Department of Petrology and Geochemistry
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Péter Völgyesi, Ph.D. Advisor: Csaba
Szabó Current address: Nuclear Security Department, Center for Energy Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33. Phone (+36) 1 392 2222 ext. 3171 |
Research Interests: Environmental studies (building materials and additives of building materials, and urban geochemistry)
Memberships:
Hungarian Geological Society (2009-);
German Mineralogical Society (2009-2012);
European Association of Geochemistry
(2013-);
Awards:
Outstanding Student of the Faculty
of Science,
Fellowship of the Republic of Hungary 2009/2010;
1st place at the Scientific Conference of Students held at Eötvös University, Budapest (Hungary), 2009;
Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) award, European Geosciences Union
(EGU), General Assembly, Vienna (Austria), 2012;
Hungarian Chemical Society Poster Prize at European Symposium on Atomic
Spectrometry - ESAS, Eger (Hungary), 2016;
Radiation Protection Award of the Somos
Foundation, 41st Annual Meeting on Radiation Protection, Hajdúszoboszló (Hungary), 2016;
Scholarships and grants:
“Habilitas“ fellowship of the Hungarian Development Bank Plc.(MFB Zrt.) 2009/2010;
“Habilitas“ fellowship of the Hungarian Development Bank Plc.(MFB Zrt.) 2010/2011;
Financial support of the Campus
Hungary Competition from Balassi Institute to the
Goldschmidt Conference, Florence (Italy), 2013;
Goldschmidt Conference Grant by the
European Association of Geochemistry for financially supporting the
participation at the 23rd Goldschmidt Conference, Florence (Italy),
2013;
Six-months DBU (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt) Scholarship at the Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg; September 05, 2013 – February 28, 2014, Freiberg (Germany);
Workshops and short courses:
Non-destructive analysis of gemstones and other geomaterials, short course. March 02–06, 2009, Vienna (Austria);
Workshop on Radioactivity in the Environment by Dr. Franz Schönhofer (Federal Institute for Food Control and Research, Vienna), November 20, 2009, Budapest (Hungary);
Disordered Materials in Synchrotron and XFEL X-ray light. IX. Research Course on New X-Ray Sciences, February 17–19, 2010, DESY, Hamburg (Germany);
WE-Heraeus Physics Summer School: Protection of Humans and Their Environment against Ionizing Radiation, May 09–21, 2010, Bad Honnef (Germany);
Short Course on Statistical and Time Series Analysis in Geology I. by Dr. Győző Jordán (Geological Institute of Hungary), December 09, 2010, Budapest (Hungary);
Isotope Geology Short Course by Dr. Ladislav Palinkas (University of Zagreb), April 11–15, 2011, Budapest;
Short Course on Statistical and Time Series Analysis in Geology II. by Dr. Győző Jordán (Geological Institute of Hungary), April 19, 2011, Budapest (Hungary);
Short Course on Statistical and Time Series Analysis in Geology III. by Dr. Győző Jordán (Geological Institute of Hungary), May 03, 2011, Budapest (Hungary);
Advanced WE-Heraeus Physics School on Ionizing Radiation and Protection of Man and the Environment, May 16–27, 2011, Bad Honnef (Germany);
Isotope Workshop XI. organized by European Society for Isotope Research (ESIR), July 04–08, 2011, Budapest (Hungary);
9th International Symposium on
Environmental Geochemistry (ISEG) workshop: “Arsenic and Mercury in the
Environment”, July 15–22, 2012, Aveiro (Portugal);
Technical Meeting on
Radiation Detection Instruments for Nuclear Security: Current Status, Future
Needs, and Improvements, April 04-08, 2016, Vienna (Austria);
Papers:
Szabó, Zs., Völgyesi, P., Nagy, H.É., Szabó, Cs., Kis, Z. & Csorba, O. (2013) Radioactivity of natural and artificial building materials – a comparative study. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 118, 64–74.
Kis, Z., Völgyesi, P. & Szabó, Zs. (2013) DÖME - revitalizing a low-background counting chamber and developing a radon-tight sample holder for gamma-ray spectroscopy measurements. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 298, 2029–2035.
Völgyesi, P., Jordan, G., Zacháry, D., Szabó, Cs., Bartha, A. & Matschullat, J. (2014) Attic dust reflects long-term airborne contamination of an industrial area: A case study from Ajka, Hungary. Applied Geochemistry, 46, 19–29.
Völgyesi, P., Kis, Z., Szabó, Zs. & Szabó, Cs. (2014) Using the 186 keV peak for 226Ra activity concentration determination in Hungarian coal slag samples by gamma-ray spectroscopy. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 302, 375–383.
Zacháry, D., Jordan, G., Völgyesi,
P., Bartha, A. & Szabó, Cs. (2015) Urban geochemical mapping for
spatial risk assessment of multisource potentially toxic elements - a case
study in city of Ajka, Hungary. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 158,
186-200.
Manuscripts:
Völgyesi,
P. (2008) Physical and chemical measurements on fly ash and slag bearing
building materials (in Hungarian). Thesis of the National Scientific
Conference of Students. Lithosphere
Fluid Research Laboratory, Department of Petrology and Geochemistry,
Eötvös University, Budapest,
pp: 50.
Völgyesi, P. (2009) Radioactive investigation
of coal slag bearing building material in an apartment in
Völgyesi, P. (2010) Study of the indoor radioactivity and the role of
building materials in the Central Region of Hungary (in Hungarian). M.Sc. Thesis. Lithosphere Fluid Research Laboratory, Department of Petrology and
Geochemistry, Eötvös University, Budapest, pp: 95.
Völgyesi,
P. (2015) Environment geochemical
and radiometric study of building material and attic dust samples affected by
industrial activity in Hungary. Ph.D. Thesis. Lithosphere Fluid Research
Laboratory, Department of Petrology and Geochemistry, Eötvös
University, Budapest, pp: 155.
Proceeding volumes:
Völgyesi, P., Breitner, D. & Szabó, Cs. (2009) Study of radioactive exposure on fly ash and slag bearing building materials (in Hungarian), XVIII. Environmental Harms and Respiratory System Conference, April 01-02, 2009, Hévíz (Hungary) (ISBN 978-963-87327-2-9), 149-155.
Völgyesi, P., Breitner, D. & Szabó, Cs. (2009) Radon exhalation study on fly ash and slag bearing building materials (in Hungarian). V. Hungarian Radon Forum – Environmental Conference, May 18, 2009, Veszprém (Hungary) (ISBN 978 963 9696 78 5), 69-76.
Völgyesi, P., Nagy, H.É. & Szabó, Cs. (2010) Radiometric and geochemical study of a slag bearing building material (in Hungarian), VI. Environmental Scientific Conference of the Carpathian Basin, April, 22-24, 2010, Nyíregyháza (Hungary) (ISBN 978 963 9909 57 1), 307-311.
Boros, Á, Szabó, Zs., Szabó, K.Zs., Völgyesi, P., Horváth, Á. & Szabó, Cs. (2010) Evaluation of radon risk using GIS (Geographic Information System) techniques in the Central Hungarian Region. Third European IRPA Congress, June 14–18, 2010, Helsinki (Finland), (ISBN 978‑952‑478‑551‑8), 609‑615, (http://www.irpa2010europe.com/pdfs/proceedings/S03-P03.pdf).
Völgyesi, P., Nagy, H.É. & Szabó, Cs. (2011) Radiometric and environmental geochemical study of building materials from certain settlements within the central region of Hungary (in Hungarian), VII. Environmental Scientific Conference of the Carpathian Basin, March, 24-27, Kolozsvár (Cluj, Transylvania), (ISSN 1842-9815), 119-123.
Völgyesi, P., Szabó, Zs., Nagy H.É., Somlai, J. & Szabó, Cs. (2011) Radiation hazard of different Hungarian building materials. VI. Hungarian Radon Forum and Radon in the Environment International Workshop, May 16-17, Veszprém (Hungary), 203-209.
Zacháry, D., Jordan, G., Völgyesi, P., Szabó, Cs. & Bartha, A. (2013) Investigation of the effect of mining and coal combustion emission for urban soil samples of Ajka, Hungary (in Hungarian with English Abstract). 15th Conference on Mining, Metallurgy and Geology, April 04‒07, 2013, Beszterce (Bistrica, Transylvania). (ISSN 1842‒9440), 104‒108.
Popular science:
Völgyesi, P. & Kármán, K. (2009) Radon and
building materials (in Hungarian). Élet és Tudomány,
LXIV/12, 356-357.
Abstracts:
Völgyesi, P. (2009) Physical and chemical properties of gas silicate and slag concrete building materials (in Hungarian). 40th Conference of Young Hungarian Earth Scientists, March 27–28, 2009, Keszthely (Hungary), Abstracts and Programs, 66-67.
Völgyesi, P. (2009) Physical and chemical characterization of gas silicate and slag concrete building materials (in Hungarian). XXIX. Hungarian Scientific Conference of Students, April 07‒09, 2009, Szombathely (Hungary), Abstracts and Programs, 282.
Völgyesi, P., Breitner, D. & Szabó, Cs. (2009) Radiometric measurements on fly ash and slag bearing building materials ‒ a Hungarian case study. International Conference “Radon in Environment”, May 10‒14, 2009, Zakopane (Poland), Instytut Fizyki Jadrowej im. Henryka Niewodniczanskiego, Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Report No. 2028/AP, Book of Abstracts, 66.
Völgyesi, P., Breitner, D. & Szabó, Cs. (2009) Radiometric measurements on fly ash and slag bearing building materials ‒ a Hungarian case study. MinPet 2009 – MSCC 2009, September 07‒11, 2009, Budapest (Hungary), Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, 155, 174.
Völgyesi, P. (2010) Radioactive examination of a slag bearing building material in a dwelling in Budapest (in Hungarian). XII. Conference of the Young Hungarian Environment Scientists, April 06‒07, 2010, Sopron (Hungary), Abstracts and Programs, 74‒75.
Völgyesi, P., Nagy, H.É. & Szabó, Cs. (2010) Radiometric and geochemical study of a slag bearing building material. VI. Environmental Scientific Conference of the Carpathian Basin, April, 22‒24, 2010, Nyíregyháza (Hungary), Abstracts, 116.
Boros, Á., Szabó, Zs., Szabó, K.Zs., Völgyesi, P., Horváth, Á. & Szabó, Cs. (2010) Evaluation of radon risk using GIS (Geographic Information System) techniques in the Central Hungarian Region. Third European IRPA Congress, June 14‒18, 2010, Helsinki (Finland), NSFS – Nordic Society for Radiation Protection (ISBN 978-952-478-550-1), Book of Abstracts, 78.
Völgyesi, P., Nagy, H.É. & Szabó, Cs. (2010) Radiological and chemical investigation of coal slag and fly ash bearing building materials in the central part of Hungary. 20th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, August 21‒27, 2010, Budapest (Hungary), Acta Mineralogica-Petrographica, Abstract Series, 333.
Völgyesi, P., Nagy, H.É. & Szabó, Cs. (2011) Radiometric and environmental geochemical study of building materials from certain settlements within the central region of Hungary. VII. Environmental Scientific Conference of the Carpathian Basin, March 24‒27, 2011, Kolozsvár (Cluj, Transylvania), Abstracts, 753.
Lenti, F.A., Berta, M., Völgyesi, P. & Szabó Cs. (2011) Study on solid phased precipitation deposited on the furnace wall at the waste incinerator of Budapest. VII. Environmental Scientific Conference of the Carpathian Basin, March 24‒27, 2011, Kolozsvár (Cluj, Transylvania), Abstracts, 841.
Völgyesi, P., Nagy, H.É. & Szabó, Cs. (2011) Examination of radiogenic isotopes and chemical composition of coal slag and fly ash bearing building materials. European Society for Isotope Research, Isotope Workshop XI., July 04‒08, 2011, Budapest (Hungary), Abstract, Central European Geology, 54, 111.
Müller, M., Berta, M., Völgyesi, P. & Szabó, Cs. (2012) Study on solid residues of the municipal waste incinerator in Budapest. “WASTESTORMING” An International Conference on Waste Management, March 01‒02, 2012, Pécs (Hungary), Program and Abstracts, 21.
Völgyesi, P. & Zacháry, D. (2012) Attic dust: An efficient sampling medium to study long-term airborne contamination in an industrial area, Ajka, Hungary. XLIII. Conference of Young Scientists, March 30‒31, 2012, Tatabánya (Hungary), Abstracts and Programs, 29.
Zacháry, D. & Völgyesi, P. (2012) Geochemical properties of urban soil samples from Ajka, Hungary. XLIII. Conference of Young Scientists, March 30‒31, 2012, Tatabánya (Hungary), Abstracts and Programs, 28.
Völgyesi, P., Szabó, Zs., Kis, Z. & Szabó, Cs. (2012) Study of secular equilibrium state between 226Ra and 238U on Hungarian coal slag samples. VIII. Environmental Scientific Conference of the Carpathian Basin, April 18‒21, 2012, Veszprém (Hungary), Abstracts, 511.
Zacháry, D., Völgyesi, P., Jordán, G. & Szabó, Cs. (2012) Integrated urban geochemical study in Ajka, Hungary. Joint 5th Mineral Sciences in the Carpathians Conference (MSCC) and 3rd Central-European Mineralogical Conference (CEMC), April 19‒21, 2012, Miskolc (Hungary), Acta Mineralogica-Petrographica, Abstract Series, 155.
Völgyesi, P., Jordan, G. & Szabó, Cs. (2012) Long-term airborne contamination studied by attic dust in an industrial area: Ajka, Hungary. EGU General Assembly, April 23‒27, 2012, Vienna (Austria), Book and Abstract, USB Flash Drive.
Völgyesi, P., Jordan, G. & Szabó, Cs. (2012) Study of the spatial distribution of toxic elements in an industrial area (Ajka, Hungary) based on attic dust sampling. 9th ISEG International Symposium on Environmental Geochemistry, July 15‒21, 2012, Aveiro (Portugal), Book of Abstracts, 104.
Kovács, I., Falus, Gy., Szabó, Cs., Pintér, Zs., Mihály, J., Németh, Cs., Berkesi, M. & Völgyesi, P. (2012) Tracing the fossil lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary beneath the Carpathian-Pannonian region. European Mineralogical Conference, Vol.1, September 02‒06, 2012, Frankfurt (Germany), EMC2012-665-1.
Völgyesi, P., Jordan, G., Gosar, M., Szabó, Cs., Miler, M., Kónya, P. & Bartha, A. (2013) Mineralogical analysis of attic dust samples for contamination source identification in an industrial area, Ajka, Hungary. EGU General Assembly, April 08‒12, 2013, Vienna (Austria), Book and Abstract, USB Flash Drive.
Völgyesi, P., Jordan, G., Zacháry D. & Szabó, Cs. (2013) Complex urban geochemical analysis of attic dust samples in an industrial area, Ajka, Hungary. Goldschmidt 2013, August 25‑30, 2013, Florence (Italy), Abstract, USB Flash Drive (DOI:10.1180/minmag.2013.077.5.22).
Koczur, Sz. & Völgyesi, P. (2015) Dendrochemical tree-ring studies in Ajka and its surroundings. LXVI. Conference of the Young Geoscientists, March 27‒28, 2015, Sopron (Hungary), Abstracts, 49‒50.
Kovács, R.T., Kollárik, C., Koczur, Sz., Völgyesi, P., Angyal, Zs. & Szabó, Cs. (2015) Examination of the steel factory waste dump in Salgótarján, Hungary. XI. Environmental Scientific Conference of the Carpathian Basin, May 06‒09, 2015, Pécs (Hungary), Book of Abstracts, 114‒115.
Koczur, Sz., Völgyesi, P. & Szabó, Cs., (2015) Environmental geochemical studies by tree ring analysis in Ajka (Hungary) and its surroundings. XI. Environmental Scientific Conference of the Carpathian Basin, May 06‒09, 2015, Pécs (Hungary), Book of Abstracts, 50-51.
Kovács, R., Kollárik, C., Koczur, Sz., Völgyesi, P., Angyal, Zs. & Szabó, Cs. (2015) Preliminary environmental analysis of the steel factory waste dump in Salgótarján, VI. Hungarian Conference of Landscape Ecology. May 21-23, 2015, Budapest, unpaged.
Völgyesi, P., Jordan, G., Zacháry, D., Szabó, Cs. & Bartha, A. (2015) Attic dust: An efficient sampling method to study elements’ spatial distribution and pollution source identification in an industrial area: Ajka, Hungary. The 1st International Symposium and 4th Sino-Hungarian Workshop on Remediation and Restoration of Polluted Mining Areas – State of the Arts and Future Trends, Eds.: Teng Ma, Gyula Záray and Jun Yao. May 22‒24, 2015, Wuhan (China), Abstract Book, 5–6.
Pena Dembo, J., Völgyesi,
P., Szabó, Zs. & Szabó, Cs (2015) Radioactivity of Angolan adobe building
material. International Conference on Radon in Environment, May 25-29, 2015,
Krakow (Poland), Abstracts, 86.
Zacháry, D., Völgyesi, P., Jordan, G., Szabó, C. & Bartha, A. (2015) PTEs and radionuclides of urban soils in public areas of an industrialized town - a case study from Ajka (Hungary). 6th International Conference on Medical Geology, July 26–August 01, 2015, Aveiro (Portugal), Book of Abstracts (ISBN 978-972-789-449-9), 97.
Völgyesi,
P., Dósa,
G., Henn, B., Tálos, K., Kovács-Széles,
É. & Bíró, T. (2016) Origin assessment of
confiscated nuclear materials by analysis of high confidence nuclear forensic
signatures. European Symposium on Atomic Spectrometry - ESAS 2016, March 31–April
02, 2016, Eger (Hungary), Abstracts (ISBN 978-963-9970-65-6), 137.
Kollárik, C., Jaloveczki, B., Koczur,
Sz., Zacháry, D. & Völgyesi, P. (2016) Lead isotope study in
attic dust samples from Ajka, Hungary. XLVII. Meeting
of Young Geoscientists, April 01-02, 2016, Tiszafüred
(Hungary), Book of Abstracts 64-65.
Koczur, Sz., Kollárik, C., Jaloveczki, B., Zacháry, D. &
Völgyesi, P. (2016) Phase and particle
analysis methods to study composition and potential sources of attic dust
samples in Ajka, Hungary. XLVII. Meeting of Young Geoscientists,
April 1-2, 2016, Tiszafüred (Hungary), Book of
Abstracts 34.
Kovács-Széles, É., Tálos, K.,
Henn, B., Meszar, E.Zs., Fél,
K. & Völgyesi, P. (2016)
Development of a National Nuclear Forensic Library in Hungary. RANC-2016,
International Conference on Radioanalytical and
Nuclear Chemistry, April 10-15, 2016, Budapest (Hungary), Abstracts, 76.
Völgyesi,
P., Kocsonya,
A., Almási, I., Hlavathy,
Z. & Lakosi, L. (2016) Characterization of
nuclear fuel assemblies by gamma-ray spectrometry. RANC-2016, International
Conference on Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry,
April 10-15, 2016, Budapest (Hungary), Abstracts, 86-87.
Pena Dembo, J., Völgyesi,
P., Szabó, Zs., Kis, Z. & Szabó, Cs. (2016)
First survey of radioactivity levels in Angolan adobe determined by gamma
spectrometry. RANC-2016, International Conference on Radioanalytical
and Nuclear Chemistry, April 10-15, 2016, Budapest (Hungary), Abstracts,
112-113.
Völgyesi,
P., Szabó,
Zs., Pena Dembo, J.,
Kis, Z., & Szabó Cs.
(2016) Application of a low-background counting chamber to study the
radioactivity of environmental samples. XLI. Annual Meeting on Radiation
Protection, April 26-28, 2016, Hajdúszoboszló
(Hungary), Abstracts and Program, 20.
Völgyesi,
P., Szabó,
Zs., Kis, Z., & Szabó Cs (2016) 226Ra – 238U secular
equilibrium and 226Ra activity concentration determination of
Hungarian coal slag samples in a low-background counting chamber. V.
Terrestrial Radioisotopes in Environment – International Conference on
Environmental Protection, May 17-20, 2016, Veszprém
(Hungary), Book of Abstracts, 56.
Pena Dembo, J., Völgyesi,
P., Szabó, Zs., Kis, Z., & Szabó, Cs. (2016)
Radioactivity levels in Angolan adobe building material – Comparative study of
three areas. V. Terrestrial
Radioisotopes in Environment – International Conference on Environmental
Protection, May 17-20, 2016, Veszprém (Hungary), Book of
abstracts, 38.
Pena Dembo, J., Völgyesi,
P., Szabó, Zs. & Szabó, Cs. (2016) Seasonal and spatial variation of radon and thoron in Angolan adobe
houses. 4th International Conference on
Radiation and Applications in Various Fields of Research, May 23-27, 2016, Niš (Serbia), Book of Abstracts, 494.
Kollárik, C., Koczur, Sz., Zacháry, D., Völgyesi,
P., Szabó, Cs. & Matschullat,
J. (2016) Lead source identification by using lead isotope ratios in attic dust
samples from Ajka, Hungary. XII. Environmental
Scientific Conference of the Carpathian Basin, June 01‒04, 2016, Beregszász (Beregovo, Transcarpathia), Book of Abstracts, 54-55.
Koczur, Sz., Kollárik, C., Jaloveczky, B., Zacháry, D., Völgyesi, P., Szalai, Z. & Szabó, Cs. (2016) Phase and grain size analyses of attic dust samples in Ajka (Hungary). XII. Environmental Scientific Conference of the Carpathian Basin, June 01‒04, 2016, Beregszász (Beregovo, Transcarpathia), Book of Abstracts, 51-52.
Lithosphere Fluid Research Lab,
Department of Petrology and Geochemistry,
Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences,
Eötvös University, Budapest,
Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C,
Budapest,
H-1117,
Hungary
Last updated: 29 July, 2016
