Personal data
Date of Birth: 05. April 1985
Nationality: Hungarian
E-mail: peter.lorincz@ttk.elte.hu
Professional qualification
Scientific degree: PhD (ELTE, 2017, Summa cum laude)
University degree: Biologist, (ELTE, 2009 MSc. with Distinction Specialization: Cell and Developmental Biology)
Position
Assistant Professor: Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Department of Anatomy, Cell and Developmental Biology
Group Leader: HAS-ELTE Vesicle trafficking research group
Scientific projects, scholarships:
2022- ongoing HAS Momentum I. Starting Grant 2022/101 (Hungary Academy of Sciences) - as Principal Investigator
Exploring vesicle trafficking in Drosophila: discovering new ways and regulators
Establishment of HAS-ELTE Vesicle trafficking research group
2022- ongoing EKA KCS 101/22 (Eötvös Lorand University Excellence Fund) as Principal Investigator
Exploring autophagosomal fusions
2021- ongoing NKFIH FK 138851 as Principal Investigator
Examining the relationship between autophagy and endocytosis
2018 - 2021 HAS Premium Postdoctoral Research Grant:
Identification of host factors required for the proliferation of the main endosymbiont/reproductive parasite of invertebrates
2016 - 2020 NKFI-6, No: 119971, as a participant researcher
Analyzing the role of Rab19 in autophagy and protein secretion
2016 - 2017 ÚNKP-16-3-3 for doctoral candidates
Identification and characterization of genes involved in autophagosome and endosome maturation
2010 - 2014 OTKA No: 78012, as a participant researcher
Identification novel components in the regulation and mechanisms of autophagy
Awards:
2023 Bolyai Memorial Certificate
2021 Promising Researcher of ELTE Award (see video on the left)
2021 Barna Győrffy Award (awarded by the Hungarian Genetical Society)
2020 Juhász Nagy Pál Youth Award (given for the most excellent supervisors at Institute of Biology ELTE)
Memberships and Institutional responsibilities
2023 – Member of the Faculty Council (Eotvos Lorand University)
2021 – 2023 Executive secretary of the Biology Section of the XXXVI. National Scientific Student Conference
2020 – Vice President of the Organization of Biology Students at ELTE.
Membership:
Hungarian Genetical Society
Hungarian Biochemical Society
Hungarian Society for Microscopy
European Society for Microscopy
Reviewing activities
I have been reviewing manuscripts for BMRI, Plos Genetics, Febs open Biol, Review Commons, Biol. Futura, iScience and Autophagy.
Command of a language
Mother tongue: Hungarian
Superlative (C1) English
Basic (B1): German
Academic rank
2020 - Assistant Professor (ELTE)
2018 - 2021 HAS Premium Postdoctoral Researcher
2012 - 2018 Junior assistant professor (ELTE)
Contacts and links:
Address: Department of Anatomy, Cell and Developmental biology, Eötvös Loránd University
Pázmány P. st. 1./C; 6.602 Budapest Hungary H-1117
Phone: +36-1-3722500 / 8636
E-mail: peter.lorincz@ttk.elte.hu