Dr. Péter Dombi
Research Institute for Solid-State Physics and Optics
of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly-Thege M. út 29-33.
Phone: +36-1392-2209
Lab phone: +36-1392-2222/3609
Fax: +36-1392-2215
E-Mail: dombi(at)szfki(dot)hu
Office: Room 38 (Building 1)
 

education&degrees:
2001-2005 Ph. D. student, Vienna University of Technology (Ph. D. 01/2005, supervisor: Ferenc Krausz)
1994-2001 University of Szeged, Physics (M. Sc., thesis supervisors: Ian Ross and Károly Osvay)
1995-2001 College of Theology, Szeged (~B. A., thesis supervisor: Béla Somfai SJ)

employment:
2011-        senior research fellow at the Research Inst. for Solid-State Physics and Optics, Budapest, Hungary
2005-2010 postdoc research fellow at the Research Inst. for Solid-State Physics and Optics
2001-2005 research assistant at the Photonics Institute, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
1998-2000 research assistant, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Central Laser Facility, UK

visiting scientist at:
2006-2007 (10 months) Photonics Institute, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
2005-2006 (8 months) Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany
2003 (1 month) Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, Ottawa, Canada

awards&grants:
2011- Bolyai Fellowship, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2010 Publication Prize, Research Institute for Solid-State Physics and Optics
2009 International Dennis Gábor Award (Novofer Foundation)
2008 Young Researcher Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2007-2010 Bolyai Fellowship, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2006-2009 Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA), junior grant
2005,2011 Hungarian State Eötvös Fellowship
2000-2001 Scholarship of the Republic of Hungary

research interests: ultrashort laser pulse generation, femto- and attosecond light-matter interactions,
ultrafast plasmonics

publications: 32 papers in peer-reviewed journals (cumulative IF >90, independent citations: > 340)
48 conference contributions (8 invited conference talks), 6 popular science papers etc.

thesis supervision: 1 Ph. D. student | Péter Rácz (2008-)
4 M. Sc. students | Harald Mayer (2004), Péter Antal (2006-2007),
Péter Rácz (2007-2008), Balázs Bódi (2009-2011)
2 B. Sc. students | Philipp Heck (2010), István Márton (2010)

other activities: teaching @ University of Szeged/Budapest University of Technology, courses on ultrafast optics and physics (2005-present)
peer reviewing for Phys. Rev. Lett., Opt. Lett., Opt. Express & other journals, funding agencies
in Hungary (OTKA, NKTH), Belgium and Croatia

languages: Hungarian (native), English, German (fluent), Spanish, French (basic)

memberships:
Loránd Eötvös Physical Society
Optical Society of America
Hungarian Pax Romana