ADDRESS:
Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics of
the Wigner Research Centre for Physics, H-1525
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
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
1986-1991: Scientific worker, Central Research Institute for Physics
1987-1988:
Visiting Scientist at the Technical University
of Vienna (
1991-present:
Senior Scientist, Institute for Solid State
Physics and Optics of the Wigner Research Centre for Physics.
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 (
MEMBERSHIPS:
1992-present: Loránd Eötvös Physical Society
2004-2011: Council of Doctors of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2011-present: Solid State Physics Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2005-2011: C10 Commission on Structure and Dynamics of Condensed Matter of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
2001-2005: Physics Committee of the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA)
2006-2009: Natural Sciences Collegium of the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA)
2011-2013: International Committee of the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA)
MAIN RESEARCH TOPICS:
Radiation of TOKAMAK plasma
Structural and electronic properties of non-crystalline alloys
X-ray holography
Powder and single crystal diffraction and structure analysis
Nuclear resonance scattering
Fullerenes
Single particle imaging