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Peter Kasak is technical manager and research professor in Center for Advanced materials at Qatar University. He obtained his PhD at Comenius University (2003) with stay in `Radboud University. Later, he was a Lisa Meitner postdoctoral fellow at University of Vienna before starting research at Polymer Institute at Slovak Academy of Sciences, where he was a Senior researcher. Currently, he works in the Centre for Advanced Materials at Qatar University.

His expertise is focused on surface modification, characterization of material, surface chemistry, organic synthesis and catalysis. Main research topic are material and their application for biomedical, biosensing and antifouling purposes, advanced application, catalysis and surface characterization techniques and heterogeneous catalysis. Moreover, he trained/supervised several high school, graduate, undergraduate students and post docs as a tutor. His research outcome includes more than 180 research publications, 5 book chapters and he serves as chief editor of Emergent Materials. He has been managed and participated on numerous international, national and industry projects.