Mihály Pósfai#
| Membership Number: | 5716 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | HUNGARY |
| Homepage(s): | https://nanolab.uni-pannon.hu/en/ https://mta.hu/english/elected-chief-officers-of-mta-106110 |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-9355-3533 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2026 - present President, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
- 2006 - present Professor, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary
- 1994 - 2006 Associate/Assistant Professor, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary
- 2004,10 - 2005,01 Visiting Scientist, University of Cambridge, UK
- 1996 - 1998 and 1992 - 1994 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Arizona State University, USA
- 1991,10 - 1992,02 Swedish Institute Scholar, University of Stockholm, Sweden
- 1987 - 1991 PhD student, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Fields of Scholarship
- Characterization of mineral nanostructures using transmission electron microscopy
- Environmental mineralogy of freshwater carbonate sediments
- Biomineralization of magnetic minerals in bacteria and synthesis of magnetic nanostructures
- Atmospheric geochemistry
Honours and Awards
- 2024 Fellow of the Hungarian Geological Society
- 2022 Pannon Science Award (Regional Centres of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
- 2021 Member of Academia Europaea
- 2017 Richárd Zsigmondy Prize (Hungarian Aerosol Society)
- 2016 Széchenyi Prize (President of Hungary)
- 2013 Albert Szent-Györgyi Prize (Ministry of Human Resources of Hungary)
- 2010 Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2010 Academy Medal (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
- 2009 Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America
- 2009 Mária Vendl Medal (Hungarian Geological Society)
- 1999 European Mineralogical Union Medal for Research Excellence
