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Prof. RNDr. Peter Sýkora, PhD.
Dpt. of Philosophy and Applied Philosophy, Centre for Bioethics
University of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
Nám. J. Herdu 2, 917 01 Trnava Slovak Republic
http://kfil.ff.ucm.sk/sk/aktuality/
https://centreforbioethics.sk/en/
phone: +421-33-5565 279
email: peter.sykora@ucm.sk
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1870-4626
https://scholar.google.sk/citations?user=3GKyKMwAAAAJ&hl=en

Education and Qualification:
Bc & M.Sc, Biology, summa cum laude 1981 - Charles University Prague
RNDr. (Doctor of Natural Sciences) 1981 - Charles University Prague
PhD., Microbiology 1993, - Comenius University Bratislava
Associate Professor (docent) of Philosophy, 1997 - Comenius University Bratislava
Professor of Philosophy (title) 2009 - Masaryk University Brno

Academic Employment:
1982-88: Researcher, Institute of Molecular and Subcellular Biology, Comenius
University, Bratislava
1989: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Genetics, University of Glasgow, UK
1990: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biology, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
Oct. 1993 - March 1994 Visiting Fellow, Department of Logic, Methodology and
Philosophy of Science, London School of Economics, London
1994: Research Associate, Biology Department, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
1995: Visiting Professor, Department of Anthropology, Emory University, Atlanta
1996-1997: Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities, Comenius Univ. Bratislava
1997-1999: Associate Professor, Department of Humanities, Comenius Univ. Bratislava
1999-2002: Director, Center for European Studies, Comenius University, Bratislava
2002- 2004: Professor of European Studies and Vice-dean, Faculty of Social and
Economic Sciences, Comenius University,
2004-2009: Professor of Philosophy, Dpt. of Philosophy and Applied Philosophy,
Sts. Cyril and Methodius University (UCM), Trnava
2008-present : Director, Center for Bioethics, UCM, Trnava
2009: Visiting Professor in Medical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Centre for
Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore
2009-present: Full Professor of Philosophy, Dpt. of Philosophy and Applied
Philosophy, UCM, Trnava
2018-2020: Vice-Chancellor, UCM, Trnava
Trnava

Teaching
Ontology, Introduction to Bioethics, Biomedical Ethics, Philosophy of Biology, Evolution of Social Behaviour

Research topics:
- Human Genome Editing – safety, ethical and social aspects
- Bioethics (biomedical donation, hESCs, gene therapy)
- Biology and Social Sciences (infanticide)
- Biology and Aristotle ́s Metaphysics
- Trans- and Posthumanism

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