CURRICULUM VITAE  Jenő Kürti

Personal data:

Born: 1954, Married in 1974, has two children

Education:

1978: Master's Degree in Physics (Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary)

1982: Dr. rer. nat in Physics “summa cum laude” (Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary)

Employment:

1978-83                Assistant professor at the Eötvös University Budapest, Dept. of Atomic Physics

1983-91                Adjoint professor at the Eötvös University Budapest, Dept. of Atomic Physics

1986-87                Visiting scientist at the University of Vienna  (1 year)

1991-98                Associate professor at the Eötvös University Budapest, Dept. of Atomic Physics

1991-92                Visiting scientist at the University of Vienna (1 year)

1997                      Visiting professor at the University of Vienna (4 months)

1998-2000           Associate professor at the Eötvös University Budapest, Dept. of Biol. Physics

1999                      Visiting professor at the Georgetown University (1 month)

2000                      Visiting professor at the Georgetown University (2 months)

2000-                     Full professor at the Eötvös University Budapest, Dept. of Biological Physics

Positions:

2006-                     Head of the Department of Biological Physics, Eötvös University

2006-                     Member of the Doctoral Council of the Faculty of Science, Eötvös University

2008-                     Director of the Institute of Physics, Eötvös University

Publications:

1 book, 1 book chapter, 5 university lecture notes, and more than 100 scientific publications, mostly in leading international journals (number of independent SCI citations is >1000 ). Regular referee at Physical Review, Physical Review Letters.

Academic honors:

1990:  Candidate of Science in Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

1997:  Rezső Schmid Award (Loránd Eötvös Physical Society, Budapest)

1998:  Habilitation: Eötvös University, Department of Physics

1999:  Doctor (DSc) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

1998-2001: Széchenyi Distinguished Professorship (Ministry of Education, Hungary)

Memberships:

Member of the Hungarian Physical Society

Member of the Management Committee of EU-COST D35

President of the Atomic and Molecular Physics Committee of The Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Outside research support:

Since 1994, principal investigator of 8 scientific projects.