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Curriculum Vitae of Dr. László Péter

Key career data:

Name:
László Péter    (please recognize that Péter is the family name)

Year of birth:
1967

Undergraduate studies:
1987-1992   Eötvös University, Faculty of Science

Graduation:
1992    (teacher of physics and chemistry)

Graduate studies:
1992-1995    Eötvös University of Budapest, Department of Physical Chemistry; supervisor: Dr. Győző G. Láng

Ph.D. degree obtained:
1995   Title of the dissertation: "Electrochemical and corrosion behavior of rapidly quenched amorphous Ni-P and Fe-P alloys"

Title: Doctor of the ungarian Academy of Sciences
2013   Title of the dissertation: "Electrodeposited metallic nanostructures"

Occupational history:

1995-1997   Postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Texas at Austin, Department of Chemistry (Austin, Texas, USA)
Supervisor: Dr. Allen J. Bard.
Research activity: electrochemical studies in water of high pressure and temperature, including the critical state.

1997-1998   Visiting researcher position at the Hitachi Research Laboratory (Hitachi City, Japan)
Research activity: development of rechargeable lithium batteries, electrochemical dissolution of aluminum in the presence of lithium perfuoroalkylsulfonyl imides.

1998 - (current position)    Wigner Research Centre for Physics
(formerly the Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences; presently a part of the Eötvös Loránd Research Network /ELKH/)
Research activity: electrodeposition of metals, electrodeposition of metallic multilayers, hydrogen absorption and diffusion in metals during electrochemical charging, composition depth profile analysis of electrodeposited samples, preparation of porous metals, structure of electrodeposited metals, scanning electron microscopic studies of various nanostructures
2014 - scientific advisor
2016 - Head of department

Awards:

"Young Scientist Award" of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), 2003
Applied Research Award of the Institute of Solid State Physics and Optics (HAS), 2003
Publication Award of the Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics (HAS), 2011

Membership in scientific organizations and boards:

2005 - International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) membership; national representative between 2011-2016
2005 - EDNANO Board, secretary (International Workshops on Electrodeposited Nanostructure)
2009 - Eötvös University, Hevesy György PhD School of Chemistry (also the member of the graduate school council between 2010 and 2020)
2020 - Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, topical editor (electrodeposition), since April 2020