Enikő Magyari

Scientific advisor

Street address: Dept. of Physical and Applied Geology, Eötvös University
1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C
Postal address: Dept. of Physical and Applied Geology, Eötvös University
1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C
Phone: +36-1-372-2500/8723
Fax: +36-1-381-2130
E-mail: emagyari(at)caesar(dot)elte(dot)hu
Webpage: http://sites.google.com/site/enikomagyaripollen/Home

Current research interest
Quaternary paleobotany, paleoecology, plant macrofossil analysis
Quaternary climate changes
Main research area: Carpathian Basin, the East and South Carpathians and the lowlands of the Balkan Peninsula

Scientific degree
2002 PhD, University of Debrecen

Education
1997 Biologist/ecologist MSc, English special translator, University of Debrecen

Employment
2007 – Senior Research Scientist, MTA-MTM Research Group for Paleontology (from 2012 MTA-MTM-ELTE Research Group for Paleontology)
2004 – 2006 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Durham (UK), Department of Archaeology & School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
2003 – 2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Dept. of Botany
2002 – 2003 Research Associate, University of Newcastle (UK), School of Geography
2001 – 2003 Curator of Palaeobotany, Mátra Museum, Gyöngyös
2000 – 2001 Assistant Lecturer, University of Debrecen, Department of Mineralogy and Geology
1997 – 2000 full-time PhD student, University of Debrecen, Department of Mineralogy and Geology

Main research projects

2016-2020 GINOP -2.3.2-15-2016-00009 Dating MEGAFAUNA Extinction IN THE CARPATHIAN BASIN and examining its relation to paleoenvironmental and Paleoclimate changes

2016-2020 GINOP-2.3.2-15-2016-00019 Paleolimnological and paleoecological analyses of lakes and mires in the Carpathian Basin based on chironomid and pollen remains

2018-2022 NKFIH 129167 TRACE: Tracing the Holocene distribution of beech and oak forests in the Carpathian Basin using standscale paleoecology

2012 – PROLONG project (OTKA NF 101362). Providing long environmental and genetic records of glacial and interglacial climatic oscillations and human impact in the Carpathian Basin.

2008 – 2012 OTKA PD73234 project. High-resolution multi-proxy analysis of lateglacial and Holocene environment and climate in the Carpathian Region: vegetation response to early Holocene warming in mountain and lowland environments.

2007 – 2009 CARPENVCHANGE project. Combining paleoecology and paleogenetics - quaternary environmental change in the South Carpathian and South Apennine Mountains.

2004 – 2007 MEIFT-CT-2003-500501 (2004-2007, Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship). Climatic and anthropogenic drivers in the Holocene vegetation development of two large European river basins: the Maritsa valley in Bulgaria & NW Turkey and the Tisza valley in Estern Hungary.

2003 – 2004 OTKA D45947 project. Late Glacial and Holocene vegetation reconstruction in the Eastern Carpathian region.

2002 – 2004 TÉT/BILAT/GB-46/01 bilateral Hungarian-British project. Reconstruction of hydrologic and climatic changes from peat bogs in the Eastern Carpathian Region.

2002 - 2003 MILFIELD BASIN project. Late Glacial and Holocene landscape transformation and environmental change in the Milfield River Basin, Northumberland, UK.

2002 – 2003 Finnish-Hungarian Intergovernmental Cooperation (FIN 09-01). Participation in the European Pollen Monitoring Programme (PMP).

2001 HAJÓSI-PINCÉK project (University of Szeged - Kiskunsági National Park). The Late Quaternary environmental history of ‘Vörös-mocsár’, and infilled meander belt of the Danube River.

1998 - 2001 OTKA F026036 project. Comparative paleoecological study of the Late Quaternary sediment records of northeast and south Hungarian peat bogs and lakes.

Research fellowships
2012 – 2016 OTKA NF Research Grant NF 101362
2010 – 2012 OTKA International Complementary Grant IN 79869
2009 – 2012 OTKA PD Research Grant PD 73234
2007 – 2008 EU, Marie Curie Reintegration Grant, MC-ER-041088
2004 – 2006 EU, Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship, MEIFT-CT-2003-500501
2003 – 2004 OTKA Postdoctoral Fellowship, OTKA D45947
2002 – 2004 Bilateral Hungarian-British Intergovernmental Cooperation, GB 46/01
2001 – 2002 Finnish-Hungarian Intergovernmental Cooperation, FIN 09-01

Teaching activity

2015 - Biogeography of the Carpathian Basin (Bsc), Biogeography (Bsc), Biogeography and Soil Science (Bsc), Environmental Archaeology (Bsc), Nature Protection (Msc), Climate Change and Carbon Cycle (Msc), Green Planet – Plant Ecology and Climate Change (Msc), Environmental Change and Reconstruction (Msc), Research Methods in Paleoecology (Msc), Holocene Vegetation Dynamics and Phylogeography (PhD)
2009 – Paleoecology, invited seminars, Eötvös University, Department of Paleontology
2007 – Geoarchaeology, invited seminars, Eötvös University, Institute of Archaeological Sciences
2004 – 2006 Pollen analysis, practical, University of Durham, School of Biology and Biomedical Sciences
2002 – 2003 Geoarchaeology, seminar, University of Newcastle-upon Tyne (UK), School of Geography, Politics and Sociology
1999 – 2002 Geoarchaeology, seminar, University of Debrecen, Department of Geology and Mineralogy
1999 – 2002 Paleontology, seminar, University of Debrecen, Department of Geology and Mineralogy
1997 – 1999 Introduction to Mineralogy and Geology, practical, University of Debrecen, Department of Geology and Mineralogy
1995 – 1996 Plant physiology, practical, University of Debrecen, Department of Botany)

Service in scientific bodies
2014 – chairman of the Hungarian Comittee of INQUA
2008 – member of the Hungarian Comittee of INQUA
2002 – member of the Paleontological Comittee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1997 – member of the Hungarian Geological Society
1996 – member of the Quaternary Research Association

Honors and Awards
2011 Bolyai Prize, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2010 Young Scientist Award, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2009 Zólyomi Prize, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2007 Bolyai Research Fellowship, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2002 Young Scientist Scientific Award, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Regional Committee, Miskolc
2002 Elemér Szádeczky-Kardoss Award, 1st grade, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1998 "Best student talk" 3rd Hungarian Annual Meeting of the Hungarian Palaeonthologists, Tihany
1998 Award of Universitas Foundation, University of Debrecen
1995 Award of the Pro Regione Foundation, University of Debrecen
1995 Award of the Leidenforst Gyula Foundation, University of Debrecen
1995 Scholarship of the Republic of Hungary

Study trips
2011 (1 week) Institute of Earth Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland, MTA Polish-Hungarian Bilateral Project
Research topic: Abies alba pollen monitoring and application for detecting its Holocene spread in the CB
2011 (2 week) Center for Archaeological Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, OTKA PD73234
Research topic: plant macrofossil analysis, Lake Brazi, S Carpathians
2010 (1 week) University of Cologne, Department of Geology
Invited lecturer: Late Glacial and Holocene paleoenvironment changes of the Carpathian Region
2010 (1 week) University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences, OTKA PD73234
Research topic: pollen and chironomid-based climate reconstruction, Lake Brazi, S Carpathians
2009 (3 weeks) University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences, OTKA PD73234
Research topic: pollen and chironomid-based climate reconstruction, Lake Brazi, S Carpathians
2000 (3 months) University of Newcastle, School of Geography, Hungarian Scholarship Board
Research topic: pollen analysis Sarló-hát oxbow sediment, Tiszagyulaháza
1999 (3 months) University of Oulu, Department of Geology, Hungarian Scholarship Board
Research topic: pollen analysis and sediment analysis, Csaroda, Báb Lake
1997 (3 months) University of Cambridge, Godwin Laboratory, Corpus Christi Fellowship
Research topic: pollen analysis and sediment stratigraphy, Kelemér Nagymohos Peat Bog
1996 (5 months) University of Cambridge, Department of Botany, Corpus Christi Fellowship
Research topic: pollen analysis, Fehér Lake, Kardoskút