CV
Tímea Haszpra
Curriculum Vitae
Affiliation:
| 2020– | MTA–ELTE Theoretical Physics Research Group, senior research fellow |
Experience:
| 2019–2020 | Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of Theoretical Physics, senior research fellow (OTKA postdoc) |
| 2016–2019 | Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of Theoretical Physics, research fellow (OTKA postdoc) |
| 2015–2016 | MTA–ELTE Theoretical Physics Research Group, research fellow |
| 2012–2015 | MTA–ELTE Theoretical Physics Research Group, assistant research fellow |
Projects:
| principal investigator: | |
| NKFIH PD-121305 (2016–2019) | "Climate change and atmospheric dispersion processes" postdoctoral excellence grant |
| NKFIH FK-124256 (2017–2020) | "The impact of climate change on atmospheric dispersion processes – a dynamical systems approach" in the Discovery Research Program |
| NKFIH PD-132709 (2019–2022) | "The role of chaotic advection in geoengineering problems" postdoctoral excellence grant (pausing) |
| participant: | |
| OTKA NK-100296 (2012–2016) | participant in project "Physical mechanisms of global environmental processes" (prinicpal investigator: Tamás Tél) |
| NKFIH K-125171 (2017–2021) | participant in project "Ensemble approach in climate dynamics and nonequilibrium processes" (prinicpal investigator: Tamás Tél) |
Education:
| 1999–2005 | Árpád Gimnázium, Budapest (specialized in Maths) |
| 2005–2010 | Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Meteorologist |
| 2010–2013 | Eötvös Loránd University, PhD School of Environmental Studies, Program of Environmental Physics (defense: May 19, 2014) |
| 2015–2018 | Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Computer Scientist |
Language skills:
| English | |
| German |
Research area:
| dispersion modelling of atmospheric pollutants, chaotic behavior, application of ensemble climate simulations, teleconnections |
Teaching experience:
| Calculus I. (Department of Applied Analysis and Computational Mathematics) | Physics BSc, Physics teacher, 1st year 2008/2009–2015/2016 |
| Calculus II. (Department of Applied Analysis and Computational Mathematics) | Physics BSc, Physics teacher, 1st year 2008/2009–2015/2016 |
| Methods of Theoretical Physics in Environmental Sciences (Department of Theoretical Physics) | Environmental Sciences BSc, 2nd year 2010/2011 |
| Mathematical Supplement to Physics (Department of Theoretical Physics) | Physics minor BSc, 2nd and 3rd year 2011/2012–2012/2013 |
| Mathematical Methods in Physics I. (Department of Theoretical Physics) | Physics teacher, 1st year 2016/2017– |
| Thermodynamics (Department of Theoretical Physics) | Physics teacher, 2st year 2017/2018– |
Memberships in scientific organizations:
| 2006– | member of the Hungarian Meteorological Society |
| 2012– | member of the Atmospheric Dynamics and Synoptic Meteorology work committee (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Meteorological Scientific Committee) |
| 2015– | member of public body of Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
Scholarships, awards:
| 2005 | Udvarhelyi Ágoston Kalokagathya Award (Árpád Gimnázium) |
| 2009 | 1st prize, XXIX. National Conference of Scientific Students' Associations, Physics, Earth Sciences and Mathematics – Meteorology I. Double vortices in the atmosphere: point vortex model and chaotic advection |
| 2009 | Excellent Student of the Faculty Award (Faculty of Science, Eötvös Loránd University) |
| 2009/2010 | Scholarship of the Hungarian Republic |
| 2010 | 3rd prize, XII. National Conference of Environmental Sciences – Meteorology |
| 2010 | Excellent Student of the Faculty Award (Faculty of Science, Eötvös Loránd University) |
| 2010 | Alfréd Hille Young Scientist Award (Hungarian Meteorological Society) |
| 2011 | 1st prize, XXX. National Conference of Scientific Students' Associations, Physics, Earth Sciences and Mathematics – Theoretical Meteorology Investigation of chaotic motion of air masses by tracking passive tracers |
| 2011 | Pro Scientia Gold Medal (National Council of Students’ Research Societies) |
| 2011 | Award of the Ministry of Rural Development for the 2nd Student Research Report |
| 2014 | Young Scientist Award for Environmental Research (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) |
| 2016 | Award of the Zsigmond Róna Foundation (Hungarian Meteorological Society) |
| 2016–2019 | János Bolyai Research Scholarship (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) |
| 2016–2019 | Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA) postdoctoral research grant |
| 2018 | Dévényi Dezső Numerical Prognostic Commemorative Medal (Hungarian Meteorological Service) |
| 2018/2019 | ÚNKP-18-4 Bolyai+ Research Scholarship (Ministry of Human Capacities, New National Excellence Program) |
| 2019–2022 | National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH) postdoctoral research grant |
| 2020 | MTA Bolyai Plaquette for outstanding research work during 2016–2019 in the project "The effect of climate change on the spreading of atmospheric pollutants – physical approach" (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) |
| 2021 | Bárány Róbert Award (Eötvös Loránd Research Network), project: "The use of snapshot attractors for investigating the effects of climate change in ensemble based climate projections" |
| 2021 | Götz Gusztáv Publication Award (Hungarian Meteorological Society) for the paper "Haszpra, T., Topál, D., Herein, M. (2020): On the time evolution of the Arctic Oscillation and related wintertime phenomena under different forcing scenarios in an ensemble approach, J. Climate 33(8) 3107-3124" |
Interviews:
| 2019 | interview about the research in "Intricate features in the lifetime and deposition of atmospheric aerosol particles" (Chaos 29(7) 071103) for the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Publishing, parts of the interview were published in other media |
| 2021 | interview in Élet és Tudomány 2021/23 in section "Researcher of the week" titled as Predicting the Unpredictable about the research in Haszpra et al. (2020) J. Climate 33(8) 3107 |
| 2021 | interview for mta.hu about the research work performed during the János Bolyai Research Scholarship |
MSc, BSc, Student Research supervising:
Péter Szekeres: Analysis of long-term behavior of chaotic systems (in Hungarian)
(Applied Mathematics BSc, 2013) [co-supervising with Péter Simon]
Ágnes Major: Investigation of the dispersion of volcanic ash clouds in the atmosphere (in Hungarian)
(Earth Sciences BSc, 2018) [co-supervising with Péter Tasnádi]
Dániel Topál: On the time evolution of the Arctic Oscillation and related wintertime phenomena during climate change
(Student Research Report in Hungarian, 2018–2019, Meteorology MSc) [co-supervising with Mátyás Herein, Péter Tasnádi]
1st prize: Eötvös Loránd University, Conference of Scientific Students' Association in Meteorology
1st prize: XXXIV. National Conference of Scientific Students' Associations, Physics, Earth Sciences and Mathematics Section - Theoretical Meteorology Division
Dániel Topál: The application of ensemble of climate realizations in studying Arctic's circulation
(MSc thesis in Hungarian) (Meteorology MSc, Eötvös Loránd University, 2019) [co-supervising with Mátyás Herein, Péter Tasnádi, Qinghua Ding, Jonathan Mitchell]
Bálint Kaszás: The Snowball Earth transition in a climate model with drifting parameters
(Student Research Report in Hungarian, 2018–2019, Physics MSc) [co-supervising with Mátyás Herein]
2nd prize: Eötvös Loránd University, Conference of Scientific Students' Association in Physics
3rd prize: XXXIV. National Conference of Scientific Students' Associations, Physics, Earth Sciences and Mathematics Section – Classical Physical Problems Division
Mária Dominika Kiss: Volcanic ash clouds around the Earth – An interactive educational tool for high school students for the illustration of the pollutant spreading in the atmosphere
(Student Research Report in Hungarian, 2018–2019, Berzsenyi Dániel Grammar School, 12th grade) [co-supervising with Éva Izsa, Tamás Tél]
2nd prize and special prize: Eötvös Loránd University, Conference of Scientific Students' Association in Content-Pedagogy and Education
special prize: XXXIV. National Conference of Scientific Students' Associations, Methodology in Learning and Teaching Section – Content-Pedagogy of Natural Sciences Division
Szabolcs Varga: Introduction of kinematic concepts in high school using interactive tools
(Student Research Report in Hungarian, 2019–2020, Mathematics-Physics teacher) [co-supervising with Tímea Katyi, Tihamérné Tóth]
2nd prize: Eötvös Loránd University, Conference of Scientific Students' Association in Physics
participation: XXXV. National Conference of Scientific Students' Associations, Physics, Earth Sciences and Mathematics Section – Classical Physics and Physics' Education Division
PhD supervising:
Ildikó Szatmári-Bajkó: Investigating pollutant spreading at grammar school – Nonlinear and chaotic features in environmental flows
(ELTE Doctoral School of Physics, 2019–2023) [co-supervising with Tamás Tél]
Visits, training courses, summer schools:
Planet Simulator Workshop, Universität Hamburg (Klimakampus), Germany, April 17–19, 2012
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA, October 19–November 8, 2012
FLEXPART Training Course, Institut für Meteorologie und Geophysik, Universität Vienna, Wien, Austria, April 15–17, 2013
The Fluid Dynamics of Climate, coordinated by Antonello Provenzale and Klaus Fraedrich, International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Udine, Italy, August 26–30, 2013
Hobby:
hiking, biking, reading, skating, roller skating, badminton, table tennis, piano