Affiliation and official address:

HUN-REN Institute for Nuclear Research (HUN-REN ATOMKI)

H-4026 Debrecen, Bem tér 18/c, HUNGARY

Date and place of birth: 01/01/1954 Bakonszeg, Hungary

Nationality: Hungarian

Education:

University: Lajos Kossuth University, Debrecen, 1973 – 1978 (People's Republic Scholarship) Diploma: Lajos Kossuth University, Debrecen, 1978 (excellent)

University doctoral degree: Lajos Kossuth University, Debrecen, 1982 (summa cum laude) Candidate of physical sciences: Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1990

Dr. of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2001.

Career/Employment

2008-23

Head, Division of Nuclear Physics (ATOMKI)

2005-

Titular professor at the University of Szeged

2001-

Scientific advisor (ATOMKI)

2000-01

Invited researcher (6 months) at KVI Groningen

1998-99

Research professor (8 months) at RCNP Osaka

1996

JSPS research fellowship (3 months) at the Research Centre for Nuclear Physics

(RCNP), Osaka University, Japan.

1996

DAAD research fellowship (3 months) at the Section Physics Universität München

1994-08

Head, Section of Experimental Nuclear Physics (ATOMKI)

1992-94

Senior research associate at ATOMKI

1990-91

Post-doctoral position at the Kernfysich Versneller Instituut (KVI)

Notable awards:

2007    Prize of the Physics Department of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences,

2019    Man of the Year award (city of Debrecen) 2020,            Hatvani Award (city of Debrecen), 2024    Officer’s Cross (civilian section, Hungarian Government, Budapest)