Zsófia Berkl has successfully applied for the Pungor Ernő pre-PhD degree award scholarship

Our PhD student, Zsófia Berkl (supervisor: Dr. Mónika Molnár) has successfully applied for the Pungor Ernő pre-PhD degree award scholarship granted by the Oláh György Doctoral School of BME, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology.

The call was announced for PhD students completing with outstanding success all classes required for the PhD degree (absolutorium) and who have not yet obtained their PhD degree.

Congratulations Zsófi for your successful application!

Our colleagues amongst the TOP 100 best educators of BME

Based on the Student Opinion Survey (OHV) for the autumn semester of the academic year 2022/23, two members of our group (Márton Rita and Berkl Zsófia) were voted by the students among the best 100 lecturers at BME.

Congratulations on the achievement!

Scientific articles published by our research group during 2021-2023

The scientific  publications of our research group  in cooperation with national and/or international scientists  during 2021-2023 in various  scientific journals include the following:

• Fekete-Kertesz, I., Stirling, T., Vaszita, E.,  Berkl, Zs.,  Farkas, É., Hedwig, S.,  Remmen, K., Lenz, M.,  Molnar, M.,  Feigl, V. (2023) Ecotoxicity attenuation by acid-resistant nanofiltration in scandium recovery from TiO2 production waste, Heliyon 9, e15512, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15512

• Fenyvesi, É., Berkl, Zs., Ligethy, L.,  Fekete-Kertész, I., Csizmazia, M., Malanga, M., Puskás, I., Szőcs, L., Varga, E., Szente, L., Molnár, M. (2023) Novel Alkyl Thioether Cyclodextrin Derivatives Against Bacterial Quorum Sensing in Aliivibrio fischeri, Beilstein Journal Of Organic Chemistry pp. 1-41. , 41 p.

• Favier, L., Simion, A.I., Hlihor, R.M., Fekete-Kertész, I., Molnár, M., Harja, M., Vial, C. (2023) Intensification of the photodegradation efficiency of an emergent water pollutant through process conditions optimization by means of response surface methodology. Journal of Environmental Management, 328, Paper: 116928. DOI:doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116928.

• Dell’Armi, E., Zeppilli, M., Di Franca, M. L., Matturro, B., Feigl, V., Molnár, M., Berkl, Zs., Németh, I., Yaqoubi, H., Rossetti, S., Papini, M. P., Majone, M. (2022) Evaluation of a bioelectrochemical reductive/oxidative sequential process for chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons (CAHs) removal from a real contaminated groundwater, Journal of Water Process Engineering, 49, 103101, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2022.103101

• Cruz Viggi, C., Tucci, M., Resitano, M., Matturro, B., Crognale, S., Feigl, V., Molnár, M., Rossetti, S., Aulenta, F. (2022) Passive electrobioremediation approaches for enhancing hydrocarbons biodegradation in contaminated soils, Science of The Total Environment, 845, 157325, ISSN 0048-9697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157325.

• Berkl, Z.; Fekete-Kertész, I.; Buda, K.; Vaszita, E.; Fenyvesi, É.; Szente, L.; Molnár, M. (2022) Effect of Cyclodextrins on the Biofilm Formation Capacity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Molecules, 27, 3603. https://doi.org/10.3390/ molecules27113603

• Kerekes, I. K., Pusztai, Éva, Feigl, V., Kemény, S. (2022) Acute Ecotoxicological Effects of Bauxite Residue Addition on Mortality and Motion-frequency of Dendrobaena veneta and Enchytraeus albidus (Annelida) in Three Types of Soils, Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering, 66(3), 512–524. https://doi.org/10.3311/PPch.19868

• Németh, I., Molnár, S., Vaszita, E., Molnár, M. (2021) The Biolog EcoPlate™ Technique for Assessing the Effect of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles on Freshwater Microbial Communities, Nanomaterials , 11(7), 1777. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11071777

• Farkas, E., Feigl, V., Vaszita, E., Uzinger, N., Rékási, M., Gruiz, K., Molnár, M. (2021) Screening and Ranking Methodology Applied to Biochars Aimed at Acidic and Calcareous Sandy Soil Improvement, Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering, 65(3), 361-377. https://doi.org/10.3311/PPch.17163

• Hirsch, E., Pantea, E., Vass, P., Domján, J., Molnár, M., Suhajda, Á., Andersen, S. K., Vigh, T., Verreck, G., Marosi, Gy. J. et al. (2021) Probiotic bacteria stabilized in orally dissolving nanofibers prepared by high-speed electrospinning, Food and Bioproducts Processing, 128, 84-94, 11 p. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fbp.2021.04.016

• Molnár, M., Fenyvesi, E., Berkl, Zs., Németh, I., Fekete-Kertész , I., Márton, R., Vaszita, E., Varga., E. , Ujj, D., Szente, L. (2021) Cyclodextrin-mediated quorum quenching in the Aliivibrio fischeri bioluminescence model system – Modulation of bacterial communication, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 594, 120150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.120150

Successfully completed complex exam in January 2023

Congratulations to our PhD students, Rita Márton (PhD research topic: Modulation of Quorum Sensing  (QS) in fungi, Supervisor: Dr. Mónika Molnár) and Szabina Molnár (PhD research topic: The effect of biochar ageing on biochar properties and on its applicability in soil, Supervisor: Dr. Mónika Molnár) for the successful complex exam in January 2023.

The complex exam or comprehensive exam is an oral exam due at the end of the 4^th semester of PhD studies. Its goal is to determine how well-prepared PhD candidates are for the next step of their academic career, in order to write their dissertation.