Filip Pastorek

---

Profile

Ing. Filip Pastorek, PhD. completed his doctoral studies under the supervision of Prof. Branislav Hadzima at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Žilina in 2014. During his doctoral studies, he spent a research stay at the Clausthal University of Technology (Germany). After completing his doctorate, he worked in an international company specialising in corrosion protection and surface treatment techniques for metals as a production manager and corrosion specialist. From 2016, he worked at the Research centre UNIZA as a researcher for 5 years. In April 2021, he became a director of this institution. In 2019, he received the scientific qualification grade “IIa” from the SAV Commission for Assessment of Scientific Qualification. His scientific contributions were honoured with the Science and Technology Award for 2020 in the category of Personality of Science and Technology under 35 years of age, awarded by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic.

His current research activities focus on the corrosion and surface treatment of metallic materials, in particular magnesium alloys for industrial and biomedical applications, in active collaboration with renowned universities in Italy, Germany and the Czech Republic.

---

Research areas

---

Awards

---

International cooperation

---

Coordinated projects

• Research of highly resistant duplex layers based on PEO to increase corrosion protection and application possibilities of ultralight Mg alloys in industrial applications. Science Grant Agency of the Slovak Republic. Project No.1/0117/21. 2021-2024.

---

Experimental skills

• Electrochemical corrosion analyses by BioLogic VSP 300 and SP 300 – techniques OCP, LP, CPP, EIS, CA, VASP.
• Expozičné skúšky v koróznej komore Vötsch VSC KWT 1000 a klimatickej komore Vötsch VC3.
• Metallographic preparation and analysis of metal samples.
• Surface and microstructural analyses by light microscope LEICA DMI8 and stereomicroscopes LEICA M250C and LEICA S9.
• Surface treatment by pulsed laser P-Laser QF-100.
• Surface treatment of magnesium alloys for industrial and biomedical applications – shot peening, plasma electrolytic oxidation, duplex coatings, corrosion inhibitors, conversion coatings.

---

Top 10 publications

• Pastorek, F., Hadzima, B., Kajánek, D. Preparation and corrosion properties of structural materials with refined grain structure. Scientific monograph, 1. ed. Harlow: Pearson, 2019. ISBN 978-1-8396-1054-7.
• Bagherifard, S., Hickey, D.J., Fintová, S., Pastorek, F. et al. Effects of nanofeatures induced by severe shot peening (SSP) on mechanical, corrosion and cytocompatibility properties of magnesium alloy AZ31. In: Acta Biomaterialia. Oxford: Elsevier, 2018, no. 66, p. 93-108. ISSN 1742-7061.
• Kajánek, D., Pastorek, F., et al. Impact of shot peening on corrosion performance of AZ31 magnesium alloy coated by PEO: comparison with conventional surface pre-treatments. In: Surface and Coatings Technology. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2022, no. 446, p. 1-20. ISSN 0257-8972.
• Mhaede, M., Pastorek, F., Hadzima, B. Influence of shot peening on corrosion properties of biocompatible magnesium alloy AZ31 coated by dicalcium phosphate dihydrate (DCPD). In: Materials Science & Engineering C. Materials for Biological Applications. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2014, no. 39, p. 330-335. ISSN 0928-4931.
• Hadzima, B., Pastorek, F., et al. Effect of phosphating time on protection properties of hurealite coating: Differences between ground and shot peened HSLA steel surface. In: Surface and Coatings Technology. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2019, no. 375, p. 608-620. ISSN 0257-8972.
• Gholami-Kermanshahi, M., Neubert, V.D., Tavakoli, M., Pastorek, F., et al. Effect of ECAP processing on corrosion behavior and mechanical properties of the ZFW MP magnesium alloy as a biodegradable implant material. In: Advanced Engineering Materials. Weinheim: John Wiley & Sons. Wiley-Blackwell, 2018, vol. 20, no. 10, p. 1-12. ISSN 1438-1656.
• Hadzima, B., Mhaede, M., Pastorek, F. Electrochemical characteristics of calcium-phosphatized AZ31 magnesium alloy in 0.9 % NaCl solution. In: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine. Berlín: Springer Nature. Springer International Publishing AG, 2014, vol. 25, no. 5, p. 1227-1237. ISSN 0957-4530.
• Fintová, S., Drábiková, J., Pastorek, F. et al. Improvement of electrochemical corrosion characteristics of AZ61 magnesium alloy with unconventional fluoride conversion coatings. In: Surface and Coatings Technology. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2019, no. 367, p. 638-650. ISSN 0257-8972.
• Gholami, M., Mhaede, M., Pastorek, F., et al. Corrosion behavior and mechanical properties of ultrafine-grained pure copper with potential as a biomaterial. In: Advanced Engineering Materials. Weinheim: John Wiley & Sons. Wiley-Blackwell, 2016, vol. 18, no. 4, p. 615-623. ISSN 1438-1656.
• Pastorek, F., et al. Effect of surface pretreatment on quality and electrochemical corrosion properties of manganese phosphate on S355J2 HSLA steel. In: Coatings. Bazilej: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2016, vol. 6, no. 4, p. 1-9. ISSN 2079-6412.