Jana Pisarcikova

Tell us about yourself (Who are you? Where are you from? What is your educational background?)

Personal information:
Jana Pisarcikova, RNDr., PhD student in Department of Animal Physiology and Nutrition Institute of Animal Physiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences.
Soltesovej 4-6, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia
Current position: PhD student at Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Animal Physiology, Department of Animal Physiology and Nutrition, Soltesovej 4-6, 04001 Kosice, Slovakia.
Education: Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Organic chemistry, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Kosice, Slovakia.

What is your area of expertise?

My area of expertise is focused on implementation of chromatographic methods as GC, HPLC and LC-MS for determination of compounds and products of secondary metabolism in rumen fluid.

Where does your focus lie within your current project(s)? (related to methane)

My interest in current projects is focusing on methane determining factors associated with variation in methane production as well as on implementation of chromatographic methods for measurement of methane emission in relation to animal nutrition and digestion.

What would be the added value for you of joining an international researchers network? (such as the METHAGENE network)

To join international researchers network would provide me the opportunity to exchange experiences of methane determining factors and possibility of international collaboration.

What and/or who inspired you to make a career in science?

My teacher of chemistry at secondary grammar school.

What do you enjoy most about your work?

I like to implement methods in animal science and to be a part of research group creating one unit.

What is your most stand-out or surprising moment in science so far?

Science never sleeps.