Success at EKA

Eötvös Loránd University established the University Excellence Fund (EKA) in 2022 in order to measurably strengthen its participation in international university competition. This year applications could be submitted in seven different categories. One of the 5 winning applicants in the innovative use category is our Professor Judit Mádl-Szőnyi. Her application …

Report – Sopron Scientific Educational Society (Soproni TIT): Children’s Academy Program and free university lecture organized on the occasion of the Hungarian Science Festival

The Soproni TIT approached the József and Erzsébet Tóth Endowed Hydrogeology Chair with a request for the foundation’s research group to give lectures on underground waters for both students and adults. Accepting the invitation, Judit Mádl-Szőnyi, Oláh Soma and Teréz Kis-Csitári on behalf of the Foundation visited Sopron on 7 …

Hydrogeological field exercise in the Kiskunság National Park

This year’s annual hydrogeology field exercise was held between 25 and 28 September in the surrounding of Apaj-Szúnyogpuszta with the participation of three Hungarian and four foreign students. The purpose of this training is to prepare students to solve complex hydrogeological problems and to acquire the necessary practical skills in …

III. Bálint Csatári Memorial Conference

The “III. Bálint Csatári Memorial Conference” was held on October 12, 2023, in Kecskemét. The event is named after the geographer Bálint Csatári, awarded university associate professor, former director of the Great Plains Science Institute of the MTA Regional Research Center. In 2021 the Danube-Tisza Sand Ridge Regional Development Council …

TOPO-EUROPE Workshop 2023

The „Coupled surface to deep Earth processes: Perspectives from TOPO-EUROPE with an emphasis on climate- and energy-related societal challenges” international workshop was held between 28-29 September 2023 in the Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science in Sopron, Hungary. TOPO-EUROPE is a European multidisciplinary program launched by the International Lithosphere …

Researchers’ Night 2023

Every year, the last Friday of September is traditionally dedicated to science, since it is the date of the Europe-wide public event Researchers’ Night. More than a thousand people visited ELTE Faculty of Science on 29th of September, where the József and Erzsébet Tóth Hydrogeology Chair together with the RRF …

Lecture session by the Hungarian Hydrological Society

The Hungarian Hydrological Society organized a lecture session about Lake Velence. The session took place on 22 September at the Central Transdanubian Water Directorate in Székesfehérvár. The purpose of the meeting was to present and discuss the results of research related to Lake Velence, which research was carried out in …

Participation at the 29th “Almássy Endre Conference on Groundwater”

The 29th “Almássy Endre Conference on Groundwater” was held between 13-14 September and was hosted by Hotel Magistern in Siófok. This year, the József and Erzsébet Tóth Endowed Hydrogeology Chair and Foundation was represented at the conference by Anita Erőss and Petra Baják. In their presentations, they presented the latest …

Presentation at the International Meeting of Sedimentology 2023 conference

Third year PhD student Ábel Markó participated at the International Meeting of Sedimentology between 12-18.06.2023 in Dubrovnik Croatia where he presented his research entitled “Investigation of a deltaic thermal water reservoir formation in the Zala region (SW Hungary)”. As the sedimentological aspect of his doctoral research Ábel mapped the heterogeneities …

Participation at the geothermal trainingweek of the EASYGO project

Ábel Markó PhD student participated at the third trainingweek of the EASYGO project (funded by the Marie Curie research program) in Tuscany (Volterra, Lardarello). The focus of the annual training was the surface facilities of the geothermal systems as the power plants, heat plant, district heating systems and heat pumps. …