Curriculum Vitae
Lévai Péter
Biographical data
- Birth Date & Place: August 8, 1962 in Miskolc, Hungary
- Nationality: Hungarian
- Family: Married, one daugther
Education
- Corresponding Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
2010
- Habilitation (Dr.habil.) in the Eötvös
University (Budapest, Hungary), 2000
- Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
1999
- Ph.D. and Habilitation (Cand.Sc.) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
on Nuclear Physics, 1992
- Dr.Rer.Nat. of the Eötvös University
(Budapest, Hungary) on Nuclear Physics, 1989
- Masters (Diploma) of the Eötvös University
(Budapest, Hungary) on Physics, 1986
Employment
- Director General of the MTA WIGNER Research Centre for Physics Budapest,
Hungary, (2012- )
- Research Professor, MTA KFKI RMKI Budapest, Hungary (2011- )
- Deputy Director of the MTA KFKI RMKI Budapest, Hungary (2010-2011)
- Team leader of the Hungarian ALICE group at CERN LHC, (2005- )
- Head of the Theoretical Phys. Dept., MTA KFKI RMKI Budapest,
Hungary (2003-2010)
- Scientific Advisor, MTA KFKI RMKI Budapest, Hungary (1999-2010)
- Senior Research Fellow, MTA KFKI RMKI Budapest, Hungary (1994-99)
- Research Associate, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, USA
(1991-92)
- Research Associate, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA (1990-91)
- Research Fellow, MTA KFKI RMKI Budapest, Hungary (1989-93)
- Scholar for Ph.D., MTA KFKI RMKI Budapest, Hungary (1986-89)
Research Fields
- Participation in the LHC ALICE experiment (HMPID/VHMPID detectors);
- QCD, phase structure of strongly interacting matter;
- Partons in heavy-ion collisions:
proton structure, charm-production, multijets;
- Quark-Gluon Plasma formation (QGP): flow, strangeness,
entropy, massive excitations;
- Hadronization of QGP: microscopical and macroscopical description;
- Highly excited hadronic matter: EOS, exotic phases;
- Relativistic hydrodynamics, shock phenomena.
Recent Research Supports
- National Scientific Research Fund (OTKA - NK106119)
- Hungary-China TeT Bilateral Research Grant
Longer visits (min. 1 month)
- College Station, USA (1 month in 2002, 2009)
- Kent University, Ohio, USA (1 month in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008,
3 month in 2006)
- Columbia University, New York, USA (3 months in 1998,
2 months in 1999, 2000, 1 month in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2009)
- BNL, Brookhaven, USA (1 month in 2001)
- CERN, Geneva, Switzerland (1 month in 1995, 2001)
- University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (2 months in 1989, 1997)
- INT, Seattle, WA, USA, (1 month in 1996)
- LBL, Berkeley, CA, USA (1 month in 1994, 1995, 1996)
- University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany (1 month in 1996)
- GSI, Darmstadt, Germany (1 month in 1995)
- University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway (1-1 month in 1993, 1994, 1995)
- LANL, Los Alamos, NM, USA (1 month in 1993)
- 4 dissertations;
- 105 articles in referred journals;
- 89 publications in refereed journals
as member of NA49 Collaboration at CERN;
- 152 publications in refereed journals
as member of ALICE Collaboration at CERN;
- 48 other papers and conference contributions;
- 9 edited Proceedings;
- 4 scientific paper in Hungarian;
-
3550 citations on theoretical works +
4400 as NA49 member +
9600 as ALICE member (see
my list and
INSPIRES ).
Teaching activity
Lectures at the Theoretical Department of the
Eötvös Loránd University,
Budapest, Hungary
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- The Phase Structure of Strongly Interacting Matter
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2010 Fall ,
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1999 Fall ,
1998 Fall
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Jet physics in hadron-hadron and heavy ion collisions
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2015 Spring ,
2013 Spring ,
2011 Spring ,
2009 Spring ,
2007 Spring ,
2006 Spring ,
2005 Spring ,
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The application of pQCD in heavy ion collisions
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2004 Spring ,
2003 Spring ,
2002 Spring ,
2000 Spring
- Quark Forces and Nuclear Forces
- - 1997 Fall
- The Big Bang in Laboratory
- - 1996 Fall , 1995 Fall , 1993 Fall
- Mean field theories in description of hadronic matter
- - 1989 Fall
Students
PhD. degree:
- Berényi Dániel (ELTE) 2011-
- Bencédi Gyula (ELTE) 2010-
- Pochybova Sona (ELTE) 2009-
- Hamar Gergö (ELTE) 2007-2015
- Barnaföldi Gergely (ELTE) 2000-2006
- Csizmadia Péter (ELTE) 1996-2003
MSc degree:
- Berényi Dániel (ELTE) 2010-2011
- Pásztor Attila (ELTE) 2010-2011
- Agócs András (ELTE) 2007-2008
- Hamar Gergö (ELTE), 2006-2007
- Novitzky Norbert (ELTE), 2006-2007
- Barnaföldi Gergely (ELTE) 1999-2000
- Csizmadia Péter (ELTE) 1995-1996
BSc degree:
- Pocsai Mihály (ELTE) 2011
- Berényi Dániel (ELTE) 2009
- Kondor Dániel (ELTE) 2009
TDK thesis:
- Berényi Dániel, 2008
- Kondor Dániel, 2008
- Hamar Gergö, 2004-2005
- Novitzky Norbert, 2004-2005
- Barnaföldi Gergely, 1996-1997
- Hernáth Szabolcs, 1996-1997
- Csizmadia Péter, 1994-1995
Activity in Conference Organization
- Member of the Int. Advisory Committee, QM'2015
-- Quark Matter Conference, 27 September - 3 October, Kobe, Japan;
- Member of the Int. Advisory Committee, HEP'2015
-- EPS HEP Conference, 22-29 July 2015, Vienna, Austria;
- Member of the Int. Advisory Committee, 7th ICPA-QGP 2015
Conference, 1-6 February 2015, Kolkata, India;
- Member of the Int. Advisory Committee,
10th High-pT physics at LHC Workshop,
9-12 September 2014, Nantes, France;
- Member of the Int. Advisory Committee, QM'2014
-- Quark Matter Conference, 19-24 May, Darmstadt, Germany;
- Member of the Int. Organizing Committee,
9th High-pT physics at LHC Workshop,
24-28 September 2013, Grenoble, France;
- Member of the Int. Advisory Committee, HEP'2013
-- EPS HEP Conference, 18-24 July 2013, Stockholm, Sweden;
- Member of the Int. Organizing Committee,
8th High-pT physics at LHC Workshop,
21-24 October 2012, Wuhan, China;
- Member of the Int. Advisory Committee, QM'2012
-- Quark Matter Conference, 13-18 August 2012, Washington, USA;
- Member of the Int. Organizing Committee,
7th High-pT physics at LHC Workshop,
26-29 March 2012, Frankfurt, Germany;
- Member of the Int. Advisory Committee, QM'2011
-- Quark Matter Conference, 23-28 May 2011, Annecy, France;
- Member of the Int. Organizing Committee,
6th High-pT physics at LHC Workshop,
4-7 April 2011, Utrecht, Netherlands;
- Member of the Int. Advisory Committee, 6th ICPA-QGP 2010
Conference, 5-10 December 2010, Goa, India;
- Member of the Int. Organizing Committee,
5th High-pT physics at LHC Workshop,
27 September - 1 October 2010, Mexico City, Mexico;
- Member of the Int. Advisory Committee, HEP'2009
-- EPS HEP Conference, 16-22 July 2009, Cracow, Poland;
- Member of the Int. Advisory Committee, QM'2009
-- Quark Matter Conference, 30 March - 4 April 2009, Knoxville, USA;
- Co-organizer, 4th High-pT physics at LHC Workshop,
3-7 February 2009, Prag, Czech Rep.;
- Chairman, 3th High-pT physics at LHC Workshop,
17-21 March 2008, Tokaj, Hungary;
- Member of the Int. Advisory Committee, QM'2008
-- Quark Matter Conference, February 2008, Jaipur, India;
- Member of the Int. Advisory Committee, HEP'2007
-- EPS HEP Conference, 19-25 July 2007, Manchester, England;
- Co-organizer, Zimanyi Memorial Workshop on Hadron and Quark Matter,
2-4 July 2007, Budapest, Hungary;
- Member of the Int. Advisory Committee, INPC'2007
-- International Nuclear Physics Conference,
3-8 June 2007, Tokyo, Japan;
- Co-organizer, 2th High-pT physics at LHC Workshop,
22-26 March 2007, Jyvaskyla, Finland;
- Member of the Int. Advisory Committee, QM'2006
-- Quark Matter Conference, November 2006, Shanghai, China;
- Chairman of the QM'2005
-- Quark Matter Conference, 1-6 August 2005, Budapest, Hungary;
- Member of the Int. Advisory Committee, HEP'2005
-- EPS HEP Conference, 21-27 July 2005, Lisboa, Portugal;
- Co-organizer, Gribov Memorial Workshop,
25-27 May 2005, Budapest, Hungary;
- Member of the Int. Advisory Committee, 5th ICPA-QGP 2005
Conference, February 2005, Kolkata, India;
- Member of the Int. Advisory Committee, QM'2004
-- Quark Matter Conference, January 2004, Oakland, CA,USA;
- Member of the Int. Advisory Committee, HEP'2003
-- EPS HEP Conference, 17-23 July 2003, Budapest;
- Co-organizer, BUDAPEST'02
-- Quark and Hadron Dynamics in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions,
3-7 March 2002, Budapest;
- Member of the Int. Advisory Committee, HEP'2001
-- EPS HEP Conference, 12-18 July 2001, Budapest;
- Co-organizer,
"A magyar nagyenergiás magfizika a XXI. század elején"
27-28 March 2001, Budapest;
- Member of the Int. Advisory Committee, HEP'99
-- EPS HEP Conference, 15-21 July 1999, Tampere;
- Co-organizer, PARTON'99
-- Parton physics and Hadronization at CERN SPS and RHIC,
4-8 May 1999, Budapest;
- Co-organizer, SQM'96
-- Strangeness in Hadronic Matter (Strangeness'96), 15-17 May 1996,
Budapest;
- Co-organizer, Eötvös Graduate Summer School: Quarks
and Heavy Ion Physics, 16-24 Aug. 1994, Budapest;
- Co-organizer, Budapest Workshop on Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions,
25-28 Aug. 1994, Budapest;
- Co-organizer, Budapest Workshop on Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions,
10-13 Aug. 1992, Budapest;
Prizes
- Janos Neumann Prize of the Ministry of National Development, 2014
- Knight Cross of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic, 2007
- Academy Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2003
- Physics Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2001
- Novobátzky Prize of the Eötvös Loránd
Physical Society, 1995
- Youth Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1993
- Youth Prize of the Central Research Institute for Physics, 1989
- Excellent Student of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of
the Eötvös University, 1986
- First Prize on the Scientific Conference of
Hungarian Students (OTDK), 1985
Scholarships
- Bolyai Fellowship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1999-2001
- DAAD Scholarship to University of Regensburg, 1997
- NATO Scholarship to LANL, Los Alamos, 1993
- Scholarship of the Robert A. Welch Foundation, TAMU, College Station, 1991
- Scholarship of the Hungarian Republic to the Eötvös
University, 1984, 1985
Memberships in Committees and Societies
- Hungarian Delegate to the European Strategy Forum on
Research Infrastructure (ESFRI), 2010-
- Science and Technology Board of the
Hungarian National Science Fund (OTKA), 2005-2008
- Council of the Academy's Research Institutes (MTA AKT), 2003-2009
- Physics Board of the
Hungarian National Science Fund (OTKA), 2000-2003
- High Energy Physics Board of EPS (HEP EPS), 1998-2010
- European Physics Society (EPS), 1986-
- Nuclear Physics Committee of the HAS, 1994-1999, 2003-
- Eötvös Loránd Physical Society (ELFT), 1982-
- Honoured member of the International Association
of Physics Students, (IAPS) 1990-
- Honoured member of the Hungarian Association of
Physics Students, (MAFIHE) 1990-
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