Curriculum Vitae

Born on the 13th of August in 1967

Education

  • Habilitation, University of Szeged, 2013
  • Academy Doctor of the Hungarian Academy Sciences, 2010
  • Ph.D. in Chemistry, West Virginia University, 1994 (advisor: Prof. Kenneth Showalter)
    Title of dissertation: "Chemical waves: The effects of geometrical constraints"
  • Chemistry M.Sc., József Attila University, 1990 (advisors: Dr. Tamás Körtvélyesi and Dr. László Seres)

Employment and positions

  • Full Professor, USZ Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, 2014-
  • Head of Doctoral School of Chemistry, USZ, 2018-
  • Head of Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, 2013-
  • Associate Professor, USZ, Department of Physical Chemistry, 2004-2014
  • Assistant Professor, USZ, Department of Physical Chemistry, 2000-04
  • Assistant Lecturer, JATE, Department of Physical Chemistry, 1996-1999
  • Research Associate, JATE, Department of Physical Chemistry, 1995-1996
  • Teaching/Research Assistant, West Virginia University, Department of Chemistry, 1990-94

Awards

  • University of Szeged, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Informatics, Golden chalk prize, 2022
  • University of Szeged, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Informatics, Golden chalk prize, 2016
  • University of Szeged, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Informatics, Golden chalk prize, 2011
  • Bolyai János Research Scholarship, 2001-03
  • Mihály Polányi Award for junior scientists, HAS, 1999
  • Matsumae scholarship, Prof. Kenichi Yoshikawa, Kyoto University, Dept. of Physics, 1998-1999
  • Outstanding graduate student, WVU Department of Chemistry, 1993
  • Trotter Scholarship, WVU, 1992
  • Outstanding teaching assistant, WVU Department of Chemistry, 1991, 1992, 1994
  • XIX. National Scientific Research Conference, I. prize, 1988