Education and Research Experience
2021–now Lecturer @ University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
I am a member of the Isotope Geochemistry Working Group, led by Prof. Andreas Pack.
2019–2021 Post-doc @ University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
As a member of the Environmental Isotope Geochemistry Working Group, with Dr Daniel Herwartz as PI, we worked on setting up an automated sample preparation line to measure the triple oxygen isotope composition of carbonates.
2015–2019 PhD @ Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
During my PhD, I was working under Prof. Jens Fiebig on the clumped isotope composition of biogenic carbonates. I aimed to reconstruct seawater temperatures and the seawater oxygen isotope composition in deep time and related to this, to investigate kinetic isotope effects that hinder the accurate reconstructions.
2013–2015 MSc @ Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
For my MSc thesis, I conducted bulk rock stable isotope analyses, field gamma-ray spectroscopy, and magnetic susceptibility measurements to identify and time the Early Cretaceous Weissert Carbon Isotope Event at a regionally significant section in Hungary. My advisor was Prof. József Pálfy.
2010–2013 BSc @ Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Mobility
2021–now University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Lecturer (Akademischer Rat)
2019–2021 University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
post-doctoral research
2016/03 Brock University, St. Catherines, Canada
Secondment/fieldwork to collect fossil brachiopods
2015–2019 Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
PhD research
2014/07 Université de Pau et les Pays de L’Adour, Pau, France
Visit to measure carbonate samples for magnetic susceptibility
2014/09 University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
Visit to measure carbonate samples for δ18O and δ13C
2010–2015 Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
BSc and MSc studies
Research Skills
Manage a geochemical laboratory and uphold safety protocols.
Independently operate Thermo MAT 253 (Plus) isotope ratio mass spectrometer, and Kiel IV and GasBench II preparation devices
Expertise with SEM, EBSD, cathodoluminescence, optical microscopes
Experience with gamma-ray spectrometers and magnetic susceptibility measurements
Extensive fieldwork experience in sample collection
Straightforward and concise communication of the scientific outcomes of my research
Computer Skills
R, Python, and Matlab; graphic design softwares
Language Skills
English : Advanced level (Euroexam C1, 2009), used daily
German : Intermediate level (Goethe Institut B2, 2010), used daily
Community Service
Peer reviewer for Nature Communications, Scientific Reports, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Geophysical Research Letters, PLOS One
BSc thesis reviewer for Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Academic Awards and Fellowships
2019 Scholarship to attend the 7thInternational Clumped Isotope Workshop, LA, USA, awarded by Freunden und Förderern der J. W. Goethe-Universität E.V.
2015–2018 Marie-Skłodowska Curie Fellowship – PhD research part of BASE-LiNE Earth ITN
2015 Springer Student Poster Award, 2nd Prize
STRATI – International Congress on Stratigraphy, Graz, Austria
2015 Scholarship to attend the STRATI – International Congress on Stratigraphy, Graz, Austria, awarded by MOL Plc.
Teaching and Outreach Experience
Short outreach video regarding my PhD research [LINK]
Instructing sailing for individuals and groups at beginner and advanced level as a summer job during BSc and MSc studies (2010–15) at Füredyacht Sailing School, Hungary
Professional Society Memberships
European Geosciences Union (member since 2017)
European Association of Geochemistry (member since 2017)
Hungarian Geological Society (member since 2017)
Public Body of Hungarian Academy of Sciences (member since 2019)
Conference Participations
2022/09 8th International Clumped Isotope Workshop, Jerusalem, Israel
Oral presentation: Isotope fractionation mechanisms involved in carbonate formation revealed by high-precision triple oxygen isotope analyses
2022/09 GeoMinKöln, Köln, Germany
Oral presentation: Isotope fractionation mechanisms involved in carbonate formation revealed by high-precision triple oxygen isotope analyses [LINK]
2022/04 EGU, Vienna, Austria
Session convener: Phanerozoic stratigraphy, paleoenvironments, and paleoclimate [LINK]
Oral presentation: Carbonate triple oxygen isotope analyses of brachiopod shells [LINK]
2021/07 Goldschmidt, Online
Oral presentation: An experimental constraint on the oxygen isotope (18O/16O) fractionation between water and hydroxide ion [LINK]
2021/04 EGU, Online
Session co-convener: Phanerozoic stratigraphy, paleoenvironments, and paleoclimate [LINK]
vPICO presentation: Oxygen isotope (18O/16O) fractionation between water and hydroxide ion [LINK]
2020/05 EGU, Online
Session co-convener: Phanerozoic stratigraphy, paleoenvironments, eustasy and Paleoclimate [LINK]
Display presentation: Combined clumped isotope measurements resolve kinetic biases in carbonate formation temperatures [LINK]
2019/08 Goldschmidt, Barcelona, Spain
Session convener (primary): Advances in paleoclimate proxy development and application
Poster presentation: Long-term precision and accuracy of clumped isotope measurements [LINK]
2019/04 EGU, Vienna, Austria
Session co-convener: Paleozoic to Mesozoic stratigraphy, paleoceanography and paleoclimate [LINK]
2019/01 7th International Clumped Isotope Workshop, Los Angeles, USA
Oral presentation: Belemnites as geochemical archives of Mesozoic seawater T and δ18O
2018/09 8th International Brachiopod Congress, Milano, Italy
Oral presentation: Assessing kinetic fractionation in brachiopod calcite using clumped isotopes
2018/08 Goldschmidt, Boston, USA
Oral presentation: Belemnite clumped isotope record: Mesozoic seawater T and δ18O [LINK]
2018/04 EGU, Vienna, Austria
Poster presentation: Assessing kinetic fractionation in brachiopod calcite using clumped isotopes [LINK]
2017/08 6th International Clumped Isotope Workshop, Paris, France
Poster presentation: Assessing kinetic fractionation in brachiopod calcite using clumped isotopes
2017/08 Goldschmidt, Paris, France
Oral presentation: Assessing kinetic fractionation in brachiopod calcite using clumped isotopes [LINK]
2017/04 EGU, Vienna, Austria
Poster presentation #1: Clumped isotope analyses suggest constant seawater temperatures at the Middle–Late Jurassic transition in the Subboreal realm [LINK]
Poster presentation #2: Multi-proxy record of orbital-scale changes in climate and sedimentation during the Weissert Event in the Valanginian Bersek Marl Formation (Gerecse Mts., Hungary) [LINK]
2016/01 5th International Clumped Isotope Workshop, St. Petersburg, USA
Poster presentation: Palaeoenvironmental changes at the Middle–Late Jurassic transition: deciphering temperature and δ18Owatervariations from the clumped isotope signal – preliminary data
2015/07 STRATI – International Congress on Stratigraphy, Graz, Austria
Poster presentation: Multi-proxy record of orbital-scale changes in climate and sedimentation during the Weissert Event in the Valanginian Bersek Marl Formation (Gerecse Mts., Hungary)
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