Curriculum vitae

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Name
József M. Benkő

Address
Konkoly Observatory, HUN-REN Research Center for Astronomy and Earth Sciences
Konkoly Thege M. út 15-17., H-1121 Budapest, Hungary, Europe

E-mail: benko@konkoly.hu; benko.jozsef@csfk.org
Tel: 36-1-391-9337
Fax: 36-1-275-4668

Education
1979-1983: grammar-school: Fazekas Mihály Grammar School , Budapest
1984-1989: graduate student, Science Faculty of the ELTE Eötvös University of Budapest
1988: B. Sc. in Computer Science
1989: M. Sc. in Physics & Astronomy
Thesis: "Time series analysis on flare stars UV Cet and YZ CMi", supervisor G. Szécsényi-Nagy
1994-1997: Ph.D. student in Astrophysics, supervisor Dr S. Barcza
1999 Ph.D. in Astrophysics, ELTE Eötvös University, Budapest,
Thesis: "The Diamagnetic Coulomb Problem in Astrophysics" (in Hungarian)
2018 D.Sc. in Astronomy,
Thesis: "Investigations of RR Lyrae Variable Stars with Photometric Space Telescopes" (in Hungarian)

Language scale
Hungarian :-)
English
German

Experiences
Asymptotic analyzis of singular boundary value problems, eigenvalue expansions.
Semianalytic and numerical solutions for parametric ODEs, Sturm-Liouville-like problems, PDE systems.
Observation with PMT, CCD and objective prism.
Practice in photometric data processing and modelling on ground-based and space-born (CoRoT, Kepler) observations

Technical knowledge
OS: Linux, Solaris, Win
Programming: Fortran, python, shell scripting (bash, zsh, Tcl), Pascal, Basic, Assembly etc.
Data processing and visualisations: Iraf, Isis, unixstat, Mufran, LickMongo, Mathematica, Gimp, ImageMagick, etc.
Text editing: TeX/LaTeX, OpenOffice, pico, joe, etc.

Professional Position
2018- Research Advisor, Konkoly Observatory
2000-2018 Senior Research Fellow, Konkoly Observatory
1996-1999 Research Fellow, Konkoly Observatory
1993-1996 Research Assistant, Konkoly Observatory
1989-1993 Editor, Gondolat Publisher Co.

Conferences & Professional Visits
7 - 9 October 1993, "The Use of Hydrodynamical Codes in Astrophysical Problems", Advanced Autumn School, Visegrád, Hungary
29 April - 2 May 1994, "The 4th Joint Meeting of the Hungarian Astronomical Association and the Hungarian Wing of the IAPPP", Baja, Hungary
15 - 18 June 1996, "Aspects of Spectral Theory - Operator methods in boundary value problems", Vienna, Austria
20 - 30 August 1997, XXIII. General Assembly of IAU, & "The Hot Universe", IAU Symp. 188, Kyoto, Japan
16 - 27 November 1998, "Globular Clusters", X. Canary Island Winter School of Astrophysics, La Laguna, Spain
29 January - 20 February 1999, Helwan Astrophysical Observatory & Kottamiya Observatory, Egypt
8 - 12 August 1999, "The Impact of large-scale Surveys on Pulsating Star Research", IAU Colloq. 176, Budapest, Hungary
18 January - 8 February 2000, Dep. Astron. UNAM, Mexico City & Observatorio San Pedro Martír, Mexico
4 - 8 January 2001, "Small-Telescope Astronomy on Global Scales", IAU Colloq. 183, Kenting, Taiwan
24 - 28 June 2002, "New Horizons on Globular Cluster Astronomy", Padova, Italy
24 - 27 May 2005, "8th COROT Week", Toulouse, France
19 - 24 June 2005, "Stellar Pulsation and Evolution", Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
12 Mar 2007, "International CoRoT Day", Budapest, Hungary
23 - 30 May 2007 Observatorio del Teide, IAC, Izana, Tenerife, Spain
1 - 10 Sep 2007 Observatorio del Teide, IAC, Izana, Tenerife, Spain
31 Jan - 16 Feb 2009 Observatorio del Teide, IAC, Izana, Tenerife, Spain
31 May - 5 Jun 2009 "Stellar Pulsation: Challanges for Theory and Observation", Santa Fe, NM, USA
11 Nov 2009 "RR Lyrae stars in the CoRoT field - Second Meeting", Nice, France
14 - 18 Jun 2010 "Kepler Asteroseismology in Action", 3rd Kepler Asteroseismology Workshop, Aarhus, Denmark
14 - 17 Jun 2011 "Transiting planets, Vibrating stars and their connection", 2nd CoRoT Symposium, Marseille, France
19 - 23 Sep 2011 "New Horizons in Time Domain Astronomy", IAU Symposium 285, Oxford, England
18 - 22 Jun 2012 "Extending the Kepler Mission: New Horizons in Asteroseismology", KASC 5th Workshop, Balatonalmádi, Hungary
26 - 30 Nov 2012 "Progress in physics of the sun and stars: a new era in helio- and asteroseismology", Fujihara Seminar 61.B, Hakone, Japan
23 - 28 Jun 2013 "A New Era of Stellar Astrophysics with Kepler" KASC 6th Workshop, Sydney, Australia
19 - 23 Aug 2013 "Precision Asteroseismology" IAU Symposium 301, Wroclaw, Poland
6 - 11 Jul 2014 "The Space Photometry Revolution" CoRoT Symposium 3, Kepler KASC-7 joint meeting, Toulouse, France
3 - 14 Aug 2015 "XXIX. IAU General Assembly", Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
19 - 22 Oct 2015 "High-precision studies of RR Lyrae stars", RRL2015, Visegrád, Hungary
30 May - 2 Jun 2016 "Exploiting Seismic Data of Fast Rotating Stars", Space-Inn 44., Toulouse, France
17 Sep - 21 Jun 2017 "Revival of the Classical Pulsators: from Galactic Structure to Stellar Diagnostics", RRL2017, Niepolomice, Poland
8 - 13 July 2018 "First Light in a new Era of Astrophysics", The TASC4/KASC11 Workshop, Aarhus, Denmark
3 - 7 Sep 2018 "PHysics of Oscillating STars (PHOST)", Banyuls-sur-mer, France
26 - 30 Sep 2022 "Large-scale surveys as bridges between spectroscopy and photometry", RRL2022, Los Cancajos, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
17 - 21 Apr 2023 "At the cross-roads of astrophysics and cosmology: Period-luminosity relations in the 2020s", IAU Symp. 376, Budapest, Hungary

Membership
International Astronomical Union (IAU)
European Astronomical Society (EAS)
Public Body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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