Graduated 1954 at Eötvös Loránd
University of Sciences teacher in biology and chemistry
- Doctor Univ. in biochemistry 1963 at Eötvös
Lóránd University of Sciences
- PhD for Biological Sciences 1970 (Hungarian
Academy of Sciences.)
- D.Sc. awarded in biology 1981 (Hungarian Academy
of Sciences)
- Full professor 1985
- Professor Emeritus 2000
Career: -1955-85 Microbiologist at the Research
Institute for Pharmaceutical Chemistry
-1966-67 postdoctoral fellowship at Purdue University
in professor Umbarger's laboratory supported by the Ford Foundation
-1969-85 Head of Department of Microbiology at
the Institute for Drug Research Budapest
-1981 Honorary Professor at Semmelweis Univ.
Faculty of Pharmacy Dept.of Biochemistry
-1985-present Professor at Kossuth Lajos University
of Sciences.
-1986-97 Head of Department of Microbiology and
Biotechnology at Kossuth Lajos Univ.
-1992 Honored by the Manninger Medal of the Hungarian
Society for Microbiology
-1993-95 deputy Rector of the Kossuth University
-1996 Honored by the Szent-Györgyi Albert
Medal by the Ministry of Education
-1997 Award from United States Department of
Agriculture
-2000 Professor Emeritus
Number of papers in referred journals: 75 Impact factor: 160< Number of patents: 25
Membership of professional societies:
Hungarian Biochemical Society
Hungarian Society for Microbiology
Society of Industrial Microbiology (USA)
New York Academy of Sciences
Specialization: Microbial physiology, Bioengeneering,
Overproduction of microbial metabolites.
Antibiotics: Screeneng for new antibiotics, further
development of fermentation processes, strain improvement increasing the
productivity of industrial microorganisms.
Enzyme research: Regulation of enzyme formation.
Elaborated industrial processes with immobilized enzymes and bacterial
cells. (Penicillin acylase, glucose-fructose isomerase) Steroid biotransformation:
Sterol oxidase was used in the presence of waterimmiscible organic solvents.
Hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase used to produce optically active compounds.
Sidechain degradation of different sterols etc.
Scientific activity on basic research during
the past decade. Microbial physiology of procaryotic and eucaryotic microbes.
Physiology of Archaebacteria. Catabolic repression and overproduction of
metabolites. Physiological base of interaction between symbiotic partners
(Enterobacter and Nematoda).