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doc. RNDr. Štefan Koco, PhD.

In my scientific research I focus on the analysis and modeling of spatial phenomena in the country through the tools of Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing. Areas of my interest are modeling of soil erosion, changes in landscape structure, evaluation of agrarian landscape parameters and spatio-temporal changes in soil organic carbon stocks. At the same time, I cooperate in the project and technological area with public administration institutions, self-government and the private sector as a consultant and professional guarantor for the area of spatial data processing.

EDUCATION

Habilitation proceedings
2024
Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Informatics, Landscape Use and Protection, (Habilitation thesis, 2024: Innovation of the land units system in the agrarian landscape of Slovakia)

Scientific qualification degree IIa
2021
Slovak Academy of Science

PhD. degree
2006 - 2009
University of Prešov, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, Regional Geography and Regional Development (Doctoral thesis, 2009: Simulation of gully erosion using Geographic Information Systems; supervisor: doc. Mgr. Jaroslav Hofierka, PhD.)

Master degree
2001 - 2006
University of Prešov, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, Teacher Training and Education Science: History and Geography (Diploma thesis, 2006:  Modeling of inception of gully erosion using Geographic Information Systems; supervisor: doc. Mgr. Jaroslav Hofierka, PhD.)

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Yangling City, Shaanxi Province (China) - Northwest Agricultural and Forest University
May 2014
Research stay within the APVV project

Prague (Czech Republic) - Research Institute of  Crop Production
December 2016
Research stay within the APVV project

Brno (Czech Republic) - SC&C Partner 
August 2021
Summer school of statistical methods

Tirana (Albania) - Agricultural University of Tirana 
June 2022
Research stay within Erasmus+ KA107 project - International Credit Mobility (ICM)

Laxenburg (Austria) - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis 
June 2023
Research stay within Erasmus+

Siedlce (Poland) - Uniwersytet Przyrodniczo-Humanistyczny w Siedlcach 
September 2023
Teacher mobility within CEEPUS 

Siedlce (Poland) - Uniwersytet Przyrodniczo-Humanistyczny w Siedlcach 
March 2024
Teacher mobility within CEEPUS 

CONGRESSES, CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND LECTURES

Vilnius (Litva) - Annual Science Days 2024
July 2024
Dynamics of Soil Organic Carbon Stocks on Arable Land under Varied Soil Management and Climate Scenarios: Insights from Long-term Experiments in Eastern Slovak Lowland

Bratislava (Slovakia) - Creative search in geography
October 2023
Water erosion mapping using the Structure from Motion method

Olomouc (Czech Republic) - The 5th WASWAC World Conference - Adaptation Strategies For Soil and Water Conservation in a Changing World
June 2023
Development of soil organic carbon stock on agricultural soils of Slovakia

Brno (Czech Republic) - Trends and challenges in soil-crop management
September 2022
Topsoil organic carbon content in agricultural land of Slovakia

Zvolen (Slovakia) - Soil Science Days 2022
September 2022
Automation of the RothC 26.3 model for modeling changes in soil organic carbon stocks at a regional scale; The use of soil monitoring data in the validation of the RothC-26.3 model at the regional level (case study - agricultural soils of the Košice region)

Montevideo (Uruguay) - Productive Diversity: pillar of sustainable soil management
October 2019
Using of geographical information systems in assessing of soil degradation at a detailed scale

Srní (Czech Republic) - Soil Science Days 2019 - soil, an integral part of ecosystems
September 2019
Influence of selected factors on labile fractions of organic carbon and nitrogen

Braunschweig (Germany) - International Symposium on Soil Organic Matter Management in Agriculture 
May 2018
Balance of soil organic carbon stock changes on the background of detailed analysis of land cover changes

Osaka (Japan) - Plant and Soil Sciences
September 2018
Analyzing and mapping soil parameters as indicator of soil quality

Pattaya (Thailand) - The 13th International Conference of ESAFS
December 2017
Quality assessment of agricultural soils in Slovakia using quality index

Olomouc (Czech Republic) - Soil Science Days 2017
September 2017
Detailed analysis of land cover changes as a factor of soil organic carbon storage dynamic in agricultural land

Dudince (Slovakia) - Soil Science Days 2016
September 2016
Soil organic carbon stratification in different soil types and ecosystems

Vienna (Austria) - European geoscience Union General Assembly
April/May 2014
Evaluation of approaches focused on modelling of organic carbon stocks using the RothC model

Kemer (Turkey) - GEOMED 2013-The 3rd International Geography Symposium
June 2013
The evaluation of anthropogenic impact on the ecological stability of landscape

Vienna (Austria) - European geoscience Union General Assembly
April 2012
Environmental analysis of soil organic carbon stock changes in Slovakia

Vienna (Austria) - Greenhouse gas budget of soils under changing climate and land use (Soil Carbon in Sensitive European Ecosystems: from science to land management - COST 639)
March 2011
Soil organic carbon in agricultural land – modeling of changes in space and time

Rožňava (Slovakia) - 2. Konferencia Slovenskej a Českej pedologickej spoločnosti – Nové trendy v diagnostike, klasifikácii
April 2010
Use of the SIMWE model for gully erosion modeling

Lublin (Poland) - The 5th International Symposium on Gully Erosion: Human Impact on Gully Erosion
April 2010
Simulation of gully erosion using the SIMWE model and GIS

Ostrava (Czech Republic) - International Symposium GIS Ostrava 2008
January 2008
Mapping the areas of blocks of flats with Corine Land Cover database and GIS

Florencia (Italy) - Soil and Hillslope Management using scenario analysis and runoff-erosion models: a critical evaluation of current techniques 
May 2007
Response of Dry Valley Basin to Large Scale Land Use Change (Case Study)

PUBLICATIONS

WOS ResearcherID: G-9117-2019      SCOPUS ID: 26028003600      ORCID: 0000-0003-4352-0295

AAB - Scientific monographs published by national publishers

BARANČÍKOVÁ G., GUTTEKOVÁ, M., HALAS, J., KOCO, Š., MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., NOVÁKOVÁ, M.,  SKALSKÝ, R., TARASOVIČOVÁ, Z., VILČEK, J., 2011, Pôdny organický uhlík v poľnohospodárskej krajine – modelovanie zmien v priestore a čase. Výskumný ústav pôdoznalectva a ochrany pôdy, Bratislava, 85 str., ISBN 978-80-89128-86-0.
DEMO, M., BLAŠKO, P., PRČÍK, M., TORMA, S., KOCO, Š., 2012, Tranzitný plynovodný systém v poľnohospodárskej krajine. Slovenská poľnohospodárska univerzita, Nitra, 90 str., ISBN 978-80-552-0878-7.
BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., GÖMÖRYOVÁ, E., TOBIAŠOVÁ, E., MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., KOCO, Š., HALAS, J., SKALSKÝ, R., TARASOVIČOVÁ, Z., TAKÁČ, J., 2019, Pôdny organický uhlík a jeho odozva na využívanie krajiny Slovenska. Soil organic carbon and its response on Slovak land use. Bratislava: NPPC – VÚPOP, 2019. 105 p., ISBN 978-80-8163-029-3.
VILČEK, J., KOCO, Š., 2020, Pôdy okresu Prešov. Prešov : Vydavateľstvo Prešovskej univerzity, 213 s., ISBN 978-80-555-2646-1.

ACB - University textbooks published by domestic publishers TOBIAŠOVÁ, E., BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., URMINSKÁ, J., KOCO, Š., 2020, Chémia pôdy a organickej hmoty. Nitra : Slovenská poľnohospodárska univerzita v Nitre, 187 s., ISBN 978-80-552-2264-6.
ADC - Scientific work in foreign Current Content journals

BARANČÍKOVÁ, G.,MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., SKALSKÝ, R., TARASOVIČOVÁ, Z., NOVÁKOVÁ, M., HALAS, J., GUTTEKOVÁ, M., KOCO, Š., 2012, Simulation of Soil Organic Carbon Changes in Slovak Arable Land and their Environmental Aspects. Soil & Water Research, vol. 7, c. 2., pp: 45-51.
DOTTERWEICH, M., STANKOVIANSKY, M., MINÁR, J., KOCO, Š., PAPČO, P., 2013, Human induced soil erosion and gully system development in the Late Holocene and future perspectives on landscape evolution: The Myjava Hill Land, Slovakia. Geomorphology, 201, pp. 227-245,  ISSN 0169-555X.
MICHAELI, E., IVANOVÁ, M., KOCO, Š., 2015, The evaluation of anthropogenic impact on the ecological stability of landscape. Journal of Enviromental Biology, 36, pp. 1 – 7. ISSN 2394-0379.
TOBIAŠOVÁ, E., BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., GOMORYOVÁ, E., MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., SKALSKÝ, R., HALAS, J., KOCO, Š., TARASOVIČOVÁ, Z., TAKÁČ, J., ŠPAŇO, M., 2016, Labile forms of carbon and soil aggregates. Soil and Water Research. Soil and Water Research, vol. 11, č. 4, pp. 259 – 266. ISSN 1801-5395, ISSN 1805-9384, doi: 10.17221/182/2015-SWR.
VILČEK, J., KOCO, Š., 2018, Integrated index of agricultural soil quality in Slovakia. Journal of Maps, vol. 14 (2), 2018, pp. 68-76, ISSN: 1744-5647, DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2018.1428233.
TOBIAŠOVÁ, E., BARANČÍKOVÁ, G.,GÖMÖRYOVÁ, E., KOCO, Š., HALÁS, J., DEBSKA, B., BANACH-SZOTT, M., 2018, The Proportion of Soil Aggregates in dependence on the Fraction Composition of Humic Substances. Soil & Water Reserch, vol. 13(4), 2018, pp. 193 – 199, ISSN 1801-5395 (Print), ISSN 1805-9384 (On-line), DOI: 10.17221/207/2017-SWR.
VILČEK, J., KOCO, Š., TORMA, S., LOŠÁK, T., ANTONKIEVICZ, J., 2019, Identifying Soils for Reduced Tillage and No-Till Farming Using GIS. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, vol. 28 (4), 2019, pp.2407-2413, eISSN 2083-5906, ISSN 1230-1485, DOI: 10.15244/pjoes/90787.
HÁBOVÁ, M., POSPÍŠILOVÁ, L., HLAVINKA, P., TRNKA, M., BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., TARASOVIČOVÁ, Z., TAKÁČ, J., KOCO, Š., MENŠÍK, Š., NERUŠIL, P., 2019, Carbon pool in soil under organic and conventional farming systems. Soil & Water Research, vol. 14(3), 2019, pp. 145-152, 1801-5395 (Print), ISSN 1805-9384 (On-line), DOI: https://doi.org/10.17221/71/2018-SWR.
KOCO, Š., VILČEK, J., TORMA, S., MICHAELI, E., SOLÁR, V., 2020, Optimising Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Cultivation by Selection of Proper Soils. Agriculture, vol. 10 (5), 2020, pp. 155, ISSN 2077-0472, doi:10.3390/agriculture10050155.
GÖMÖRYOVÁ, E., BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., TOBIAŠOVÁ, E., HALAS, J., SKALSKÝ R., KOCO, Š., GÖMÖRY, D., 2020, Responses of soil microorganisms to land use in different soil types along the soil profiles. Soil & Water Research, vol. 15 (2), 2020, pp. 125-134, ISSN 1801-5395 (Print), ISSN 1805-9384 (On-line), https://doi.org/10.17221/20/2019-SWR.
VILČEK, J., KOCO, Š., LITAVCOVÁ, E., TORMA, S., 2020, Characteristics of Soil Parameters of Agricultural Land Use Types, Their Location and Development Forecast. Land, vol. 9 (6), 2020, pp. 197, ISSN 2073-445X, https://doi.org/10.3390/land9060197.
KOCO, Š., DUBRAVSKÁ, A., VILČEK, J., GRUĽOVÁ, D., 2021, Geospatial approaches to monitoring the spread of invasive species of Solidago spp. Remote Sensing, vol. 13 (23), 2021, pp1-19, ISSN 2072-4292, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13234787.

ADE - Scientific work in foreign non - Current Content journals BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., HALAS, J., KOCO, Š., GUTTEKOVÁ, M., 2011, Influence of soil protection system on development of organic carbon stock. Soil Science  Agrochemistry and Ecology, vol. XLV, č.1-4, str. 27-31.
KOCO, Š., 2011, Simulation of gully erosion using the SIMWE model and GIS. Landform Analysis, 17, pp. 81 – 86.
TORMA, S., BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., KOCO, Š., LISNYAK, A., 2012, Possible water polution from the agricultural soils. In: Bulletin of Kharkiv National Agrarian University named after V.V.Dokuchajev, Kharkiv, No. 4, pp. 216-220. ISSN 2225-8701.
TORMA, S., VILCEK, J., KOCO, Š., BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., TONG, Y., LIANG, L., JI, P., HOU, T., 2013, Intenzita hnojenia minerálnymi hnojivami v provincii Shaanxi (Čína). Agromanuál, 8 - 11/12, pp. 90 – 91, ISSN 1801-7673.
ADF - Scientific work in national non - Current Content journals

BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., HALAS, J., KOCO, Š., KLIMEŠOVÁ, E., 2010, Modelovanie zásob pôdneho organického uhlíka na poľnohospodárskom podniku Agro Čergov s.r.o. Osikov. Acta Universitatis Prešoviensis, Folia Oecologica, č. 4, vol. LI, str. 29-42.
BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., ŠOLTÝSOVÁ, B., KOCO, Š., 2010, Prediction of soil organic carbon stock in conditions of Eastern Slovak Lowland. Agriculture, vol. 56, č.2, str. 35-45.
TORMA, S., BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, M., KOCO, Š., 2013, Možné znečistenie vodných zdrojov z poľnohospodárských pôd rozdielných regiónov. Phytopedon Bratislava, 12 (1), pp. 37-42, ISSN 1336-1120.
KOCO, Š., TORMA, S., VILČEK, J., BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., TONG, Y., LIANG, L., JI, P., HOU, T., 2014, Analýza stavu erózie pôdy a protieróznych opatrení v čínskom regióne Sprašová tabuľa. Folia Geographica, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 57 - 68, ISSN 1336-6157.
TORMA, S., BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., KOCO, Š., 2015, Potenciálne znečistenie vodných zdrojov z poľnohospodárských pôd Slovenska. Vodohospodársky spravodajca, 1-2, pp. 20 – 22.
KOCO, Š., SKALSKÝ, R., BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., TARASOVIČOVÁ, Z., MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., GUTTEKOVÁ, M., KOLEDA, P., 2016, Effect of soil management in agricultural land for the development of soil organic carbon stocks. Acta Facultatis Studiorum Humanitatis et Naturae Universitatis Prešoviensis, Prírodné vedy, Folia Geographica, vol. 58, č. 1, pp. 22 – 33. ISSN 1336-6149, ISSN 1336-6157.
TOBIAŠOVÁ, E., BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., GÖMÖRYOVÁ, E., MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., SKALSKÝ, R., HALAS, J., KOCO, Š., 2016, Zastúpenie labilného dusíka v závislosti od základných vlastností pôdy. Agrochémia, vol. 20, č. 2, pp. 34-37. ISSN 1335-2415.
BUJNOVSKÝ, R., PÍŠ, V., KOCO, Š., BEZÁK, P., 2016, Znižovanie znečisťovania povrchových vôd fosforom z agrárnej krajiny - základné východiská. Vodohospodársky spravodajca, vol. 59, č. 11 – 12, pp. 27 – 28. ISSN: 0322-886X.
BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., TOBIAŠOVÁ, E., SKALSKÝ, R., HALAS, J., KOCO, Š., 2016,  Stratifikácia uhlíka v rôznych pôdnych typoch a ekosystémoch. Vedecké práce VÚPOP, (ed. Sobocká, J.), vol. 38, 2016, pp. 16-29, ISBN 978-80-8163-020-0.
TOBIAŠOVÁ, E., BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., GOMORYOVÁ, E., MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., SKALSKÝ, R., KOCO, Š., 2016, zťah medzi zastúpením plodín v agro-ekosystéme a stabilitou uhlíka a dusíka v pôde. Vedecké práce VÚPOP, (ed. Sobocká, J.),vol. 38, 2016, pp. 123-130. ISBN 978-80-8163-020-0.
BUJNOVSKÝ, R., KOCO, Š., 2020, Významnosť vnosu fosforu procesom vodnej erózie poľnohospodárskej pôdy do povrchových pôd z pohľadu ich eutrofizácie v podmienkach Slovenska. Vodohospodársky spravodajca, vol. 7-8, 2020, pp. 20-23, ISSN 0322-886X.
ROSIČ, M., PASTERNÁK, T., MAXIN, M., KOCO, Š., 2020, Netradičná terénna výučba geografie Slovenska v kontexte zmenených podmienok vplyvom Covid-19. Mladá veda/Young science, vol. 8(2), pp. 191-205, ISSN 1339-3189.

ADM - Scientific work in foreign journals registered in the Web of Science or SCOPUS databases STANKOVIANSKY, M., KOCO, Š., PECHO, J., JENČO, M., JUHÁS, J., 2008, Geomorphic response of dry valley basin to large-scale land use changes in the second half of the 20th century and problems with its reconstruction. Moravian Geographical Reports 16 – 4, pp. 11 – 24.
TORMA, S., BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., KOCO, Š., FAZEKAŠOVÁ, D., 2013, The possible water pollution from agricultural soils. Proceedings of the 13th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference : SGEM 2013", Alben, Bulgaria, 16th - 22th June pp. 725-732, ISSN 1314-2704.
VILČEK, J., TORMA, S., KOCO, Š., 2016, Regional zonality of crop production energetic potential in Slovakia. 16th International muiltidisciplinary scientific geoconference SGEM 2016, Book 3, Water Resources. Forest, Marine and Ocean Ecosystems, Conference proceedings, vol. II.. STEF92 Technology, pp. 273 – 279. ISBN 978-619-7105-62-9, ISSN 1314-2704, DOI: 10.5593/sgem 2016B32.
BARANČÍKOVA, G., TOBIAŠOVÁ, E., GÖMÖRYOVÁ, E., MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., HALAS, J., KOCO, Š., SKALSKÝ, R., 2019, Influence of soil type and land use on soil organic matter in climate conditions of West Carpathian mts. and Pannonian basin. Silva Balcanica 20 (Special Issue 1), 2019, pp. 63-70, ISSN: 131 1-8706.
TORMA, S., KOCO, Š., VILČEK, J., 2020,  Nitrogen and phosphorus transport as a criterion for soil categorisation. Soil Science Annual, vol. 71 (2), 2020, pp. 174-181, ISSN 2300-4967 (print version), ISSN 2300-4975 (electronic version), https://doi.org/10.37501/soilsa/123322.
ADN - Scientific work in national journals registered in the Web of Science or SCOPUS databases

BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., SKALSKÝ, R., TARASOVIČOVÁ, Z., NOVÁKOVÁ, M., HALÁS, J., KOCO, Š., GUTTEKOVÁ, M., 2013, Changes in organic carbon pool in agricultural soils and its different development in individual agro-climatic regions of Slovakia. Agriculture (Poľnohospodárstvo), 59 (1), pp. 9-20, ISSN 0551-3677.
REIFFERS, M., VILČEK, J., MICHAELI, E., ČURLÍK, I., KLAMÁR, R., ČECH, V., IVANOVÁ, M., KOCO, Š., PASTERNÁK, T., IĽKOVIČ, S., PARMA, L., ŠEBEŇ, V., ŠTERBÁKOVÁ, K., LITECKÁ, J., CSATÁRYOVÁ, M., ZAPOTOKOVÁ, M., SOLÁR, V., 2018, Research of magnetic properties of spolic technosols (alcalic/hyperartefactic) on the landfill of industrial waste from nickel production. Journal of Electrical Engineering, vol. 69 (6), 2018, pp. 489 – 492, ISSN 1335-3632 (print), ISSN 1339-309X (On-line).
TORMA, S., KOCO, Š., VILČEK, J., ČERMÁK, P., 2019, Nitrogen and phosphorus transport in the soil from the point of view of water pollution. Acta Facultatis Studiorum Humanitatis et Naturae Universitatis Prešoviensis, Prírodné vedy, Folia Geographica, vol. 61(1), 2019, pp. 143-156, ISSN: 1336-6157 (hard copy), ISSN 2454-1001 (online).
SKALSKÝ, R., KOCO, Š., BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., TARASOVIČOVÁ, Z., HALAS, J., KOLEDA, P., MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., GUTTEKOVÁ, M., TOBIAŠOVÁ, E., GÖMÖRYOVÁ, E., TAKÁČ, J., 2020, Land Cover and Land Use Change-Driven Dynamics of Soil Organic Carbon in North-East Slovakian Croplands and Grasslands Between 1970 and 2013. Ekológia (Bratislava), vol. 39 (2), 2020, pp. 159-173, ISSN 1335-342X (print), ISSN 1337-947X, (online)DOI:10.2478/eko-2020-0012.
KOCO, Š., BUJNOVSKÝ, R., 2021, Optimal and suitable conditions for prospective spring camelina cultivation in Slovakia - screening by the system of soil climatic units. Agriculture, vol. 67 (1), pp. 42-46, ISSN 0322-9831, https://doi.org/10.2478/agri-2021-0004.

AEC - Scientific works in foreign peer-reviewed scientific proceedings, monographs HOFIERKA, J., KOCO, Š., 2009, Modeling the inception of gully erosion around the town of Bardejov using geographic information systems. Ol’Man River. Geo-Archaeological Aspects of Rivers and River Plains., Archeological Reports Ghent University, pp. 467-481.
BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., SKALSKÝ, R., KOCO, Š., HALAS, J., TARASOVIČOVÁ, Z., NOVÁKOVÁ, M., 2014, Farm-level modelling of soil organic carbon sequestration under climate and land use change. In: Halldórsson G, Bampa F, Thorsteinsdóttir AB, Sigurdsson BD, Montanarella L and Arnalds A (eds). Soil carbon sequestration for climate food security and ecosystem services. Proceedings of the International Conference 27-29 May 2013, Reykjavík, Iceland. JRC Scientific and Policy Reports. European Union, pp 100-106., European Union, 2014, JRC 88412, ISBN 978-92-79-35595-0; ISSN 1831-9424.
AED - Scientific works in national peer-reviewed scientific proceedings, monographsh

HOFIERKA, J., KOCO, Š., 2005, Modelovanie vzniku výmoľovej erózie v okolí Bardejova pomocou geografických informačných systémov. Acta Facultatis Studiorum Humanitatis et Naturae Universitatis Prešoviensis. Prírodné vedy, Folia Geographica 8, pp. 233-247.
KOCO, Š., 2007,  Použitie modelov výmoľovej erózie v geografickom Informačnom systéme GRASS, Zborník VIII. konferencie doktorandov a mladých vedeckých pracovníkov, Prírodovedecká fakulta, Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa, pp. 599 – 607.
KOCO, Š., 2009, Hodnotenie výmoľovej erózie prostredníctvom erózneho modelu USPED. Mladý vedci, Zborník vedeckých prác doktorandov, mladých vedeckých a pedagogických pracovníkov, Prírodovedecká fakulta, Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa, Nitra, pp.1013-1021. (100%)
KOCO, Š., 2009,  Assesment of gully erosion according to administrative  units of Slovakia. Acta Facultatis Studiorum Humanitatis et Naturae Universitatis Prešoviensis. Prírodné vedy, Folia Geographica 14, pp. 155-166.
BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., TORMA, S., KOCO, Š., 2010, Mapový výstup kategorizácie pôd z hľadiska potenciálneho znečistenia vodných zdrojov na poľnohospodárskom pôdnom fonde Slovenska. Zem v pasci? 2010. Analýza zložiek životného prostredia. Zborník príspevkov z III medzinárodnej vedeckej konferencie. Technická univerzita vo Zvolene, 201, str. 13-20. ISBN: 978-80-228-2094-3.
BARANČÍKOVÁ,G., SKALSKÝ, R., TARASOVIČOVÁ, Z., NOVÁKOVÁ, M., KOCO, Š., 2012, Predikcia zásob organického uhlíka na orných pôdach na príklade modelového poľnohospodárskeho podniku. Vedecké práce VÚPOP, vol. 34, Bratislava.
SKALSKÝ, R., MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., KOCO, Š., NOVÁKOVÁ, M., TARASOVIČOVÁ, Z., BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., 2012, Priestorový model obsahu pôdneho organického uhlíka v povrchovej vrstve orných pôd Žitného ostrova. Vedecké práce VÚPOP, vol. 34, Bratislava.
SKALSKÝ, R., MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., TARASOVIČOVÁ, Z., KOCO, Š., 2013, Rekonštrukcia zásoby pôdneho organického uhlíka v orničnej vrstve pôd Ondavskej vrchoviny. Houšková, B. (Ed.)Vedecké práce VUPOP, 35, pp. ??-??, ISBN 978-80-8163-003-3.
TONG, Y., LIANG, L., JI, P., HOU, T., TORMA, S., VILČEK, J., KOCO, Š., BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., 2013, Analýza stavu a dôsledkov aplikácie minerálnych hnojív v čínskej provincii Shaanxi. Vedecké práce VÚPOP, 35, pp. 145-154, ISBN 978-80-8163-003-3.
SKALSKÝ, R., PAVLENDA, P., BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., KOCO, Š., BARKA, I., TARASOVIČOVÁ, Z., MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., 2017, Odhad zásoby organického uhlíka v povrchovej vrstve pôd Slovenska. Vedecké práce VÚPOP, (ed. Sobocká, J.), vol. 39, 2017, pp. 87-94, ISBN 978-80-8163-020-0.
BARANČÍKOVÁ, G.,  MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., TOBIAŠOVÁ, E., GÖMÖRYOVÁ, E.,  SKALSKÝ, R., HALAS, J.,  KOCO, Š., 2019, Zásoba pôdneho organického uhlíka vo vybraných pôdnych typoch a ekosystémoch. Jana Chovancová, Martin Rovňák, Juraj Fazekaš (eds.):  Veda, výskum a vzdelávanie v kontexte udržateľného rozvoja. Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, Fakulta manažmentu, 2019, pp. 21-29,  ISBN 978-80-8165-378-0.
BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., SKALSKÝ, R., HALAS, J., KOCO, Š., 2020, Meranie a hodnotenie zásob pôdneho organického uhlíka na Slovensku. Veda, výskum a vzdelávanie v kontexte udržateľného rozvoja, ISBN 978-80-8165-412-1.

AEF - Scientific work in national non-peer-reviewed scientific proceedings and monographs BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., KOCO, Š., MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., TORMA, S. 2010, Filtračná a transportná funkcia pôdy. VUPOP Bratislava, 33 str. ISBN 978-80-89128-66-2.
VILČEK, J., BUJNOVSKÝ, R., KOCO, Š., 2010, Index enviromentálneho potenciálu poľnohospodárských pôd. VUPOP Bratislava, 44 str. ISBN 978-80-912-2870-9.
AFC - Published papers at foreign scientific conferences BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., NOVÁKOVÁ, M., TARASOVIČOVÁ, Z., KOCO, Š., HALAS, J., SKALSKÝ, R., MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., 2010, Prediction of soil organic mater on arable soils. Proceedings  (Vol 2) Book of the communications presented to the 15th meeting of the International Humic Substances Society, Tenerife-Canary Islands. June 27-July 2, 2010. Eds. Gonzales-Perez, J.A., Gonzales-Vila, F.J., Almendroc, G. Published on-line in: Digital. CSIC (http://digital.csec.es/), the Institutional Repository of Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), str. 38-39.
TORMA, S., BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., KOCO, Š., 2011, Soil as possible source of water pollution. In: Proceedings of the International conference Soil, plant and food interaction, 6th-8th September 2011, Brno. p. 465-472. ISBN 978-80-7375-534-8.
BUJNOVSKÝ, R., KOCO, Š., PANÁK, M., 2015, Evaluation of the risk of phosphorus losses to surface water. In: 60th anniversary of long-therm field experiments in the Czech Republic. Book of Abstracts and Prooceedings of the International Conference, Prague, the Czech Republic, 22 - 24 june 2015. Crop research Institute Praha, pp. 5 – 9. ISBN 978-80-7427-177-9.
SKALSKÝ R., BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., KOCO, Š., MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., TARASOVIČOVÁ, Z., HALAS, J., KOLEDA, P., GUTTEKOVÁ, M., TAKÁČ, J., 2017, Land cover and land use change driven change of regional soil organic carbon storage in cropland and graslands of North-East Slovakia. Proceedings of the Global Sympoium on Soil Organic Carbon, Rome, Italy, 21-23 March 2017, Roma, FAO 2017, pp. 440-443, ISBN 978-92-5-109838-7.
TORMA, S., KOCO, Š., VILČEK, J., 2018 Soil transport function as important parameter of soil and water quality. In: E-proceedings from 13th International Conference of the East and Southeast Asia Federations of Soil Science „Soil Quality for Foor Security and Healthy Life“. Pattaya December 12th-15th 2017. Nong Nooch Tropical Garden, Pattaya, Thailand, 2018, p. 6-11.
VILČEK, J., TORMA, S., KOCO, Š., 2018, Quality Parameters Of Agricultural Soils In Slovakia. In: E-proceedings from 13th International Conference of the East and Southeast Asia Federations of Soil Science „Soil Quality for Foor Security and Healthy Life“. Pattaya December 12th-15th 2017. Nong Nooch Tropical Garden, Pattaya, Thailand, 2018, p. 12-20.
KOCO, Š., VILČEK, J., TORMA, S., 2018, Quality assessment of agricultural soils in Slovakia using quality index. In: E-proceedings from 13th International Conference of the East and Southeast Asia Federations of Soil Science „Soil Quality for Foor Security and Healthy Life“. Pattaya December 12th-15th 2017. Nong Nooch Tropical Garden, Pattaya, Thailand, 2018, p. 21-29.
AFD - Published papers at national scientific conferences HALAS, J., BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., KOCO, Š., 2014, Hodnotenie zmien obsahu pôdneho organického uhlíka (POC) na lokálnej úrovni. In: Faktory ovplyvňujúce využívanie pôdy a krajiny v znevýhodnených oblastiach, 14. – 15. mája 2014, Zemplínska Šírava, pp. 51 – 56, ISBN 978-80-971644-0-9.
BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., SKALSKÝ, R., MAKOVNÍKOVÁ, J., TARASOVIČOVÁ, Z., KOCO, Š., HALAS, J., GUTTEKOVÁ, M., KOLEDA, P., 2014, Vývoj zásob POC na poľnohospodárskych pôdach regiónu Ondavská vrchovina. In: Faktory ovplyvňujúce využívanie pôdy a krajiny v znevýhodnených oblastiach, 14. – 15. mája 2014, Zemplínska Šírava, pp. 11 – 16, ISBN 978-80-971644-0-9.
TARASOVIČOVÁ, Z., BARANČÍKOVÁ, G., HALAS, J., SKALSKÝ, R., KOCO, Š., 2015, Analýza štruktúry osevu a dávok organického hnojenia v regióne ondavská vrchovina vo vzťahu k pôdnemu organickému uhlíku. In: Pestovateľské technológie a ich význam pre prax. Zborník zo 6. vedeckej konferencie s medzinárodnou účasťou, Piešťany, 1.12.2015. Piešťany: NPPC VÚRV Piešťany, pp. 73 – 76. ISBN 978-80-89417-66-7.
BUJNOVSKÝ, R., KOCO, Š., 2019, Záťaž poľnohospodárskej pôdy živinami vo vzťahu k difúznemu znečisťovaniu vôd v podmienkach Slovenska – aktuálny pohľad / The load of agricultural land by nutrients in relation to diffuse water pollution in Slovakia – actual view. The Electronic Proceedings of the International Conference WATER RESOURCES PROTECTION 2019 From Environmental Goals towards Drinking Water Quality, 17th - 18th June 2019, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2019, pp. 38-43, ISBN: 978–80–8213–005–1.
BCI - Scripts and textbooks KOCO, Š., 2021, Teoretické základy diaľkového prieskumu Zeme. Prešov : Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, ISBN 978-80-555-2841-0. [AVAILABLE ONLINE]
RESEARCH PROJECTS

2022-2025: Erasmus+ KA2 EUthMappers – open and collaborative mapping for pupils[1]led projects in Secondary Schools through innovative teaching methodology and fostering STEAM education and Environmental engagement (co-supervisor)

2022-2024: KEGA 005SPU-4/2022 Incorporation of contemporary environmental topics into the teaching of soil-related subjects (PU supervisor)

2022-2025: VEGA 1/0100/22 Parameterization and regional specifics of the agricultural soils production potential in Slovakia  (supervisor deputy)

2020 - : ŠF EÚ ITMS2014+ 313011W112 SMARTFARM - Sustainable smart farming systems that take into account the challenges of the future (co-supervisor)

2020 - : ŠF EÚ ITMS2014+ 26220220182 URANOS - Data and knowledge support for decision-making and strategic planning systems for adapting agricultural landscape to climate change and minimizing agricultural soils degradation (co-supervisor)

2020 - : H2020 EJP Soil Towards climate-smart sustainable management of agricultural soils (co-supervisor)

2020 - : GSOCseq Global Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration Potential Map (national expert)

2019-2021: VEGA 1/0059/19 The concept of mapping and evaluating the quality of agricultural soils  (supervisor deputy)

2019-2021: KEGA 001SPU-4/2019 Soil organic matter - an innovation in the teaching of subjects focused on this component of the soil (PU supervisor)

2019-2020: ÚVaV MPRV SR Management of agricultural land with regard to its sustainability (co-supervisor)

2018 - 2019: Catching-UP regions Project of World Bank, European Commision, DG Regio and  Svetovej banky, Európskej komisie, DG Regio a Prešov Self - Governing Region (PSK) within the activity of deploying the region's geo-infrastructure (GIS consultant for Prešov Self - Governing Region)

2018-2019: ÚVaV  003PU-2-3/2016 Development of research and technical infrastructure of the University of Prešov, II. stage (co-supervisor)

2016-2020: APVV-15-0406 Innovation of soil units system in the agrarian landscape of Slovakia - their mapping, digitization and vectorization (co-supervisor)

2016-2018: VEGA 1/0116/16 Sustainable soil protection technologies in agrarian landscape (co-supervisor)

2016-2018: ÚVaV MPRV SR Sustainable and soil-saving systems for its use (co-supervisor)

2015: IPC PSK 03/2015 Sustainable and soil-saving systems for its use (co-supervisor)

2015-2019: APVV-14-0087 Environmental assessment of soil organic carbon regulation in various ecosystems (co-supervisor)

2015-2017: VEGA 1/0159/15 Changes in land cover and landscape structure caused by mining and processing of raw materials in the northern part of central Spiš region (Rudňany, Poráč, Slovinky, Vitkovce, Olcnava, Krompachy) in the time horizon 1821 - 2011 (co-supervisor)

2014-2015: Multimedia Guide to Carpathian-Dukla Operation Modern and dignified monument to Czechoslovak and Soviet soldiers, who fought in the Carpathian-Dukla operation (co-supervisor)

2014-2015: EHP  854/2014 Restoration of ecosystem functions of the upper Ondava river basin landscape - ONDAVA FOR LIFE (co-supervisor)

2013-2015: ŠF EÚ ITMS 26220220182 TECHNICOM University Science Park for innovative applications with the support of knowledge technologies (co-supervisor)

2013-2015: VEGA 1/0008/13 Mapping and evaluation of the environmental potential of soils in the regions of Slovakia (co-supervisor)

2013-2015 ÚVaV MPRV SR Creation and transfer of knowledge about the soil as a prerequisite for the stability of the agrarian landscape (co-supervisor)

2013-2014 APVV SK-CN0022-12  Potential accumulation of nutrients and carbon in agricultural soils as a production and environmental problem (co-supervisor)

2012-2015 APVV 0131-11 An integrated system for evaluating the quality of agricultural soils and the potential of simplified methods of tillage (co-supervisor)

2011-2015: ŠF EÚ ITMS 26220220155 Competence center of knowledge technologies for innovations of production systems in industry and services (professional guarantor)

2011-2014: OP VaV 2010/2.2/6-SORO Competence center of knowledge technologies for innovations of production systems in industry and services (professional guarantor)

2010-2012 ÚVaV MPRV SR Application of soil-ecological knowledge in economic and environmental optimization of land management (co-supervisor)

2010-2011: VEGA 1/0072/10 The potential of agricultural soils for energy plants (co-supervisor)

2009-2010: PRV 160NR0800830 Information forum about the suitability of cultivation individual agricultural crops with respect to the soil-ecological conditions of the given locality in Slovakia (co-supervisor)

2007-2013: PRV 160NR0800760 Adaptation of the "SSCRI soil portal website" and comprehensive provision of geographical spatial information and education within the framework of cross-compliance and RDP (co-supervisor)

2007-2010: APVV 0242-06 Identification of indicators and environmental threats for the creation of comprehensive strategies in the field of environment, agriculture and rural development (co-supervisor)

2007-2010: APVV 0333-06 Modeling of soil organic carbon development forecasts (co-supervisor)

2006-2009: APVV 0124-06 Regional specifics of soil protection and use in agricultural landscape (co-supervisor)

2006-2008: VEGA 1/3049/06 Regional specifics of soil protection and use in agricultural landscape (co-supervisor)

 

Associated Professor 
4-1-38 Regional Geography
stefan.koco@unipo.sk
room 1.13

Research and teacher profile

Teaching:

  • Application of GIS in practice
  • Creation of maps by computer 1
  • Creation of maps by computer 2
  • Field Practice 1
  • Geoinformatics and Cartography 3
  • Remote Sensing
  • Spatial analysis in GIS


Membership in organizations:

2019 – : Vice-dean for Educational Affairs FHPV PU
2018 - : Member of the Editorial Board of Man and Environment: Issues of Neoeology
2006 – : Slovak geographical society
2004 – 2006: Academic Senate of FHPV PU in Prešov

 

 

Updated by: Štefan Koco, 02.09.2024