Attila Vörös

Scientific Advisor, former Head of the research group

Street address: Dept. of Paleontology and Geology, Hungarian Natural History Museum
1083 Budapest, Ludovika tér 2.
Postal address: 1431 Budapest, POB 137
Phone: +36-1-210-1075/2303
Fax: +36-1-338-2728
E-mail: voros(at)nhmus(dot)hu

 

Current research interest
Triassic ammonoids, taxonomy, biostratigraphy, paleoecology
Jurassic brachiopods taxonomy, paleoecology, paleobiogeography
Mesozoic paleogeography and plate tectonics
Carbonate sedimentology (Jurassic, Eocene: Hungary)
Jurassic brachiopod faunas from Hungary
Mesozoic paleogeography of the Tethys
Mesozoic paleogeography and stratigraphy of the Alp-Carpathian region

Scientific degrees
2010 Full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2004 Corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1997 Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1985 CSc in Earth Sciences
1971 Dr. rer. nat. (Eötvös University, Budapest)

Education
1968 MSc in Geology, Eötvös University, Budapest

Employment
1970 – 2012 Curator, Senior Curator, Head, Head of the Research Group, Dept. of Paleontology and Geology, Hungarian Natural History Museum
1968 – 1970 Assistant Research Fellow, Dept. of Paleontology, Eötvös University, Budapest

Honors and awards 
2012 Hantken Memorial Medal, Hungarian Geological Society
2005 Arnold Ipolyi Prize, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2003 Honorary Member of the Hungarian Geological Society
2000 Hantken Memorial Medal, Hungarian Geological Society
1996 Academy Award, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Fellowships
1998 (2 weeks) University of Zurich
1986 (1 month) University of Naples
1983 (1 month) University of Naples and University of Palermo
1980 (3 months) University of Palermo

Teaching experience
geology (BSc, MSc), Faculty of Science, Eötvös University, Budapest
geology (PhD), Graduate School of Earth Sciences, Eötvös University, Budapest:
Paleobiology of brachiopods
Paleobiogeographic methods
Mesozoic paleogeography and stratigraphy of the Alp-Carpathian region