
Reaction Kinetics and Photochemistry Working Group of MTA
The Reaction Kinetics and Photochemistry Working Group works within the Section of Chemical Sciences, Committee on Physical Chemistry of MTA (Hungarian Academy of Sciences).
Tibor Nagy (chair)
Gábor Schuszter (vice-chair)
News
If you have any information to be shared, please contact Tibor Nagy or Gábor Schuszter (e-mail: nagy.tibor@ttk.mta.hu or schuszti@chem.u-szeged.hu).
A new member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences from the Reaction Kinetics and Photochemistry Working Group.
Among the corresponding members elected to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2025 is Prof. István Fábián, a member of our Working Group. Congratulations!
The newly elected members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences were introduced at the 199th General Assembly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Following the election, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences has 294 full members, 71 corresponding members, 201 external members, and 191 honorary members.
The publication presenting the members elected in 2025 can be read here (in Hungarian).
Polányi Prize 2025
Based on the decision of the Board of Trustees, the 2025 Polányi Youth Prize has been awarded to Dr. Gergely Ferenc Samu (University of Szeged). The award ceremony will take place on June 4, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in the Small Hall of the Headquarters of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Election of new Chair, March 2024
The working group eleced Dr. Tibor Nagy from the HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences to be the new Chair.
Polányi Prize 2022
Based on the decision of the Board of Trustees, the 2022 Polányi Youth Prize was awarded to Dr. Norbert Lihi (University of Debrecen). The award ceremony took place on May 16, 2023, in the Great Hall of the Headquarters of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Election of new Chair, March 2021
The working group eleced Prof. Ágota Tóth of from the Deparment of Phyisical Chemistry and Materials Science to be the new Chair.
Polányi Prize 2020
Based on the decision of the Board of Trustees, the 2020 Polányi Prize was awarded to Prof. István Bányai (University of Debrecen).
Polányi Prize 2018
Based on the decision of the Board of Trustees, the 2018 Polányi Youth Prize was awarded to Dr. József Kalmár (University of Debrecen).
Polányi Prize 2017
Based on the decision of the Board of Trustees, the 2017 Polányi Prize was awarded to Prof. László Biczók (TTK).
Polányi Prize 2015
Based on the decision of the Board of Trustees, the 2015 Polányi Prize was awarded to Prof. István Fábián (University of Debrecen). The award ceremony took place on March 29, 2016.
Video summary of the Spring 2015 meeting
The Working Group meeting held in Debrecen at the end of March also served as the closing event of the ENVIKUT project of the University of Debrecen. A short, three-minute video compilation of the event is available below:
Meetings
The working group has two-day meetings twice every year. Below you will find the program of the meetings in pdf format (in Hungarian).
Meeting programs (in Hungarian)
20-21 November 2025, Mátrafüred
The program of the meeting will be available soon...
The earlier history of the Working Group
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Photo gallery
The working group has two-day meetings twice every year. Photos of the meetings can be downloaded below:
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- Spring
- Fall
- Balatonalmádi
- Balatonvilágos
- Budapest
- Mátrafüred
- Veszprém
- on-line
Research groups working in reaction kinetics and photochemistry
The meetings of the Reaction Kinetics and Photochemistry Working Group of MTA provide an opportunity for researchers working in the fields of reaction kinetics and photochemistry to share research results and to develop collaborations. The working group brings together the following research groups:
Members
Voting members of our working committee are the members of the public body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) who indicated in writing to the chair or the vice-chair their interest to be a member with a voting right. Consulting members are the members of the public body of MTA with voting right in a different working committee.
Anyone with a PhD or a CSc can become a member of the public body of MTA by indicating his/her intent in writing to the appropriate section of MTA, in our case to the Section of Chemical Sciences following the regulations (in Hungarian).
To become an Invited Participant just send an request.
Voting Members:

Bagyinka, Csaba
DSc (2000)
Field of expertise: biophysics

Biczók, László
DSc (1998)
Field of expertise: photochemistry

Bódiss, János
CSc (1996)
Field of expertise: oscillating reactions, thermodynamics

Czakó, Gábor
DSc (2017)
Field of expertise: theoretical reaction dynamics

Csörgei-Kurin, Krisztina
PhD (1997)
Field of expertise: oscillating reactions

Demeter, Attila
DSc (2006)
Field of expertise: photochemistry

Ditrói-Dóka, Éva
PhD (2016)
Field of expertise: solution kinetics

Dóbé, Sándor
DSc (1995)
Field of expertise: gas kinetics

Fábián, István
member of MTA (2025)
Field of expertise: solution kinetics, photochemistry

Gáspár, Vilmos
DSc (2001)
Field of expertise: nonlinear chemical dynamics

Héberger, Károly
DSc (2000)
Field of expertise: chemometry, gas chromatography

Holló, Gábor
PhD (2019)
Field of expertise: chemical patterns

Horváth, Attila
DSc (2018)
Field of expertise: solution kinetics

Horváth, Dezső
DSc (2010)
Field of expertise: chemical patterns

Kalmár, József
PhD (2013)
Field of expertise: aerogels, redox reactions and photochemical reactions

Kawka, László
dr. univ. (1983)
Field of expertise: catalysis, kinetics, biochemistry

Keszei, Ernő
DSc (1998)
Field of expertise: solution kinetics, femtochemistry

Kubinyi, Mikós
DSc (2000)
Field of expertise: photochemistry

Lagzi, István László
PhD (2004)
Field of expertise: atmospheric chemistry, chemical patterns

Lendvay, György
DSc (2003)
Field of expertise: theoretical chemistry

Lente, Gábor
DSc (2013)
Field of expertise: theoretical reaction kinetics

Megyesi, Mónika
PhD (2010)
Field of expertise: photochemistry and photophysics of alkaloids

Miskolczy, Zsombor
PhD (2008)
Field of expertise: kinetics and thermodynamics of supramolecular complex formation

Molnár, István
PhD (2020)
Field of expertise: nonlinear chemical dynamics

Nagy, Tibor
PhD (2009)
Field of expertise: theoretical chemistry, combustion kinetics

Ősz, Katalin
PhD (2004)
Field of expertise: homogeneous reaction kinetics, photochemistry

Schiller, Róbert
DSc (1974)
Field of expertise: radiation chemistry, transport processes, corrosion phenomena

Schuszter, Gábor
PhD (2014)
Field of expertise: nonlinear dynamics

Sebők-Nagy, Krisztina
PhD (2003)
Field of expertise: membrane biophysics

Szabó, Mária
PhD (2020)
Field of expertise: reaction kinetics

Szalai, István
DSc (2011)
Field of expertise: nonlinear dynamics

Szőri, Milán
PhD (2009)
Field of expertise: theoretical chemistry

Tóth, Ágota
DSc (2010)
Field of expertise: nonlinear dynamics

Tóth, János
CSc (1986)
Field of expertise: deterministic and stochastic formal reaction kinetics

Turányi, Tamás
DSc (2004)
Field of expertise: combustion kinetics, mathematical analysis of reaction mechanisms

Valkó, Éva
PhD (2019)
Field of expertise: sensitivity analysis, uncertainty analysis, parameter fitting, numerical optimization

Vidóczy, Tamás
DSc (2002)
Field of expertise: photochemistry

Zádor, Judit
PhD (2006)
Field of expertise: theoretical chemistry, combustion kinetics

Zsély, István Gyula
PhD (2005)
Field of expertise: combustion kinetics
Consulting Members:

Bazsa, György
DSc (1990)
Field of expertise: reaction kinetics, oscillatory reactions

Póta, György
CSc (1992)
Field of expertise: nonlinear dynamics
Invited Participants:

Forgács, Attila
PhD (2018)
Field of expertise: solution kinetics

Kiss, István Zalán
PhD (2000)
Field of expertise: electrochemistry, nonlinear dynamics, synchronization

Mogyoródi, Ferenc
CSc (1977)
Field of expertise: reaction kinetics, photochemistry

Samu, Gergely Ferenc
PhD (2018)
Field of expertise: photoelectrochemistry

Szabó, Rebeka
PhD (2024)
Field of expertise: kinetic modeling of nanoparticle formation
Contact
If you have any questions or comments, please find the chair or vice-chair of the Working Group:
Tibor Nagy (chair)
HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry (room D1.03B)
H-1519 Budapest, P.O.Box 286, Hungary