Tamas Vicsek#
| Membership Number: | 1668 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1995 |
| Main Country of Residence: | HUNGARY |
| Homepage(s): | http://hal.elte.hu/~vicsek |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 Professor emeritus of Physics, Department of Biological Physics, Eotvos University, Budapest
- 2017 - present Senior associated scientist, Biological Physics Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and ELKH
- 2005 - 2018 Professor of Physics, Department of Biological Physics, Eotvos University, Budapest
- 2003 - 2017 Head (part time), Biological Physics Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1998 - 2005 Professor of Physics, Head, Department of Biological Physics, Eotvos University, Budapest
- 1991 - 1997 Professor of Physics, (1992-96, Head), Department of Atomic Physics, Eotvos University, Budapest
- 1983 - 1985 Visiting Scientist, Emory University, Atlanta
- 1972 - 1990 Research Associate, (1972-75, Junior) Research Institute for Technical Physics (RITP), Hungarian Acad. Sci., 1983-90 Senior Research Associate, RITP
Fields of Scholarship
- Collective phenomena in biological systems (flocking, oscillations, crowds)
- Vicsek fractal
- Monte Carlo simulation of cluster models
- Fractal growth
- Pattern formation (computer and laboratory experiments)
- Percolation theory
- Vicsek model of swarm behavior
- Aggregation phenomena
- Cell locomotion in vitro
Honours and Awards
- 2020 Lars Onsager Prize (US) (together with John Toner und Yuhai Tu) "for seminal work on the theory of flocking that marked the birth and contributed greatly to the development of the field of active matter"
- 2017 Prima Primissima Award
- 2015 Herman Ottó Award
- 2006 Fellow of the American Physical Society
- 2003 Leo Szilard Award
- 2001 regular member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1999 Szechenyi Award
- 1997 Andras Fay Award, National Organization of Research Students
- 1995 member of the Academia Europaea
- 1995 Corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1990 Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1986 Novobátzky Award of the Hungarian Physical Society
