Prof. Dr. Gábor Galbács
professor of chemistry, doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Inductively coupled
plasma mass
spectrometry (ICP-MS)
Analytical method development
for solutions and nanoparticle
samples, with special emphasis
on the advancement of single
particle ICP-MS methods.
Laser induced plasma
spectroscopy (LIBS)
Development of LIBS systems
and analytical methods for
quantitative and qualitative
tasks - including industrial and
field analytical problems as
well.
Brief curriculum vitae
Place and date of birth: Szeged, May 27, 1968.
Nationality: Hungarian
Marital status: married (Gabriella Galbács-Szabó), one daughter (Rebeka)
Foreign languages: Hungarian, English, German, Russian
1982 - 1986 Radnóti Miklós Gymnasium (Szeged), chemistry specialization
1987-1992 József Attila University (JATE, Szeged), chemistry and physics double majors
1993 - 1995 József Attila University (JATE, Szeged), environmental science
1995 Postgraduate course in Ecotechnie (Szeged/Brussels)
1998 PhD and Candidate of Science (CSc) degree in chemistry (JATE)
2013
Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, analytical chemistry
2014
Habilitation (University of Szeged)
1995 - 1998 JATE Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, assistant researcher
1998 - 2002 JATE/SZTE Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, assistant professor
2002 - 2018 SZTE Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, associate professor
2014 - 2022 SZTE Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, head of department
2018- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, full professor
1992 - Member of the Hungarian Chemical Society (MKE)
1994 - 2015 Member of the Csongrád County Executive Committee of MKE (Secteraty between 1998 and 2005)
1995 - Member of the Spectrochemical Society (Secretary between 2003 and 2015, board member since 2003)
1996 - Member of the Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Committee of MTA SZAB
1997 - 2015 Member of the Spectrochemical Working Committee of MTA (Secretary between 2012 and 2015)
1998 - Member of the Public Body of MTA
1998-2003 Member of the American Chemical Society
2002 - Member of the advisory board of the Meleg István Alapítvány a Kémia Oktatásért (Szeged)
2002 - Member of the Materials Science Committee of MTA SZAB
2006 - Member of the Quality Assurance Committee of SZTE TTIK
2013 - Core member of the Chemistry Doctoral School of SZTE, head of the Analytical Chemistry Programme
2015 - 2021 Chairman of the Spectrochemical Working Committee of MTA
2018 - Member of the advisory board of the Chemistry Panel of the Bolyai Grant Committee of MTA
2019 - Member of the advisory board of the Pungor Ernő Award committee
2022 - Elected member of the General Assembly of the MTA (Class VII.)
1992, 2005, 2018 Award of Niveau, Hungarian Chemical Society
1997, 2004 Certificate of excellence, Hungarian Chemical Society
1998 “Promotio Sub Auspiciis Praesidentis Rei Publicae” Golden Ring of the President of Hungary
1999 “Best Practical Teacher”, Quantitative Analytical Chemistry (EPSU – SZOTE)
2016
Knight of Cross from the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic
International cooperations: USA, Germany, Holland, Sweden, Belgium, Austria, Czech Republic, Spain
Main cooperating institutions within Hungary: SZTE, MTA EK, Wigner FKK, DE, MTA SZBK, MTA ATOMKI
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A. Kohut, L.P. Villy, A. Kéri, Á. Bélteki,
D. Megyeri, B. Hopp, G. Galbács, Zs.
Geretovszky: Full range tuning of the
composition of Au/Ag binary nanoparticles by
spark discharge generation,
Sci. Rep. 11 (2021) 5117.
A. Kohut , V. Horváth, Zs. Pápa, B. Vajda,
J. Kopniczky, G. Galbács, Zs. Geretovszky:
One-step fabrication of fiber optic SERS sensors
via spark ablation,
Nanotechnology 32 (2021) 395501.
A. Limbeck, L. Brunnbauer, H. Lohninger,
P. Porízka, P. Modlitbova, J. Kaiser,
P. Janovszky, A. Kéri, G. Galbács: Methodology
and applications of elemental mapping by laser
induced breakdown spectroscopy,
Anal. Chim. Acta 1147 (2021) 72.
D.J. Palásti, P. Albrycht, P. Janovszky,
K. Paszkowska, Zs. Geretovszky, G. Galbács:
Nanoparticle enhanced laser induced
breakdown spectroscopy of liquid
samples by using modified surface-enhanced
Raman scattering substrates,
Spectrochim. Acta B 166 (2020) 105793.
A. Kéri, A. Sápi, D. Ungor, D. Sebők, E. Csapó,
Z. Kónya, G. Galbács: Porosity determination of
nano- and sub-micron particles by single particle
inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 35 (2020) 1139.
G. Galbács, A. Kéri, I. Kálomista, É. Kovács-
Széles, I.B. Gornushkin: Deuterium analysis by
inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
using polyatomic species: An experimental study
supported by plasma chemistry modeling,
Anal. Chim. Acta 1104 (2020) 28.
A. Kohut, A. Kéri, V. Horváth, J. Kopniczky,
T. Ajtai, B. Hopp, G. Galbács, Zs. Geretovszky:
Facile and versatile substrate fabrication for
surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy using
spark discharge generation of Au/Ag
nanoparticles,
Appl. Surf. Sci. 531 (2020) 147268.
Gy. Kajner, A. Kéri, Á. Bélteki, S. Valkai, A. Dér,
Zs. Geretovszky, G. Galbács: Multifunctional
microfluidic chips for the single particle
inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
analysis of inorganic nanoparticles,
Lab Chip 22 (2022) 2766.
D.J. Palásti, L.P. Villy, A. Kohut, T. Ajtai,
Zs. Geretovszky, G. Galbács: Laser-induced
breakdown spectroscopy signal enhancement
effect for argon caused by the presence of gold
nanoparticles,
Spectrochim. Acta Part B 193 (2022) 106435
D.J. Palásti, J. Kopniczky, T. Vörös, A.
Metzinger, G. Galbács: Qualitative analysis of
glass micro-fragments using the combination of
laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and
refractive index data,
Sensors 22 (2022) 3045.
N.I. Sushkov, G. Galbács, K. Fintor, N.V. Lobus,
T.A. Labutin: A novel approach for discovering
correlations between elemental and molecular
composition using laser-based spectroscopic
techniques,
Analyst 247 (2022) 3248.
G. Galbács, A. Kéri, A. Kohut, M. Veres,
Zs. Geretovszky: Nanoparticles in analytical
laser and plasma spectroscopy – a review of
recent developments in methodology and
applications,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 36 (2021) 1826.
D.J.Palásti, M. Füle, M. Veres, G. Galbács:
Optical modeling of the characteristics of dual
reflective grating spatial heterodyne
spectrometers for use in laser-induced
breakdown spectroscopy,
Spectrochim Acta B, 183 (2021) 106236.
P. Janovszky, K. Jancsek, D.J. Palásti,
J. Kopniczky, B. Hopp, T.M. Tóth, G. Galbács:
Classification of minerals and the assessment of
lithium and beryllium content in granitoid rocks
by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 36 (2021) 813.
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Contact data
University of Szeged, Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
6720 Dóm square 7, Szeged, Hungary
Second floor, room No. 239
Phone: +36-62-544013
E-mail: galbx@chem.u-szeged.hu
Microanalytics and
optochemical sensors
Design and fabrication of
microfluidic chips for laser and
plasma spectroscopy
applications. Development and
characterization of fluorescent
molecular probes and fiber
optic sensors.
Spectroscopy data
evaluation
Study and development of
novel data evaluation
approaches for spectroscopy
(e.g. signal normalization,
background correction,
calibration, spectrum
comparison, etc.).
Plasma diagnostics
Study of inductively coupled,
laser induced and spark
plasmas using imaging and
spectroscopy tools.
Development of experimental
tools for plasma diagnostics.
Applied trace analysis
We provide trace analytical
support for various research
projects within the fields of
chemistry, biology, geology,
anthropology, physics, etc., but
Industrial projects are also
common.
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