Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology
Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science
Research Group of Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology

Tel/fax: +36-1-4632347
E-mail: feigl.viktoria@vbk.bme.hu

Academic qualifications:

Ph.D. at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, Hungary, 2012
Diploma at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary, bioengineer, 2005

Research interests:

• Remediation methods for metal contaminated soil and groundwater
• Combined chemical and phytostabilisation
• Risk assessment of metal contaminated sites
• Risk management of red mud contamination
• Re-use of wastes and waste derived products (e.g. biochar) for soil improvement and remediation
• Re-use options for red mud: soil improvement, extraction of valuable metals
• Environmental toxicology tests and microbiological methods – development and application
• Search for new, sensitive endpoints in environmental toxicology
• Microcalorimetry in environmental toxicology
• Chemical analytical methods for the evaluation of the mobility and availability of toxic metals
• Development of environmental database

Publications at MTMT Publication Database

Teaching subjects:

• Environmental toxicology (lecture and laboratory practice),  environmental engineers and bioengineers MSc, technical instructors, teaching in English language (BMEVEMBM401, BMEVEMBMTT1)
• Environmental  microbiology and biotechnology  (lecture),  environmental engineers MSc (BMEVEMBM107)
• Environmental  microbiology and remediation (lecture), bioengineers BSc (BMEVEMKA709)
• Environmental  risk management (lecture), bioengineers BSc (BMEVEMBM208)
• Soil protection (lecture), environmental engineers BSc (BMEEOGTAKM1)
• Microbiology (laboratory practice), bioengineers BSc
• Cell biology (lecture), bioengineers BSc

Scholarships:

• OTKA postdoc scholarship (National Research, Development and Innovation Office), 2016-2017
• Croatian bilateral cooperation scholarship (Croatian Scientific, Educational and Sport Ministry, Croatian Mobility and EU programme office), 2015
• Sciex scholarship – mentor (Switzerland), 2014–2015
• DAAD scholarship (German Higher Education Exchange), 2013
• Magyary Zoltán postdoc scholarship (National Excellence Programme, Hungarian State, European Union, European Social Fund), 2013–2014
• Candidate to Doctor’s Degree scholarship  (Hungarian State), 2009–2010
• Ph.D. scholarship (Hungarian State), 2006–2009
• CoSTaR (Coal Mine Sites for Targeted for Remediation Research) research fellow scholarship (European Union), 2005