RNDr. Jaroslava Babková, PhD.

RNDr. Jaroslava Babková, PhD,

RNDr. Jaroslava Babková, PhD, works as an assistant professor at the Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava. She graduated in genetics from the Faculty of Science, Comenius university. In 2014, she completed her doctoral studies at the Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, in the field of Normal and Pathological Physiology. She completed international stays abroad in Great Britain and the USA. She studies the effects of sex hormones on behavior and cognitive function. She also collaborates on projects focused on revealing the etiology of autism. Together with her colleagues, she was awarded the IgNobel Prize for Medicine (2015) for research of intense kissing.