Ágnes Zsigmond

associate professor of chemistry

Department of Organic Chemistry

University of Szeged

Dóm-tér 8, Szeged, H-6720

Personal information:

Born: Kiskunhalas, 1952 05. 24.

Office phone: (62) 454-512

e-mail: azsig@chem.u-szeged.hu

Education:

undergraduate studies, József Attila University, 1970-1975

Ph.D., 1992, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Work experience:

1975 - 80 research assistant, Department of Organic Chemistry, József Attila University 1980 ­93 assistant professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, József Attila University

1993 - associate professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, József Attila University

Fellowships:

1984 ­ 85 visiting reseacher, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA (15 months)

1991: visiting researcher, University of Uppsala (1 month)

1993: visiting professor, Laboratoire de Chimie Organomettalique de Surface, Lyon

(4 months)

1994: visiting professor, Laboratoire de Chimie Organomettalique de Surface, Lyon

(4 months)

1997: visiting professor, University of Texas at Dallas, USA (2 months)

1999: visiting professor, University of Texas at Dallas, USA (1 month)

Teaching activity:

Basic Organic Chemistry for undergraduate students

Organic Laboratory Experiments

Special courses about Organometallic Catalysis

Reserach interests:

Transformation of organic molecules ( especially ring systems) over metal catalysts, mainly from mechanistic point of wiew. (publications 1)

Characterization of transition metal catalysts by organic probe molecules and test reactions. (publications 2)

Mild aerobic oxidation reactions, catalyzed by oxygen activating metal complexes, encapsulated in zeolite. (publications 3)