ADDRESS:
Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, H-1525 Budapest, POB 49, Hungary
PERSONAL DATA:
Born December 7, 1954 in Budapest, Hungary. Married, two children.
EDUCATION:
1974-1979: Undergraduate in Physics at the Natural Science Faculty of the Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest. M.Sc. Thesis title: “Short range order in metallic glasses”. M.Sc. degree “excellent”.
1979-1981: Graduate student, Central Research Institute for Physics. Ph.D. Thesis title: “Study of the x-ray radiation of TOKAMAK plasma”. Ph.D. degree “summa cum laude”.
1991: Academic degree: “The Candidate of Physical Sciences”, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Thesis title: “Investigation of the electronic structure of crystalline and amorphous materials”.
2001: Academic degree: “ Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences” Title: “Atomic resolution x-ray holography”.
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:
1981-1985: Scientific coworker, Central Research Institute for Physics
1982-1984: Visiting Scientist at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
1986-1991: Scientific worker, Central Research Institute for Physics
1987-1988: Visiting Scientist at the Technical University of Vienna (Austria)
1991-present:
Senior Scientist, Research Institute for Solid
State Physics and Optics.
1998-1999: Visiting Scientist at CEA Grenoble (France)
HONORS & AWARDS:
1981: Award for Young Scientists founded by Central Research Institute for Physics
1989: Award for Young Scientists founded by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1994: Rezső Schmid Award founded by the Loránd Eötvös Physical Society
1996: Academy Award (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
1999: Széchenyi Prize (Republic of Hungary)
MEMBERSHIPS:
1992: Loránd Eötvös Physical Society
MAIN RESEARCH TOPICS:
X-ray holography. Powder and single crystal diffraction and structure analysis. Nuclear resonance scattering. Fullerenes.