Zsolt Molnár#
| Membership Number: | 6153 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | HUNGARY |
| Homepage(s): | https://ecolres.hu/en/munkatarsak/zsolt-molnar/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-5454-4714 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2015 - ongoing Scientific advisor, Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany
- 2015 Doctor of Science, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, ethnoecology
- 2013 - ongoing Founder and head of the Traditional Ecological Knowledge Research Group at CER
- 2013 Habilitation (Pécs University, Hungary)
- 2010 - 2011 Vice director, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2009 - 2015 Senior researcher, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2007 PhD (Pécs University, Hungary)
- 1991 - 1992 TEMPUS exchange program (Nottingham University, UK, 9 months)
- 1990 - 2009 Assistant researcher and researcher, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1985 - 1990 BSc and MSc in Biology/Ecology (Szeged University, Hungary)
Fields of Scholarship
- Conservation management
- Habitat mapping for monitoring and conservation
- Ecosystem services
- Ethnoecology
- Landscape and vegetation history
- Traditional ecological knowledge of herders and farmers
Honours and Awards
- 2016 - 2019 nominated and selected to be a coordinating lead author (CLA) of the IPBES Global Assessment
- 2016 selected as the head of the ILK liaison group of the IPBES Europe and Central Asia Assessment
- 2014 nominated and selected to be a member of the IPBES Indigenous and Local Knowledge Task Force
- 2013 Pro Natura award for outstanding achievements, Ministry of Agriculture, Hungary
- 2013 Best Rural Developer of the Year award, Hungarian Rural Development Network
- 2008 Boros Ádám award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
