Tamás Papp
E-mail: pappt@bio.u-szeged.hu
Date and place of birth: March 29, 1971, Győr, Hungary
Position: Assistant professor
Workplace: University of Szeged, Faculty of Science and Informatics, Department of Microbiology
H-6726 Szeged, Közép fasor 52., Hungary
Phone and Fax: +36 62 544 516, +36 62 544 823
Education:
University: 1990-1995 Attila József University, Faculty of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary.
Title of the thesis submitted for the university degree (1995): Study of the genetic variability of the Mucor piriformis using molecular markers.
Ph.D. studies: 1995-1998 Molecular and Cell Biology Doctoral Program of the University of Szeged, Faculty of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary.
Title of the Ph.D. thesis (2000): Study of the genetic and physiological variability of zygomycetous fungi causing post-harvest decay.
Professional history:
2000: Postdoctoral research fellow; Microbiological Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the University of Szeged
2000-2002: Guest researcher; University of Salamanca, Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Area of Genetics, Salamanca, Spain
2003-2004: Researcher; Microbiological Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the University of Szeged.
2004-2007: Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Szeged, Faculty of Science and Informatics, Department of Microbiology
2007-2010: University lecturer; University of Szeged, Faculty of Science and Informatics, Department of Microbiology
2010-: Assistant professor, University of Szeged, Faculty of Science and Informatics, Department of Microbiology
Work abroad:
2000-2002: Postdoctoral guest researcher at the Area of Genetics leading by Prof. Arturo P. Eslava at the Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Spain; field of research: The genetic background of the carotene biosynthesis in Mucor circinelloides.
Awards:
1998 Fellowship of the Soros Foundation
2004 Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA)
2005 János Bolyai Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2007 Lajos Ferenczy Award by the University of Szeged and the József Sófi Foundation for educational activity (supervising of students)
Scientific activity:
- Molecular phylogenetics, taxonomy, diagnostics and identification of filamentous fungi.
- Molecular genetic studies on the members of the order Mucorales; development of new genetic transformation methods for Zygomycetes fungi.
- Molecular study of the carotenoid biosynthesis in filamentous fungi; engineering of the carotenogenic pathway in Zygomycetes.
- Metabolite production of filamentous fungi.
Publication activity (September 2010):
Full papers in referred journals: 60 (Impact factor: 89.543; number of independent citations: 236);
Book chapters: 11;
Abstracts in referred journals: 80;
Abstracts of lectures and posters in abstract books and conference proceedings: 60;
Patents: 2 (accepted on the national level; international extensions are in progress);
Cursebooks and other: 4.
Memberships:
- Hungarian Microbiological Society
Educational activity:
Participation in the educational activity of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Szeged.
General courses and practices of Microbiology and Experimental Mycology. Special courses: Industrial applications of fungi, Molecular
background of opportunistic fungal infections, Molecular phylogenetics. Supervisor of undergraduate and postgraduate research.
Projects:
Principal investigator in several OTKA (Hungarian Research Fund), NKTH (National Office for Research and Technology)-OTKA,
Intergovernmental Co-operation (TéT) and ETT projects. Participant in further basic and applied research projects of the department.
Participation on international meetings:
1996: 3th European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG-3), Münster, Germany
1998: 4th European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG-4), León, Spain
1999: 13th International Congress of the Hungarian Society for Microbiology, Budapest, Hungary
2000: 5th European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG-5), Arcachon, France
2002: 6th European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG-6), Pisa, Italy
2003: 1st FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2003: 14th International Congress of the Hungarian Society for Microbiology, Balatonfüred, Hungary
2004: 14th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (14th ECCMID), Prague, Czech Republic
2005: 12th European Congress on Biotechnology, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005: 2nd Trends in Medical Mycology Congress. Berlin, Germany
2006: 8th European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG-8), Wien, Austria
2007: Eurofungbase, Wageningen, the Netherlands
2007: Power of Microbes in Industry and Environment, Zadar, Croatia
2008: 9th European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG-9) Edinburgh, Scotland
2009: 10th International Symposium "Interdisciplinary Regional Research", Hunedoara, Romania
2009: 11th Regional Conference on Environment and Health, Szeged, Hungary
2010: Power of Microbes in Industry and Environment, Malinska, Croatia
Languages:
English, Spanish, German
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