Szabolcs Czigány

associate professor

University of Pécs

Department of Physical and Environmental Geography

H-7624, Pécs, Ifjúság u. 6.

sczigany@gamma.ttk.pte.hu

I graduated as geography and biology high school teacher in 1996. I defended my PhD in 2004 at the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at Washington State University, in Pullman, WA, United States. My dissertation focused on colloid-enhanced radionuclide transport in the vadose zone of the Hanford Site, central Washington state. I have participated in multiple national grants, has been a PI for two, worked as a subcontractor for the INARMA project and took part in many international fellowships. I am a faculty member at UP and also the chair of the Department of Physical and Environmental Geography. I regularly deliver courses in the fields of soil sciences, soil physics, pedology, hydrology, hydrometeorology and introductory geology both in Hungarian and English. My main research topic includes the analysis and modeling of soil-water dynamics and the impact of soil moisture conditions on tree growth, floodplain rehabilitation, runoff as well as drought and flood hazards. Our department also operates a fully computer-controlled sandbox (geomodel) to simulate surface and subsurface flow and model water dynamics in the unsaturated zone. In my free time I like outdoors, I have summited Mt. Rainier, Mt. Adams, Mt. Borah, Mt. Elbert, Mulhacén and Mt. St. Helens (the latter three times).

Research grants and funded projects:

· OMAA 98öu6. 2017: Automatisierung in der Verarbeitung von Umweltdaten in Echtzeit

· GINOP 2.3.2.-15-2016-00055 2016-2020: Development of an air pollution forecasting system by analyzing the interrelationship between soil moisture and atmospheric water and aerosols.

· OMAA 89öu13. 2014: Interdisciplinay education on computer based hydrological modelling and practical application of environmental sensors

· Environmental impacts of atmospheric precipitation formation; TÁMOP-4.2.1/B-10/1-2010-0002, 2010-2014 (participant).

· Use of GIS data for the complex monitoring of the sewage conduit system of Pécs, 2011-2012; Collaborative research with a local water utility company, Tettye Forrásház, Pécs, total funding: 4M HUF (Co-PI).

· Integrated Approach to Flood Risk Management on small Catchments (INARMA) Central Europe Operational Programme 2007-2013; More information: http://www.inarma.eu/. Total project budget: 1,061,553 Euro.

· Monitoring of soil thickness in small mountainous watersheds based on geoelectric resistance measurements; Baross Gábor Grant, REG-DD-KFI-09/PTE-TM09, 2010-2011(PI, total funding: 40.9 M HUF);

· Forecast of the severe thunderstorms and their environmental effects. National Program for Research and Development NKFP3-00022/2005 (OMSZ-VITUKI-UP Collaboration, Co-PIs: Horváth Ákos (Hungarian Meteorological Service), and István Geresdi (UP), participants at UP: Ervin Pirkhoffer és Szabolcs Czigány, 2005-2008, total funding: 50M HUF;

· KEOP-2.5.0.B/2009; 2009-2010 Determination of threshold precipitation and discharge values for the low-mountain and hilly catchments of Hungary; Environment and Energy Operative Programme

· KEOP-2.5.0.B/2008, 2008 Floodrisk mapping, flood hazard survey and methodological elaboration of hazard mapping using GIS tools for the mountainous and hilly areas of Hungary; Environment and Energy Operative Programme,

· 2007-2011. OTKA K (Hungarian Science Fund) 68903: Landscape geographical evaluation of landscape pattern and land use in the floodplains of Transdanubia, Hungary 6.133M HUF

Publications

Author of 89 scientific publications, published in refereed international journals, chapters in books, monographs and conference proceedings.

Selected publications:

Liptay Z. Á., Czigány S., Pirkhoffer E., Klug H. Hydrological modelling of small alpine watersheds with the NAM model. CARPATHIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 13:(1) pp. 235-248. (2018)

Czigány S., Császár Z., Kiss K., Halmai Á., Lóczy D., Nagyváradi L., Pirkhoffer E. Playing on reality: do geomodels improve the perception of geographical terms? INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH IN GEOGRAPHICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION &: (2017)

Hervai A., Pirkhoffer Ervin, Fábián S. Á-, Halmai Á., Nagy G., Lóczy D., Czigány S.. Interpolation and 3D visualization of soil moisture. ACTA GEOGRAPHICA DEBRECINA LANDSCAPE AND ENVIRONMENT 11:(1) pp. 23-34. (2017

Dezső J, Halász A, Czigány S, Tóth G, Lóczy D. Estimating seepage loss during water replenishment to a floodplain oxbow: A case study from the Drava plain. GEOGRAFIA FISICA E DINAMICA QUATERNARIA 40:(1) pp. 61-75. (2017)

Kovács I.P. and Czigány S. The effect of climate and soil moisture on the tree-ring pattern of Turkey oak (Quercus cerris L.) in Central Transdanubia, Hungary. IDŐJÁRÁS / QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE HUNGARIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE 121:(3) pp. 243-263. (2017)

Lóczy D, Dezso J, Czigány S, Prokos H, Tóth G. An environmental assessment of water replenishment to a floodplain lake JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 202:(2) pp. 337-347. (2017)

Kovács J. and Czigány S. Soils and Weathering. In: Noel Castree, Michael F. Goodchild, Audrey Kobayashi, Weidong Liu, Richard A. Marston (ed.). International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment and Technology. Chichester; Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., 2017. pp. on-line.

Czigány S, Pirkhoffer E, Halmai Á, Lóczy D: Floodway zoning and flood modelling using remote sensing and DEM along the lower Hungarian Drava section. In: Šulc-Michalková M, Miřijovský, J, Lóczy D, Wojciec Z (szerk.): Interdisciplinary Studies of River Channels and UAV Mapping in the V4 Region 276 p. Bratislava: Comenius University, 2016. pp. 177-199. (ISBN:978-80-223-4055-7)

Czigány S, Pirkhoffer E, Halmai Á, Lóczy D: Application of MIKE 21 in a multi-purpose floodway zoning along the lower Hungarian Drava section. REVISTA DE GEOMORFOLOGIE 18: 14 p. Paper 10.21094/rg.2016.040. 14 p. (2016)

Dénes Lóczy, József Dezső, Szabolcs Czigány, Ervin Pirkhoffer. Hydromorphological assessment of the lower Hungarian Drava section and its floodplain ACTA GEOGRAPHICA DEBRECINA LANDSCAPE AND ENVIRONMENT 10:(3-4) pp. 109-116. (2016)

Dénes L, Dezső J, Ronczyk L, Czigány S, Pirkhoffer E, Gyenizse P, Halász A, Ajkai-Ortmann A: Floodplain degradation and possible rehabilitation along the Hungarian Drava section In: Šulc-Michalková M, Jakub M, Lóczy D, Wojciech Z (ed.): Interdisciplinary Studies of River Channels and UAV Mapping in the V4 Region 276 p. Bratislava: Comenius University, 2016. pp. 127-176.

Dezső J, Halász A, Lóczy D, Czigány S: Assessment of a water recharge project into and oxbow of the Drava floodplain In: Šulc-Michalková M, Jakub M, Lóczy D, Wojciech Z (ed.): Interdisciplinary Studies of River Channels and UAV Mapping in the V4 Region 276 p. Bratislava: Comenius University, 2016. pp. 201-219.

Hegedüs P, Czigány S, Pirkhoffer E, Balatonyi L, Hickey R: Analysis of spatial variability of near-surface soil moisture to increase rainfall-runoff modelling accuracy in SW Hungary

OPEN GEOSCIENCES 7:(1) pp. 126-139. (2015)

Kovács IP, Czigány S, Józsa E, Varga T, Varga G, Pirkhoffer E, Fábián SÁ: Geohazards of the natural protected areas in Southern Transdanubia (Hungary) DYNAMIQUES ENVIRONNEMENTALES 35:(1) pp. 97-110. (2015)

Ronczyk L, Czigány S, Horváth M, Lóczy D: Urban stormwater runoff and pressure on the sewerage system in Pécs, Southwest-Hungary CSE JOURNAL CITY SAFETY ENERGY 2:(1) pp. 32-43. (2015)

Balatonyi L, Czigány S, Pirkhoffer E: Cost reduction and density optimization of hydrometeorological monitoring systems in small catchments. In: Rappai G, Filó C (ed.): Well-being in Information Society 2014: Book of Abstracts. 35 p. Pécs 2014.11.13 -2014.11.14. Pécs: University of Pécs, 2014. pp. 19-20. (ISBN:978-963-642-701-6)

Lóczy D, Dezső J, Czigány S, Gyenizse P, Pirkhoffer E, Halász A: Rehabilitation Potential of the Drava River Floodplain in Hungary. In: Gastescu P, Marszelewski W, Bretcan P (ed.): Water resources and wetlands. Tulcea, Románia, 2014.09.11 -2014.09.13. pp. 21-29.

Pirkhoffer E, Halmai Á, Czigány S, Bugya T, Rábay A, Bötkös T, Nagy G, Balassa B, Jancskárné Anweiler I, Lóczy D: New opportunities for experiments in fluvial geomorphology: the flume PTETHYS. HUNGARIAN GEOGRAPHICAL BULLETIN (2009-) 63:(4) pp. 425-436. (2014)

Ronczyk L, Czigány S, Wilhelm Z: Urban water damages in Pécs triggered by extreme weather events. PUBLICATIONES INSTITUTI GEOGRAPHICI UNIVERSITATIS TARTUENSIS 2014:(110) pp. 90-97. (2014)

Czigány S, Hegedüs P, Knappenberger T, Bembenek R, Flury M: Hydraulic properties of bioretention mixes. In: The 2014 international annual meeting of the ASA, CSSA and SSSA: Grand challenges, great solutions. Long Beach, CA US, 2014.11.02 -2014.11.06. Madison: p. 124.

P Hegedüs, S Czigány, L Balatonyi, E Pirkhoffer: Analysis of Soil Boundary Conditions of Flash Floods in a Small Basin in SW Hungary, CENT EUR J GEOSCI 5: (1) 97-111, 2013

P Hegedüs, S Czigány, E Pirkhoffer, L Balatonyi, L Ronczyk: Estimation of flow rate calculation errors on the example of five rapid response catchments in the Mecsek Hills. FÖLDRAJZI ÉRTESÍTŐ - HUNGARIAN GEOGRAPHICAL BULLETIN, 62 (4): 331-350. 20 (2013)

S Czigány, E Pirkhoffer, L Nagyváradi, P Hegedűs, I Geresdi: Rapid screening of flash flood-affected watersheds in Hungary, Z GEOMORPHOL 55: (Suppl. 1) 1-13, 2011

S Czigány, E Pirkhoffer, I Geresdi: Impact of extreme rainfall and soil moisture on flash flood generation, IDŐJÁRÁS / QUART J HUNG METEOR SERVICE 114: (1-2) 79-100, 2010

S Czigány, E Pirkhoffer, L Nagyváradi, A Szebényi, P Vass, I Geresdi: Potential areas of flood impoundment in Human environments, GEOMORPHOLOGIE 3: 301-310, 2010

E Pirkhoffer, S Czigany, I Geresdi: Impact of rainfall pattern on the occurence of flash floods in Hungary, Z GEOMORPHOL 53: (2) 139-157, 2009

J M Shira, B C Williams, M Flury, S Czigány, M. Tuller: Sampling silica and ferrihydrite colloids with fiberglass wicks under unsaturated conditions, J ENVIRON QUAL 35: 1127-1134, 2006

S Czigány, M Flury, J B Harsh: Colloid stability in vadose zone aggregate. Hanford sediments., ENVIRON SCI TECHNOL 39: 1506-1512, 2005

S Czigány, M Flury, J B Harsh, B C Williams, J M Shira: Suitability of fiberglass wicks to sample colloids from vadose zone pore water, VADOSE ZONE J 4: 175-183, 2005

M Flury, S Czigány, G Chen, J B Harsh: Cesium migration in saturated silica sand and Hanford sediments as impacted by ionic strength, J CONTAM HYDROL 71: 111-126, 2004