Professor
Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Godollo
Budapest - XI. kerület, Pest, Hungary
Profession
• M.Sc.: horticultural engineer, English translator, University of Horticulture and Food Industry (1996)
• Ph.D.: plant growing and horticultural sciences, Szent István University, Faculty of Horticultural Science (2002)
• Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (DSc) (2014)
Position
• group leader, MATE, IGB, Department of Plant Biotechnology, Group of Horticultural Plant Genetics (2021-)
Research field
Development and application of molecular markers to support the breeding of stone fruit species (Prunus) with a special focus on cultivar identification.
Analysis of the genetic background determining the economically significant properties of stone fruit species.
Exploring the evolutionary and crop evolutionary history of stone fruit species, with a particular focus on the Falling Stones transposon identified by our group
Education
Head Professor of many BSc, MSc and PhD subjects