Prof. Gabor Harsanyi graduated in electrical engineering from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics in 1981 and received doctorate (dr. univ.) in Electronics Technology from the same university in 1984. Thereafter, he moved to the Microelectronics Company (MEV, Hungary) where he developed his expertise in hybrid integrated circuits and sensorics. In 1992, he received his Ph.D. from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Since 1984, he has been a member of the research and teaching staff of the Department of Electronics Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics in various positions, and became the head of department in 2003 and is professor emeritus since 2024. His main research topics are: reliability physics of high density electronic interconnection systems, sensors in biomedical applications. He published two books: “Polymer Films in Sensor Applications”, and “Sensors in Biomedical Applications”, which became part of the basic literature in sensorics. Dr. Harsanyi conducted a large number of scientific and industrial research and development projects, published more than 300 papers and has more than 2000 citations.  He is Senior Member of IEEE Electronics packaging Society.

He received the following awards in Hungary:

2011 Denis Gabor award

2012 Patent Standard Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences                                 

2014 Officer's Cross Order of Merit of Hungary

2022 Széchenyi Award