Birthdata:
    Budapest, 03.15.1947

Marital status:
    Married (dr. Ágnes Böröcz); Children: Lí­via, Adrienn

Qualification:
    M.Sc. Geophysics (Eötvös Lorand University, Faculty of Science, 1971);
    Ph.D. Natural Sciences (Eeötvös Lorand University, Faculty of Science, 1975);
    Candidate of Earth Sciences (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1994);
    Ph.D. (Budapest University of technology and Economics, 1995);
    Dr. Habil (Budapest University of technology and Economics, 2004);
    Doctor of Sciences (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2006);

Languages:
    Hungarian, English

Workplace, status:
    Lorand Eeötvös Geophysical Institute, mathematician (1971);
    Budapest University of technology and Economics, Dep. of Geodesy, ass. lecturer (1972-1978);
    Budapest University of technology and Economics, Dep. of Geodesy, lecturer (1978-1994);
    Budapest University of technology and Economics, Dep. of Geodesy and Surveying, ass. professor (1994-2008)
    Budapest University of technology and Economics, Dep. of Geodesy and Surveying, professor (2008- )

Scientific scholarschips:
    Széchenyi Scholarship for Professors (2000-2003)

Educational practice:
    Geophysics, Physical Geodesy, Gravimetry, Elements of Physics, Engineering Seismology, Surveying

Main research fields:
    - Gravity field of the Earth,
    - Time variation of gravity,
    - Geodetic applications of torsion balance measurements,
    - Physical background of geoid anomalies,
    - Rotation of the Earth,
    - Adjustments,
    - Transformations between map projection systems
    - Engineering seismology

Professional, social activity:
    - Member of the Geophysical Society of Hungary (1969- );
    - Member of the Lorand Eötvös Physical Society (1974- );
    - Member of the Hungarian Society of Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (1976- );
    - Member of the Committee of "Geonomy" of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1985-1994);
    - Presidency member of the University Sport Club /MAFC/ (1989-2010);
    - Member of the international working group of Integrated Inverse Gravity Modelling /IAG SSG 4/ (1991-1996);
    - Vice-dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering (1995-1997);
    - Deputy head of department of Geodesy (1995-2000);
    - Member of the Faculty Council of Civil Engineering;
    - Member and president of many university and faculty committee;
    - Member of the Earth' sciences II. Jury of National Scientific Research Found /OTKA/ (1995-1998, 2002-2005);
    - President of the University Rowing Club (1996-97);
    - Manager of the Hungarian National Junior Canoe Team (1996-98);
    - president of the MAFC Waterpolo Club (1999- ),
    - Member of the Geodetic Scientific Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2002- );
    - Scientific leader of the OTKA research group of "Non tidal variations of gravity" (2002-2005);
    - President of the Geodetic and Geodynamic Scientific Subcommittee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2003-2008 );
    - Member of the Editorial Board of the Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering (2004- );
    - Editor of the Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering in the section of Geodesy  (2004- );
    - Member of the International Association of Geodesy /IAG/ (2004- );
    - Honorary member of the University Sport Club /MAFC/ (2006- );
    - President of the Hungarian Society of Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (MFTTT) Section of Geodesy (2007- );
    - Member of the Doctoral Council of Earth's Sciences of BME (2007);
    - Member of the Doctoral Council of Earth's Sciences and Civil Engineering of BME (2007- );
    - President of the Geodetic Scientific Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2008-2011);
    - Vice-president of the Geodetic Scientific Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2011- );
    - Scientific leader of the OTKA research group of "Application of torsion balance measurements in geodesy" (2009- );
    - Chairman of Supervisory and Controlling Committee of the University Sport Club /MAFC/ (2010- );
    - President of the Geodetic and Geodynamic Scientific Subcommittee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2011- );
    - Member of the Editorial Board of the Acta Geodaetica et Geophysica (2013- );
    - Editor of the Acta Geodaetica et Geophysica in the section of Physical geodesy  (2013- );
    - Member of the American Geophysical Union /AGU/ (2014- )
    - Judge of the Bolyai János scholarship's advisory board of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2014- );
    - Member of the doctoral council of the Earth's Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences  (2015-  );
    - Member of the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG) (2016- );
    - Member of the International Lithosphere Program (ILP MNB) (2017- ).

Awards:
    - Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2011);
    - "Fasching Antal" award of the Ministry of Rural Development (2013);
    - Apáczai Csere János award (2017).

Other personal data:
    Hobbies: water-sports (waterpolo, windsurfing, kayaking, diving, sailing)
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