Curriculum vitae
László Óvári, PhD.

 

 

 

Schools:

 

1983-87:

Piarist Grammar School, Kecskemét.

1988-93:

M.S. in physics at Kossuth Lajos University and Roland Eötvös University.

1993-95:

Studies of social sciences and theology at Istituto Internazionale Mistici Corporis (at Loppiano in Italy and at Montet in Switzerland).

 

 

Research activity:

 

1996:

Scientific co-worker at Reaction Kinetics Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences at the University of Szeged.

1996-99:

PhD student in chemistry (catalysis, surface and material science) at the University of Szeged. Supervisor: Prof. Frigyes Solymosi.

1999-2000:

Doctoral Fellowship of Soros Foundation at Reaction Kinetics Research Group, Szeged

2000-2001:

Scientific co-worker at the Department of Solid State and Radiochemistry of the University of Szeged.

12.2000:

PhD degree in chemistry (summa cum laude). The title of the thesis: ”The adsorption of small carbon-containing molecules on supported catalysts studied by FTIR spectroscopy.”

2001-2004:

OTKA Postdoctoral Fellowship at Reaction Kinetics Research Group. Topic: Building a LEIS system and investigation of carburised Mo(100) surface, interaction with oxygen. Diffusion, surface reactions.

2004-2006:

Research assistant at Reaction Kinetics Research Group. Construction of Rh, Mo and Au containing (bimetallic) model catalysts on the TiO2(110) surface.

02.2006-08.2007:

Postdoctoral position at the Department of Physics of the Free University Berlin in the group of Prof. Martin Wolf. Topic: Building a HREELS setup and investigation of laser-induced molecular switching on surfaces.

2007-

Research fellow at the MTA-SZTE Reaction Kinetics and Surface Chemistry Research Group.

2015-

Surface Dynamics Group, Extreme Light Infrastructure-ALPS, Szeged, current position: group leader,

responsible for the NanoESCA end station

 

Shorter study trips:

 

06-08.2009:

Department of Physics of the Free University Berlin in the group of Prof. Martin Wolf. Topic: Investigation of laser-induced molecular switching on surfaces.

08.2010:

Department of Physics of the Free University Berlin in the group of Prof. Petra Tegeder. Topic: Investigation of laser-induced molecular switching on surfaces.

06-08.2012:

F. A. University Erlangen Nürnberg Chair for Physical Chemistry II, with Prof. H-P. Steinrück. Research topic: The interaction of ethanol and Co/CeO2(111) investigated by Near Ambient Pressure XPS.

07-08.2013:

F. A. University Erlangen Nürnberg Chair for Physical Chemistry II, with Prof. H-P. Steinrück. Research topic: CO oxidation on Pt(111) investigated by Near Ambient Pressure XPS.

10.2018:

University of Kaiserslautern, with Prof. Martin Aeschlimann. Topic: momentum microscopy with NanoESCA

 

 

Scientific interests: Surface science, metal and oxide nanostructures, 2D materials, adsorption phenomena, chemical reactions and diffusion processes on well-defined single crystal surfaces, on mono- and bimetallic model catalysts and on „real” catalysts. Optical molecular switches on surfaces. I gained experience in electron and ion spectroscopic/microscopic methods (XPS, PEEM, momentum microscopy, HREELS, AES, LEIS), in LEED, in mass spectroscopy (MS) as well as in Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and in the application of lasers.

 

 

Language skills:

 

                        English: fluent

                        Italian: fluent