Mihály Pósfai - Curriculum Vitae#
CURRENT POSITION
- Professor, University of Pannonia, Nanolab, Veszprém, Hungary
DEGREES
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences DSc in earth sciences 2004
- Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest PhD in mineralogy 1992
- Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest MSc in geology 1987
EMPLOYMENT
- U. of Pannonia, professor since 2006; associate/assistant professor 1994 - 2006
- U. of Cambridge, visiting scientist, 2004 - 2005 (4 months)
- Arizona State U.; postdoctoral research associate 1996 - 1998 and 1992-1994 (4.5 years)
- Stockholm U.; Swedish Institute scholar, 1991 - 1992 (4 months)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
1) Biominerals: biologically controlled mineralization in magnetotactic bacteria, synthesis magnetic nanostructures. 2) Carbonate mineral precipitation and phosphorus cycling in shallow lakes. 3) Characterization of individual species in atmospheric aerosol particles for understanding their roles in atmospheric processes. 4) Application of transmission electron microscopy techniques to environmental mineralogy problems (https://nanolab.uni-pannon.hu/en/envmin-research-group/research
).IMPACT OF RESEARCH (as of June 2021)
- Number of invited lectures in the past ten years: 52
- Number of total publications in journals with referees: 99
- Number of citations (Google Scholar): 8450 (H = 52)
TEACHING
Mineralogy; Microscope Methods; Geochemistry; Earth Resources; Biomineralization (BSc, MSc and PhD courses at U. Pannonia, guest lectures at Eötvös U., Budapest and U. Brno, Czech Republic)
HONORS AND ELECTED POSITIONS
- Member of the Presidium of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2017 - present
- Council Member of the European Association of Geochemistry, 2018 - present
- President of the Veszprém Regional Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2014 - 2020
- Széchenyi Prize (awarded by the President of Hungary) 2016
- Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, since 2010
- Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America 2009
- European Mineralogical Union Medal for Research Excellence 1999
