Curriculum Vitae
Employment
| 2008 - 2011 | Senior Scientist - Institute of Biopharmaceutical Technology, University of Applied Sciences Giessen-Friedberg, Germany |
| 2004 - 2008 | Research Assistant - Institute of Process Engineering, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria. |
Education
| 2004 - 2008 |
PhD in Chemical Engineering Institute of Process Engineering, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria. Thesis: Amino acid separation by nanofiltration: permeation modelling and batch system design. PhD advisor: Prof. Wolfgang Samhaber |
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1996 - 2003 |
Master's Degree on Food Engineering Specialisation in Process Engineering. Department of Food Enginering. University of Budapest, Hungary |
| 2001 | Semester study at the Munich Technical University, Germany in the frame of Socrates/Erasmus Exchange Programme. |
| 1991 - 1996 | Lajos Kossuth
High school,
Mosonmagyarovar, Hungary. |
Research projects and traineeships
| 10/2002 - 05/2003 | Research project: "Separation performance of nanofiltration membranes in methanol-water-sodium chloride ternary systems"Membrane Filtration Studies Johannes Kepler University, Institute of Process Engineering, Linz, Austria. Scholarship achieved from the Hungarian Scholarship Board Office; Supervisior: Prof. Wolfgang Samhaber. |
| 04 - 10/2002 | Practical training, Process and development, Heart of the Vineyard Winery, Michigan, US |
| 10/2000 - 01/2001 | Research project "Bienzimatic Cross-Linked Enzyme Aggregates" - at the Catholic University, School of Biotechnology in Porto, Portugal. Supervisior: Prof. Victor M. Balcao. |
Teaching Experience
| 2009 - | Numerical Computing for Food Engineers: An introduction to numerical methods using MATLAB, Corvinus University Budapest, Hungary |
| 2009 - | Numerical Computing for Chemical and Biological Engineers, University of Applied Sciences Giessen, Germany |
| 2009 - | Bioprocess Systems Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Giessen, Germany |
| 2009 - | Bioprocess Modeling with SuperPro Designer, University of Applied Sciences Giessen, Germany |
| 2004 - 2008 | Chemical Unit Operations, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria |
| 2004 - 2008 | Delivery of laboratory exercises at the annual Membrane Technology Course at the Institute of Process Engineering, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria |
| 2006 | Completed one-semester course on Didactic Methods: 'Formation for the Quality of Education' - a curriculum for Didactics in Higher Education at JKU Linz |
Collaboration with out-of-campus partners such as Nycomed, Borealis AMI, Evonik Degussa, Fresenius Kabi, DSM covered the fields of:
- Separation and purification of natural dyes from fruits and vegetables by combined processes of filtration, microfiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis and evaporation. Lab-scale and pilot-scale operations.
- Separation of differently charged organic compounds with nanofiltration. Testing long-term performance of nanofiltration membranes under conditions of high pH and temperature.
- Enzyme recovery from fermentation broth. Diafiltration.
- Separation of amino acid derivate from inorganic salt with nanofiltration. IC sample analysis, separation performance modelling and simulation.
- Fractionalization of goat milk with ultrafiltration and nanofiltration. Protein separation.
- Acetic acid concentration with reverse osmosis.
- Reverse osmosis for organic acid recovery, HPLC sample analysis, membrane testing and partipitation in the start-up of the industrial-scale plant.
- Computer simulation of industrial-scale microfiltration process for solvent removal and concentration of colloidal system.
- Simulation and optimization of industrial-scale ultrafiltration process for fractionazition of biological multi-component system.
Awards/Distinctions
| 09/2007 | Co-author of award-winning poster presentation "Dynamic Optimization of Batch Membrane Filtration Processes", Young Researcher's Contest, 5th Membrane Science and Technology Conference (PERMEA 2010), Tatranské Matliare, Slovakia |
| 09/2007 | Young Researcher's Award of the European Membrane Society for best oral presentation at PERMEA 2007 Membrane Technology Conference, Siofok, Hungary |
| 06/2003 | University Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Performance at the Department of Food Engineering, University of Budapest, Hungary |
| 03/2002 | Communication and foreign studies in Temesvar, Romania (One-month scholarship awarded for excellence in research activity received from EU) |
Languages
| Hungarian: | native language |
| English: | fluent |
| German: | fluent |
Computer skills
Programming: C, MATLAB. Simulation: SuperPro Designer. Statistical analysis: SPSS. Technical drawing: AutoCAD. Utilities: LaTeX, MS Office. Web design: XHTML, CSS.
Professional memberships
European Membrane SocietyHobbies, other activities
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