Supervisors

Anions are often ignored by both theory and experiment because they are considered “fussy” compared to neutral and cationic species. At the same time, their electronic structure uniquely probes theoretical models and experimental regimes inaccessible to their well-behaved counterparts. Our project PANIONS will take advantage of this niche and explore the properties and applications of anionic systems.

Assoc. Prof. Lukáš F. Pašteka

Comenius University Bratislava (CUB)

Lukáš F. Pašteka is an associate professor at Comenius University in Bratislava. His research expertise lies in precision relativistic electronic structure calculations with applications in atomic and molecular spectroscopy, molecular searches for new physics, laser cooling, prediction of properties of heavy and superheavy elements and investigations of relativistic and QED effects in chemistry. Besides this main research line, other research interests include fluxional organic molecules and molecular photoswitches.

Assoc. Prof. Lukáš F. Pašteka supervises

DC5: Theoretical investigation of molecular anions
DC2: Theoretical investigations of structure and properties of negatively charged atoms and molecules (co-supervisor)

Selected publications

Relativistic atomic structure calculations in support of spectroscopy
Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics 146, 104200 (2025)
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppnp.2025.104200

The electron affinity of astatine
Nature Communications 11, 3824 (2020)
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17599-2

Ionization potential of radium monofluoride
Physical Review Research 8, L012012 (2026)
DOI: 10.1103/fvsy-v1q6

Relativistic coupled cluster calculations of the electron affinity and ionization potential of Nh(113)
Journal of Physics B 55, 155003 (2022)
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6455/ac761f