Monika Hornáček Banášová is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava. She earned her habilitation in 2020 in the field of foreign languages and cultures, with her thesis focusing on German phraseology. Her academic journey includes the titles PaedDr. and PhD. Her research specializes in German linguistics, particularly prepositional word combinations and modal particles . This expertise is reflected in her habilitation work analyzing phraseological minimal units in German modal contexts. Notable academic milestones include her habilitation committee chaired by Prof. Peter Ďurčo, with opponents including Prof. Mária Vajičková (Comenius University) and Prof. Iva Zündorf (Masaryk University). The procedure concluded with her formal appointment as associate professor on November 13, 2020.