Zoltán Szentesi

Assistant Research Fellow

Street address: Dept. of Paleontology and Geology, Hungarian Natural History Museum
1083 Budapest, Ludovika tér 2.
Postal address: 1431 Budapest, POB 137
Phone: +36-1-210-1075/2307
Fax: +36-1-338-2728
E-mail: crocutaster(at)gmail(dot)com
Website: http://magyardinoszaurusz.hu/szentesi-zoltan/

Current research interest
Mesozoic and Quaternary amphibians, taxonomy, evolution, palaeobiogeography 

Education
2008 MSc in Geology, Eötvös University, Budapest

Employment
2013 – museologist, Dept. of Paleontology and Geology, Hungarian Natural History Museum
2012 Assistant Research Fellow, Dept. of Paleontology, Eötvös University
2011 – 2013 Assistant Research Fellow, MTA–MTM Research Group of Paleontology (from 2012 MTA–MTM–ELTE Research Group of Paleontology)
2008 – 2011 PhD student, Dept. of Paleontology, Eötvös University

Services in scientific bodies
2006 – Member of the Hungarian Geological Society
2006 – Member of the European Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists

Teaching experience
2010 – Applied micropaleontology (invited seminars, geology MSc, Dept. of Paleontology, Eötvös University, Budapest)
2010 – Paleontology, field school (invited lecturer, geology BSc, Dept. of Paleontology, Eötvös University, Budapest)
2009 – Vertebrate paleontology (invited lecturer, geology BSc, Dept. of Paleontology, Eötvös University, Budapest)
2008 – Vertebrate paleontology, practical (geology BSc, Dept. of Paleontology, Eötvös University, Budapest)

Honors, awards and fellowships
2011 scientific scholarship, Eötvös University, Budapest
2010 Fellowship of the Hantken Foundation, Comparative studies of amphibian faunas from the Late Cretaceous localities of Spain (Chera and La Solana) and Hungary (Iharkút)
2008 „Best student presentation” – 11th Annual Meeting of the Hungarian Paleontologist, Hungarian Geological Society
2008 3rd prize, theoretical category, oral presentation, XXXIX. Meeting of Young Geoscientists, Association of Hungarian Geophycists, Hungarian Geological Society
2007 5th place, 28th National Scientific Student Conference, Szeged
2007 – 2008 scientific scholarships, Eötvös University, Budapest
2007 1st prize, Scientific Student Conference, Geological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Eötvös University, Budapest
2006 2nd prize, Scientific Student Conference, Geological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Eötvös University, Budapest
2006 „Best student poster” 9th Annual Meeting of the Hungarian Paleontologist, Hungarian Geological Society