People – Motor Enzymology Research Group

Lab members

Zoltán Kovács – postdoctoral fellow

Péter Ecsédi – postdoctoral fellow

Bálint Jezsó – research fellow

János Pálinkás – PhD student

Eszter Házy – lab manager

Ákos Nyitrai – MSc project student

Dávid Érfalvy – MSc project student

Júlia Szittyai – MSc project student

Benedek Kiss – BSc project student

Krisztina Csipkay – BSc project student

Lab alumni

Gábor Glatz (postdoctoral fellow)

Máté Gyimesi (postdoctoral fellow)

Gábor Harami (postdoctoral fellow)

Hajnalka Harami-Papp (postdoctoral fellow)

Ágnes Hubert (postdoctoral fellow)

Julianna Németh (predoctoral fellow)

Veronika Baráth (research fellow)

Viktória Bilics (assistant)

József Hegedüs (assistant)

Zsuzsanna Kállay (assistant)

Balázs Takács (PhD 2011)

Kata Sarlós (PhD 2012)

András Bibó (PhD 2013)

Nikolett Nagy (PhD 2013)

Zsuzsa Kocsis (PhD 2014)

Veronika Ferencziová (PhD, in progress)

Máté Martina (PhD, in progress)

Hajnalka Sarankó (MSc 2009)

Debasish Roy (MSc 2011)

Judit Gervai (MSc 2012)

Eszter Molnár (MSc 2012)

Anna Budai (MSc 2018)

Andries Napo Leemisa (MSc 2019)

Zsófia Turóczi (MSc 2021)

Natalie Kuljanishvili (MSc 2021)

Lana Khamisi (MSc 2022)

Lamiya Mahmudova (MSc 2022)

Mina Botros (MSc 2023)

Lili Farkas (BSc 2020)

Kristóf Jóna (BSc 2020)

Benedek Tóth (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 (MTA, 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)

Board Member, National Research, Development and Innovation Office (2016-2020)

Present

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-)

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

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

Review Panel Chair, National Research, Development and Innovation Office (2021-)

Vice President, Hungarian Biochemical Society (2021-)