involves developing materials for transportation, energy, health, and space. Dr. M. Nosko was the Director of the Institute of Materials & Machine Mechanics at the Slovak Academy of Sciences from 2020 to 2025. Since 2023, he has been strengthening the position of Slovakia in the European Lightweighting Network and Advanced Material through his membership in the AMI2030 and the Technology Council. He is the Vice-Chairman of the Society for New Materials and Technologies – SNMT, and is also active in the field of youth education and popularization of science."