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Education

  • 2011 Ph.D., Astronomy, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
               Thesis: Observations and models of infrared debris disk signatures and their evolution
  • 2006 M.Sc., Astronomy, University of Szeged, Hungary
               Thesis: Mapping embedded stellar clusters in the near infrared

    Appointments

  • 2011 - now  Postdoctoral Researcher, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
  • 2006 - 2011 Research Assistant, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
  • 2009 - 2010 Teaching Assistant, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
  • 2005           Visiting Research Assistant, UKIDSS project, University of Leeds, UK

    Honors and awards

  • 2011 PI on Observing Young Debris Disks with SPIRE
               Total award: 2.2 hours of OT2 time with Herschel Space Observatory
  • 2010 Co-I on Diversity in Debris Disks: Snapshots of Planetary System Evolution
               Total award: 109 hours with Spitzer Space Telescope
  • 2009 Co-I on The Master Sample of Spitzer Debris Disk Measurements
               Total award: 103 hours with Spitzer Space Telescope ($329,571 total budget)
  • 2005 27th National Undergraduate Conference Physics, Geology and Mathematics section,
               "Stars and stellar clusters" category I. prize
               Thesis: Mapping of starbirth regions in the near-infrared
  • 2005 Pro Scientia gold medal from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • 2005 Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Scholarship
  • 2005 Scholarship of the Hungarian Republic
  • 2003 Pro Renovanda Culturae Scholarship
  • 2003 26th National Undergraduate Conference Physics, Geology and Mathematics section,
               "Astrophysics" category III. prize
               Thesis: The photometric study of open cluster NGC 2126

    Technical Experience

  • Computing: C, IRAF scripts, bash, awk, Linux system administration
  • Observing: 60 cm Schmidt (Konkoly Obs., MTA; 3 weeks),
                        1 m RCC (Konkoly Obs., MTA; 2 weeks),
                       MMT (2 nights),
                       Bok 2.3m (2 nights),
                       Mt. Bigelow 48" (2 nights)

    Talks and Conferences

  • 2006 - 2011 Two Journal Club talks at Steward Observatory
  • 2011 Poster presented at Exploring Strange New Worlds, Flagstaff, AZ
  • 2009 Talk given at the Konkoly Observatory of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2009 F.L.A.S.H. talk at NOAO
  • 2008 Poster presented at New Light on Young Stars: Spitzers View of Circumstellar Disks, Pasadena, CA
  • 2005 Poster presented at Cores to Clusters: Star Formation with Next Generation Telescopes, Porto, Portugal
  • 2004 Poster presented at JENAM 2004, Budapest, Hungary

    Public Outreach

    Frequently held "Open Nights at the Observatory" at the University of Szeged's Observatory, which involved small lectures and telescope guided introduction to the night sky, to the general public and school groups.