ENIKŐ FÖLDES

Education:

• 1962-67 Chemical University of Veszprém; chemical engineer
• 1968-70 Technical University of Budapest; special engineer for polymer processing
• 1983 CSc thesis: Effects of processing conditions on the relaxation properties of unplasticized and plasticized PVC
• 2006 DSc thesis: The role of physical effects in the efficiency of polymer additives

Position:

• Scientific Adviser, Group of Polymer Degradation, Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Chemical Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Experience:

• 1967-72 Orion Radio and Electrical Company, Budapest; engineer
• 1972-84 Research Institute for Plastics Industry; research associate
• 1984-2002 Central Research Institute for Chemistry of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; from 1998 Institute of Chemistry, Chemical Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest; senior research associate
• 2003- Research Laboratory of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Chemical Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, senior research associate
• 1994- Polymer Physical Chemistry Joint Laboratory of the Institute of Chemistry, CRC HAS and the Department of Plastics and Rubber Technologies, Budapest University of Technology and Economics; senior research associate

Present interest:

• Transport of small molecules in polymers.
• Degradation and stabilisation of polymers.
• Physical aspects of polymer stabilisation.
• Structure/property relationships in polymer blends.
• Relationship between polymerisation conditions and properties of HDPE.

Memberships:

• Independent Public Body of HAS; member
• Macromolecular Working Committee of HAS; member
• Society of Hungarian Chemists, member
• Society of Plastics Engineers, Central Europe, Hungarian Affiliation; member
• POLYCHAR World Forum on Polymer Application and Theory» ; member of the Scientific Committee

Scholarship, travels

• 2002 Széchenyi István scholarship
• Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, USA; research associate (1 year)

Applied research

• Development of processing multilayer polymer films, Tisza Chemical Works, 1990
• Development of products produced from recycled polymers, Pannonplast, 1990
• Study of the relationships between the properties of polyethylene powders and products processed from them, Tisza Chemical Works, 1991
• Study of the mechanism of antifogging agents, 1991-93
• Development of multilayer polymer films for packaging household chemicals, 1992-94
• Partitioning of Additives in Polymer Blends, General Electric Plastics bv, 1993-98
• Development of HDPE products, Tisza Chemical Works, 1996-97
• Study of the correlation between the producing conditions of HDPE, the properties of polymer powder and the characteristics of end-use products, Tisza Chemical Works, 1999-2003

Grants

• OTKA 1010: Study of the chemical and physical structure of interfaces, as well as the interfacial phenomena, 1986-90
• OTKA T1790: Transport of small molecules in polymers, 1990-94
• OTKA T019425: Physical aspects of polymer stabilization, 1996-99
• OTKA T023421: Effects of hydrogen-bonding in the miscibility of polymers, 1997-2000
• OTKA T037687: Study of the effects determining the degradation of polymers, and some questions of polymer stabilization, 2002-05

Knowledge of languages:

• English
• German

Publications

Author and coauthor of 58 scientific papers (the majority are published in English in international journals).

List of selected papers