Dr. Gábor Galbács
full professor of chemistry
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 (now Department of Molecular 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 Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)
1998-2003 Member of the American Chemical Society (USA)
2002 - 2024 Member of the advisory board of the Meleg István Alapítvány a Kémia Oktatásért (Szeged)
2006 - Member of the Quality Assurance Committee of the University of Szeged (Faculty of Science and Informatics)
2013 - Core member of the Chemistry Doctoral School of SZTE, head of the Analytical Chemistry Programme
2014 - Member of the MTA Scientific Committee on Analytical and Environmental Chemistry
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
2018 - Member of the Doctoral Committee of Chemical Science (MTA)
2018 - Member of the Evaluation Board of the Bolyai Grant (MTA)
2019 - Member of the Advisory Board of the Pungor Ernő Award (MTA)
2022 - Elected member of the General Assembly of the MTA (Division 7.)
2023 - Head of the Scientific Committe of Chemistry (MTA SZAB)
2023 - IUPAC, Analytical Chemistry Division, National representative
2025 - Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry (RSC), Member of the Advisory Board
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
2023 Klebelsberg Kúnó Award (University of Szeged)
International cooperations: USA, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Holland, Sweden, Belgium, Spain
Main cooperating institutions within Hungary: SZTE, HUN-REN Wigner, DE, HUN-REN BRC
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Contact data
University of Szeged, Department of Molecular and Analytical Chemistry
6720 Dóm square 7-8, Szeged, Hungary
Second floor, room No. 239
Phone: +36-62-544013
E-mail: galbx@chem.u-szeged.hu
Statistics on research and education results
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,
Spectrochimica Acta Part B 193 (2022) 106435
D.J. Palásti, L. Villy, B. Leits, A. Kéri, A. Kohut,
Á. Bélteki, Gy. Kajner, F.A. Casian Plaza,
É. Kovács-Széles, T. Ajtai, M. Veres, Zs. Geretovszky,
G. Galbács: Detection and characterization of mono-
and bimetallic nanoparticles produced by electrical
discharge plasma generators using laser-induced
breakdown spectroscopy,
Spectrochimica Acta Part B 209 (2023) 106804.
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 on a Chip 22 (2022) 2766.
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 Part B, 183 (2021) 106236.
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,
Scientific Reports 11 (2021) 5117.
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,
Spectrochimica Acta Part B 166 (2020) 105793.
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,
Analytica Chimica Acta 1104 (2020) 28.
Gy. Kajner, Á. Bélteki, M. Cseh, Zs. Geretovszky,
I. Szenti, Á. Kukovecz, T. Ajtai, G. Galbács: Performance
assessment of a fully 3D-printed, plastic concentric
nebulizer meant for short-term ICP-MS
trace analytical use,
Spectrochimica Acta Part B 223 (2025) 107078.
D.J. Palásti, O. Urbán, F.A. Casian-Plaza, J. Kámán,
I. Rigó, M. Szalóki, A. Bonyár, N.Q. Chinh, Z. Galbács,
M. Veres, G. Galbács: Improving the mechanical,
spectroscopic and laser ablation characteristics of
UDMA-MMA copolymers using a titanocene
photoinitiator,
Polymer Testing 139 (2024) 108565.
F.A. Casian Plaza, D.J. Palásti, F. Schubert, G. Galbács:
Optimization of nanoparticle-enhanced laser-induced
breakdown spectroscopy for the hyperspectral chemical
mapping of solid samples,
Analytica Chimica Acta 1330 (2024) 343269.
D. Holub, D.J. Palásti, K. Fintor, P. Pořízka,
G. Galbács, J. Kaiser: Classification of diverse plastic
samples by LIBS and Raman data fusion,
Polymer Testing 134 (2024) 108414.
F.A. Casian-Plaza, P.M. Janovszky, D.J. Palásti, A.
Kohut, Zs. Geretovszky, J. Kopniczky, F. Schubert, S.
Živković, Z. Galbács, G. Galbács: Comparison of three
nanoparticle deposition techniques potentially applicable
to elemental mapping by nanoparticle-enhanced laser-
induced breakdown spectroscopy,
Applied Surface Science 657 (2024) 159844.
D.J. Palásti, L. Villy, B. Leits, A. Kéri, A. Kohut,
Á. Bélteki, Gy. Kajner, F. A. Casian Plaza, É.Kovács-
Széles, T. Ajtai, M. Veres, Zs. Geretovszky, G. Galbács:
Detection and characterization of mono- and bimetallic
nanoparticles produced by electrical discharge plasma
generators using laser-induced breakdown
spectroscopy,
Spectrochimica Acta Part B 209 (2023)106804.
P. Janovszky, A. Kéri, D.J. Palásti, L. Brunnbauer, F.
Domoki, A. Limbeck, G. Galbács: Quantitative elemental
mapping of biological tissues by laser-induced
breakdown spectroscopy using matrix recognition,
Scientific Reports 13 (2023) 10089.
Inductively coupled
plasma mass
spectrometry (ICP-MS)
Method development for the
study of nanoparticles and cells
(spICP-MS), automated sample
introduction and sample
preparation, analysis of liquid,
solid gáz and gaseous
samples.
Laser-induced plasma
spectroscopy (LIBS)
Development of LIBS
measurement systems for
qualitative and quantitative
analytical purposes. Signal
enhancement, spatial
heterodyne detection, isotope
selective analysis.
Data evaluation in
spectroscopy
Development and assessment
of new data evaluation
approaches (e.g. signal
correction, calibration,
qualitative discrimination, etc.)
for processing spectroscopic
data.
Plasma diagnostics
Study of the processes
occurring in laser induced and
electrical discharge plasmas
using spectroscopy and
imgaing techniques, plasma
modeling, nanoparticle
generation by physical
methods.
Applied trace analysis
Development and application of
trace analytical methods for
chemical, physical, biological,
geological, pharmaceutical and
forensic projects.
Micro- and
nanostructures in
analytical
spectroscopy
3D-printed sample introduction
systems, microfluidic chips,
nanoparticle characterization
and utilization.