Work experience

From 04/2023: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Granular Lab, Department of Physics and Applied Mathematics
Research topic: Macroscopic active particles driven by light
Advisors: Iker Zuriguel, Raúl Cruz Hidalgo
03/2022-03/2023: Postdoctoral Fellow
INSA Lyon, Lyon, France
LaMCoS (Laboratoire de Mécanique des Contacts et des Structures)
Research topic: Shear band and damage formation in soda-lime and boro-silicate glasses in atomic-scale models
Advisor: Gergely Molnár
07/2021-02/2022: Assistant Research Fellow / Postdoctoral Fellow
Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
Partially Ordered Systems Research Group
Research topic: Flow of granular materials: effect of particle shape
Advisors: Tamás Börzsönyi, Ellák Somfai

Education

2017-2021: PhD in Physics
Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary), Department of Theoretical Physics
Advisor: János Török
Dissertation: Self-organizing processes in granular materials (pdf)
2015-2017: MSc in Physics
Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary)
Thesis: Modeling the shear and alignment of granular materials
2012-2015: BSc in Physics
Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary)
Thesis: Modeling and simulation of granular materials
2019-2021: MA in Theology (Currently on hold)
Saint Paul Academy (Hungary)

Skills

DEM simulation of granular materials (LAMMPS, LIGGGHTS, Contact dynamics), large-scale simulations, code development, data analysis (C++, Python)
Mesoscopic simulation, Monte Carlo methods
Experiments with granular materials and active granular particles, image processing (Matlab), data analysis
Molecular dynamics simulation of glasses (LAMMPS)

Teaching activity & Supervision

Co-supervision of a PhD student (UNAV), 2024.
Co-supervision of the summer practice and the experimental work of a BSc student (UNAV), 2023.
Co-supervision of a student preparing a research paper for the Scientific Students’ Associations Conference (BME) with the Morphodynamics Research Group, 2022-2023.
Topic: Contact dynamics simulations, title: Study of the stability of walls based on the force-indeterminacy
Practical classes (BME): Classical Mechanics (for physics students), Calculation Methods in Physics (for physics students), Introduction to Physics (for engineering students), 2016-2021.

2019/20 - New National Excellence Program Scholarship (Hungary)
Research topic: Alignment of granular material in a narrow container
2018/19 - DAAD One-Year Research Grant for doctoral candidates
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany) Research topic: Studying the quasistatic shear of granular materials by contact dynamics simulations
2016/17 - New National Excellence Program Scholarship (Hungary)
Research topic: Studying the shear of granular materials by molecular dynamics simulations
2015/16, 2016/17 - Scholarship of the Republic (Hungary)
2014/15, 2015/16 - Scientific Scholarship of the Faculty (BME)
2015 - Pro Progressio Foundation BSc Thesis Scholarships (BME)
2015 - Excellent Student of the Faculty Prize (BME)
2015 - National Scientific Students’ Associations Conference
First Prize
2014 - Scientific Students’ Associations Conference (BME) First Prize and Special Prize of the President