László Péter Biró#
| Membership Number: | 5071 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | HUNGARY |
| Homepage(s): | https://mta.hu/koztestuleti_tagok?PersonId=15103 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2015 - present Research Professor, Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science (MFA), Centre for Energy Research (EK), Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2014 - 2015 Research Professor, Head of the Nanostructures Department, Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science (MFA), Centre for Energy Research (EK), Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2013 - 2014 Research Professor, Head of the Nanostructures Department, Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science (MFA), Research Centre for Natural Sciences (TTK), Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2008 - 2013 Scientific Advisor, Head of the Nanostructures Department, Research Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science (MFA), Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2004 - 2007 Scientific Advisor, Head of the Nanotechnology Department at the HAS Research Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science (MFA), Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1998 - 2003 Senior researcher, Founder and Head of the Nanostructures Laboratory, Research Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science (MFA), Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1991 - 1987 Research Associate, Research Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science (MFA), Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1984 - 1990 Research Associate at the Institute of Isotopic and Molecular Technology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
- 1979 - 1983 Work in industrial Quality Control: Machine & Spare Parts Works, Gheorgheni, Romania. Head of the Physical Testing Laboratory, later Head of all Laboratories.
Fields of Scholarship
- 2D materials, growth, scanning probe microscopy and nanolithography
- Biogeographic and genetic aspects of structural coloration of butterflies
- Thin film growth by chemical reaction
- Scanning probe microscopy (STM, AFM)
- Photonic nanoarchitectures of biologic origin
- Carbon nanotubes and nanotube-type nanoarchitectures (coils, Y-junctions, etc.)
- Ion beam modification of materials
- Single crystal growth
Honours and Awards
- 2019 Regular member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2018 Széchenyi Award (the most prestigious scientific award in Hungary, given by the President of Hungary)
- 2018 Scientific Award of the city of Érd (Hungary)
- 2014 Member of the Hungarian Academy of Engineering
- 2013 Corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2011 Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2011 Charles Simonyi Research Fellowship
- 2008 Honorary Professor of the University of Szeged (Hungary)
- 2006 Gyulai Zoltán award of the Eötvös Roland Physical Society (Hungary)
- 2003 Award of the Research Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science
- 1998 The Second Prize of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russia)
