Robert Mistrík

Mistrík was born on 13 August 1966 in Banská Bystrica.{{Cite news|title=O mne|url=https://www.robertmistrik.sk/|url-status=dead|website=Robert Mistrík Official Website|language=sk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511232058/https://www.robertmistrik.sk/#zivotopis|archive-date=11 May 2018}} 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.{{Cite news|first=Dušan|last=Mikušovič|title=Prezidentský kandidát Robert Mistrík: Do politiky ma dostala skúsenosť s mafiou, chcem bojovať o právny štát|url=https://dennikn.sk/1125298/prezidentsky-kandidat-robert-mistrik-som-jednoznacne-eurooptimisticky/|website=Denník N|location=Bratislava|publisher=N Press|date=16 May 2018|access-date=13 June 2018|language=sk}} After completing a PhD at the University of Vienna in 1994,{{Cite news|title=Mistrík, Robert|url=https://usearch.univie.ac.at/primo-explore/fulldisplay?vid=UWI&docid=UWI_alma21205454570003332&context=L|website=University of Vienna|access-date=6 February 2019|language=de}} Mistrík continued his scientific career as a visiting scholar at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

In 1998, Mistrík founded the mass spectrometry, metabolomics and chemical analysis firm HighChem, which he still manages.{{Cite news|first=Marek|last=Legéň|title=Mistríkov rozprávkový zárobok? Podľa expertov nič neobvyklé|url=https://e.dennikn.sk/1546936/keby-mistrik-nedostal-za-firmu-miliony-bolo-by-to-cudne/|website=Denník N|location=Bratislava|publisher=N Press|date=6 August 2019|access-date=15 June 2021|language=sk}} Mistrík served as a member of the scientific steering committee in the METAcancer consortium, focused on the search for breast cancer biomarkers.{{Cite news|first=Marta|last=Bartošovičová|title=Medzinárodný úspech slovenského vedca Róberta Mistríka|url=https://vedanadosah.cvtisr.sk/priroda/biologia/medzinarodny-uspech-slovenskeho-vedca-roberta-mistrika/|website=Veda Na Dosah|date=7 December 2016|access-date=18 July 2018|language=sk}} He is the author of a patent for the identification of small molecules, including novel diagnostic markers of insidious diseases,{{Cite news|title=Ako Slováci mapujú molekuly človeka, sledujte diskusiu naživo|url=https://tech.sme.sk/c/20159856/ako-slovaci-mapuju-molekuly-cloveka-sledujte-diskusiu-nazivo.html|website=SME|location=Bratislava|publisher=Petit Press|date=10 May 2016|access-date=19 June 2018|language=sk}} as well as Mass Frontier software.{{Cite news|title=Eurotox 2017 {{!}} Dr. Robert Mistrik {{!}} Founder and CEO HighChem|url=http://files.eurotox2017.com/200000495-9ef229fed3/CV%20Mistrik%202017%20Extended%20Proof.pdf|url-status=dead|website=Eurotox 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227061930/http://files.eurotox2017.com/200000495-9ef229fed3/CV%20Mistrik%202017%20Extended%20Proof.pdf|archive-date=27 December 2017}}

On 3 February 2009, Mistrík became the laureate of the scientific award "Head of the Year" for the most significant innovation.{{Cite news|title=Prvý ročník súťaže Hlava roka má svojich víťazov|url=https://www.vedatechnika.sk/SK/enoviny/DianieNaSlovensku/Stranky/PrvyRocnikSutazeHlavaRokaMaSvojichVitazov.aspx|url-status=dead|date=3 February 2009|website=vedatechnika.sk|language=sk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619190051/https://www.vedatechnika.sk/SK/enoviny/DianieNaSlovensku/Stranky/PrvyRocnikSutazeHlavaRokaMaSvojichVitazov.aspx|archive-date=19 June 2018}} In 2014, he was re-elected director by members of the international Metabolomics Society.{{Cite news|title=Metabolomics 2016: 12th Annual Meeting of the Metabolomics Society|url=http://metabolomics2016.org/images/2017-metabolomics-programme.pdf|website=Metabolomics 2016|access-date=18 July 2018}}

Mistrík leads the development of a cloud-based spectral tree database called mzCloud,{{Cite web|title=2014 CoSMoS Schedule|url=https://www.cosmoscience.org/blog/archives/2014-2/2014-cosmos/2014-cosmos-schedule/|url-status=dead|date=11 August 2014|website=Cosmos Science|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227123534/https://www.cosmoscience.org/blog/archives/2014-2/2014-cosmos/2014-cosmos-schedule/|archive-date=27 December 2017}} which enables the identification of multiple scientific problems.{{Cite news|first=Veronika|last=Horváth|title=Slovenský vedec Róbert Mistrík vyvíja, spolu so svojím tímom, cloudovú databázu, ktorá v budúcnosti zmení liečbu chorôb|url=https://www.startitup.sk/_slovensky-vedec-robert-mistrik-vyvija-spolu-so-svojim-timom-cloudovu-databazu-ktora-buducnosti-zmeni-liecbu-chorob/|website=startitup.sk|date=21 March 2017|access-date=19 June 2018|language=sk}} He is also the co-author of the method of searching mass spectra via Google, published in Nature Biotechnology.{{Cite web|title=Splash, a hashed identifier for mass spectra|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.3689|website=nature.com|date=8 November 2016|access-date=19 June 2018}} It was an achievement that a scientist from a Slovak institution managed after 14 years.{{Cite news|first=Michal|last=Novota|title= O našom mozgu vieme menej ako o vesmíre|url=https://www.tyzden.sk/spolocnost/36039/o-nasom-mozgu-vieme-menej-ako-o-vesmire/|website=Týždeň|location=Bratislava|publisher=W Press|date=9 December 2016|access-date=19 June 2018|language=sk}}

In 2009, Mistrík co-founded Freedom and Solidarity as a member of the preparatory committee. He was a member of the party until 2012.{{Cite web|title=Register extract of Political Parties and Political Movements|url=https://ives.minv.sk/rez/registre/pages/detailps.aspx?id=153180|website=Ministry of the Interior of Slovakia|date=8 April 2011|access-date=15 October 2015}}

On 15 May 2018, Mistrík announced his candidacy as President of Slovakia in the 2019 Slovak presidential election,{{Cite news|title=Researcher Robert Mistrík will run for president|url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20827038/researcher-robert-mistrik-will-run-for-president.html|website=The Slovak Spectator|location=Bratislava|publisher=Petit Press|date=16 May 2018|access-date=8 February 2019}} only to rule out after the announcement of Zuzana Čaputová as new President of Slovakia.{{Cite news|first1=Martin|last1=Slin|first2=Matej|last2=Dedinský|first3=Peter|last3=Hanák|title=Robert Mistrík končí v prezidentských voľbách. Podporí Zuzanu Čaputovú|url=https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/670606/robert-mistrik-konci-v-prezidentskych-volbach-podpori-zuzanu-caputovu/|website=Aktuality.sk|location=Bratislava|publisher=Ringier Axel Springier Slovakia|date=26 February 2019|access-date=12 November 2019|language=sk}}

In 2017, Mistrík was accused of doping by Slovak race walker Matej Tóth.{{Cite news|first=Pavol|last=Komár|title=Opierali sme sa o vedeckosť, zdôrazňuje člen Tóthovho tímu|url=https://sportweb.pravda.sk/ostatne-sporty/clanok/443859-opierali-sme-sa-o-vedeckost-zdoraznuje-clen-tothovho-timu/|website=Pravda|location=Bratislava|publisher=Perex|date=4 October 2017|access-date=19 June 2018|language=sk}} 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.{{Cite news|first=Michal|last=Červený|title=Matej Tóth je definitívne očistený, opäť môže súťažiť|url=https://dennikn.sk/979886/toth-je-definitivne-ocisteny-opat-moze-sutazit/|website=Denník N|location=Bratislava|publisher=N Press|date=21 December 2017|access-date=19 June 2018|language=sk}}

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• [https://mistrik2019.sk/ Official website]

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