born: 18.02.1970 in Banská Bystrica, married
wife: RNDr. Miriam Bačkorová, born Tomková
daughters: Barbora and Victoria Zoe


Academic titles and degrees:

prof. doc. RNDr. Martin Bačkor, DrSc.


Professional career:

Mgr., General Biology, 26. May 1994
RNDr., Biology, 11. December 1998
PhD., Plant Physiology, 9. April 1999, "Physiological study of lichens and it's photobionts"
doc., Biology, 7. January 2004, "Environmental-physiological study of lichens and it's photobionts"
prof., Plant physiology, 10. July 2012, "Physiological and ecological aspects of lichen symbiosis"


Awards:

Sillinger price SBS, March 1999
Slovak Literar Fond price, section for science literature and computer programs, january 2000
NATO Science Fellowship, NSERC Canada, Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario in Canada, 2001-2003
Welcome by president of Slovak republic, January 2005
Dean's award PF UPJŠ for research results, February 2005
Honorary member of Societa' Lichenologica Italiana, September 2007
Rector's award UPJŠ for research results, September 2008