Beáta G. Vértessy - Curriculum Vitae#

Education

• 1979 - 1984 Budapest University of Technology, Hungary, Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering
  
• 1984 - 1987 Graduate fellowship, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  
• 1986 - 1987 Graduate Studies, University of Chicago, USA, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  

Degrees

• 1984 M. Sc. (summa cum laude) in Bioengineering, Budapest University of Technology
  
• 1987 M.Sc. (summa cum laude) in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago
  
• 1991 Candidate of Biological Sciences (summa cum laude), Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
  
• 1991 Ph. D. in Biological Sciences (summa cum laude) Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
  
• 2001 D. Sc. in Biological Sciences (defense 100%) Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Publication activities

Over 140 peer-reviewed articles in international peer-reviewed scientific journals (in English, cf PubMed, ResearchGate, Google Scholar). Two patents, six patent applications, >50 invited talks at international conferences.
H-index: 39, Citations: > 6200
Publication list in Google Scholar

PI activities

Leader of two laboratories (http://www.biostruct.org)

PhD thesis advisor: 21 PhD students have completed PhD degrees, 7 current PhD students (http://www.doktori.hu/index.php?menuid=192&sz_ID=6064&lang=EN)

Principal Investigator, (selected major grants only)

• Hungarian basic research grant agency: funding for 4-year-projects, recent grants are listed below:
  
  • OTKA K 109486 2014-2028
    
  • OTKA K 119493 2016-2020
    
  • OTKA K 135231 2020-2024

Major International grants

• Howard Hughes Medical Institutes 2001-2005, and 2006-2010 (renewal)
  
• EU FP6-2003 Lifesci-Health srIN-SILICO N° 012127 2005-2007
  
• EU FP6 Lifesci-Health SPINE2-Complexes LSHG-CT-2006-031220 2006-2009 (http://www.spine2.eu/partners/index.php)
  
• EU FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2011-1 N° 283570 BioStruct-X 2011-2015
  
• ICGEB (International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology) Project Grant CRP/14/010 2015-2018