január 10, 2008

Born November 30, 1959 in Miskolc, Hungary
Married to Anna Molnár, 1988
Children: Adam (1989), Eszter (1992), Julia (1999)

Citizenship: Hungarian

Present work address:
Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
P. O. Box 49
Budapest, Hungary H 1525
Phone: +36 (1) 392 2631
FAX: +36 (1) 392 2218
e-mail:  kriza@szfki.hu

Also at:
Department of Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Budafoki út 8, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary
Phone: +36 (1) 463 4179

Education:
1984 - Diploma in Physics, Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest

1987 - Ph.D. in Solid State Physics "summa cum laude", Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest
       Title of thesis: Metastable electronic states in charge-density-wave conductors
       Adviser: Dr. Andrew Janossy

1991 - Candidate of Science in Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
       Title of thesis: Metastable states and thermoelectric phenomena in charge-density-wave systems

1997 - Doctor of Science in Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
       Title of thesis: Collective electronic excitations in spin-density waves
 

Employment:
1984—87: Research Assistant, Central Research Institute for Physics, Budapest
1987—92: Research Scientist, Central Research Institute for Physics, Budapest
1992—97 : Senior Research Scientist (tenured), Research Institute for Solid State Physics, Budapest
1997— : Senior Research Advisor, Research Institute for Solid State Physics, Budapest

Professional travel:

1987—88: Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA, USA

1990—94: Chargé de Recherche 1ère Classe, CNRS
 Laboratoire de Physique des Solides,       

1994: Directeur de Recherche Associé, CNRS
 Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France     

1997: Invited Lecturer
 Department of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA, USA

1995—2000, several occasions: Visiting Research Scientist
Service de Physique de l'État Condensé, CEA-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Research activity:

Transport, magnetic and NMR properties of correlated electronic systems

Teaching activity:

1993: Traveaux Pratiques se Physique Statistique, Maitrise de Physique, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France

1994- :Advanced Solid State Physics Laboratory (see details in Hungarian ) for majors in Solid State Physic, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest; Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest

1995- : Group Theory in Solid State Research, graduate course, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest

1997:  Physics for Life Sciences, undergraduate course, Univesity of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

1999: Introduction to Superconductivity, graduate  course, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest