HUNGARIAN SELECTION COMMITTEE
For the purpose of recruiting qualified applicants, evaluating, sponsoring, and finding suitable institutions in the United States,
there is a committee of people living in Hungary. This committee (Curatorium) consists of volunteering academicians, professors,
assistant professors, college or high school administrators, and retired, internationally well-known Hungarians. The applicant must
gain the sponsorship from one or more committee member(s) who will support and foster the application. The current members of
the Curatorium are:
Prof. Dr. Gabor Stepan
Member Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Member Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1995-2013 - Head of Dept. of Applied Mechanics (BME)
1995- Present - Professor of Applied Mechanics (BME)
1991-1995 - Associate Prof. Dept. of Applied Mechanics
1994-1995 - Fullbright Scholar, California Institute of Technology, Pasaden, CA
e-mail: stepan@mm.bme.hu
Prof. Dr. Eva Gonczol DSc
Member Executive Board of the Hungarian Society for Microbiology
Member American Society for Microbiology
2001-Present - Professor, Department Virology, Bela Johan Natl. Center for Epidemiology, Budapest
1995-2001 - Head Department Microbiology, Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Medical University, Szeged, Hungary
1982-1987 - Visiting Scientist, The Wistar Inst., Philadelphia, PA
Assoc. Prof. 1987 – 2001, The Wistar Inst.
Specialty: Microbiology and Epidemiology
e-mail: gonczol.eva@t-online.hu
Prof. Dr. Gyula Schneider DSc
Dept. of Organic Chemistry, University of Szeged 1966-Present, Prof. 1989-Present
Head of Dept Organic Chemistry, University of Szeged 1994-96
1996 Zemplen Geza Award of the Hungarian Academy and a Szechenyl Prof. scholarship from the Minister of Education 1999-
2002
1990 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow and visiting professor, Dept of Organic Chemistry, Georg August University, Gottingen,
Germany
1979 visiting researcher with E. Zbiral Dept. of Organic Chemistry, Univ. of Vienna
Specialty: Organic Chemistry
e-mail: schneider@chem.u-szeged.hu
Asst. Prof. Dr. Andras Rosztoczy M.D., Ph.D.
1992-Present - First Department of Medicine, Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Medical University, Szeged
1991 - Div. of Gastroenterology, The John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore MD
2000 - Unite Neurogatroenterologie et Nutrition, INRA, Toulouse, France
Specialty: Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
e-mail: air@in1st.szote.u-szeged.hu
Father Joszef Urban
Superior Provincial of the Hungarian Province of the Piarist Order, as such the responsible administrator of seven
outstanding college preparatory schools in Hungary
Specialty: High School Administrator
email: Urban.Jozsef@piarista.hu
Prof. Joszef Voros
2003-Present - Senior Vice-Rector, University of Pecs
1994-Present - Visiting Professor, European University, Germany
1993-2003 - Director of MBA programs, University of Pecs
1990-93 - Dean, University of Pecs
1993 - Harvard Business School, Advanced Management Program
1993 - MIT Teachers' Training Program
1992 winter - visiting professor, Ohio University
1991 winter- visiting professor, Portland State University
1988 - visiting scholar, Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University
Specialty: Management Science, Operations Management, Financial Management
email: voros@ktk.pte.hu
Prof. Dr. Katalin Barabas, M.D., Ph.D.
1998-Present - Associate Professor, University of Szeged, Dept. of Hygiene and Epidemiology/Dept of Public Health
Head of Section of Behavioral Sciences Dept. of Psychiatry
1984-97- Senior asst. Prof., University of Szeged, Hygiene and Epidemiology/Dept. of
Public Health
2000- AMEE Fellowship - Ben Gurion University, Beersheva, Israel
1994 - Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Public Health, Newcastle University, UK
1992 - Visiting Scientist, Manchester University, Dept. of Applied Health Sciences
1992 - Visiting Scientist, Public Health Dept. of Leeds University, UK
1989 - Visiting Scientist, Otago University, Dept. of Physiology, Duneedin, NZ
Specialty: Diagnostic Radiology
email: bar@nepsy.szote.u-szeged.hu
Prof. Dr. Gabor Mikala, M.D., Ph.D.
2009-Present - Senior Hematologist, Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, St. Laszlo Hospital of Budapest
2004-2009 - Senior Physician, Dept. of Morphology & Physiology, Semmelweis Univ., Budapest
2003-Present - National Medical Center, Dept. of Haematology
2002-2003 - National Medical Center, Dept. of Internal Medicine
1997-2001 - Semmelweis University School of Health Sciences, First Dept. of Medicine
Specialties: Internal Medicine & Haematology
email: gmikala@ogyik.hu
Asst. Prof. Dr. Melinda Sperlagh, M.D.
2005-Present - Head of Dept. of Radiology, Kutvolgyi Teaching Hospital, Semmeleweis Univ.
1991-2005 - Resident of Radiology, Asst. Prof., Chief Physician, Dept. of Radiology, Kutvolgyi
Teaching Hospital, Semmelweis University
1987-1991 - Visiting Scientist at the Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA
Specialty: Ultrasound diagnostics of abdominal diseases, Cancer Immunology
email: sperlagh@kut.sote.hu
Prof. Dr. Jozsef Palinkas
2008-Present - President, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2009 - Member of Academia Europa
2007-2008 - President, Ctr. of Arts, Humanities & Sciences, Univ. of Debrecen
2006-Present - Director of Inst. of Physics, Faculty of Science, Univ. of Debrecen
2001-2002 - Minister of Education
1998-2001 - State Secretary of Education
1996-1997 - President, University of Debrecen
1991-1996 - Director, Inst. for Nuclear Physics of Hung. Acad. of Sciences
1988-1989 - Visiting Scientist, Manne Siegbahn Inst, Stockholm, Sweden
1983-1985 - Postdoctoral fellow: Cyclotron Inst., Texas A&M USA
email: palinkas@atomki.hu
Prof. Dr. Gyorgy Keglevich
2005-Present - European Editor of the journal “Current Organophosphorus Chemistry”
1999-Present - Prof. and Head of Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Budapest University of Technology and
Economics
1995-1996 - Associate Prof, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
1984-1985 - Visiting Scientist at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Specialty: Organophosphorus Chemistry and environmentally friendly (green) chemistry, industrial organic chemistry
email: keglevich@mail.bme.hu
Prof. Dr. Andras Perczel DSc
2007-Present - Head of Department of Organic Chemistry, ELTE
2001-Present - Professor of Chemistry, ELTE
DSc. Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1996-2007 - Research Associate Prof., Research Prof., ELTE
1995-1996 - Post. Doc fellow, Dep. of Biochemistry, Oxford Univ., UK
1992-1994 - NSERC fellow, Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Toronto, Canada
1989-1992 - Post. Doc fellow, Dept. Of Biochemistry, Brandeis Univ., USA
email: perczel@chem.elte.hu