Scientific Curriculum Vitae of Dr. G. Konczos
Place and date of birth: Székesfehérvár (Hungary), Nov. 3, 1931
Education: M.S. Faculty of Natural Sciences, Eötvös University, Budapest (Chemistry), 1956
Scientific degrees:: Dr. rer. nat. Academy of Sciences of German Democratic Republic, 1975., accepted by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) as „candidate of chemical sciences”, 1975 Affiliations: Semiconductor Development Laboratory, TUNGSRAM Inc.
Ltd., Budapest (research engineer) 1956-1960
Central Research Institute for Physics (HAS) Sci. from 1960 till retirement in 1993 in different positions:
Head of the Experimental Metallurgy Laboratory, 1960-1981 Head of the Dept. for Metals Research 1981-1994
Director of Materials Technology Union, a non-profit organisation, 1990-2006
Memberships in scientific
committees National Committee of International Union for Vacuum Science and Technology, National Committee of International
Organization for Crystal Growth, Committee of Materials Science and Technology HAS
Founder and first charman for the Section of Crystal Physics, Eötvos Lorand Physical Society, Budapest
Activity from 1956 till 1960: development of germanium point contact rectifiers.
After 1960: laboratory scale metallurgy, growth of metal single crystals, kinetics of metal-gas reactions, preparation and
application of metallic glasses, micro and nanocrystalline metals.
After 1993: consultatnt in the KFKI Atomic Research Institute HAS, Budapest and in the Bay Zoltan Technological
Foundation, Budapest; research manager in the Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics HAS, Budapest.
Visiting: Institut für Festkörperphysik und Werkstofforschung, Acad. Sci.
GDR, Dresden, 18 months (1969-1970)
Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany, 3 months (1975)
Education from 1993: invited lecturer at the Technical University Budapest and Faculty of Natural Sciences Eötvös Lorand University, , Budapest (advanced materials technology for PhD students in physics)
Publications 80 papers, 4 patents, 2 book parts, 2 text books in electronic form
Address: Research Institutes for Solid State Physics and Optics HAS, H- 1525 Budapest, POB 49, Phope (36-1) 392 2222, e-mail:
konczos@szfki.hu
Budapest, March 2008.
