Curriculum vitae
Language skills:
Lectures University of Burgundy (Dijon, France), 2006-2010: invited lecturer (one month per academic year, 16 h teaching), lectures on Chlorophyll biosynthesis in the framework of the program “Molecular and Cellular Plant Physiology” and Plastid biogenesis in the program “Development” for M1 students in “Plant sciences and technologies”; UV-VIS Spectroscopy, absorption and fluorescence in the framework of the program “Plant biotechnology” for M2P students in “Probiotic Plants, Biotechnologie” as well as lectures on Medicinal plants (level M1 and M2, teaching in French) - Students’ Scientific Circle (TDK) mentorship: for 7 students at 11 competitions (three 1st places, two 2nd places and three 3rd places obtained at the university level – BTDK and KTDK, one 1st and one 2nd place, one Special Award at national level on OTDK, one Special Award at OFKD)
Scholarships, study trips
2005, 2007, 2020, 2021, 2022: 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) Other distinctions
Conference organization: Member of the international organizing committee (13th Multinational Congress on Microscopy), local organizing committee (1 international and 4 Hungarian congresses), Section chairperson: at 3 international and 3 Hungarian conferences, Co-editor of 9 conference Abstract books Reviewing/grant reviewing: for various scientific journals, Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA), Polish National Science Centre (NCN), Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft (DFG), Central Europe Leuven Strategic Alliance (CELSA)
Early to mid-career researchers: active participation in the "young academy" movements (Hungarian Young Academy, Young Academy of Europe), in the preparation and evaluation of 3 surveys about young researchers, participation in science policy committees, 15 relevant publications, statements, white papers, several conference invitations and participation, webinars, mentoring programs etc. Hungarian Academy of Sciences (H.A.S. or MTA): Participation in the Ad Hoc Committee of Young Researchers (2018-2019), in the Presidential Committee dedicated to the Career Path of Women in Science (2020-2026), and the panel coordinating a discussion forum about “Hungarian as scientific language" European/international scientific community: Participation in the work of the ALLEA European Research Area working group, in the board of the Academia Europaea (AE) Budapest Knowledge Hub and in a working group of the AE, as "fellow" in the activities of the International Science Council, in Open Research Europe as community gateway advisor Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE): Founder and coordinator of the Research Chapter of ELTE ALUMNI organization
Science dissemination: 15 publications (1 in English), several institutional and lab Facebook posts, organization of Science Communication workshop with the Hungarian Young Academy, and with interactive workshops and programs on the events below in 2007, since 2016 in every year: Researcher’s Night programs at ELTE, 2019, 2023: Museum's Nights; 2017, 2019: Fascination of Plants Day (also organizer of the event in 2019 at ELTE) Since 2021-: secondary school mentoring programme of ELTE, since 2019: ELTE Open Days 2023: Jury member of the Alexandre Trauner Art and Film Festival (scientific and student films), Szolnok, Hungary Hobbies: music (composition, singing, playing), drawing (ink, aquarelle, computer), microscopic photography, writing Since 2007: Organiser and exhibitor at several individual and joint Arts & Science exhibitions of microscopic images (in Hungary and France) STUDIES, EMPLOYMENT, LANGUAGE
1996-2001: Undergraduate (MSc) studies in biology at the Faculty of Science of Eötvös Loránd University, ELTE, specialization in plant biology
2001-2004: PhD student at the Department of Plant Anatomy (ELTE Doctoral School of Biology, Experimental Plant Biology PhD program)
2005: Ph. D., Summa cum laude
2004-2009: Teaching assistant at the Department of Plant Anatomy, ELTE
2009-: assistant professor at the Department of Plant Anatomy, ELTE
November 2009 – October 2015 (April 2016): on maternity leave
2023: Habilitation, ELTE, Budapest, Hungary
French: advanced level, English: advanced level, German: intermediate levelTEACHING EXPERIENCE
Practices and seminars (in Hungarian unless otherwise stated, *shared course)
- Plant Anatomy laboratory practice 1 and 2 (from 2001, from 2018 new name: Plant structure and function 1 practice) (biology and biology teacher MSc, later biology BSc)
- Pharmaceutical Botany laboratory practice (for pharmacy MSc students at the Semmelweis University in Hungarian and in English, between 2005-2020)
- Cell biology practice 1.* (since 2018, biology BSc)
- Research Methodology seminar/practice (since 2019, biology MSc, in Hungarian and English)
- Plant and fungal model organisms (since 2021, biology BSc)
- Mentoring (since 2021, biology BSc)
- Electron microscopic techniques* (since 2023, biology MSc, in English)
- General Botany (in 2007 and 2008, ELTE university preparatory course in English for the entrance examination of foreign students)
- Introduction to Botany* (in 2007, lecture in English for biology BSc students)
- Biology of Crops (special lecture/course, BSc, MSc, responsible for the curriculum, since 2010, in Hungarian and English)
- Plastids – Basics and applications* (since 2019, PhD course, responsible for the curriculum)
- Trends in Plant Biology* (between 2018-2021, biology MSc, in Hungarian and English)
- Cell biology lecture 1* and 2*, From molecules to cells lecture+practice* (since 2019, biology BSc, biology teacher MSc)
- Applied Plant Biology and Mycology* (since 2020, biology BSc)
- Plant structure and function 1 lecture* (since 2023, biology BSc)
- Plastid biology lecture* (since 2023, biology MSc, own curriculum)
- Thesis supervision: 10 MSc and 7 BSc theses, 1 BSc ongoing, 5 PhD students – ELTE; 1 shared PhD student - Semmelweis UniversityMEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES, OTHER FUNCTIONS
2001-: Hungarian Biophysical Society (Section of Photobiology), secretary of the section 2007-2019, president of the section since 2019, member of the Supervisory Committee of the Society 2015-2019, member of its board since 2019
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
2018-: Editor of the Facebook page of ELTE Institute of Biology
2018, 2019-2023: Founding member of the Hungarian Young Academy (HYA) (member of the presidential ad hoc committee preparing the launch of the HYA in 2018, member of HYA and the board in 2019-2021, co-chair 2021-2023, from May 2023 - alumnus)
2019: Rapporteur, World Science Forum, Budapest
2020-: Member of the Young Academy of Europe; Recruitement Vice-Chair (2020-2022), Vice-Chair (2022-2023), Chair (2023-2024)
2020-2026: Member of the Presidential Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences dedicated to the Career Path of Women in Science
2020-: Founding member and coordinator of the Research Chapter of the ALUMNI organization of ELTE
2021-: Co-chair of the Danube Region thematic mission of the Academia Europaea Budapest Knowledge Hub
2021-: Member of the European Research Area Working group at ALLEA (All European Academies) delegated by the President of H.A.S.
2022-: Community Gateway Advisor for Open Research Europe
2022-: Member of the Task Force Environment, Sustainability and Climate of Academia Europaea
2023-: Member of the H.A.S. panel coordinating a discussion forum about “Hungarian as scientific language"
2023-: International Science Council (ISC) fellow
GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, STUDY TRIPS
Grants
2002-2005: contributing scientist (PhD student) 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
2016-2020 and 2022-2025: János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the H.A.S.
2017-2023: principal investigator of the project OTKA FK 124748 (Title: The effect of salt and drought stress on the structure and function of plastids)
2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023: Awardee of New National Excellence Program
2020-2024: Researcher Mental Health COST Action – CA19117, MC (2021), participant, VNS grantee
2021-2024: contributing scientist in the project TÁMOP-4.2.1/B-09/1/KONV
2022-2024: senior participant, Bulgarian-Hungarian Academy of Sciences bilateral grant (2.73 M HUF)
2023-2027: Sustainable Use of Salt-Affected Lands (SUSTAIN) COST Action – CA22144, MC, Science Communication Coordinator
2024-2028: Participant in the project OTKA K 146865 (48 M 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)
Autumn 2018: 1-week study trip (5x24 h SANS beam time) at Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland (main proposer of the beam time application)
Summer 2019: ~ 2-week study trip (ERASMUS Staff Mobility for Training), Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Winter 2020: short study trip, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
Summer 2022: 1-week study trip (4x24 h micro-XANES and micro-XRF beam time) at European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, FranceAWARDS, DISTINCTIONS
Scientific awards
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)
2016-2020, 2022-2025: János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2016: “Promising Young Researcher” award of ELTE
2023: Women in Science Excellence Award (Association for Women in Science, H.A.S., UNESCO Hungary)
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 Microscopy
2018: 2nd Prize at the microscopy photo competition of the Hungarian Society of Microscopy
2021: 1st Prize at the „Art in Science” microscopy photo competition of the Microscopy Conference 2021, MC2021, Joint Meeting of Dreilandertagung and Multinational Congress on MicroscopyEDITORIAL WORK, CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION, REVIEWING
Editorial work: since 2013 - Acta Botanica Gallica (from 2016 Botany Letters); Frontiers in Environmental Science later Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (review editor between 2014-2022); Frontiers in Plant Science (review editor from 2017, associate editor from 2020); The New Phytologist (from 2023, Advisory board member); editor of 3 special issues (Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, Botany Letters) and a topical collection (Magyar Tudomány)
ACTIVITIES RELATED TO SCIENCE POLICY
Main activities:
SCIENCE OUTREACH, HOBBIES, EXHIBITIONS
Detailed curriculum vitae (pdf)