JÁNOS SZÉPVÖLGYI

Personal Information

• Place and date of birth: Hódmezovásárhely , Hungary , August 1, 1945.
• Marital status: married
• Children: 3 (János - chemical engineer, Ákos - geographer, Nóra – communication manager)

Education and Qualifications

• 1968 - M.Sc. Chem. Eng. , Veszprém University , Veszprém , Hungary
• 1972 - Dr. techn., Veszprém University , Veszprém , Hungary
• 1993 - Cand. Chem. Sci., Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Budapest , Hungary
• 1995 - PhD, Veszprém University , Veszprém , Hungary
• 2001 - DSc, Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Budapest , Hungary
• 2004 - Prof. Habil. Budapest University of Technology and Economics
• 2004 - Honorary lecturer, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
• 2005 - Full professor, University of Pannonia , Veszprém , Hungary

Position and Professional Experience

• 1968-1970 - Research fellow (Institute of Organic Chemistry, József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary) - synthesis of pharmaceutical intermediates;
• 1970-1978 - Research fellow (Research Institute for Chemical Engineering HAS, Veszprém , Hungary ) - gas-solid and gas-liquid reactions, high temperature chlorination of oxides, mathematical modeling, systems theory;
• 1978-1981 - Research engineer (Tatabánya Coal Mines, Tatabánya , Hungary ) - complex utilization of low grade raw materials, mechanochemistry;
• 1981-1993 - Senior research fellow & head of research group (Research Laboratory for Inorganic Chemistry HAS, Budapest , Hungary ) - high temperature gas-solid reactions, environmental chemistry, plasma chemistry, advanced ceramics;
• 1993-1997 - Director (Research Laboratory for Inorganic Chemistry HAS, Budapest , Hungary ) - plasma chemistry, materials chemistry, advanced ceramics, environmental chemistry;
• 1998-2003 - Director (Research Laboratory of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Chemical Research Center , HAS, Budapest , Hungary ) - plasma chemistry, materials chemistry, advanced ceramics, environmental chemistry.
• 2004 – present - Director (Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Chemical Research Center , HAS, Budapest , Hungary ) - plasma chemistry, materials chemistry, advanced ceramics, environmental chemistry.

Research Management

• 1973 - present - Project Manager of over 60 industrial R&D projects
• 1980 - 1983 - Head, Office of National R&D program Research in Materials Science and Technology
• 1982 - 1986 - Project Coordinator, Complex Utilization of Low Grade and Secondary Raw Materials and Coal Sorts of Low Calorific Value (UNIDO - DP/HUN/82/008)
• 1986 - 1989 - Project Coordinator, Development of Technologies for Large-Scale Utilization of Metallurgical and Other Industrial Wastes as Secondary Raw Materials (UNIDO - DP/HUN/86/005)
• 1991 - 1993 - Project Manager, Basic Studies on the Preparation-Property Relationships of Non-Oxide Advanced Ceramics (HAS-British Council project)
• 1991 - 1998 - Project Manager, Studies on the Thermal Plasma Synthesis and Processing of Ultradisperse Ceramic Powders (HSRF T16175)
• 1999 - 2003 - Project Manager, Studies on the Decomposition of Polychlorinated Organic Compounds in Thermal Plasmas (HSRF T29734)
• 2001 - 2004 - Project Manager, WASTILE: A Generic Plasma-Arc Process for Waste Destruction (EC FP5 project GRD1-2000-25038)
• 2001 - 2004 Project Manager, Development of New Technologies for the Utilization of Red Mud (NRDP project 3/035/2001)
• 2004 - 2005 - Project Manager, Application of Thermal Plasma Technology for Waste Processing in Hungary (NRDP project No. 00074/2003)
• 2004 - 2008 Project Manager, Synthesis of Fullerenes and Nanosized Ceramic Powders in Thermal Plasmas (HSRF project No. T47360)
• 2005 - 2008 - Project Manager, Development of Nanostructured Composite Drugs Increasing the Therapeutic Efficiency of Proteins (NR DP project No. 00074/2003)
• 2006 - 2009 - Project Manager, Development of Radar Absorbing Materials for High Temperature Applications ( Á nyos Jedlik project, No. OMFB-00252/2007)
• 2008 - 2011 - Project Manager, Metal Vapor Plasma Torch (NTP project No. OM-00078/2007)

Other Professional Activities

• 1972 – present - University lecturer, Veszprém University , Veszprém , Hungary : inorganic chemistry, chemical engineering, plasma chemistry, advanced ceramics;
• 1971 - present Over 15 long-term study tours and fellowships at universities and research institutions in Canada, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Russia, USA, and UK;
• 1982 - UNESCO training course CDS-ISIS, Paris , France ;
• 1989 - UNIDO training course COMFAR, Vienna , Austria ;
• 1996 - present - University lecturer, Budapest Technical University , Budapest , Hungary : plasma chemistry, advanced ceramics;
• 2001-2007 - University lecturer, Central European University , Budapest , Hungary ; theory and practice of waste processing
• 2001 - present - Editor, Hungarian Journal of Chemical Engineers
• 2002 - present - Editor, Central European Journal of Chemistry
• 2002 - present - Editor, Building Materials (Építoanyag)
• 2008 - present - Head of Editorial Board, Journal of Hungarian Chemists

Professional Memberships

• American Chemical Society (member)
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (member)
• Advisory Board of the European Ceramic Society (member)
• Committee for Chemical Engineering, HAS (president)
• Committee for Materials Science and Technology, HAS (member)
• Council of Directors of Research Institutes of HAS (member)
• Committee for Materials Science and Silicate Chemistry, HAS (member)
• Committee for Metallurgy, Veszprém Branch, HAS (president)
• Council of Directors of Research Institutes of HAS (member)
• EURING - European Federation of National Engineering Associations (FEANI)
• Hungarian Chemical Society (member)
• ICSOBA Hungarian Committee (vice-president)
• Scientific Society of Hungarian Silicate Industry (president)
• Section of Chemical Sciences HAS (advisory member)

Awards

• Outstanding Inventor - Hungarian Patent Office and Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• Order of Hungarian Republic , Knight's Cross – President of Hungarian Republic
• József Varga Price for Outstanding Activities in Chemical Engineering - Hungarian Academy of Sciences and MOL Co.
• Outstanding University Lecturer in Environmental Science - Hungarian Chamber of Engineers

Publications and Patents

• 156 peer-reviewed articles, 26 monographs, 12 chapters in books
• 38 Hungarian and foreign patents
• 159 scientific papers presented in Hungarian and international conferences.

A complete list of publications and citations can be found at http://www.mycite.omikk.bme.hu

Command of Languages

• English - fluent
• German - fluent
• Russian - fluent

Hobbies

• Reading, music, tennis, long distance running

List of selected papers