Introduction:

My name is Ádám Tisza, I am a PhD student at the Department of Zoology. I completed my bachelor’s degree in biology at the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest in 2022, where I studied snake-raptor interactions in Hungarian meadow viper habitats. I completed my master’s in biology at Eötvös Loránd University in 2024, specializing in ecology, evolution, and conservation biology. The topic of my thesis was the genetic diversity and structure of Eurasian eastern imperial eagle populations, which I prepared at the Molecular Ecology Research Group of our department. My current research also focuses on contributing to raptor conservation through the implementation of molecular methods.

Main research fields:

• Genetic diversity and structure of eastern imperial eagle populations
• Dependence of eastern imperial eagle chick ratio on ecological variables
• Turnover rate of saker falcon parents based on chick genotypes

Progress:

2024 – PhD student at the Department of Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest

2022-2024 – Biologist MSc at Eötvös Loránd Science University

2019-2022 – Biologist BSc at the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest

Publication list:

Móré, A., Üveges, B., Simics, J., Radovics, D., Kovács, G., Bancsik, B., Wenner, B., Budai, M., Tisza, Á., Vadász, Cs., Mizser, Sz., Tóthmérész, B. & Mizsei, E. (2024). Predation on the Endangered Hungarian Meadow Viper in Pastures and Hayfields: Insights From Plasticine Models. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 95, 68-76.

Tisza, Á., Móré, A., Turny, Z., Bereczky, A., Szentesi, Z., Korsós, Z., & Mizsei, E. (2024). A geometric morphometric approach to identify uncomplete snake vertebrae from raptor bird feeding remains. Food Webs, 38, e00334.

Mizsei, E., Budai, M., Wenner, B., Rák, G., Radovics, D., Bancsik, B., Kovács, G., Tisza, Á., Simics, J., Szabolcs, M., Vadász, Cs., Móré, A. (2023). Before‐after‐control‐impact field experiment shows anti‐predator netting enhances occupancy of the threatened Hungarian meadow viper (Vipera ursinii rakosiensis). Wildlife Biology, e01147.

Schmid, P. L., Grünewald, J., Gloor, R., Francioli, Y., Tisza, Á., Mizsei, E., & Mebert, K. (2023). First illustrated record of melanism in Dinnik’s Viper, Vipera dinniki Nikolsky, 1913 in Georgia. Herpetology Notes, 16, 87-89.