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Name: László Bencs

Place of birth: Budapest, Hungary

Workplace: Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics,

                   Wigner Research Centre for Physics (Wigner RCP),

Address:      H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly-Thege Miklós út 29-33.

  1987-92. Major: Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques at University of Veszprém, Hungary.

  1992. Diploma in chemical engineering at University of Veszprém (supervisor: Dr. Iván Fehér)

  1994-97. Postgraduate (PhD) course at the Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences (ELTE), Budapest (supervisor: Prof. Ottó Szakács)

  2000. PhD in Chemistry at ELTE

  2011. Habilitation at RISSPO

  2019. DSc in Chemistry at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS)

1992-1998. Research assistant at Research Laboratory for Crystal Physics (RLCP) of the HAS

1999-2011. Research fellow at Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics (RISSPO) of the HAS (the legal successor of RLCP)

2001. Oct. - 2003. March: Postdoctoral research fellow in René Van Grieken’s research group at the Micro and Trace Analysis Centre (MiTAC), Department of Chemistry, Campus Drie Eiken, University of Antwerp (UA) (18 months)

2003- Leader of the chemical laboratory at RISSPO

2003. Nov. - 2007. Aug.: Guest researcher in René Van Grieken’s research group at MiTAC, UA (4-times 3 months, 1 time 7 months)

2008. Nov. - 2011. June: Guest researcher in René Van Grieken’s research group at MiTAC, UA (32 months)

2012. January - 2019. September: Senior researcher at Wigner RCP

2019. October – Scientific advisor at Wigner RCP

1995. Optical Emission Spectroscopy laboratory practice for undergraduate chemist students at ELTE.

2001- Supervisor/consultant for students (9 PhD + 5 MSc) at UA, RISSPO and Wigner RCP.

2017- Laboratory Project I. and II. for chemical engineer (MSc) students at BME.

2023- Individual Project laboratory practice for chemical engineer (MSc) students at BME.

• Member of the Hungarian Chemical Society (division: Spectrochemical Association) (1996- ).
• Member of the Environmental Working Committee of the HAS (2012- ).
• Member of the Spectrochemical Working Committee of the HAS (2018- ).
• Editorial board member of ISRN Analytical Chemistry (2012-2014).
• Editorial board member of International Scholarly Research Notices (2015-2017).
• President of the Spectrochemical Working Committee of the HAS (2021-2024).
• Advisory board member of the Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale (2022- ).
• Editorial board member of Atmosphere (2022- ).
• Member of the Analytical and Environmental Chemical Scientific Committee of the HAS (2024- ).

1. Development of solid and solution sampling spectrochemical methods for the determination of the constituents of nano and bulk materials.
2. Studies on the electrolyte cathode atmospheric glow discharge (ELCAD) for environmental applications.
3. Characterization of ship emission related atmospheric pollutants over North Sea waters and the coastal region.
4. Preparation and analysis of nano-materials for biomarker applications.
5. Studies on the composition of atmospheric aerosols and their source apportionment.

Total number: 15 (Hungarian: OTKA: 6, GINOP: 2; Belgian (Flanders): AWI: 1, VMM: 1, BELSPO: 2, MET/US: 1, Bilateral: 1, EC: 1)

Total: 105, /Peer reviewed journal articles: 70, Book: 1 (multi-authored); Book-chapters: 7, Research reports: 27/.

Updated: February 18^th, 2025.