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Dr. Erika Bálint; PhD
Associate Professor
Contact info
Office: 
F I. 2. floor 1.
Laboratory: 
F I. 2. floor 1. laboratory and F II. ground floor 16/A.
Telephone: 
+36 1 463 1111/5886
Fax: 
+36 1 463 3648
Postal address: 
1111 Budapest, Budafoki út 8.
E-mail: 
Contact person by email
Research group
Innovative Pharmaceutical and Chirotechnological Research Group
Professional data
Research interests: 

Synthesis of heterocyclic derivatives
Multicomponent reactions
Green chemistry, microwave-assisted synthesis
Continuous flow chemistry

Scientific degrees: 

2013 - PhD

Studies, degrees: 

2000-2004 Graduation
Szent Margit Gimnázium, Budapest (Hungary)
Mathematics, Chemistry faculty

2004-2009 MSc Degree in Chemical Engineering
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Faculty of Chemical and Bioengineering, Branch of Industrial Pharmaceutics

2009-2013 PhD thesis
Title: Microwave-assited organic synthesis
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, György Oláh PhD School

Workplaces, positions: 

2012-2013 Research Assistant
MTA-BME Organic Chemical Technology Research Group

2013-2017 Research Associate
MTA-BME Organic Chemical Technology Research Group

2017-2023 Assistant Professor
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology

2023- Associate Professor
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology

Visits: 

2021 University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Hungarian-Slovenian Bilateral project (1 week)
2019 University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Hungarian-Slovenian Bilateral project (1 week)
2013 Institute of Chemistry Timisoara of Romanian Academy Timisoara, Romania, Hungarian-Romanian Bilateral project (1 week)
2012 University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovénia, Hungarian-Slovenian Bilateral project (1 week)
2008 Chemist Trainee (2 months) at St. Andrews University, St. Andrews, UK (Dr. Nigel Botting)
2007 Chemist Trainee (2 months) at FUJIFILM Imaging Colorants Ltd., Manchester, UK (Rick Cordwell)

Education
Teaching types: 

- Hungarian and English lectures
- Laboratory practice
- Supervision of BSc, MSc and PhD students

Regular teaching: 

Co-lecturer:
- Organic Chemical Processes BSc
- Organic Chemical Technology
- Chemistry of Phosphorus Compounds
- Organic Chemical Technology
- Unit Proccess and Organich Chemistry
- Organic Chemical Technology
- Unit Proccess in Organic Chemistry
- Unit Processes in Pharmaceutical Chemistry BSc
- Plant Design

Laboratory practice:
Organic Chemistry and Technology Lab seminar I., Continuous flow reactor, practice leader
Organic Chemistry and Technology Lab seminar II., Reactions under microwave conditions, practice leader

Teaching method/topic development: 

Organic Chemistry and Technology Lab seminar I., Continuous flow reactor
Organic Chemistry and Technology Lab seminar II., Reactions under microwave conditions

Academic administration
Scientific organisation memberships: 

2023-2027 Member of the Steering Committee of Hungarian Chemical Society
2021-2023 Lead member of the Hungarian Young Academy
2019-2024 Member of the Hungarian Young Academy
2016- Member of the Society of Hungarian Scientists and Scholars of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2009- Hungarian Chemical Society

International scientific organisation: 

American Chemical Society (ACS) membership

Committee membership, Academy of Sciences: 

Heterocyclic and Organic Chemical Working Committee

Editorial board member: 

Academic Editor of Heteroatom Chemistry (Hindawi)
Academic Editor of Molecules (MDPI)

Guest editor: 

Molecules: Special Issue "Recent Developments in the Synthesis and Utilization of Organophosphorus Compounds"
Materials: Special Issue "Advances in Organocatalysts: Synthesis and Applications"
Molecules: Special Issue "Women in Organic Synthesis"

Referee activity: 

Reviewer activity in refereed international journals: Applied Surface Science; Catalysis Communications; Catalysts; Current Green Chemistry; Current Organic Chemistry; Current Organic Synthesis; Energies; Journal of Molecular Structure; Letters in Drug Design and Discovery; Letters in Organic Chemistry; Nanomaterials; Materials; Molbank; Molecules; Tetrahedron Letters; Phosphorus Sulfur and Silicon and the Related Elements; Processes

Conference organisation: 

- July 2018 Member of the Local Organizing Committee of the 22nd International Conference on Phosphorus Chemistry, Budapest (Number or participants: 293)
- 2022 Hungarian Young Academy, Science Communication Workshops (May 24, 17 participants; June 23, 19 participants)
- 2022 Hungarian Young Academy, Video abstract Workshops (September 26, 5 participants; October 21, 10 participants)

Leadership
Scientific project co-ordination: 

2023-2027 The role of the non-canonical death receptor signalling in cancer and immune cells, CHIRON, HORIZON-MSCA-2022-SE-01. (Subproject Principal Investigator)
2022-2026 Multicomponent synthesis of biologically active isatin and xanthene derivatives, their cyclodextrin complexes and cyclodextrin
conjugates, NKFIH FK-142712. (Principal Investigator)
2021-2024 Research of a new, effective plant conditioning agent for the reduction of toxin production in cereals and other plants, as well as the
development of technology using industrial-scale ozone for the detoxification of food raw materials and animal feed, Support for
market-driven research and development and innovation projects, 2020-1.1.2-PIACI-KFI-2021-00234. (Subproject Principal Investigator)
2019-2020 Synthesis and physicochemical properties of transition metal and lanthanide complexes, Hungarian-Slovenian Bilateral project,
2018-2.1.11-TÉT-SI-2018-00008
2017-2022 Synthesis of heterocyclic aminophosphonate and aminophosphine oxide derivatives via multicomponent reactions, NKFIH FK-123961
2014-2017 Synthesis and utilization of aminophosphonate and aminophosphine oxide derivatives, OTKA-111895

Scientific and teaching awards

2023 Scientific Student Conference Commemorative Medal by BUTE
2023 Pro Scientia Gold Medal Supervisor Certificate by Hungarian Academy of Science
2022 Certificate of Recognition “Who we are proud of - our academic excellences in 2022” by Rector of BUTE
2022 Bolyai Memorial Plaques by Hungarian Academy of Scienece
2022 Academic Youth Award by Hungarian Academy of Scienece
2021 Ernő Pungor Award for leading lecturer in professional and scientific activities under the age of 45 by Faculty of Chemical
Engineering and Bioengineering, BUTE
2020-2021 New National Excellence Program Bolyai+ Higher Education Young Researcher Scholarship by Ministry of Human Capacities
2019 Géza Zemplén Award for Organic Chemists by Hungarian Academy of Sciences, VII. Section of Chemical Sciences
2019 Association Award by Hungarian Chemical Society
2019 Women in Science Excellence Award - Chemistry Category by Association of Hungarian Women in Science
2018-2019 New National Excellence Program Bolyai+ Higher Education Young Researcher Scholarship by Ministry of Human Capacities
2017 Kajtár-Hollósi Award for Organic Chemists by Board of Trustees of Kajtár-Hollósi Fundation
2017 Certificate of Appreciation by Rector of BUTE
2017-2021 János Bolyai Research Scholarship by: Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2014 National Excellence Program - Pál Erdős Young Scientist Scholarship
2013 1st place Poster Award by Hungarian Chemical Society
2012 Lecturer Award by György Oláh PhD School, BUTE
2012 Award for the Best Chairperson, 9th European Workshop on Phosphorous Chemistry, France, Rennes
2010 Poster Award by György Oláh PhD School, BUTE
2009 Thesis Award for Excellence by Hungarian Chemical Society
2008 1st palce Award of Students' Scientific Research Work, BUTE

Publications
Detailed list of publications in databases
Hungarian Scientific Bibliography database (MTMT): 
https://vm.mtmt.hu/www/index.php?AuthorID=10030275
Google scholar profile: 
https://scholar.google.hu/citations?user=VLHvCioAAAAJ&hl=hu
ORCID: 
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5107-7089
Last modified: 
2024 May 1 - 09:32