Curriculum
Vitae
Education
Positions
- senior research fellow, Konkoly Observatory, Research Centre for Astrronomy and Earth Sciences, Budapest, Hungary (since 2016)
- staff member, FÖMI Satellite Geodetic
Observatory, Penc, Hungary (1991–2016)
- research fellow, MTA-BME Research Group for Physical Geodesy and Geodynamics, Budapest, Hungary (2007–2011)
- study trips:
- international trainee at the European Space Agency (ESA) European Space Operations Centre (ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany) (1992)
- research fellow at the Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands) (1995–1996)
Education activities
- Radio Astronomy (since 2003; 2 semesters, special course in English for physics & astronomy MSc and PhD students, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)
- Radio Astronomy (2013, 2020; 1 semester, special course in Hungarian for physics & astronomy MSc and PhD students, University of Szeged)
- BSc thesis supervision (7 students since 2014, Eötvös Loránd University)
- MSc thesis supervision (17 students since 2000, Eötvös Loránd University & Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
- PhD thesis advisor/co-advisor (5 students, Eötvös Loránd University & Budapest University of Technology and Economics & Shanghai Astronomical Observatory)
- examination & defense committee member (nearly 40 cases since 2004, Physics PhD School, Eötvös Loránd University & international)
Journal editing
Awards
- PhD scholarship (1999, Hungarian Soros Foundation)
- Bolyai János Research Scholarship (2003, Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
- Nagy Ernő Prize (2005, Hungarian Astronautical Society)
- visiting professor (2012, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China)
- Hevesi Endre Prize (2015, Association of Hungarian Journalists, Hevesi Endre Prize Foundation)
- Fonó Albert Prize (2019, Hungarian Astronautical Society)
- Detre László Prize (2021, Eötvös Loránd Physical Society)
Membership in professional organisations & societies
- Hungarian Astronautical Society (member since 1993; deputy general secretary 2000-2015; vice-president since 2015)
- Hungarian Astronomical Association (member since 1993)
- Eötvös Loránd Physical Society (member since 1998)
- Committee on Space Research (COSPAR; associate since 2000)
- UN COPUOS, Global Navigation Satellite System working group (member, 2002–2003)
- Public body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Committee of Astronomy and Space Physics (member, since 2002)
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Committee of Astronomy and Space Physics (member since 2008, secretary 2011–2017)
- International Astronomical Union (IAU; individual member since 2006)
- Club of Hungarian Science Journalists (member since 2009)
- Hungarian Scientific Council on Space Research (member, 2012–2022)
- Program Committee, European VLBI Network (member, 2014–2017)
In research data bases