Chemist, a professor of chemistry.
His main area of research was physical chemistry, especially reaction kinetics and radiochemistry. Together with future Nobel laureate György Hevesy, they were the first to use radioactive markers to measure the speed of self-diffusion in solid and molten lead. He was the first in Hungary to study Raman spectroscopy, a method suitable for determining the chemical structure of molecules. His research in biochemistry gained him international recognition.
He was first a corresponding than a full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. For a brief period, he served as the chairman of the Hungarian Society of Natural Sciences.
