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2017 Doctor of Science (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
2012 Habilitation at the University of Szeged (Immunology and Medical Mycology)
2001 PhD degree in Biology, Summa cum laude, University of Szeged, Hungary
1997 MSc in Molecular Biology, Attila Jozsef University, Hungary
2018- Professor at the Department of Microbiology, University of Szeged, Hungary
2018- Head of the Institute of Biology, University of Szeged, Hungary
2015-2018 Associate Professor at the Department of Microbiology, University of Szeged
2009-2015 Senior Research Associate, EMBO YIP IG Group Leader University of Szeged, Department of Microbiology
2008-2009 Assistant professor, University of Szeged, Department of Microbiology
2005-2008 Postdoctoral Fellow, Albert Einstein Collage of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
2004-2005 Scientist, Biocentrum Klein Flottbek, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
2002-2004 Marie Curie Fellow, Biocentrum Klein Flottbek, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
2001-2002 Research Associate, University of Szeged, Department of Microbiology
FELLOWSHIPS
2015 Fulbright Research fellowship at Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
2014-2017 Special Guest Scientist selected by the Federal Government of Barzil, “Science without Borders” senior fellow at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2002-2004 Marie Curie EU Fellowship, University of Hamburg, Germany
1996 TEMPUS Fellowship, Jena, Germany
2014-2020 Postdocs (4): Dr. Tibor Németh, Dr. Renáta Tóth, Dr. Csaba Papp, Dr. Katalin Csonka
2011-2020 PhD Students with finished thesis defense (10):
Melinda Katalin Pirity, PhD, 2011
Péter Ferenc Horváth, PhD, 2014
Tibor Mihály Németh, PhD, 2014
Grózer Zsuzsanna Barbara, PhD, 2015
Adél Tóth, PhD, 2015
Renáta Tóth, PhD, 2017
Katalin Csonka, PhD, 2019
Csaba Papp, PhD, 2019
Tanmoy Chakraborty, PhD, 2019
Dhirendra K. Singh, PhD, 2020
Recent PhD students (7):
3rd year: Sára Pál, Máté Vadovics
2nd year: Flóra Bohner, Tamás Takács, Ádám Novák
1st year: Éva Veress
Qualifying exam completed; thesis defense expected in 2020:
Erik Zajta
2002-2020 Undergraduate students supervisory experience (73 students) at the University of Hamburg, Germany, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA and at the University of Szeged
2016- Advanced Immunology (MSc Course, in English)
2014- Infection and Immunity (Special Course, in English)
2009- Experimental Mycology (MSc course, in Hungarian)
2008- Biologie Praktikum (Medical course, in German)
2008- Biologie für Mediziener (Medical course, in German)
2008- Immunology of Fungal Infections (Medical course, in English)
2008- Biology of Human Fungal Pathogens (MSc course, in Hungarian)
2008- Advanced Immunology (MSc course , in Hungarian)
2008- Basic Immunology for BSc students (Major course, in Hungarian)
2008-2018 Central European Summer Course on Mycology (www.cesc.hu) (Head of the organizing committee) (CESC 2008, 2010,2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018)
2014-2018 Rising Stars in Mycology Workshop (Head of the organizing committee) (RSM 2014, 2016, and 2018)
2016 IV. Hungarian Mycology Congress (Member of the organizing committee)
2015-2016 Immunology Laboratories in Hungary, Seminar Series I. – III. (organizer and founder)
2013 XXXI. OTDK Biology section Conference (2013) (Member of the organizing committee)
2013 I. BioMedica Conference (2013) (Head of the organizing committee)
2019- Elected member of general assembly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2018- Member of the Senate of the University of Szeged
2018- Member of the Microbiological Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2018- Head of the Institute of Biology, University of Szeged, Faculty of Sciences and Informatics
2017-2020 Member of the Strategic Committee of the University of Szeged, Faculty of Sciences and Informatics
2014- Member of the R&D and Innovation Committee of the University of Szeged (re-elected in 2017)
2014- Member of the Faculty Council University of Szeged, Faculty of Sciences and Informatics (re-elected in 2017)
2021- Country Ambassador – American Society for Microbiology
2020- Scientific evaluator at the Czech Academy of Sciences
2018 and 2020 Scientific Advisory Board, Human Fungal Pathogen Advance Course, Nice, France
2019- PhD thesis committee member, University of Göttingen
2018- External Examiner for PhD thesis and viva exam, University of Aberdeen, Aberdee, UK
2018- External Examiner for PhD thesis and viva exam, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
2016- Academic editor at PLOS ONE
2016- Associate editor in Frontiers in Microbiology
2016- Member of the editorial board Acta Biologica Szegediensis
2011- External Examiner for PhD thesis and viva exam, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
2014- Hungarian Society for Immunology – member of the executive committee (since 2019)
2013- International Society for Human and Animal Mycology – member
2005 – American Society for Microbiology – member, country ambassador from 2021
1997 – Hungarian Society for Microbiology – member of the executive committee (since 2018)
2019 Manninger Award from the Hungarian Society for Microbiology
2018 “Lendület” grant sponsored by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2015 Scientific Award, University of Szeged, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Informatics
2013 Bolyai János Research Scholar Fellowship, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2008 EMBO Installation Grant Young Investigator Program
2008 Bolyai János Research Scholar Fellowship, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2007 “Outstanding Postdoctoral Research Scholar” Albert Einstein College of Medicine
2007 “Young Investigator Award” FEBS FEMS “Human Fungal Pathogens”
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 739593. HCEMM supported by EU Programme: H2020-EU.4.a. – Teaming of excellent research institutions and low performing RDI regions. Project starting date was 1 April 2017.
