Introduction:

I am Emese Balogh, a PhD student at the Department of Zoology. I graduated from the University of Veterinary Medicine as a biologist in 2022. I completed my undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Horticultural Engineering of Szent István University, where my main research area was the study of the molecular system that determines self-sterility in the Rosaceae family. In 2020, I joined the Evolutionary Ecology Department of the Centre for Agricultural Research as a master student. Since then, I have mainly been investigating the molecular mechanisms of sex reversal in amphibians.

Main research fields:

• Molecular ecology
• Evolution biology
• Evolution of sex determination systems
• Conservation genetics

Proceeds:

2023 – Biologist at Department of Zoology at University of Veternary Medicine Budapest

2022 – PhD Student at Department of Zoology at University of Veternary Medicine Budapest

2020-2022 – Biologist MSc, University of Veternary Medicine Budapest

2016-2019 – Szent István University, horticultural engineer

Publication list:

Balogh, E., Hócza, S., Ujhegyi, N., Kásler, A., Holly, D., Herczeg, D., … & Mikó, Z. (2025). Effects of pyrethroid insecticides on sex ratios in agile frogs (Rana dalmatina). Aquatic Toxicology, 107624.

Bókony, V., Balogh, E., Mikó, Z., Kásler, A., Örkényi, Z., & Ujhegyi, N. (2025). Higher Sex‐Reversal Rate of Urban Frogs in a Common‐Garden Experiment Suggests Adaptive Microevolution. Evolutionary Applications, 18(4), e70093.

Ujszegi J., Ujhegyi N., Balogh E., Mikó Z., Kásler A., Hettyey A., Bókony V. 2024. No sex-dependent mortality in an amphibian upon infection with the chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Ecology and Evolution 14: e70219.

Bókony V., Balogh E., Ujszegi J., Ujhegyi N., Szederkényi M., Hettyey A. 2024. Tadpoles develop elevated heat tolerance in urban heat islands regardless of sex. Evolutionary Biology 51: 209-216.

Nemesházi E., Sramkó G., Laczkó L., Balogh E., Szatmári L., Vili N,, Ujhegyi N., Üveges B., Bókony V. 2022. Novel genetic sex markers reveal unexpected lack of, and similar susceptibility to, sex reversal in free-living common toads in both natural and anthropogenic habitats. Molecular Ecology 31: 2032-2043.

Halász J., Balogh E., Makovics-Zsohár N. Hegedűs A. 2019. S-genotyping of Hungarian sour cherry cultivars. Acta Horticulturae 1231: 161-166. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2019.1231.27

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