{"id":80442,"date":"2022-11-15T13:25:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T12:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/?page_id=80442"},"modified":"2026-05-14T10:46:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T08:46:43","slug":"szakos-david","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/about\/staff\/szakos-david\/","title":{"rendered":"Szakos D\u00e1vid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Introduction\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p> <p><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">He obtained his BSc degree in food engineering in 2014 at the Faculty of Food Science of the Corvinus University of Budapest, and in 2017 he received his MSc degree in chemical engineering at the Faculty of Chemistry and Bioengineering of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. In 2016, in parallel with his master&#8217;s studies, he started working at the Risk Management Directorate of the National Food Chain Safety Office as a Strategic analyst. He started his PhD studies at the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest in 2018, and in 2022 he defended his thesis titled &#8220;The role of functional food in healthy aging: a consumer research perspective&#8221; with a summa cum laude classification, after which he worked as a research fellow at the UVMB from the fall of 2022. <\/span><\/span><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Since 2024, he has served as Deputy Head of the Department of Applied Food Science at the Institute of Food Chain Science. Since September 2025, he has been a J\u00e1nos Bolyai Research Scholarship holder of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.<\/span><\/span><\/p> <p><strong><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Main research areas:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p> <ul> <li><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Food safety<\/span><\/span><\/li> <li><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Food waste reduction<\/span><\/span><\/li> <li><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Functional food products<\/span><\/span><\/li> <li><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Risk communication<\/span><\/span><\/li> <li><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Consumer research<\/span><\/span><\/li> <\/ul> <p>&nbsp;<\/p> <p><strong><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Appointments and positions:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p> <p>&nbsp;<\/p> <table style=\"height: 141px;width: 53.7646%\" width=\"749\"> <tbody> <tr style=\"height: 33px\"> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 32.8418%;height: 33px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Time<\/span><\/span><\/td> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 32.8418%;height: 33px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Name of institution<\/span><\/span><\/td> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 32.8418%;height: 33px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Position<\/span><\/span><\/td> <\/tr> <tr style=\"height: 10px\"> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 32.8418%;height: 10px\">2024-<\/td> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 32.8418%;height: 10px\">University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Institute of Food Chain Science, Department of Applied Food Science<\/td> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 32.8418%;height: 10px\">Deputy Head of Department<\/td> <\/tr> <tr style=\"height: 10px\"> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 32.8418%;height: 10px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">2022-<\/span><\/span><\/td> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 32.8418%;height: 10px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Department of Food Hygiene<\/span><\/span><\/td> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 32.8418%;height: 10px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Research fellow<\/span><\/span><\/td> <\/tr> <tr style=\"height: 15px\"> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 32.8418%;height: 15px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">2018-2022<\/span><\/span><\/td> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 32.8418%;height: 15px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Department of Veterinary Forensics and Economics<\/span><\/span><\/td> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 32.8418%;height: 15px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">PhD student<\/span><\/span><\/td> <\/tr> <tr style=\"height: 68px\"> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 32.8418%;height: 68px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">2016-2022<\/span><\/span><\/td> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 32.8418%;height: 68px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">National Food Chain Safety Office, Directorate for Risk Management<\/span><\/span><\/td> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 32.8418%;height: 68px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Strategic analyst<\/span><\/span><\/td> <\/tr> <tr style=\"height: 15px\"> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 32.8418%;height: 15px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">2013-2015<\/span><\/span><\/td> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 32.8418%;height: 15px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Corvinus University of Budapest, Faculty of Food Science<\/span><\/span><\/td> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 32.8418%;height: 15px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Research assistant<\/span><\/span><\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table> <p>&nbsp;<\/p> <p><strong><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Professional membership:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p> <table style=\"height: 144px;width: 53.4323%\" width=\"749\"> <tbody> <tr style=\"height: 32px\"> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 51.084%;height: 32px\"><strong><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Committee<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 12.8726%;height: 32px\"><strong><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Time<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 34.5528%;height: 32px\"><strong><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Post<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td> <\/tr> <tr style=\"height: 17px\"> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 51.084%;height: 17px\">National Association of Public Caterers and Food Service Managers (K\u00d6ZSZ\u00d6V)<\/td> <td style=\"width: 12.8726%;text-align: center;height: 17px\" width=\"63\">2026-<\/td> <td style=\"width: 34.5528%;text-align: center;height: 17px\" width=\"216\">Member<\/td> <\/tr> <tr> <td style=\"width: 51.084%;text-align: center\" width=\"321\">Wasteless Foundation<\/td> <td style=\"width: 12.8726%;text-align: center\" width=\"63\">2023-<\/td> <td style=\"width: 34.5528%;text-align: center\" width=\"216\">President<\/td> <\/tr> <tr> <td style=\"width: 51.084%;text-align: center\" width=\"321\">Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Section of Agricultural Sciences, Committee on Agricultural Economics<\/td> <td style=\"width: 12.8726%;text-align: center\" width=\"63\">2022-<\/td> <td style=\"width: 34.5528%;text-align: center\" width=\"216\">Public body member, permanent invited committee member<\/td> <\/tr> <tr style=\"height: 17px\"> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 51.084%;height: 17px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Hungarian Society of Nutrition<\/span><\/span><\/td> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 12.8726%;height: 17px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">2021-<\/span><\/span><\/td> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 34.5528%;height: 17px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Member<\/span><\/span><\/td> <\/tr> <tr style=\"height: 10px\"> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 51.084%;height: 10px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Hungarian Society of Zoonoses<\/span><\/span><\/td> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 12.8726%;height: 10px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">2014-<\/span><\/span><\/td> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 34.5528%;height: 10px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Member<\/span><\/span><\/td> <\/tr> <tr style=\"height: 18px\"> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 51.084%;height: 18px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">University Council of Doctoral Students, UVMB<\/span><\/span><\/td> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 12.8726%;height: 18px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">2018-2022<\/span><\/span><\/td> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 34.5528%;height: 18px\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Delegate, President<\/span><\/span><\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table> <p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p> <p><strong><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Previous dissertation \/ number of TDK students:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"> \u00a014<\/span><\/span><\/p> <p><strong><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">PhD students<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p> <table style=\"width: 53.6555%;height: 302px\"> <tbody> <tr style=\"height: 32px\"> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 51.084%;height: 32px\"><strong><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Name<\/span><\/strong><\/td> <td style=\"text-align: center;width: 12.8726%;height: 32px\"><strong><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Year<\/span><\/strong><\/td> <\/tr> <tr style=\"height: 46px\"> <td style=\"width: 51.084%;text-align: center;height: 46px\" width=\"281\">Nugraha Widya Satya<\/td> <td style=\"width: 12.8726%;text-align: center;height: 46px\" width=\"288\">2022-<\/td> <\/tr> <tr style=\"height: 56px\"> <td style=\"width: 51.084%;text-align: center;height: 56px\" width=\"281\">Dinaj Rina<\/td> <td style=\"width: 12.8726%;text-align: center;height: 56px\" width=\"288\">2024-<\/td> <\/tr> <tr style=\"height: 56px\"> <td style=\"width: 51.084%;text-align: center;height: 56px\" width=\"281\">Rendora Kenneth Avila<\/td> <td style=\"width: 12.8726%;text-align: center;height: 56px\" width=\"288\">2024-<\/td> <\/tr> <tr style=\"height: 56px\"> <td style=\"width: 51.084%;text-align: center;height: 56px\" width=\"281\">Hardiyanti Marina<\/td> <td style=\"width: 12.8726%;text-align: center;height: 56px\" width=\"288\">2025-<\/td> <\/tr> <tr style=\"height: 56px\"> <td style=\"width: 51.084%;text-align: center;height: 56px\" width=\"281\">Nafula Marveen<\/td> <td style=\"width: 12.8726%;text-align: center;height: 56px\" width=\"288\">2025-<\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table> <p><strong><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Publication list (Top10):<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p> <p>MTMT: https:\/\/m2.mtmt.hu\/gui2\/?type=authors&amp;mode=browse&amp;sel=authors10052942<\/p> <p>Tompa, O., Kiss, A*., So\u00f3s, S., Lakner, Z., Raner, A., Kasza, G., &amp; Szakos, D. (2025). Fifteen years of NOVA food-processing classification:\u201cfriend or foe\u201d among sustainable diet indicators? A scoping review. Nutrition Reviews, 83(4), 771-791.<\/p> <p>L\u00e1mfalusy, T., \u00d3zsv\u00e1ri, L., Szakos, D*., &amp; Kasza, G. (2025). Freshwater compared to marine fish-A quantitative study on consumer perspectives. Aquaculture, 603, 742382.<\/p> <p>Nugraha, W. S., Szakos, D*., S\u00fcth, M., &amp; Kasza, G. (2024). Greenwashing in the food industry: a systematic review exploring the current situation and possible countermeasures. Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, 15, 100227.<\/p> <p>Kasza, G., Ol\u00e1h, J*., Popp, J., Lakner, Z., Fekete, L., P\u00f3sa, E., Nugraha, W. S., &amp; Szakos, D. (2024). Food miles on the shelves: the share of local food products in the Hungarian retail sector. Agricultural and Food Economics, 12(1), 3.<\/p> <p>Kasza, G., Izs\u00f3, T*., Langsrud, S., Vrbos, D., Veflen, N., Ueland, \u00d8., Scholderer, J., M\u00fcnter, L., Csenki, E., Szakos, D., Ramsay, J., &amp; S\u00fcth, M. (2024). Institutional food safety risk communication\u2013A self-evaluation tool and its interpretation. Trends in Food Science &amp; Technology, 150, 104594.<\/p> <p>Kasza, G., Izs\u00f3, T*., Szakos, D., Nugraha, W. S., Tamimi, M. H., &amp; S\u00fcth, M. (2023). Insects as food-Changes in consumers\u2019 acceptance of entomophagy in Hungary between 2016 and 2021. Appetite, 188, 106770.<\/p> <p>Szakos, D*., \u00d3zsv\u00e1ri, L., &amp; Kasza, G. (2022). Health-related nutritional preferences of older adults: A segmentation study for functional food development. Journal of Functional Foods, 92, 105065.<\/p> <p>Kasza, G*., Csenki, E., Szakos, D., &amp; Izs\u00f3, T. (2022). The evolution of food safety risk communication: Models and trends in the past and the future. Food Control, 138, 109025.<\/p> <p>Szakos, D., Szab\u00f3-B\u00f3di, B., &amp; Kasza, G*. (2021). Consumer awareness campaign to reduce household food waste based on structural equation behavior modeling in Hungary. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28(19), 24580-24589.<\/p> <p>Szab\u00f3-B\u00f3di, B*., Kasza, G., &amp; Szakos, D. (2018). Assessment of household food waste in Hungary. British Food Journal, 120(3), 625-638.<\/p> <p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction\u00a0 He obtained his BSc degree in food engineering in 2014 at the Faculty of Food Science of the Corvinus University of Budapest, and in 2017 he received his MSc degree in chemical engineering at the Faculty of Chemistry and Bioengineering of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. 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