Edina Prondvai

Research Fellow 

Workplace 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: +36-1-372-2500/8732

E-mail: edina(dot)prondvai(at)gmail(dot)com

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Current research interest

Metabolism, physiology, life history, ontogeny and locomotor abilities (especially flight) of extinct and extant amniotes inferred from bone histology with special focus on non-avian dinosaurs, birds and pterosaurs

Scientific degree

2011 PhD, Eötvös University, Budapest

Education

2005 MSc in Biology, Eötvös University, Budapest

Employment

03.2019 – present: Postdoctoral research fellow, MTA-MTM-ELTE Research Group for Paleontology, Budapest

01.2019 – 12.2019 Voluntary (unpaid) postdoctoral staff member at the Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates research group, Ghent University, Ghent

2016 – 2018 Postdoctoral research assistant (BOF) at the Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates research group, Ghent University, Ghent

2011 – 2015 Postdoctoral research fellow at the MTA-ELTE „Lendület” Dinosaur Research Group, Budapest

2007 – 2008 Scientific Volunteer at the Museum für Naturkunde, Karlsruhe

Main research projects

As project leader:

2016 – 2018 BOF (Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds) – Special Research Fund, Ghent University; grant nr. 01P12815; project: “Functional signals in the bone microstructure of flying vertebrates and their importance in understanding the evolution of powered flight in feathered dinosaurs”

As participant:

2011 – 2015 MTA-ELTE „Lendület”; grant nr. 95102; project: ‘After a 85 Million years old ecosystem: the anatomical, bone histological and paleobiogeographical investigation of the vertebrate fauna found in the Iharkút dinosaur locality and its comparison with other faunas of the Late Cretaceous European Archipelago’; Project leader: Dr. Attila Ősi

Research grants

2017 FWO (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek), grant nr. 1504218N: Individual research expense grant for purchasing high-value research equipment

Honors and awards

2016, 2018 International Conference Attendance Grant of Fonds Wetenschapelijk Onderzoek (FWO) – Vlaanderen (Belgium), grant nrs: K134316 (2016, Washington DC, USA) and K132518N (2018, Bloemfontein, South Africa)

2010 – 2011 Scholarship of the Students’ Autonomy of the Eötvös Loránd University, award to PhD students with excellent research performance and university grades

2010 International Conference Attendance Grant of Hantken Fund (Hungary)

2010 Research grant of Hantken Fund (Hungary)

2010 3rd prize PhD student talk, 13th Annual Meeting of Hungarian Paleontologists

2009 Best PhD student talk, 12th Annual Meeting of Hungarian Paleontologists

Service in scientific bodies

2015 – Member of the ‘Ecology and Evolutionary Biology’ editorial board, Scientific Reports

2014 – 2015 Member of the editorial board, Palaeovertebrata

2012 – 2018 Board member of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP)

2008 – Regular member of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP)

Teaching experience

2014 – 2017 ‘Fossil & extant bone histology’ course organizer & lecturer for MSc students in Biology & Geology at Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary (2014 – 2017) and for biology students with related BSc & MSc topics at Ghent University, Belgium (2016 – 2017)

2010 – 2017 ‘Vertebrate Paleontology’ – guest lecturer, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary (course for BSc students in Geology); lectures given: 1, Introduction to the general osteology of vertebrates; 2, Amniotes – Introduction; 3, Flying Reptiles – pterosaurs

2007 „Hector-Seminar“– project leader, Museum für Naturkunde, Karlsruhe, Germany (scientific project offered for high-school students with outstanding skills); project “Pterosaurier: Anatomie des Rhamphorhynchus – eine Konstruktion zum Fliegen?“ (www.hector-seminar.de)

2005 (3 months) substitute biology teacher at Dózsa György High School, Budapest, Hungary