Peter Pristaš

Peter Pristaš

Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, UPJŠ in Košice, Slovakia

What is hidden in the drainage water of brown mud disposal site in Žiar nad Hronom?

Assoc Prof. RNDr. Peter Pristaš, CSc. is an associate professor at the Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, UPJŠ in Košice. It focuses on microbiology and more recently, on environmental microbiology. His field of interests include genetic ecology, i.e. the spread of genes in populations of bacteria with a focus on the spread of genes of resistance to antibiotics and heavy metals, and on the characterization of mobile gene elements responsible for this spread.