Education, Degrees

2019    D.Sc. in Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.

2016    Dr. Habil. in Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary.

2010    Ph.D. in Chemistry (organic- and organometallic chemistry), Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary.

2000    Diploma in Chemical Engineering (M.Sc.), University of Veszprém (University of Pannonia since 2006), Veszprém, Hungary.

Professional Affiliations

2020 –              Full Professor, Department of Chemical and Environmental Process Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary.

2016 –               Head of Department, Department of Chemical and Environmental Process Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary.

2012 – 2020     Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Environmental Process Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary.

2009 – 2012     Assistant Professor, Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary.

2001 – 2009     M. Eng. Assistant, Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary.

Languages

• English (Full proficiency)

• German (Intermediate)

Professional Experiences

2009 – 2015  Senior Research Associate, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China (six times, 6 weeks/time).

2009               Senior Research Associate, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland (1 week).

2007                Visiting Scientist, BayerMaterialScience – Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany (1 month)

2004               Visiting Scientist, ITC-CPV, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany (7 months)

2000               Summer Intern, Richter Gedeon Pharm. Ltd., Pilot Plant Lab., Budapest, Hungary (1 month)

Scholarships

• János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2014 – 2017).

• József Varga Senior Research Scholarship (2017 – 2019).

Honors and Awards

• Most Cited Paper Award of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2023.

• Jenő Görög Prize of Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2021.

• Best scientific paper award of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2019.

• Ernő Pungor Award, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2019.

• “The most read reviews in Chemical Reviews in 2018”, 2019.

• Bolyai Plaquette of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2018.

• Member of the “Best 100 teachers of Budapest University of Technology and Economics” 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014.

• Pro Sciencia supervisor certificate of merit, 2017.

• Pro Progressio Foundation supervisor certificate of merit, 2017.

• Excellence in Teaching Award, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2016.

• Prize of the Hungarian Chemical Society, 2014.

• Prize of the Hungarian Chemical Society, 2006.

• Best Poster Award, International Conference on Green Solvents for Catalysis, October 13-16, 2002, Bruchsal, Germany.

• Richter Chemical Engineering Award, Gedeon Richter Ltd. and Prof. Antal László Foundation, Veszprém, Hungary.

Committee Services

• Secretary General, Hungarian Chemical Society, 2021 –

• EuChemS Division of Green and Sustainable Chemistry (DGSC) Representative 2020 –

• Member of Habilitation and Doctoral Council, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Information Technolgy, University of Debrecen, 2021 –

• Vice-Chair, Committee of George Oláh Doctoral School Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2019 –

• Full compliance member of George Oláh Doctoral School, 2019 –

• Member of Habilitation and Doctoral Council, Faculty of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2019 –

• Member of Working Party of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2018 –

• Chairman of the committee of the education program for the Environmental Engineering M.Sc., Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2017 –

• Course director of Environmental Engineering M.Sc., Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2016 –

• Chairman of the final examination committee (M.Sc. in environmental engineering education programs), Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2013 –

• Chairman of the final examination committee (M.Sc. in chemical engineering education programs), Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2013 –

• Member of Scientific Students' Associations Committee, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2014 –

• Vice-head, Department of Chemical and Environmental Process Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2015 – 2016.

• Expert of Hungarian Accreditation Committee, 2018 –

• Member of Petrochemical Division of Hungarian Chemical Society, 2016 – 2019

• Secretary of Petrochemical Division of Hungarian Chemical Society, 2019 – 2022

• Committee member, EFCE Working Party on Chemical Reaction Engineering, 2013 –

• Public body member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2012 –

• Member of Hungarian Chemical Society, 2006 –

Teaching activities

• Chemical Unit Operation at B.Sc. level, course leader, 2013 –

• Environmental benign and catalytic processes at M.Sc. level, 2013 –

• Chemical and Biochemical Unit Operations at B.Sc. level, course leader, 2013 –

• Green Chemistry and Catalysis at M.Sc. level, course leader, 2013 –

• Applied Chemistry and Chemical Technology at B.Sc. level, 2012–

• Chemical Technology at M.Sc. level, 2012 –

• Catalysis Ph.D. course, 2013 – 

Organization of scientific meetings

1. Chair, 10^th International Conference on Green & Sustainable Chemistry (ICG&SC 2023), August 22 – 26, 2024, Budapest, Hungary.

2. Session Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Green Chemistry – 2020, Castelldefels, July 26 – 31, 2022, Spain.

3. Co-chair of Green Chemistry Session, 44^th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry - ICCC2020, August 28 – September 3, 2022, Rimini, Italy.

4. Honorary Committee Member, 47^th Conference of SSCHE, May 24–27, 2020, Tatranské Matliare, Slovak Republic.

5. Honorary Committee Member, 46^th Conference of SSCHE, May 20–23, 2019, Tatranské Matliare, Slovak Republic.

6. Organizing Committee Member, International Conference on Green Chemistry and Technology, November 13–15, 2018, Edinburgh, Scotland.

7. Organizing Committee Member, Annual Global Experts Meet On Green Chemistry and Engineering, May 7–8, 2018, Tokyo, Japan.

8. Honorary Committee Member, 45^th Conference of SSCHE, May 21–25, 2018, Tatranské Matliare, Slovak Republic.

9. Scientific Committee Member, Műszaki Kémiai Napok, April 24–26, 2018, Veszprém.

10. Member of Program Committee, Renewable Resources RR 2017 (Renewable plant resources: chemistry, technology, medicine), September 18–22, 2017, Sankt Petersburg, Russia.

11. Chair of the Washington Session: Biomass Conversion Technologies, 7^th International Symposium on Energy (Energy7), August 13–17, 2017, Manchester, UK.

12. Honorary Committee Member, 44^th Conference of SSCHE, May 22–26, 2017, Demänovska Dolina, Slovak Republic.

13. Scientific Committee Member, Műszaki Kémiai Napok’17, April 25-27, 2017, Veszprém.

14. Member of Scientific Organizing Committee, 43^rd SSCHE Conference, May 23-27, 2016, Tatranské Matliare, Slovak Republic.

15. Member of Scientific Committee, 3^rd International Symposium on the Soai Reaction and Related Topic, September 2-5, 2015, Felsőmocsolád, Hungary.

16. Member of Local Organizing Committee, Symposium on Computer Aided Process Design (ESCAPE24), June 15 – 18, 2014, Budapest, Hungary

17. Co-Chair, International Symposium on Fluorous Technologies (ISoFT’13), June 2-5, 2013, Budapest, Hungary.

18. Member of Local Organizing Committee, XVI^th FECHEM Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, September 5–8, 2005, Budapest, Hungary.

Editorial services

• Associate Editor, Chemical Papers (Springer), 2017 –

• International Advisory Board Member, ChemPlusChem (Wiley-VCH), 2016 –

Reviewer services for national and international organizations

• Hungarian National Scientific Research Fund

• National Excellence Program of Ministry of Innovation

• COST Actions

Reviewer services for journals

• Green Chemistry (RSC)

• ChemSusChem (Wiley)

• ChemistrySelect (Wiley)

• Catalysis Science and Technology (RSC)

• Energy and Fuel (ACS)

• Journal of the American Chemical Society (ACS)

• ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering (ACS)

• ChemPlusChem (Wiley)

• Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data (ACS)

• Applied Catalysis A. General (Elsevier)

• Catalysis Communications (Elsevier)

• RSC Advances (RSC)

• Fuel Processing Technology (Elsevier)