Assoc. Prof. Dr. Karel Saksl | Material science | Best Researcher Award
Dean of the faculty | Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling Technical university of Kosice | Slovakia
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Karel Saksl is a leading Slovak materials scientist with over two decades of pioneering research and academic leadership in advanced materials engineering. Since 2021, he has served as the Dean of the Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling at the Technical University of Košice, Slovakia, where he directs strategic research initiatives in sustainable materials and hydrogen technologies. Concurrently, since 1997, he has been a leading scientist at the Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, where his work focuses on the design, synthesis, and structural analysis of biodegradable materials, thermoelectric materials, Li-ion battery components, and metallic alloys for hydrogen storage. His earlier international experience includes postdoctoral research at HASYLAB, DESY Hamburg, investigating highly disordered materials under extreme conditions, and at the Technical University of Denmark (2001), where he developed amorphous and quasicrystalline materials under nonequilibrium conditions. Throughout his distinguished career, Dr. Saksl has authored over 169 papers with 2,402 citations and an H-index of 25. His scientific leadership extends to European XFEL governance and numerous national and EU research projects, reflecting his commitment to advancing materials science for energy, environment, and biomedical applications.
Featured Publication
Saksl, K., Kočiško, R., Petroušek, P., Matvija, M., Fujda, M., Csík, D., Molčanová, Z., Ballóková, B., Cuperová, I., & Gáborová, K. et al. (2025). Room-temperature superplasticity in a biodegradable Zn-0.1Mg alloy. Metals.
Mihok, F., Gáborová, K., Puchý, V., & Saksl, K. (2025). Accessible thermoelectric characterization: Development and validation of two modular room temperature measurement instruments. Inorganics.
Hodorová, M., Csík, D., Fedoročková, A., Gáborová, K., Džunda, R., Sučik, G., Kromka, F., & Saksl, K. (2025). High-entropy perovskite La(Co0.2Mn0.2Fe0.2Ni0.2Cu0.2)O3 as a material for lithium-ion batteries. Applied Sciences.
Ueda, T., Yoshida, S., Dangwal, S., Gondek, Ł., Fukami, K., Kučerová, L., Saksl, K., Edalati, K., & Tsuji, N. (2025). Effect of lattice defects on hydrogen storage properties of HfNbTiZr medium entropy alloy. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
Kočiško, R., Milkovič, O., Petroušek, P., Sučik, G., Csík, D., Saksl, K., Petryshynets, I., Kovaľ, K., & Diko, P. (2025). Microstructural and mechanical characterization of Co-free AlxTixCrFe2Ni high-entropy alloys. Metals.
Cuperová, I., Fujda, M., Kočiško, R., Petroušek, P., Molčanová, Z., Matvija, M., Džunda, R., Ballóková, B., Csík, D., & Gáborová, K. et al. (2025). Significant enhancement of strength and ductility in bioresorbable Zn–0.1Mg alloy via ECAP processing. Inorganics.