Curriculum vitae
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Róbert Szabó
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3258-1909
birth: 1975
nationality: Hungarian
Married, three children: Nimród 2004, Noah 2006, Leilani 2009
Theoretical work:
- multidimensional hydrodynamical modeling of radial and nonradial stellar pulsations
- modeling of double-mode radial pulsation
- exploring the connection between pulsation and evolution
- stellar evolution, population synthesis
Observational work:
- CCD-photometry of low amplitude pulsating variable stars
- photometry of variable stars in open and globular clusters
- time-series and crowded-field photometry
- photometry of extragalactic supernovae
- space-based photometry and data analysis (CoRoT, Kepler/K2, TESS)
- involvement in future ESA space projects (PLATO, ARIEL)
Teaching experiences:
- Astrophysics
- Pulsation theory
- Digital image processing and CCD photometry
- Astronomical instrumentation
- Space photometry
- Exoplanets
Editorial experiences:
- Chief Editor of the Information Bulletin on Variable Stars (IBVS) 2012-2013
- Member of the Editorial Board of the IBVS 2012-2016
- Associate Editor, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, Exoplanets
2008: Communication of Science and Management of Research training at Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2004: PhD in Astrophysics: Numerical modeling of the RR Lyrae instabiliy strip, Supervisor: Z. Kolláth
1998-2002: PhD student at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Particle Physics and Astronomy Program
1998: MSc in Astronomy: Pulsating variable stars in open clusters, Supervisor: J. Nuspl
1993-1998 university: Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Astronomy, Mathematics & Physics
1989-1993 high school: Bródy Imre Gimnázium, Ajka
2022- Deputy Director General, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Science, Hungary
2019- Director, Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, Hungary
2019 Interim Director, Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, Hungary
2016- 2019 Deputy Director, Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, Hungary
2016-2019 Scientific secretary, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Science, Hungary
2018- Research advisor, Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, Hungary
2012-2018 Senior research fellow, Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, Hungary
2010 Scientific secretary, Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, Hungary
2007- Research fellow, Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, Hungary
2005-2007 Postdoctoral fellowship University of Florida, Physics Department, Gainesville, FL, USA
2001-2005 Research fellow, Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, Hungary
1998-2001 Assistant research fellow, Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, Hungary
English - proficient
French - intermediate level
FORTRAN, Python, C, Tcl/Tk, awk, shell scripts, PHP, HTML
Linux, Unix, OSX, Windows, IRAF, MatLab, Mathematica, LaTeX, supercomputers
2023, March, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, 1 week
2013, April, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Boston, MA, USA, 3 weeks
2012, November, University of Sydney, School of Physics, Sydney, Australia, 1 month
2011, October, Asteroseismology in the Space Age program, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 3 weeks
2011, July-August, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Boston, MA, USA, 1 month
2010, December, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA, 1 week
2009, September, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, Nice, France, 1 week
2000, March-April, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, 1 month
2025, January, Beijing, China, 'EXPANDING Universe' workshop
2024, November, Marrakech, Morocco, 5th RRLCEP conference and OISA2024 School
2024, September, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, LSST@EU6 conference
2024, July, Cres, Croatia, 3rd Regional LSST Workshop
2024, April, Tartu, Estonia, Ariel Consortium Meeting
2024, April, Marrakesch, Morocco (online), African Astronomical Society (Afas) 2024 conference
2024, April, Ajdovščina, Slovenia, SNN OTKA workshop
2023, October, Budapest, Hungary, Ariel Consortium Meeting
2023, September, Porec, Croatia, LSST@EU5 meeting: Towards LSST science, together!
2023, July, Lund, Sweden, Gaia NIR MW-Gaia meeting, Science and technology roadmap for μas studies of the Milky Way
2023, May, Barcelona, Spain, EVS 5th conference, European Variable Star meeting
2023, April, Budapest, Hungary, IAU Symposium No. 376 on period-luminosity relations
2022, October, Rome, Italy, LSST@EU4 conference, hybrid
2022, October, Plitvice, Croatia, 2nd Plitvice Regional LSST workshop
2022, September, La Palma, Spain, RRL/CEP2022 conference, Large-scale surveys as bridges between spectroscopy and photometry
2022, July, Leuven, Belgium, TASC6/KASC13 workshop, Asteroseismology in the Era of Surveys from Space and the Ground: Stars, Planets, and the Milky Way
2022, June, hybrid / Pasadena, CA, USA, RR Lyrae stars, Galactic Structure and Chemistry, to celebrate George W. Preston 90+ years
2022, June, hybrid / Budapest, Hungary, XII. Einstein Telescope Symposium
2021, November, hybrid / Budapest, Hungary, AIME2021, Artificial Intelligence Academia-Industry Matching Event
2021, October, virtual PLATO Mission Conference 2021
2021, August, virtual Atmo2021 workshop on planetary atmospheres
2021, August, virtual Rubin Obs. Project and Community Workshop
2021, August, virtual TESS Science Conference II
2021, June-July, virtual EAS meeting, SOC member
2021, June, Sydney, Australia / hybrid GALAH Science Meeting
2021, June, Estonia / virtual Ariel Consortium meeting
2021, June, Penn State / virtual Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy (SCMA) VII, session chair
2021, April, virtual LSSTC enabling science 2021 broker workshop
2021, April, virtual PLATO Week#11
2021, March, virtual Cool Stars 20.5 conference
2021, February, virtual STREAMS 21 workshop
2021, February, virtual Ariel Consortium meeting
2020, November-December, virtual PLATO ESP woskhop - session chair
2020, October, virtual LSSTC enabling science 2020 broker workshop
2020, October, Budapest, Hungary / virtual Ariel Consortium meeting
2020, August, virtual Rubin Obs. Project and Community Workshop
2020, July, virtual Exopplanets III conference
2020, July, virtual MOBSTER-1 conference
2020, June-July, Leiden, The Netherlands / virtual EAS meeting
2020, June, virtual SDSS Collaboration meeting
2020, May, virtual ARIEL Consortium meeting
2020, May, Budapest, Hungary / virtual PLATO Week#10
2020, January, Honolulu, HI, USA 235th AAS meeting
2019, October, Cloudcroft, NM, USA RRL/Cep2019 meeting, Frontiers in Classical Pulsators: Theory and Observations
2019, July, Barcelona, Spain WEAVE WoW Galactic Archeology meeting
2019, July, La Silla, Chile ESON Meeting
2019, April, Graz, Austria PLATO Week 8
2019, March, Bruxelles, Belgium COST Action MW-Gaia Management Committee meeting
2019, March, Glendale, CA, USA KeplerSciCon V conference
2018, December, Dublin, Ireland ARIEL Consortium meeting
2018, December, Brno, Czech Republic, 50th Conference on Variable Star Research
2018, November, Shanghai, China, The Life and Times of the Milky Way conference
2018, October, Lyon, France, LSST EuroDAC Meeting
2018, September, Napoli, Italy, WEAVE All-Hands Meeting
2018, September, Warsaw, Poland, ESO Workshop: A revolution in stellar physics with Gaia and large surveys
2018, August, Vienna, Austria, XXXth General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union
2018, July, Aarhus, Denmark, First light in a new era of astrophysics, TASC4/KASC11 conference
2018, June, Lyon, France, LSST@Europe3 conference
2018, May, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, PLATO Steering Committee meeting
2018, May, Prague, Czech Republic, ARIEL Consortium meeting
2017, December, Garching, Germany, ESO Science Outreach Network meeting
2017, November, Stellenbosch, South Africa, Southern Horizons in Time-Domain Astronomy, IAU Symposium 339
2017, September, Niepolomice, Poland, Revival of the classical pulsators: from Galactic Structure to Stellar Interior Diagnostics conference
2017, August, Tucson, AZ, USA, LSST project and community workshop
2016, November/December, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, Wide-field variability surveys: a 21-st century perspective
2016, September, Lake District, UK, Understanding the roles of rotation, pulsation and chemical peculiarities in the upper main sequence
2016, August, Szeged, Hungary, Hungarian Physicists' Assembly
2016, August, Budapest, Hungary, The XII Torino Workshop and IV CSFK Astromineralogy workshop
2016, July, Angra do Heorismo, Terceira-Azores, Portugal, KASC9/TASC2/ SPACEINN conference
2016, June, Belgrade, Serbia, LSST@Europe2 conference
2015, November, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, K2 Science Conference
2015, October, Budapest, Hungary, Missions to Habitable Worlds conference
2015, October, Visegrád, Hungary, High-precision studies of RR Lyrae stars: from dynamical phenomena to mapping the galactic structure, conference
2015, October, Porto, Portugal, Second SPACEINN Technical Review
2015, June, Aarhus, Denmark, Space asteroseismology: the next generation, the Kepler-TESS KASC8/TASC1 conference
2015, March, Freiburg, Germany, 3rd SPACEINN and 15th HELAS Board meeting
2014, December, Taormina, Italy, PLATO 2.0 Science Conference
2014, November, Paris, France, via videoconference, 4th PLATO Data Processing Algorithms - Working Group meeting
2014, July, Toulouse, France, The space photometry revolution, CoRoT Symposium 3 - Kepler KASC7 joint meeting
2014, May, Szombathely, Hungary, New challenges in astro- and environmental informatics in the Big Data era
2013, December, Vienna, Austria, MOST Science Team meeting
2013, November, Mountain View, CA, USA, Second Kepler Science Conference
2013, September, Galyatető, Hungary, Hungarian Astronomers' meeting
2013, August, Wroclaw, Poland, IAU Symposium 301, Precision Asteroseismology, invited speaker
2013, July, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, PLATO 2.0 Science Workshop
2013, February, Brussels, Belgium, SPACEINN Kick-off meeting
2012, September, Leuven, Belgium, Asteroseismology of large time-resolved astronomical surveys
2012, June, Balatonalmádi, Hungary, Fifth KASC Workshop: 'Extending the Kepler Mission: New Horizons in Asteroseismology', LOC chair, SOC member
2012, January, Florence, Italy, ECHO workshop
2011, October, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, The Impact of Asteroseismology across Stellar Astrophysics
2011, September, Granada, Spain, 20th Stellar Pulsation Conference Series: Impact of new instrumentation & new insights in stellar pulsations
2011, July, Boulder, Colorado, USA, Fourth KASC Workshop: 'From unprecedented data to revolutionary science', invited speaker, SOC member
2011, February, Berlin, Germany, PLATO Science Conference
2011, January, Aarhus, Denmark via videoconference, 9th KASC Steering Committee and 5th Working Groups Chairs' meeting
2010, November, Paris, France, PLATO Kick-off Meeting
2010, August, Pécs, Hungary, Hungarian Physicists' Assembly: 'New Lights in Physics',
2010, June, Aarhus, Denmark, Third Kepler Asteroseismology Workshop: 'Kepler Asteroseismology in Action', invited speaker, SOC member
2010, June, Aarhus, Denmark, 7th KASC Steering Committee and 4th Working Groups Chairs' meeting
2010, May, Cambridge, UK, 4th PLATO Data Center Meeting
2010, April, Aarhus, Denmark via videoconference, 6th KASC Steering Committee and 3rd Working Groups Chairs' meeting
2010, January, Aarhus, Denmark via videoconference, 5th KASC Steering Committee and 2nd Working Groups Chairs' meeting
2009, November, Nice, France, 2nd CoRoT RR Lyrae meeting
2009, October, Budapest, Hungary, Space Astronomy in Hungary
2009, October, Balatonlelle, Hungary, National Meeting of Hungarian Astronomers
2009, October, Aarhus, Denmark via videoconference KASC Steering Committee and Working Groups Chairs' meeting
2009, June, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, Stellar Pulsation: Challenges for Theory and Observation
2009, February, Paris, France, First International CoRoT Symposium
2008, June, Aarhus, Denmark, Second KASC workshop
2007, October, Orsay, France, First KASC (Kepler Asteroseismology Science Consortium) workshop
2007, July, Paris, France, Cepheid workshop: "The pulsation of Cepheids: Observation & Theory (Cassini project)"
2007, July, Paris, France, Nonlinear stellar hydrodynamics in honor of Robert Buchler's 65 birthday
2004, July, Kiel, Germany, 14th European Workshop on White Dwarfs
2004, February, Budapest, Hungary, British-Hungarian N+N Workshop for Young Researchers On Computer processing and use of satellite data in astronomy and astrophysics and 3rd Workshop of Young Researchers in Astronomy & Astrophysics
2003, August, Budapest, Hungary, JENAM, New Deal in European Astronomy: Trends and Perspectives
2002, January, Budapest, Hungary, 2nd Workshop of Young Researchers in Astronomy & Astrophysics
2001, July, Leuven, Belgium, IAU Colloquium 185, Radial and Nonradial Pulsations as Probes of Stellar Physics
2001, February, Hilo, Hawaii, USA, Astrophysical Ages and Time Scales
2000, November, Budapest, Hungary, 1st Workshop of Young Researchers in Astronomy & Astrophysics
1999, August, Baja, Hungary, International PhD Conference, ... A Bridge over Generations of Variable Star Researchers
1999, August, Budapest, Hungary, IAU Colloquium 176, The Impact of Large-Scale Surveys on Pulsating Star Research
1995, April, Baja, Hungary, Regional IAPPP (International Amateur-Professional Photoelectric Photometry) Meeting
Lendület grant of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2018-2023) Near-field cosmology with pulsating variable stars: a Petascale challenge, PI
NKFIH K-115709 (2015-2019) Investigation of dynamical phenomena with space telescopes in pulsating variable stars, Principal Investigator
Lendület grant of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2014-2019) PI: Maria Lugaro,Giant stars as drivers of cosmic chemistry, participant
KTIA URKUT_10-1-2011-0019 (2013-2014) Extending the asteroseismic program of the Kepler space telescope, Principal Investigator
FP7-Space (2013-2016) SPACEINN - Exploitation of Space Data for Innovative Helio- and Asteroseismology, Hungarian Coordinator
OTKA K-83790 (2011-2015) Stellar oscillation studies with the Kepler space telescope: the micromagnitude revolution, Principal Investigator
FP7 Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) (2011-2014) Sounding stars with Kepler, Hungarian Coordinator
OTKA MB08C-81013 (2010-2013) Structure and evolution of multiple planetary systems, participant
Hungarian Academy of Sciences Young Researchers' International Conference travel grant (2010)
NKTH-MŰI grant for developing Hungarian space research (2010) The Kepler space mission, Principal Investigator
Lendület grant of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2009-) PI: László L. Kiss, Evolution of planetary systems around other stars, participant
Grant of the Ministry of Environment and Water and the Hungarian Space Office (MŰI) for developing Hungarian space research (2008-2009) Space physics with space instruments, participant
Hungarian State Eötvös Fellowship (2006)
OTKA T-038440 (2002-2005) Application of time-frequency and nonlinear reconstruction methods, participant
OTKA T-034615 (2001-2003) Physics of nova and supernova explosions, participant
OTKA T-026031 (1998-2001) Numerical modeling of nonlinear stellar pulsation, participant
Young researcher fellowship (1998-2001) Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Konkoly Observatory
Researcher of the Year, Natural Sciences and Mathematics section - VEAB (2018)
Excellent Researcher - MTA CSFK (2017, 2018)
Physics Prize - Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Physics Section (2018)
Advisory Board of the Bolyai Janos Research Fellowship - Bolyai plaquette (2015)
Regional Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (VEAB) - bronze medallion (2015)
University of Sydney - International Research Collaboration Award (2012)
OTKA - Élet és Tudomány popular science paper contest - first prize (2011)
János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2011-2014)
Young Researcher Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2011)
TESS Asteroseismic Science Consortium (TESS)
PLATO Mission Consortium Board (PLATO)
International Astronomical Union (IAU)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Kepler Asteroseismic Science Consortium (KASC)
European Helio- and Asteroseismology Network (HELAS)
Public Body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS)
Hungarian Astronomical Association (HAA)