Curriculum
vitae
Proposed
role in the project: Expert in aquatic ecology and environmental protection
1. Family
name: Szilágyi
2. First names: Ferenc
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Date of birth:
4.
Nationality: Hungarian
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Civil status: Divorced
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Education:
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Institution: |
Faculty of Science, "Eötvös Lóránd"
Univ., |
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Date: from (month/year): to (month/year) |
1974 1979 |
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Degree(s) of Diploma(s) obtained: |
M.Sc. in Teaching Biology and Chemistry |
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Institution: |
Faculty of Science, "Eötvös Lóránd"
Univ., |
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Date: |
1985 |
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Degree(s) of Diploma(s) obtained: |
University Doctor in Biology |
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Institution: |
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Date: |
2002 |
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Degree(s) of Diploma(s) obtained: |
PhD in Environmental Sciences |
7.
Language
skills: Indicate competence on a
scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)
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Language |
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Speaking |
Writing |
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Hungarian (mother tongue) |
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English |
1 |
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Russian |
2 |
3 |
3 |
8.
Membership of
professional bodies:
Hungarian
Hydorological Society
Hungarian
9.
Other skills: (e.g.
Computer literacy, etc.)
Computer literacy
10. Present position:
Senior Research Associate (
Managing Director (ÖkoTech Environmental
Consultants Ltd)
11. Years
within the firm: 7 (
12. Key qualifications: (Relevant to the project)
Dr. Szilágyi has 25
years of professional experience in the field of water quality management of
lakes and reservoirs. He has worked on a number of different international and
local projects involving control of eutrophication of lakes and reservoirs,
water quality impact assessment, development of remote sensing methods for
water quality monitoring, development of water and wastewater treatment
procedures and new analytical methods, studies of impacts of global warming on
water quality, using natural systems for sewage treatment, biological
degradation of chlorinated benzoic acids. His special interest includes control
of eutrophication, planning of water quality monitoring system for water
quality management, environmental impact assessment, ecotoxicology and
application of biotechnics for improving water quality of surface waters. Dr.
Szilágyi has extended project management experience. He was the leader of
several major Hungarian research programs such as the Kis-Balaton and the
Balaton Research Program. He provided expert services to the World Bank, the
U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the International Institute for
Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) and the Hydro chemical Institute in Rostov-on-Don. He was involved in two
PHARE projects carried out in
- Preliminary proposal
for determination the water types in
- The implementation of
Water Framework Directive: The Által-ér Case Study, Component 4: Technical
Report (2001-2003).
- Preliminary proposal
for determination the biological reference indicators in
- Developments of complex monitoring system
for small water courses according to Water Framework Directive
13. Specific experience in the region:
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Country |
Date: 1982-1989, two or three weeks a year |
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Bilateral research program on development of water
quality remote sensing methods for surface waters |
14. Professional experience
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Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
05/1997-present |
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Location |
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Company |
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Position |
Research Associate |
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Description |
As Project manager, he
was and he is responsible for the following projects concerning the
implementation of Water Framework
Directive in Preliminary
proposal for determination the water types in The
implementation of Water Framework Directive: The Által-ér Case Study,
Component 4: Technical Report (2001-2003) Preliminary
proposal for determination the biological reference indicators in Scientific
foundation of sustainable water management for supporting the implementation
of the Water Framework Directive in Developments
of complex monitoring system for small water courses according to Water
Framework Directive As an expert he is responsible for running courses
for students on the field of environmental sciences (water and wastewater
biology and chemistry, general biology, ecology). He gives lectures for
postgraduate fellows in the above mentioned topics. Dr. Szilágyi is
responsible for M. Sc. thesis work of four students. He does consultancy
services for UNDP to improve the water quality of Guanabara Bay in |
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Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
12/1990- present |
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Location |
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Company |
ÖkoTech Environmental Consulting Ltd |
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Position |
Managing Director |
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Description |
As an expert he was involved in a World Bank
Project studying the potential application of natural systems for sewage
treatment in the former socialist countries. He provided expert services for
IIASA, |
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Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
06/1992 11/1994 |
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Location |
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Company |
VITUKI Consult Rt |
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Position |
Senior Research Fellow |
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Description |
As a natural protection or water quality
expert he was involved in two PHARE Projects, the Dráva River Basin Program
and the Environmental Audit for the Hazardous Waste Disposal Site of Pécs
Tannery. The objective of the second project was to determine if the present
temporary landfill could be reclassified as a permanent hazardous waste
dumping ground or be allowed to continue to operate as a transitory storage
facility under license from the Local Environmental Directorate. The costs of
any improved engineering containment were to be presented, and where such
costs may render continued operation too expensive, proposals made for the
fate of the landfill facility. He was the co-manager of this project. As a Project Manager, he
managed a variety of research project such as biological activity measurements
in the River Danube and its river branches, investigation on potential
impacts of global warming on water quality of lakes and reservoirs, and
provided consulting in planning and construction of reed-bed sewage treatment
systems. |
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Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
09/1990 06/1992 |
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Location |
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Company |
Water Resources Research Centre (VITUKI), Institute
for Water Pollution Control |
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Position |
Senior Research Fellow |
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Description |
As an FAO consultant Dr. Szilágyi was
involved in an international project for development of water supply in Dr. Szilágyi was
responsible for integration of research results achieved in the period of
1985-1990 on |
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Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
0l/1988 09/1990 |
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Location |
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Company |
Water Resources Research Centre (VITUKI), Institute
for Water Pollution Control |
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Position |
Head of Biological Cycles Research Group |
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Description |
A number of projects were managed by Dr. Szilágyi
concerning eutrophication control, hydrological investigation of Lake
Balaton, impact assessment of the water quality control measures carried out
for |
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Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
0l/1985 0l/1988 |
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Location |
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Company |
Water Resources Research Centre (VITUKI), Institute
for Water Pollution Control |
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Position |
Deputy Head, Section of Hydrobiology |
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Description |
As a Project Manager, he was involved in
development of new water purification methods for drinking water and waste
water treatment (nitrate, nitrite and ammonia removal), integration of the
research concerning the Kis-Balaton water quality protecting wetland system
constructed by the River Zala for controlling eutrophication of Lake Balaton,
development of remote sensing methods for water quality monitoring of Lake
Balaton and the Kisköre reservoir. |
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Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
08/1979 01/1985 |
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Location |
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Company |
Water Resources Research Centre (VITUKI), Institute
for Water Pollution Control |
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Position |
Research Fellow |
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Description |
As a Project Manager, he was involved in internal
phosphorus loading estimates for Lake Balaton, control of eutrophication of
Hungarian lakes and reservoirs (Lake Balaton, Kisköre Reservoir, and |
15. Other
relevant information (eg,
Publications)
Szilágyi
F. (2004): A természet-közeli szennyvíztisztítás: Áldás vagy
átok? (The natural treatment systems: Are they appropriate or not?). - Vízügyi
Panoráma 12., 2004/1: 9-14.
Lakatos, G.,
Tóth, A., Paksi, V., Szilágyi, F. (2002): Az EU szintű ökológiai állapot
(státusz) követelményei felszíni vizek esetén (WFD conform ecological status
for surface waters). - EU Konform Mezőgazdaság és Élelmiszerbiztonság,
Szilágyi F. (2002): Preliminary
proposal for the elements of Hungarian typology of surface waters according to
the requirements of Water Framework Directive. – WWF Magyarország,
Smith, S., Szilagyi, F., Horvath L. (2002):
Environmental Impacts of the Gabcikovo Barrage System to the Szigetköz Region.
- Journal Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy 4(1): 54-64.
Szilágyi F. (2001): Water quality problems in
Szabó, A., Osztoics, A., Szilágyi, F.
(2000): Natural wastewater treatment in
Smith, S. E., Büttner, G., Szilágyi, F., Horváth, L.,Aufmuth, J.
(2000): Assessment of the environmental impacts of a river diversion using
satellite imagery: The Gabcikovo Barrage system. – J. of Wat. Resour. Planning
and Manag. 126(3): 138-145.
Szilágyi F. (1998): The root-zone treatment
(Nádágyas szennyvíztisztítás). – “Környezetvédelem és Kutatás-Fejlesztés”
Országos Környezetvédelmi Innovációs Konferencia Kiadványa,
Ivádi L., Major B., Szilágyi F. (1998): Az eleveniszapos és
a gyökérmezõs szennyvíztisztítás összehasonlítása. – XVI MHT Vándorgyûlés 1998.
júl. 8-9.,
Szilágyi F. (1996): Root-zone treatment
system in the village Szügy (Gyökérmezõs szennyvíztisztító telep Szügyben). –
Önkormányzat, VI. évf. 11. szám, p. 28. (in Hungarian)
Szilágyi, F. (1994): Impacts of global warming on water quality of surface waters. - In:
Gitelson, A., Szilágyi, F. and Mittenzwey K.-H. (1993):
Improving quantitative remote sensing for monitoring of inland water quality. -
Water Res. 27: 1185-1194.
Szilágyi, F. (1992): Water quality management of
Zotter, K., Szilágyi, F. and Somlyódy, L. (1991): Evaluation
of the quality of Hungarian Rivers: A need for biological assessment . - In:
Proceedings of the International Conference on River Water Quality - Ecological
Assessment and Control, Bruxelles, 16-18 December 1991
Istvánovics, V.,
Herodek, S., Szilágyi, F. and
Pomogyi, P. (1991): Phosphate retention in the Kis-Balaton protection system, a
reconstructed wetland for eutrophication management of
Szilágyi, F. (1991): Treatment of eutrophic
waters. - In: Proceedings of the
International Seminar on Eutrophication and Water Treatment,
Szilágyi, F. and Somlyódy, L. (1991): Potential
impacts of climatic changes on water quality in lakes. - In: Proceedings of the
IAHS Conference,
Szilágyi, F., Somlyódy, L., Herodek, S. and
Istvánovics, V. (1990): The Kis-Balaton reservoir system as a means of
controlling eutrophication of
Gitelson, A. A., Szilágyi, F. and Garbuzov, G. P. (1990):
Estimation of the chlorophyll-a concentration of surface waters by near-surface
remote sensing methods. - Vizügyi Közlemények 72: 142-153. (in Hungarian)
Varga, Gy., Michels,
G., Szilágyi, F., Tubákos, É., Bozó,
P. and Vadász, V. (1989): Investigation by Landsat MSS and TM images used for
water quality monitoring at
Istvánovics, V.,
Herodek, S. and Szilágyi, F. (1989):
Phosphate absorption by different fractions in
Szilágyi, F., Szabó, Sz. and Mándoki, M. (1989):
Restoration of
Gitelson, A. A., Szilágyi, F. and Garbuzov, G. P. (1989):
Hydro-optical model to investigate some water quality components. - In:
Conservation and Management of Lakes (eds.: Salánki, J. and Herodek, S.), Akadémiai Kiadó,
Licskó,
Gitelson, A. A. and Szilágyi, F. (1988): Radiomodels for
eutrophic and mesotrophic water bodies. - Isledovanie Zemli is Kosmosa 6:
72-80. (in Russian)
Szilágyi, F., Somlyódy, L. and Koncsos, L.
(1987): Operation of the Kis-Balaton reservoir: Evaluation of nutrient removal
rates. - In: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Trophic Relationship
in Inland Waters,
Gitelson, A. A.,
Nikanorov, A. M., Szabó, G. and
Szilágyi, F. (1986): Water quality measurements using remote sensing
techniques. - In: Monitoring to detect changes in water quality series (ed.
Lerner, D.), IAHS Publication, No. 157: 111-123. (in French)
Szabó, G., Szilágyi, F., Büttner, G. and
Remetei-Fülöpp, G. (1985): Usefulness of LANDSAT data for remote sensing of the
water quality of
Lijklema, L.,
Gelencsér, P., Szilágyi, F. and
Somlyódy, L. (1986): Sediment and its interaction with water. - In: Modelling
and Managing Shallow Lake Eutrophication (eds.: Somlódy, L. and vanStraten G.),
Springer Verlag, ISBN 3-540-16227-5, pp 156-183.
Gelencsér, P., Szilágyi, F., Somlyódy, L. and
Lijklema, L. (1982): A study on the influence of sediment in the phosphorous
cycle in
Lijklema, L.,
Gelencsér, P. and Szilágyi, F. (1982):
Sediment and sediment-water interaction. - In:
Proceedings of a Workshop (eds.: Somlyódy, L., Herodek, S., Fisher, J.)
MTA/IIASA/OVH/SZTAKI 29 August to
Berestovski, I. F.,
Gitelson, A. A., Szabó, G. and Szilágyi,
F. (1984): Remote sensing measurements on selected water bodies in
Szabó, G. and Szilágyi, F. (1984): The comparison of
LANDSAT images used for water quality protection at
Hoffman,
Szilágyi, F. (1982): Comparison of the
methods of chlorophyll measurement. - Vizügyi Közlemények 64: 85-99. (in
Hungarian)
Farkas, I., Szilágyi, F. and Tóth, L. (1981): Preliminary
report on the comparative studies of the epiphyta populations of bacteria on
the reeds of Keszthely, Tihany and Kenese region of Lake Balaton, Hungary. - MTA
Biol. Oszt. Közl. 25: 327-337. (in Hungarian)
Szilágyi, F., Tóth, L. and Hoffman, I. (1981): The effect of resuspension on
some of the particulate components in the water of