Prof. Ferenc Friedler graduated in mathematics (1977), received CSc degree (1990) and Doctor of Science degree (1995) in process systems engineering. His main research activity is related to the developments of effective methods for the design and operation of complex engineering systems. Together with late Professor L.T. Fan, he is a co-founder of the P-graph framework that provides a theoretical basis for modelling a wide range of applications in process systems engineering.

Founder, chair, and co-chair of international scientific conferences and founder of academic organizations. Currently, he is a professor, scientific vice-president, and rector of Széchenyi István University, Győr, Hungary.

He was editor (Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 2011-2014), co-editor (Applied Thermal Engineering, Energy, Journal of Cleaner Production) and member of the editorial board (Computational Management Science, Journal of Applied Mathematics, Chemical Engineering Transactions) of scientific journals and their special issues.

Honored with several awards including Knight's Cross Order of Merit of Hungary, 2003; Polinszky Prize, 2006; John von Neumann Prize, 2007; Leo Szilard Professorship, 2008; Dennis Gabor Prize, 2008; Széchenyi Prize, 2010; Bolyai Memorial Award, 2010; Egervary Memorial Award, 2010; Honorary doctorate, National Technical University Kharkiv, 2012.