Ilona Pál

Assistant Research Fellow

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: palilona(at)caesar(dot)elte(dot)hu

Current research interest
Early Holocene climate anomalies, the so-called 8.2 ka cooling event

Education
2013 – PhD student, Eötvös University, Budapest
2013 MSc in Environmental Sciences, Eötvös University, Budapest
2010 BSc in Environmental Sciences, Eszterházy College, Eger

Employment
2013 Assistant Research Fellow, MTA–MTM–ELTE Research Group of Paleontology

Honors and awards
2015 18th Annual Meeting of the Hungarian Palaeontologists: “Best PhD student presentation” 2nd prize
2014 XIV. National Higher Education Conference of Environmental Science: “Best student presentation” 2nd prize in Climate change and global environmental problems section
2013 XXXI. National Scientific Student Conference: “Best student presentation” 2nd prize in Physics, Earth Sciences and Mathematics section
2012 ELTE Environmental Scientific Student Conference: “Best student presentation” 1st prize
2012 15th Annual Meeting of the Hungarian Palaeontologists: “Best student research” 3rd prize

Fellowships and grants
September 2015 – February 2016 Bilateral State Scholarship for Tempus Public Foundation – Partial PhD programme in the Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
26th July – 2nd August 2015 Grant for the XIX. INQUA Congress 2015 Nagoya, Japan – Quaternary Perspective on Climate Change, Natural Hazards and Civilization

Field works
25th August – 5th September, 2014 2nd Retezat Expedition
27th July – 2nd August, 2014 1st Retezat Expedition

Service in scientific bodies
2014 – member of the Hungarian Geological Society