István Gábor Hatvani, PhD

Eötvös Loránd University
PhD: Application of state-of-the-art geomathematical methods in water protection - on the example of the data series of the Kis-Balaton Water Protection System
University degree: Idősoros egy-és többváltozós adatelemző módszerek alkalmazása a Kis-Balaton Vízvédelmi Rendszer idősoraira

• Advanced environmental calculations for M.Sc. and environmental science students
• Geomathematics for M.Sc. Earth- and environmental science students
• From sampling to data for M.Sc. Environmental sciences students
• Environmental calculation for B.Sc. Environmental sciences students

PhD Courses:

• Data analysis in environmental sciences for Ph.D. Earth- and environmental science students

Research group:

• Paleoklíma 2ka MTA Momentum research group, MTA CSFK FGI - www.paleoclimate2ka.hu

Research interests:

• Environmental data analysis; within the research group the geostatistical and multivariate data analysis on paleoproxy- and surface/sub-surface water quality data primarily in R programming environment.

Awards:

• 2018: Szádeczky-Kardoss Elemér Prize, Section of Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Excellent Researcher; award of the Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Academic Youth Award; Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• 2017: Danubius Young Scientist Award; Austrian Federal Ministry for Science, Research and Economy, Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe, Excellent Researcher; award of the Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 
• 2016: Young Scientist Prize for Environmental Research; Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• 2015: Junior Príma Prize – Hungarian Science Category; Príma Primisszima Foundation & Hungarian Development Bank Plc. (MFB. Zrt.)
• 2011: “Habilitas” fellowship of the Hungarian Development Bank Plc. (MFB. Zrt.)
• 2010: Dr. Pauka Imre Prize awarded by Golder Associates Plc. in recognition of my scientific activities, Excellent student of the Science Faculty (award from the Dean)
• 2009: Scholarship of the Hungarian Republic for the school year 2009/2010
• 2008: Excellent student of the Science Faculty (award from the Dean)
• Young scientist category, first prize: Determining Anthropogenic Effects Using Principal Component Analysis on a fluvial (E Hungary) and Two Lake Ecosystems (W Hungary, E Austria). CMA4CH, Mediterraneum Meeting, Rome 2012
• Special prize of TXM Oil- and Natural-gas Researching Ltd.: Principal Component Analysis (PCA) on data series of Hídvégi Pond (W Hungary). Meeting of Young Geoscientists (ISZA), Mátrafüred 2010. 
• First prize of the applied category and the special prize of the Hungarian Geological Society’s Geomathematical Section: Többváltozós és idősoros módszerek alkalmazása a Kis-Balaton Vízvédelmi Rendszer Adatsoraira. Meeting of Young Geoscientists (ISZA), Keszthely 2009. 
• Special compliment of the jury: A Kis-Balaton Vízvédelmi Rendszer hosszútávú adatsorainak elemzése; Conference of the National Scientific Student Council (OTDK), Hydrogeology-Hydrology section, Szombathely 2009.

Professional affiliations:

• Hungarian Geological Society 2009- (Secretary of the Geomathematical & Informatics Section of the Hungarian Geological Society 2015-, Secretary of the Election Committee 2018)
• Hungarian Hydrological Society 2011-2015
• IAMG Student Chapter Szeged 2011-2014
• IAMG (Nemzetközi Geomatematikai Társulat) 2014-
• Hungarian Chamber of Engineers 2014- (01-15205)
• Hungarian Academy of Sciences, X. Section of Earth Sciences, Committee on Geology, public body member 2014- (Secretary of the Geomathematical Sub-committee 2018-)
• Lecturing member of the Earth- and Environmental Sciences Ph.D. Schools of the ELTE, 2017-

Research projects:

• Statistical evaluation cellulose content and cellulose-stable isotope composition from the foliage of European forest species (database creation). ÚNKP Bolyai+ (Post Doc) Research Scholarship of the Ministry of Human Capacities. (project owner; 2018-2019)
• Funding to participate at the Annual Conference of the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG 2018). International Conference Participation Youth Scholarship; 580/5/2018/NKF; Hungarian Academy of Sciences (project owner; 2018)
• Geostatistical analysis of regionalized precipitation stable isotope data. For the Talented Youth of the Nation Scholarship; NTP-NTFÖ-17-B0028; Ministry of Human Capacities (project owner; 2017-2018)
• Modeling of the long term microbial and fecal pollution of Lake Neusiedl. Bilateral Research Funding to explore the Long-term exposure of the microbial-fecal pollution of Lake Neusiedl; Austrian-Hungarian Action Fund (97öu-1; project owner; 2017-2018)
• Spatial distribution of water isotopes in precipitation in Europe – with special focus on the transect from the Adriatic Coast to the Pannonian Plain; SNN OTKA 118205; NKFIH (participant researcher; 2016-2019)
• Geostatistical analysis of hydrologic and paleoclimate time series. Bolyai János Research (Post Doc) Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. (project owner; 2016-2019)
• Evaluation of the temperature and hydroclimate proxies of the Carpathian – Balkan Region for the past 1000 yrs. For the Talented Youth of the Nation Scholarship; NTP-EFÖ-P15-0550; Ministry of Human Capacities (project owner; 2016-2017)
• Exploration of interconnected regional sub-systems of the hydrological cycle using multivariate- and time series Geomathematical methods. Erdős Pál Joung Reseacher Scholarship; TÁMOP 4.2.4 A/1-11-1-2012-0001 (excellent final evaluation; project owner; 2016-2017)
• Analysis of the water quality time series of the Kis-Balaton Water Protection System using uni-, multivariate and time series methods. Apáczai Csere János Ph.D. Student Scholarship; TÁMOP 4.2.4 A/1-11-1-2012-0001 (excellent final evaluation; project owner; 2016-2017)
• Geostatistcal analysis of the sub-surface water system of the Seewinkel (AT). Ernst Mach Scholarship of the Austrian-Hungarian Action Fund. Repeated successful application (2011); project owner; 2012-2013

Coming soon.

Full publication list: MTMT, ResearchGate