ELTE Faculty of Science explained

Eötvös Loránd University - Faculty of Science
Native Name:ELTE Természettudományi Kar
Native Name Lang:hu
Type:public
Established:1949
Total Staff:1000
Students:4000
Address:1/A Pázmány Péter sétány
Postalcode:1117
Campus:Urban
Free Label:Director
Website:ttk.elte.hu

The Faculty of Science of Eötvös Loránd University was founded in 1949 and it is located in Lágymányos Campus, Újbuda, Budapest, Hungary.[1]

History

The Faculty of Science was established on 16 May 1949. In order to develop and improve the teaching of natural sciences, a separate faculty, the Faculty of Science was created from 22 departments and one institute. Before 1949, the Faculty of Humanities, Sciences, Law and Political Science and Medicine constituted one big faculty.[2] The new faculty consisted of 5 institutes: the Institute of Biology, the Institute of Physics, the Institute of Geography, the Institute of Chemistry, and the Institute of Mathematics.[3]

In 2005, József Gál along with Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow of the Jacobs University Bremen was awarded with the ig Nobel Prize.[4]

In 2010, a former student, Judit Nagy, died in a traffic accident at the age of 47. Nagy was a leading scientist in biochemistry at Imperial College London.[5]

In 2012, Endre Szemerédi was awarded with an Abel prize.[6]

In 2021, László Lovász, along with Avi Wigderson of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, was awarded with an Abel prize.[7] [8]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the dean, Imre Kacskovics, was often interviewed and worked as a consultant for the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán.[9] [10] [11]

On 17 December 2021, the Faculty's former student, Árpád Pusztai, died. He made a career at The Rowett Institute in Aberdeen Scotland. He was known for his research in biochemistry and the Pusztai affair.[12]

The European Commission appointed three new members to the governing body of the leading European scientific organisation, including László Lovász, professor of mathematics at Faculty and former President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences on 1 March 2022.[13]

During the Russo-Ukrainian War, free courses were offered for Ukrainian students.[14]

In April 2022, new quantum processors were purchased by Eötvös Loránd University.[15]

According to the AD scientific index, among the top 10 most influential scientists at the Eötvös Loránd University are from the Faculty of Science.[16]

On 1 July 2022, Katalin Karikó, Hungarian-American biochemist who specializes in RNA-mediated mechanisms, was awarded with an honorary doctorate by the university.[17]

In 2023, a former Bachelor of Science graduate, Ferenc Krausz, was awarded Nobel Prize in Physics.[18] [19]

Institutes

InstituteDepartment
Institute of BiologyDepartment of Anatomy, Cell and Developmental Biology
Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology
Department of Biochemistry
Department of Biological Anthropology
Department of Ethology
Department of Physiology and Neurobiology
Department of Genetics
Department of Immunology
Department of Microbiology
Department of Plant Physiology and Molecular Plant Biology
Department of Plant Systematics, Ecology and Theoretical Biology
Department of Plant Anatomy
Institute of ChemistryDepartment of Analytical Chemistry
Department of Physical Chemistry
Department of Organic Chemistry
Department of Inorganic Chemistry
Institute of Geography and Earth SciencesCentre Of Geography
Centre Of Earth Sciences
Institute of MathematicsDepartment of Algebra and Number Theory
Department of Analysis
Department of Applied Analysis and Computational Mathematics
Department of Computer Science
Department of Geometry
Mathematics Teaching and Education Centre
Department of Operations Research
Department of Probability Theory and Statistics
Institute of PhysicsDepartment of Materials Physics
Department of Atomic Physics
Department of Biological Physics
Department of Theoretical Physics
Department of Physics of Complex Systems

Deans

1949–1950

1950–1951

1950–1951

1951–1954

1954–1956

1953–1958

1958–1961

1961–1966

1967–1968

1966–1967 and 1968–1970

1970–1977

1977–1983

1983–1989

1989–1990

1990–1997

1997–2001

2001–2005

2005–2012

2012–2018

2018–2019

2019–present[20]

Research

In 2015, András Kovács, researcher at the Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, was interviewed by the Guardian on his group's discovery. His research team found a supervoid. In other words, the largest structure discovered in the universe.[21]

A research group, led by Attila Andics, was featured in Forbes.[22] The title of the article was "Science Reveals How Your Pet Really Feels About Your Affection". In 2018, another research group, led by Gábor Horváth, successfully modelled the Kordylewski clouds.[23] [24]

Zsolt Demetrovics's study was featured on the Guardian entitled "Cyberchondria and cyberhoarding: is internet fuelling new conditions?"[25]

A study conducted by a research group of the Faculty of Science was featured in the BBC, entitled "Separation from your phone 'makes you stressed within minutes."[26]

In an article entitled "Cows Can Be Toilet Trained", Paula Perez Fraga was interviewed on dog and pig behaviour.[27]

In 2020, Gergely Balázs's study on salamanders was featured in USA Today.[28] He found that a rare olm salamander didn't move for more than seven years. The results of his study was published in the Journal of Zoology in 2020.[29] A study, led by Ádám Miklósi, was featured on USAToday.com, entitled "Why is your dog tilting its head? New study dives into the adorable habit".[30] The findings of their study was published in Animal Cognition, entitled 'An exploratory analysis of head-tilting in dogs'.[31] In 2022, a study conducted by Laura Cuaya, from the Department of Ethology of the Institute of Biology, was featured in the BBC.[32] Another study, led by Attila Andics, was also featured in the BBC entitled 'Dogs can recognise their owners by their voice alone'.[33] [34]

Notable researchers

Institute Researcher
Institute of Biology János Balogh, Endre Dudich, Enikő Kubinyi, Ádám Miklósi, Rebeka Szabó, Eörs Szathmáry
Institute of Chemistry Tibor Gánti, István T. Horváth, András Perczel, Péter Surján, Carl von Than, Gergely Tóth, Lajos Winkler, Géza Zemplén
Institute of Geography and Geology Béla Balázs, László Egyed, Ferenc Horváth, Béla Nagy
Institute of Mathematics László Babai, Zsolt Baranyai, József Beck, Károly Bezdek, Béla Bollobás, Ákos Császár, Imre Csiszár, György Elekes, Lipót Fejér, László Fejes Tóth, András Frank, László Fuchs, István Gyöngy, András Hajnal, György Hajós, Gábor Halász, Gyula O. H. Katona, Péter Komjáth, Miklós Laczkovich, László Lempert, László Lovász, Katalin Marton, János Pintz, Lajos Pósa, András Prékopa, Alfréd Rényi, Rózsa Péter, Miklós Simonovits, Ágoston Scholtz, Tamás Szőnyi, Vera T. Sós, Ottó Szász, Katalin Vesztergombi, István Vincze
Institute of Physics Gyula Dávid, Loránd Eötvös, Imre Fényes, Lajos Jánossy, Ányos Jedlik, Frigyes Károlyházy, György Marx, Károly Nagy, Gábor Takács, László Tisza, Tamás Vicsek

Notable alumni

The following is a list of scientists who achieved success worldwide:[35] [36]

Library

The Library of the Faculty of Science is located on the Lágymányos Campus in Pázmány Péter sétány.[37] The library has five collections:

  1. Biological collection
  2. Geographical and earth sciences collection
  3. Physics collection
  4. Chemistry collection
  5. Mathematical collection

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ELTE Faculty of Science . 2022-06-29 . ttk.elte.hu/en . hu.
  2. Web site: Educational units . 2022-06-29 . ttk.elte.hu/en . hu.
  3. Web site: The Faculty's structure . 2022-06-29 . ttk.elte.hu/en . hu.
  4. Web site: 2005-10-07 . Penguins under pressure win Ig Nobel for physicists . 2022-07-02 . the Guardian . en.
  5. Web site: Cass . Katherine Brown and Tony . 2010-11-09 . Judit Nagy obituary . 2022-07-02 . the Guardian . en.
  6. Web site: 2012: Endre Szemerédi The Abel Prize . 2024-05-13 . abelprize.no.
  7. Web site: László Lovász received the Abel Prize . 2022-07-01 . ttk.elte.hu/en . hu.
  8. Abel Prize celebrates union of mathematics and computer science. 2021. Nature. 10.1038/d41586-021-00694-9. 12 October 2021. 5 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210505151021/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00694-9. live. Castelvecchi. Davide. 33731906. 232302960.
  9. Web site: 2021-08-04 . It's only a matter of time, and here's the fourth wave - warns the immunologist . 2022-07-01 . The Budapest Herald . en.
  10. Web site: 2022-06-22 . Sixth Wave of Coronavirus May Arrive in Hungary in a Few Months . 2022-07-01 . Hungary Today . en.
  11. Web site: Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had talks with heads of research teams about domestic pharmaceutical production – miniszterelnok.hu . 2022-07-01 . miniszterelnok.hu.
  12. News: Arpad Pusztai obituary . . en . 2022-07-04 . 0140-0460.
  13. Web site: László Lovász among the leaders of the European Research Council . 2022-07-01 . ttk.elte.hu/en . hu.
  14. Web site: Free natural sciences courses to university students from Ukraine . 2022-07-01 . ttk.elte.hu/en . hu.
  15. Web site: The new quantum processor is delivered to ELTE . 2022-07-01 . ttk.elte.hu/en . hu.
  16. Web site: Eötvös Loránd University Budapest Scientist and University Rankings 2022 - AD Scientific Index 2022 . 2022-07-01 . www.adscientificindex.com.
  17. Web site: Scientific symposium with Katalin Karikó at ELTE TTK . 2022-07-01 . ttk.elte.hu/en . hu.
  18. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 . 2023-10-08 . NobelPrize.org . en-US.
  19. News: 2023-10-03 . Nobel Prize for 'attosecond physicists' Agostini, L'Huillier and Krausz . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-10-08.
  20. Web site: Kacskovics Imre lett a Természettudományi Kar dékánja. 9 June 2019 . 2 May 2021. elte.hu .
  21. Web site: 2015-04-20 . Astronomers discover largest known structure in the universe is ... a big hole . 2022-07-02 . the Guardian . en.
  22. Web site: Quora . Science Reveals How Your Pet Really Feels About Your Affection . 2022-07-17 . Forbes . en.
  23. Web site: 2022-07-17 .
  24. Web site: Parnell . Brid-Aine . Astronomers Claim That Earth Has Two Ghostly Dust-Moons . 2022-07-17 . Forbes . en.
  25. Web site: 2018-10-08 . Cyberchondria and cyberhoarding: is internet fuelling new conditions? . 2022-07-02 . the Guardian . en.
  26. News: 2017-02-20 . Separation from your phone 'makes you stressed within minutes' . en-GB . BBC News . 2022-07-01.
  27. Web site: Tabin . Sara . Cows Can Be Toilet Trained, A New Study Suggests. This Has Implications For The Environment And Animal Welfare . 2022-07-17 . Forbes . en.
  28. Web site: Rice . Doyle . A salamander didn't move for seven years – and that's not that unusual . 2022-07-17 . USA TODAY . en-US.
  29. Balázs . G. . Lewarne . B. . Herczeg . G. . 2020 . Extreme site fidelity of the olm (Proteus anguinus) revealed by a long-term capture–mark–recapture study . Journal of Zoology . en . 311 . 2 . 99–105 . 10.1111/jzo.12760 . 213886569 . 0952-8369. free .
  30. Web site: Grantham-Philips . Wyatte . Why is your dog tilting its head? New study dives into the adorable habit . 2022-07-17 . USA TODAY . en-US.
  31. Sommese . Andrea . Miklósi . Ádám . Pogány . Ákos . Temesi . Andrea . Dror . Shany . Fugazza . Claudia . 2022-06-01 . An exploratory analysis of head-tilting in dogs . Animal Cognition . en . 25 . 3 . 701–705 . 10.1007/s10071-021-01571-8 . 1435-9456 . 9107419 . 34697669.
  32. News: Understanding human language gives dogs . en-GB . 2022-07-01.
  33. News: Dogs can recognise their owners by their voice alone - CBBC Newsround . en-GB . 2022-07-02.
  34. News: Que? Dogs' brains can tell Spanish from Hungarian, study finds . Reuters . 6 January 2022 . Fenyo . Krisztina .
  35. Web site: Great natural scientists of ELTE . 2022-06-29 . ttk.elte.hu/en . hu.
  36. Web site: Híres diákjaink . 2022-06-29 . ttk.elte.hu . hu.
  37. Web site: Library . 2022-08-30 . ttk.elte.hu/en . hu.

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