University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest

Studies
1993-1998 József Attila University, Szeged – Biology (M.Sc.)
1998-2002 Szeged University, Szeged – English (B.A.)
1999-2003 Szent István University, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Budapest – (Ph.D. )

Previous positions

2023-                Professor, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest

2009 – 2022    Associate Professor, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest

2006 – 2009    OTKA postdoctoral research fellow, Szent István University, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Budapest
2002 – 2006     Postdoctoral research fellow – Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Medicine, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
2001 – 2002      Lecturer, Szent István University, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Budapest

Further studies:
2000 IBRO Summer School, Tihany, Hungary, “Functional anatomy and evolution of complex integrative centres of the CNS: approaches and facts”
2001 FENS/IBRO Summer School, Sulejow, Poland, “Receptor Activation and beyond”
2001 FENS/IBRO Winter School, Kitzbühel, Austria, “Structure and Formation of neuronal representation”
2008 PENS Summer School, Bordeaux, France, “Mechanisms and development of synaptic transmission: from receptors to networks”

Membership in Scientific Societies:
Hungarian Neuroscience Society
Hungarian Anatomical Society
Hungarian Society for Microscopy
Society for Neuroscience
Cajal Club
IBRO

Awards:

• 2006 OTKA postdoctoral fellowship
• 2009 Elektronmikroscopy Award, Hungarian Society for Microscopy
• 2009 Lenhossék Mihály Award, Hungarian Anatomical Society
• 2011 Bolyai János Research fellowship – Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• 2015 Prof. Bertalan Csillik Award –  Hungarian Anatomical Society
• 2016 Bolyai János Research fellowship – Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• 2018 ÚNKP Bolyai+ research scholarship – Ministry of Human Capacities
• 2020 Pro Universitate Gold Medal – Rector and Senate of the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest

International collaborations:
Richard WEINBERG (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA) – Electronmicroscopic structure of the excitatory mammalian synapses
Scott SODERLING (Duke University, NC, USA) – Structural background of neuropsychiatric diseases
Tamás HORVÁTH (Yale University, CT, New Haven, USA) Energy metabolism, aging and the role of the hypothalamus
Peyman GOLSHANI (UCLA, CA, Los Angeles, US) – Structural background of autism spectrum disorder
Frank MADEO (University of Graz, Austria) – Polyamines, aging, and the mammalian brain

Funding:
2003 – Interaction between GABA and the peptidergic system in the rodent lateral septum; role: research scientist, amount: 25.000 EUR
2006 – Actin-binding proteins and their role in hippocampal plasticity, OTKA PF60416; role: PI; 30.000 EUR
2011 – Ultrastructural and molecular characterization of hippocampal neurons responsible for metabolic and energy balance, OTKA K83830, role: PI; 75.000 EUR

2017 – Hunger controls aging, NKFIH 126998, PI – 1M EUR