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Robert Mistrík

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Robert Mistrík
Personal details
Born (1966-08-13) 13 August 1966 (age 58)
Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
(now Slovakia)
Political partyFreedom and Solidarity (2010-2012)
Independent
SpouseZuzana Mistríková
ChildrenTwo sons
Alma materSlovak Technical University
University of Vienna

Robert Mistrík (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈrɔbert ˈmistriːk], born 13 August 1966) is a Slovak chemist, scientist, businessman, and politician.[1][2]

Early life

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Mistrík was born on 13 August 1966 in Banská Bystrica.[3] He attended Gymnázium Jozefa Gregora Tajovského in Banská Bystrica. In 1991, he graduated with a degree in Analytical Chemistry from the Faculty of Chemical Technology of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava.[4] After completing a PhD at the University of Vienna in 1994,[5] Mistrík continued his scientific career as a visiting scholar at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Early career

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In 1998, Mistrík founded the mass spectrometry, metabolomics and chemical analysis firm HighChem, which he still manages.[6] Mistrík served as a member of the scientific steering committee in the METAcancer consortium, focused on the search for breast cancer biomarkers.[7] He is the author of a patent for the identification of small molecules, including novel diagnostic markers of insidious diseases,[8] as well as Mass Frontier software.[9]

On 3 February 2009, Mistrík became the laureate of the scientific award "Head of the Year" for the most significant innovation.[10] In 2014, he was re-elected director by members of the international Metabolomics Society.[11]

Mistrík leads the development of a cloud-based spectral tree database called mzCloud,[12] which enables the identification of multiple scientific problems.[13] He is also the co-author of the method of searching mass spectra via Google, published in Nature Biotechnology.[14] It was an achievement that a scientist from a Slovak institution managed after 14 years.[15]

Political career

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Freedom and Solidarity

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In 2009, Mistrík co-founded Freedom and Solidarity as a member of the preparatory committee.[4] He was a member of the party until 2012.[16]

2019 Slovak presidential election

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On 15 May 2018, Mistrík announced his candidacy as President of Slovakia in the 2019 Slovak presidential election,[17] only to rule out after the announcement of Zuzana Čaputová as new President of Slovakia.[18]

Doping of Matej Tóth

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In 2017, Mistrík was accused of doping by Slovak race walker Matej Tóth.[19] Mistrík also led a domestic public presentation of expert arguments proving Tóth's innocence, who was cleared of all suspicions and cleared by the IAAF.[20]

References

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  1. ^ Horák, Otakar (14 December 2016). "Chemik Robert Mistrík: Človek nikdy nepochopí, ako funguje život v tele". Denník N (in Slovak). Bratislava: N Press. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Presidential survey: Which candidates would stand a chance?". The Slovak Spectator. Bratislava: Petit Press. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  3. ^ "O mne". Robert Mistrík Official Website (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 11 May 2018.
  4. ^ a b Mikušovič, Dušan (16 May 2018). "Prezidentský kandidát Robert Mistrík: Do politiky ma dostala skúsenosť s mafiou, chcem bojovať o právny štát". Denník N (in Slovak). Bratislava: N Press. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Mistrík, Robert". University of Vienna (in German). Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  6. ^ Legéň, Marek (6 August 2019). "Mistríkov rozprávkový zárobok? Podľa expertov nič neobvyklé". Denník N (in Slovak). Bratislava: N Press. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  7. ^ Bartošovičová, Marta (7 December 2016). "Medzinárodný úspech slovenského vedca Róberta Mistríka". Veda Na Dosah (in Slovak). Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Ako Slováci mapujú molekuly človeka, sledujte diskusiu naživo". SME (in Slovak). Bratislava: Petit Press. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Eurotox 2017 | Dr. Robert Mistrik | Founder and CEO HighChem" (PDF). Eurotox 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Prvý ročník súťaže Hlava roka má svojich víťazov". vedatechnika.sk (in Slovak). 3 February 2009. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Metabolomics 2016: 12th Annual Meeting of the Metabolomics Society" (PDF). Metabolomics 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  12. ^ "2014 CoSMoS Schedule". Cosmos Science. 11 August 2014. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017.
  13. ^ Horváth, Veronika (21 March 2017). "Slovenský vedec Róbert Mistrík vyvíja, spolu so svojím tímom, cloudovú databázu, ktorá v budúcnosti zmení liečbu chorôb". startitup.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  14. ^ "Splash, a hashed identifier for mass spectra". nature.com. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  15. ^ Novota, Michal (9 December 2016). "O našom mozgu vieme menej ako o vesmíre". Týždeň (in Slovak). Bratislava: W Press. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  16. ^ "Register extract of Political Parties and Political Movements". Ministry of the Interior of Slovakia. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  17. ^ "Researcher Robert Mistrík will run for president". The Slovak Spectator. Bratislava: Petit Press. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  18. ^ Slin, Martin; Dedinský, Matej; Hanák, Peter (26 February 2019). "Robert Mistrík končí v prezidentských voľbách. Podporí Zuzanu Čaputovú". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Bratislava: Ringier Axel Springier Slovakia. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  19. ^ Komár, Pavol (4 October 2017). "Opierali sme sa o vedeckosť, zdôrazňuje člen Tóthovho tímu". Pravda (in Slovak). Bratislava: Perex. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  20. ^ Červený, Michal (21 December 2017). "Matej Tóth je definitívne očistený, opäť môže súťažiť". Denník N (in Slovak). Bratislava: N Press. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
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