Curriculum vitae

name:
Zsolt Kővári, PhD, DSc
address:
Konkoly Observatory
Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences
H-1121 Budapest, XII., Konkoly Thege út 15-17., Hungary
tel: +36 1 3919320
fax: +36 1 2754668
education:
  • 1981-1985: grammar-school: Rózsa Ferenc Gimnázium, Békéscsaba, Hungary
  • 1985-1990: undergraduate student, Technical University of Budapest
  • 1989-1994: undergraduate student, Eötvös University, Budapest
  • 1990: M.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Technical University of Budapest
  • 1994: M.Sc. in Astronomy, Mathematics & Physics, Eötvös University, Budapest
  • 1994-1997: Ph.D. student in Astrophysics, Eötvös University, Budapest, Supervisor: Dr. Béla Szeidl
  • 1999: Ph.D. in Astrophysics, Eötvös University, Budapest, Thesis: "Photometric and Spectroscopic Modelling of Stellar Activity"
  • 2001/2002: science journalist studies in MÚOSZ Bálint György Journalist Academy
    • language scale:
  • English
  • French
  • German, basic level
    • professional experience:
  • 1994-1997: research assistant, Konkoly Observatory
  • 1997-1999: research fellow, Konkoly Observatory
  • 2000-2017: senior research fellow, Konkoly Observatory
  • 2016- : group leader of STARK (Stellar Activity Research @Konkoly, formerly SOLSTART)
  • 2017- : research advisor, Konkoly Observatory
    • teaching experience:
  • 2005-2021: volunteer lecturer, World of Stars: an introductory astronomy course, Eötvös University, Budapest
  • 2023: lecturer, Cosmic Forms: when science meets art, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest
    • professional visits:
  • Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Italy (Nov-Dec 1995)
  • Institut für Astronomie, Universität Wien, Austria (short visits between 1994-2000)
  • Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France (some half-yearly for a week between 1997-1998 and 2000-2003, June-July 2000)
  • Leibniz-Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Germany (2-3 times for a week every year, from 2001 on)
  • Astronomical Institute, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (Apr 2008)
  • European Southern Observatory, Germany (Dec 2008-Jan 2009)
  • University of Graz, Austria (Apr 2019)
  • University of Graz, Austria (Feb 2020)
  • University of Graz, Austria (Nov 2021)
  • Leibniz-Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Germany (Nov 2021)
  • University of Graz, Austria (Feb/Apr/Aug 2022)
  • Leibniz-Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Germany (June/Oct/Nov 2022)
  • Leibniz-Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Germany (Jan/March/May/ 2023)
    • conferences/workshops:
  • Sept 1995: JENAM--95 Catania, Italy
  • Oct 1995: IAU Symp. No. 176, Universität Wien, Austria
  • Aug 1997: XXIII General Assembly of IAU, Kyoto, Japan
  • Sept 1998: Solar-Stellar Activity, Armagh, Northern Ireland
  • Sept 1998: NATO-ASI, Izmir, Turkey
  • Aug 1999: Workshop on Sun and Sun-like Stars, Szombathely, Hungary (invited)
  • Oct 1999: 11th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun, Tenerife, Spain
  • Aug 2000: XXIV General Assembly of IAU, Manchester, England
  • May 2002: 1st Potsdam Thinkshop on Sunspots and Starspots, Potsdam, Germany
  • Jan 2002: 2nd Workshop of Young Researchers in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Budapest, Hungary
  • Aug 2003: JENAM-03 Budapest, Hungary (invited)
  • Feb 2004: 3rd Workshop of Young Researchers in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Budapest, Hungary
  • July 2004: 13th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun, Hamburg, Germany
  • July 2004: 3rd Potsdam Thinkshop on Robotic Astronomy, Potsdam, Germany
  • June 2005: Close Binaries in the 21st Century - New Opportunities and Challenges, Syros, Greece
  • Aug 2006: XXVI General Assembly of IAU, Prague, Czech Repuplic
  • June 2007: 5th Potsdam Thinkshop, Meridional flow, differential rotation, solar and stellar activity, Potsdam, Germany
  • July 2008: 15th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun, St Andrews, Scotland
  • Aug 2009: Astronomy and Civilization, Budapest, Hungary
  • Sep 2009: 5th Workshop of Young Researchers in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Budapest, Hungary
  • Aug 2010: IAU Symposium 273 Physics of Sun and Star Spots, Ventura, California, USA
  • July 2011: IAU Symposium 282 From Interacting Binaries to Exoplanets: Essential Modeling Tools, Tatranska Lomnica, Slovakia
  • Sep 2012: 6th Workshop of Young Researchers in Astronomy & Astrophysics, The Multi-wavelength Universe: from Starbirth to Star Death, Budapest, Hungary (invited)
  • May 2013: 10th Potsdam Thinkshop on High-Resolution Optical Spectroscopy, Potsdam, Germany
  • Aug 2013: IAU Symposium 302 Magnetis Fields Throughout Stellar Evolution, Biarritz, France
  • Nov 2013: The Solar Activity Cycle: Physical Causes And Consequences, ISSI, Bern, Switzerland (invited)
  • Apr/May 2015: VarSITI-SCOSTEP conference on Superflares and Activity of the Sun in the Cycle Formation Epoch, Katzrin-Tel Aviv, Israel (invited)
  • Nov 2016: Celebrating 10 years of the STELLA robotic observatory, Potsdam, Germany (invited)
  • Feb 2017: Solar and stellar composition - similarities and differences (IFIPWS-1), Budapest, Hungary
  • June 2017: 14th Potsdam Thinkshop on Stellar Magnetism: Challenges, Connections, and Prospects, Potsdam, Germany
  • Feb/Mar 2018: Elemental composition in solar and stellar atmospheres & magnetic activity (IFIPWS-2), Budapest, Hungary
  • Aug 2018: XXX General Assembly of IAU, Vienna, Austria
  • March 2021: 20.5th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun (CS20.5), virtually anywhere
  • July 2022: 21st Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun (CS21), Toulouse, France
  • July 2023: European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting, Kraków, Poland
  • Aug 2023: IAU Symposium 365 Dynamics of Solar and Stellar Convection Zones and Atmospheres, Yerevan, Armenia
  • Sep 2023: Hvar Stellar Meeting 2023, Variable and Binary Stars in the Era of Big Data and New Instrumentation, Hvar, Croatia
    • grants:
  • Travel grant of the Soros Foundation Hungary (1995)
  • OTKA F-019642 (1996-1998)
  • OTKA T-019640 (1996-1998, participant)
  • TéT French-Hungarian Bilateral Research Program "Balaton" (1997-98, participant)
  • OTKA T-026165 (1998-2000, participant)
  • TéT French-Hungarian Bilateral Research Program (2000-2001, participant)
  • Hungarian Space Research Grant (K+F) (2000, program manager)
  • OTKA T-032846 (1999-2002, participant)
  • OTKA T-038013 (2001-2004, participant)
  • TéT German-Hungarian Bilateral Research Program (2002-2003, participant)
  • OTKA T-043504 (2003-2006, participant)
  • TéT Argentinean-Hungarian Bilateral Research Program (2003-2004, participant)
  • OTKA T-048961 (2005-2008, participant)
  • OTKA K-68626 (2007-2010, participant)
  • Travel grant from the ESO Garching Scientific Visitor Programme (2008)
  • OTKA K-81421 (2010-2014, participant)
  • OTKA K-109276 (02.2014-01.2018, PI)
  • OMAA 98öu5 Austrian-Hungarian Action Foundation „Untersuchung des solaren Paradigmas auf kühlen Sternen” (2018, PI)
  • OMAA Austrian-Hungarian Action Foundation (2019, participant)
  • NKFIH OTKA K-131508 (12.2019-11.2023, PI)
  • OMAA Austrian-Hungarian Action Foundation (2020, participant)
  • OMAA Austrian-Hungarian Action Foundation (2021, participant)
  • NKFIH KKP 143986 (09.2022-08.2027, participant)
  • OMAA Austrian-Hungarian Action Foundation (2023, participant)
    • honours, titles:
  • Fellowship of Collegium Budapest IAS/Centre of Excellence (2002/2003)
  • Bolyai János Scholarship (2006-2009)
  • Doctor of Sciences (D.Sc.) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences title (2017)
    • membership:
  • International Astronomical Union (IAU)
  • Public Body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • Member of the Hungarian Skeptics Society (2010-)
    • other:
  • Administrative co-editor, Information Bulletin on Variable Stars of the Comissions 27 and 42 of the IAU (-2007)
  • Scientific editor of the Mindentudás Egyeteme programme (2005-2008)
  • Board member of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 national node in Hungary (2009)
  • Scientific secretary, Konkoly Observatory (2012)

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