Curriculum vitae
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Scholarships, study trips
Other distinctions
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Detailed curriculum vitae (pdf)STUDIES, EMPLOYMENT, LANGUAGE
1996-2001: Undergraduate (MSc) studies in biology at the Faculty of Science of ELTE, specialisation in plant biology
2001-2004: PhD student at the Department of Plant Anatomy (Doctoral School of ELTE, Experimental Plant Biology PhD program)
2005: Ph. D., Summa cum laude
2004-2009: Teaching assistant at the Department of Plant Anatomy, ELTE
2009-: associate professor at the Department of Plant Anatomy, ELTE
November 2009 – October 2015 (April 2016): on maternity leave
French: advanced level, English: advanced level, German: intermediate levelTEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Plant Anatomy laboratory practice (from 2018: Plant structure and function 1 practice) (BSc)
- Pharmaceutical Botany laboratory practice (for pharmacy MSc students at the Semmelweis University in Hungarian and in English)
- General Botany (ELTE university preparatory course in English for the entrance examination of foreign students)
- Introduction to Botany (lecture in English for BSc students in 2007/2008)
- Biology of Crops (special lecture/course, BSc, MSc, responsible for the programme)
- University of Burgundy (Dijon, France), 2006-2010: invited lecturer (one month per academic year), lectures on Chlorophyll biosynthesis in the framework of the programme “Molecular and Cellular Plant Physiology” and Plastid biogenesis in the programme “Development” for M1 students in “Plant sciences and technologies”; UV-VIS Spectroscopy, absorption and fluorescence in the framework of the programme “Plant biotechnology” for M2P students in “Probiotic Plants, Biotechnologie” as well as lectures on Medicinal plants (level M1 and M2, teaching in French)
- Thesis supervision: 8 students (plus 4 under way)
MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES, OTHER FUNCTIONS
2001-: Hungarian Biophysical Society (Section of Photobiology), secretary of the section since 2007, member of the Supervisory Committee of the Society since 2015
2002-: Hungarian Society of Plant Physiology (later: Hungarian Society of Plant Biology) and FESPP
2004-2008: International Society for Photosynthesis Research
2006-: Hungarian Society for Microsopy, European Microscopy Society
2007-2009: ERASMUS Coordinator of the Institute of Biology, ELTE
2013-: Member of the Editorial Board of Acta Botanica Gallica – Botany Letters (Botany Letters from 2016 onwards)
2015-2017: Invited editor for the special issue of Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry
2015: Member of the Local Organizing Committee, 12th Multinational Congress on Microscopy (MCM) 2015, Eger
2017: Member of the International Organizing Committee, 13th Multinational Congress on Microscopy (MCM) 2017, Rovinj
2017: Member of the Local Organizing Committee, 15th Hungarian Symposium of Plant Anatomy, 2017, Budapest
GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, STUDY TRIPS
Grants
2002-2005: contributing scientist in the project OTKA T038003
2010-2012: contributing scientist in the project TÁMOP-4.2.1/B-09/1/KMR-2010-0003
2010-2012: contributing scientist in the project TÁMOP-4.2.1/B-09/1/KONV
2017-2021: principal investigator of the project OTKA FK 124748 (Title: The effect of salt and drought stress on plastid structure and function, 29.696.000 HUF)
Autumn 2002: 2 months, Centre of Excellence, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Spring 2003: 1 month, Centre of Excellence, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Summer 2005: 1-week study trip, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Autumn 2006: 1 month, scholarship of the Embassy of the French Republic in Hungary to the Université de Bourgogne, UMR INRA/CNRS/UB Plante-Microbe-Environnement, Dijon, France, and 5 more months as an invited lecturer (see Teaching activities)
Summer 2009: 1-week study trip, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Autumn 2011: short study trip, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
Spring 2014: 1-week study trip, University of Le Mans, Le Mans, France
Autumn 2016: 4x24 h small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) beam time at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum, Garching, Germany
Summer 2017: 6x24 h SANS beam time at Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland (main proposer of the beam time application)AWARDS, DISTINCTIONS
Scientific awards
2005 and 2007: Diploma of merit for outstanding consultancy in the Students’ Scientific Circle (directing the work of Beáta Vitányi, who won at the Faculty competition a 3rd Prize in 2005 and a 2nd Prize in 2007, as well as a 2nd Prize at the national competition in 2007)
2006: Prize of Young Plant Anatomist, Greguss Commemorative Medaillon (from the Foundation for the Development of Plant Anatomy in Hungary)
2007: Hungarian Electron Microscopy Award (from the Hungarian Society of Electron Microscopy)
2007: Sigma-Aldrich Award for young scientists, 2nd prize
2007: Young Biophysicist Award, 1st prize with distinction (from the Hungarian Biophysical Society)
2007: L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science Scholarship, winner of the age category below 30
2012: 1st Prize at the competition for Young Plant Biologists of the Hungarian Society for Plant Biology, nomination by the Society for FESPB Award
2014: Hungarian Electron Microscopy Award (from the Hungarian Society of Electron Microscopy)
2016: János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2016: “Promising Young Researcher” award of ELTE
2017: Awardee of the Grant ‘ÚNKP-17-4’ (New National Excellence Program of the Ministry of Human Capacities)
2006: Shared 2nd-3rd Prize at the microscopy photo competition of the Hungarian Society of Microscopy
2008: 2nd Prize at the photo competition of the Hungarian Society of Microbiology
2009: 1st Prize at the microscopy photo competition of the Hungarian Society of Microscopy
2010: 1st and 2nd Prize at the microscopy photo competition of the Hungarian Society of Microscopy
2015: 2nd Prize at the microscopy photo competition of the Multinational Congress on Microscopy 2015 (Eger)
2015: 3rd Prize and Distinction for 2 photos at the photo competition “The International Year of the Light” of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (category “Light in Sciences”)
2017: 2nd Prize at the microscopy photo competition of the Hungarian Society of MicroscopyCurriculum vitae
STUDIES, EMPLOYMENT, LANGUAGE
1996-2001: Undergraduate (MSc) studies in biology at the Faculty of Science of ELTE, specialisation in plant biology
2001-2004: PhD student at the Department of Plant Anatomy (Doctoral School of ELTE, Experimental Plant Biology PhD program)
2005: Ph. D., Summa cum laude
2004-2009: Teaching assistant at the Department of Plant Anatomy, ELTE
2009-: associate professor at the Department of Plant Anatomy, ELTE
November 2009 – October 2015 (April 2016): on maternity leave
French: advanced level, English: advanced level, German: intermediate level