Zoltán Barta#
| Membership Number: | 5380 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | HUNGARY |
| Homepage(s): | http://web.unideb.hu/~zbarta |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-7121-9865 |
| Twitter: | @zbartab |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2019 - present Director of Institute of Biology and Ecology, University of Debrecen, Hungary
- 2016 - present Director of Biology MSc Programme, University of Debrecen
- 2010 - present Director of Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Doctoral Programme, Juhász-Nagy Pál Doctoral School, University of Debrecen
- 2010 - present Head of Department of Evolutionary Zoology, University of Debrecen
- 2009 - present Professor of biology, University of Debrecen
- 2006 - 2009 Reader in biology, University of Debrecen
- 2006 - 2007 Research associate, University of Bristol, UK
- 2002 - 2004 Marie Curie Research Fellow, University of Bristol, UK
- 2000 - 2001 Leverhulme Trust Linked Fellow, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- 1998 - 2006 Lecturer in Animal Behaviour, Department of Evolutionary Zoology, Kossuth University (recently University of Debrecen), Debrecen
- 1996 - 1997 NATO Science Fellow, Concordia University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- 1994 - 1998 Research Associate, Department of Evolutionary Zoology, Kossuth University, Debrecen
Fields of Scholarship
- Evolution of parental care
- Evolution of cooperation
- Social foraging
- Behavioural ecology
- Evolutionary biology
- Life history theory
- Evolution of social behaviour
Honours and Awards
- 2014 Medal of the Debrecen Chapter of the Hungarian Academy of Science for scientific achievement
- 2009 Master Teacher of the Year, Hungarian Council of Science Students
- 2006 Öveges Scholarship
- 2001 Marie Curie Research Fellowship of the European Union, Centre for Behavioural Biology, University of Bristol, UK
- 2001 György Békési Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Hungarian Ministry of Education
- 2001 Bolyai Research Fellowship of the Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest
- 1999 Leverhulme Trust Linked Fellowship, Centre for Behavioural Biology, University of Bristol, UK
- 1998 Bolyai Research Fellowship of the Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest
- 1996 Magyary Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Hungarian Ministry of Culture, Budapest
- 1996 NATO Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Biology, Concordia University, Canada
