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doc. Ing. Marek Pástor, PhD./

doc. Ing. Marek Pástor, PhD.

doc. Ing. Marek Pástor, PhD.

Assoc. professor


Contact details

  • Phone Number

    +421 55 602 2276
  • Email

    marek.pastor@tuke.sk

Office

Letná 9, main building, 2nd floor, B-wing, room L9‑B205

Education

  • 2021 – Associate Professor, Technical University of Košice, field: Power Electrical Engineering (Department of Electrical Engineering, Control and Information Systems)

  • 2014 – PhD, Technical University of Košice, field: Electrical Engineering

  • 2010 – Ing. (MSc equivalent), Technical University of Košice, field: Electrical Engineering

  • 2008 – Bc. (Bachelor’s degree), Technical University of Košice, field: Electrical Engineering

Further education

  • 2020–2023 – University Pedagogy Training Program

Pedagogy

Lectures

Laboratory exercises

The best diploma/bachelor theses under my supervision

  • 2025, Ing. Roland Molnár, Parallel Connection of GaN Transistors
  • 2024, Ing. Peter Kertys, Active Rectifier with Power Reversal
  • 2023, Ing. Tomáš Matej, Indirect DC Converter with Soft Switching
  • 2016, Ing. Gergő Lénárt, Three‑Phase Grid‑Connected Inverter with an LCL Filter

Supervised PhD. students

  • 2023, Ing. Adrián Marcinek, PhD., Control of Power Converters in Multiport Topologies

Research activities

Profiles in scientific databases

Web of Science

Scopus

Orcid

Current research grants

  • VEGA 1/0584/24 – High‑Efficiency DC Converters for Electrical Energy Conversion

    • principal investigator

  • APVV‑23‑0521 – Indirect DC Converters with Unidirectional and Bidirectional Power Flow, 

    • principal investigator

  • Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Slovak Republic
    09I05-03-V02-00018 – Digital Twins of Industrial Systems with Electric Drives Using Dynamic Load Emulation

    • research team member

    • Duration: 2025–2026

Recent publications

  1. Pástor M., Gordan D., Maxwell C.L., "From IGBT to GaN implementation in phase-shifted full-bridge converter," Electrical Engineering, 107 (9), 2025, pp. 11831 - 11845, doi: 10.1007/s00202-025-03125-4
  2. Gordan D., Pástor M., Molnár R., "Low-voltage GaN FET for synchronous rectification in PSFB converter," EDPE 2025 - 37th International Conference on Electrical Drives and Power Electronics and 12th Joint Croatia-Slovakia Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2025, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/EDPE66853.2025.11224182
  3. Gordan D., Pástor M., Kmecik T., "Comparative Study of PSFB Converter Efficiency for Various GaN Semiconductor Devices," Acta Polytechnica Hungarica, 22 (11), pp. 27 - 44, 2025, doi: 10.12700/APH.22.11.2025.11.3

Most significant publications

  1. Dudrik J., Bodor M., Pastor M., "Soft-switching full-bridge PWM DC-DC converter with controlled output rectifier and secondary energy recovery turn-off snubber," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 29 (8), art. no. 6678628, pp. 4116 - 4125, 2014, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2013.2293537, 47 citations
  2. Dudrik J., Pastor M., Lacko M., Zatkovic R., "Zero-Voltage and Zero-Current Switching PWM DC-DC Converter Using Controlled Secondary Rectifier with One Active Switch and Nondissipative Turn-Off Snubber," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 33 (7), pp. 6012 - 6023, 2018, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2017.2748569, 36 citations
  3. Dudrik J., Pástor M., Lacko M., Žatkovič R., "High-Frequency Soft-Switching PWM DC-DC Converter with Active Output Rectifier Operating as a Current Source for Arc Welding Applications," Electric Power Components and Systems, 45 (6), pp. 681 – 691, 2017, doi: 10.1080/15325008.2017.1291770, 15 citations