Curriculum vitae of Dr. Nándor Éber, PhD                                                          Magyar

 

Degrees:

1978: graduation as a physicist, Roland Eötvös University, Budapest

1982: dr. univ., Roland Eötvös University, Budapest

1994: Candidate of Physical Sciences (C.Sc.), Hungarian Academy of Sciences

                   Ph.D., Roland Eötvös University, Budapest

 

Professional Activity:

1978-1982:  doctorand, Central Research Institute for Physics

1982-1995:  researcher, Research Institute for Solid State Physics

1995-2011:  principal researcher, Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics

2000-2008:  head of Liquid Crystal Department

2008-2013:  head of Complex Fluids Department

2011-        :  principal researcher, Wigner Research Centre for Physics,

                   Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics

 

Work abroad:

1991:           Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden (2.5 months)

1994-1995: University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany (4 months)

1999:           Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan (1 month)

 

Research topics:

Physics of liquid crystals: electro-optics and thermomechanical coupling in cholesterics, electro-optic and electromechanical properties of chiral smectics, electroconvection and flexoelectricity in calamitic and bent core nematics, magnetic nanoparticle doped nematics

 

Educational outreach:

Special course “Liquid Crystals and Polymers” at Roland Eötvös University, Budapest (joint with Prof. Ágnes Buka)

 

Conference organization:

"15th International Liquid Crystal Conference (15th ILC, C), Budapest, 1994” (Treasurer),

"Patterns, Nonlinear Dynamics and Stochastic Behaviour in Spatially Extended Complex System (PNS'97), Budapest, 1997" (Treasurer).

 

Society membership:

1975- : Roland Eötvös Physical Society, Hungary

1991- : International Liquid Crystal Society

 

Awards:

1983: Junior prize of the Central Research Institute for Physics

1989: Junior prize of the Central Research Institute for Physics

2008: Publication Prize of the Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics

 

Publications:

Over 90 papers in refereed international journals, 20 other papers, 7 book chapters, coediting a book and 5 volumes of conference proceedings, over 130 oral or poster presentations at international conferences