Lab members – Budapest Group

Zoltán Kovács, PhD student – research student

János Pálinkás, PhD student – research student

Julianna Németh, MSc – predoctoral researcher

Eszter Házy, MSc – lab manager

Bálint Jezsó, MSc – research fellow

Lamiya Mahmudova, MSc – research assistant

Mina Botros, BSc – MSc project student

Ákos Nyitrai, BSc – MSc project student

Lab alumni

Debasish Roy (MSc 2011)

Balázs Takács (PhD 2011)

Judit Gervai (MSc 2012)

Eszter Molnár (MSc 2012)

Kata Sarlós (PhD 2012)

Máté Gyimesi, PhD (senior research fellow)

Nikolett Nagy (PhD 2013)

András Bibó (PhD 2013)

Zsuzsa Kocsis (PhD 2014)

Anna Budai (MSc 2018)

Veronika Ferencziová (PhD, in progress)

Máté Martina (PhD, in progress)

Andries Napo Leemisa (MSc 2019)

Ágnes Hubert, PhD (research fellow)

Veronika Baráth, MSc (junior research fellow)

Benedek Tóth, BSc (research student)

Lili Farkas, BSc (research student)

Gábor Harami, PhD – senior research fellow

Hajnalka Harami-Papp, PhD – research fellow

József Hegedüs, MSc – research fellow

Kristóf Jóna, BSc – research student

Mihály Kovács

Professor, Head of Department of Biochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)

Education, degrees

M.Sc. (Biology, ELTE, 1998)

Ph.D. (Structural Biochemistry, ELTE, 2002)

Postdoctoral training (National Institutes of Health (NIH, USA), 2002-2005)

Habilitation (Biology, ELTE, 2008)

D.Sc. (Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), 2012)

Fellowships

EMBO Fellowship (Max-Planck-Inst. for Medical Research, Heidelberg, 1998)

Hungarian State Eötvös Fellowship (Univ. of Leicester, 2000)

EMBO Fellowship (Univ. of Leicester, 2001)

NIH Visiting Fellowship (NIH, 2002-2005)

Bolyai Fellowship (ELTE-MTA, 2006-2009, 2010-2013)

Prizes

Student Excellence Award (ELTE, 1998)

Lenfant Biomedical Fellowship Award (NIH, 2004-2005)

Fellows Award for Outstanding Research (NIH, 2004)

Fellows Award for Research Excellence (NIH, 2004)

Sigma-Aldrich Award, 1st Prize (Sigma-Aldrich Hungary, 2008)

Talentum Prize (MTA, 2009)

Ignaz L. Lieben Prize (Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2011)

Faculty of 1000 Evaluation (2012)

Orloff Science Award (NIH, 2013)

NHLBI Director's Award (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH, USA, 2013)

Bolyai Certificate (MTA, 2014)

Academy Award (2017)

Teaching

BSc level: Biochemistry and molecular biology

MSc level: Biochemistry and molecular biology, Recombinant DNA techniques, Protein science, Motor proteins

PhD level: Transient enzyme kinetics, Fluorescence spectroscopy

Public service

Past

Member, Fellows Advisory Committee (NHLBI, 2003-2005)

Member, Board of Supervisors (Hungarian Biochemical Society, 2011-2014)

Co-chair, Motility Subgroup (BPS, USA, 2012)

Secretary General (Hungarian Biochemical Society, 2016-2020)

Member, Scientific Committee for Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology (MTA, 2011-)

Vice Chair, Student Scientific Research Council in Biology (ELTE, 2012-)

Board Member, OTKA (2013-)

Member, National Student Scientific Research Council of Hungary, Biology section (2014-)

Representative, General Assemby of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2016-)

Member, Doctoral Council in Biology (ELTE, 2016-)

Member, Faculty Quality Control and Strategic Committee (ELTE, 2016-)

Program Leader, Structural Biochemistry Doctoral Program (ELTE, 2016-)

Board Member, National Research, Development and Innovation Office (2016-)

Member, Board of Trustees, Bolyai Fellowship, MTA (2016-)

Head of Department of Biochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE, 2019-)

Vice President, Hungarian Biochemical Society (2021-)