Academic positions:

• 2016 - present: research leader, senior research fellow at Konkoly Observatory, Research Centre of Astronomy and Earth Sciences

• 2016 - present: senior research fellow (part-time) at Department of Optics and Quantum Electronics, Universit of Szeged

• 2001-2016: associate professor at Department of Optics and Quantum Electronics, University of Szeged

• 1999-2001: lecturer at Department of Optics and Quantum Electronics, University of Szeged

• 1992-1999: senior research fellow of Research Group on Laser Physics of Hungarian Academy of Sciences (at Dept. of Optics, JATE University) supervisor: Prof. Zs. Bor

• 1989-92: PhD student of Hungarian Academy of Sciences at Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, Hungary and JATE University, Szeged, Hungary, supervisor: Dr. László Szabados

Scholarships and visits:

• 2010 - present: 1-3 visits per year at Department of Astronomy, UT Austin

• 2008-2009: Research fellow, Department of Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin; supervisor: Prof. J.C.Wheeler

• 2001-2003: Bolyai Janos Fellow, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

• 1997-1999: Magyary Zoltan Postdoctoral Fellow

• 1997: Hungarian Eötvös Fellow (3 months) at David Dunlap Observatory, University of Toronto, Canada supervisor: Prof. C.T. Bolton, Prof.J.R.Percy

• 1995: Hungarian Eötvös Fellow (3 months) at York University, Toronto, Canada supervisor: Prof. N.R.Evans

• 1991: visiting scientist (6 weeks) at Department of Astronomy University of Toronto, Canada

Awards:

• 2018: Doctor of Science of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

• 2012: "Golden Chalk" Prize, University of Szeged, Faculty of Sciences and Informatics

• 2012: László Detre Prize, Roland Eötvös Physical Society

• 1998: Young Researchers' Prize, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

• 1989: Pro Scientia Gold Medal for undergraduate students

Scientific publications and metrics (based on NASA Astrophysics Data System):

• 117 articles in refereed journals (1989 - 2020)

• 256 non-refereed publications (preprints, conference proceedings, circulars)

• 2934 independent citations

• h-index from independent citations: 33

Grants (as project leader):

• 2017-20: "Transient Astrophysical Objects"
  EU GINOP-2.3.2-15-2016-00033 -- 687,369,737 HUF

• 2013-15: "Astrophysics of supernova explosions"
  Hungarian OTKA Grant #NN 107637 --- 18,252,000 HUF

• 2001-03: "Astrophysics of nova- and supernova explosions"
  Hungarian OTKA Grant #T034615 --- 7,300,000 HUF

• 1997-99: "Application of high-resolution optical spectroscopy in astrophysics"
  Hungarian OTKA Grant #F022249 --- 900,000 HUF

• 1994: "CCD-photometry of short period variable stars"
  AMFK (Hungarian Ministry of Education) Grant # 678/94 --- 600,000 HUF

• 1994:  "Numerical simulations in physical systems"
  World Bank-OTKA Grant #W015239 --- 15,000 USD

• 1993-95: "Study of stellar binary systems for solving astrophysical problems"
  Hungarian OTKA Grant #F007318 --- 900,000 HUF

Teaching activity:

• University of Szeged (formerly JATE University): 1989 - present

• Teaching assistant in courses "Electrodynamics", Thermodynamics", Atomic Physics", "Astronomy", Experimental Physics" and "Laboratory Practices in Physics"

• Part-time lecturer of "Wave Theory and Optics" (1993), "Astronomical Spectroscopy" (1999), "General Astronomy" (2000)

• Lecturer of "Classical Mechanics" (1994), "Numerical Methods in Physics" (since 1995), "Modern Astronomy" (1995,1996), "History of Astronomy" (since 1998), "Astrophysics 1, 2, 3" (since 1999), "Astronomical Spectroscopy" (since 1999), "Galactic Astronomy" (since 2006), "Techniques in Space Astronomy" (since 2012)

• Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE): 2017 - present

• Part-time lecturer of "Introduction to Astronomy 3" (since 2017)

• Lecturer of "Astronomical Transients" (2020), "Radiative Processes in Astrophysics" (2020)

Student Supervising/Advising:

Specialization and skills:

- Astronomy

• observations of supernova explosions: photometry, spectroscopy

• distance measurement of Type Ia supernovae with MLCS2k2, SALT2 and SNooPy2 methods

• distance measurement of Type II supernovae by applying the Expanding Photosphere method and Standard Candle Method

• spectrum modeling of supernovae using SYNOW, SYNAPPS and TARDIS codes

• astronomical spectroscopy, abundance analysis, Atlas9/SYNTHE

• CCD-photometry of crowded stellar fields, DAOPHOT, isochrone fitting, simple stellar populations

• Cepheid-type pulsating variable stars: high-resolution spectroscopy, Baade-Wesselink analysis, double-mode pulsation

• eclipsing binaries, contact binaries, light curve and radial velocity modeling, binary star evolution

- Data reduction and processing

• IRAF, Dolphot, HEASoft

• HST (ACS, WFPC2) Swift (UVOT, XRT) Spitzer (IRAC, MIPS, IRS) data reduction and photometry

• single- and multi-order optical and infrared spectroscopy, high-resolution echelle spectroscopy

• digital image processing applications

• application of Fourier- and wavelet transforms in signal processing

• digital convolution and deconvolution

• time series analysis

- Computers

• script programming in UNIX

• scientific programming in C, numerical methods and algorithms

• UNIX system administration (Solaris 2.x, Linux)

• basic knowledge of HTML

Last updated: 2020. 05. 20.