György Szőllősi, PhD

 

Birth date and place: 11th April 1967, Marosvásárhely (Targu-Mures)

Affiliation:                  MTA-SZTE Stereochemistry Research Group

Position:                     Senior research associate

Address:                      H-6720, Szeged, Dóm tér 8, Hungary

Phone/Fax:                 36-62-544-514 / 36-62-544-200

E-mail:                        szollosi@chem.u-szeged.hu

 

Educations

1993 – MSc in Chemical Engineering, Technical University Timisoara, Romania.

2002 – PhD in Chemistry, University of Szeged, Hungary.

Work Experience

1994 – 1995                Research associate, Department of Organic Chemistry, József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary.

1995 – 1998                PhD student, Department of Organic Chemistry, József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary.

1998 – 2002                Research associate, Organic Catalysis Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, University of Szeged, Hungary.

2002 – 2004               Postdoctoral fellow, AIST fellowship, Laboratory for Membrane Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Tohoku, Sendai, Japan.

2004 – 2007               Senior research associate, Organic Catalysis Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, University of Szeged, Hungary.

2007 –                        Senior research associate, Stereochemistry Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, University of Szeged, Hungary.

 

Research Interest: Catalysis in Organic Chemistry

(full publication list; list of attended conferences; list of conference presentations; Hungarian Scientific Database)

 

(1) Heterogeneous catalytic transfer hydrogenation (list of publications).

(2) Chemoselective hydrogenations over heterogeneous catalysts (list of publications).

(3) Enantioselective hydrogenations over chirally modified metals (list of publications).

(4) Asymmetric organocatalysis; homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts (list of publications).

 

Az MTA doktori értekezésben felhasznált publikációk gyűjteménye (publications used to obtain the DSc degree).

 

Awards

2000                    Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences for Young Researchers

2000                    Sigma-Aldrich Award for Young Researchers, 1st price

2005 – 2008        Bolyai János Research Fellowship

2008                    George Olah Award

2009 – 2012        Bolyai János Research Fellowship

2013                    Bolyai János plackett

2014                    New Central Europe Excellent Researcher Scholarship for Hungarian and International Researchers in Convergence Regions