BRIGITTA RÉKA BALÁZS

junior research fellow

phone: +361 309 2600 / ext. 1112

fax: +361 319 3137

e-mail: balazsr@geochem.hu

room: 312

Research interest:

X-ray diffraction phase analysis

Heavy metal immobilization of soil clay minerals and soil iron oxides

Curriculum Vitae

Born:

Budapest, 1985.

Occupation:

Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Geochemical Research

Position:

Junior research fellow

Education:

– 2005-2010: Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Science, MSc Environmental Scientist

Master thesis topic: Copper immobilization of a brown forest soil: complex mineralogical and environmental geochemistry study

– 2010- : Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Science, PhD School of Earth Sciences

Doctor course of Geology and Geophysics Program

Research topic: Role of iron oxide minerals in heavy metal immobization of soils

Scholarship:

– 2009: ERASMUS scholarship, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, Environmental Sciences

– 2009: ERASMUS IP, Budapest/Pécs, Advance Clay 2: Economic and Environmental Importance of Clays

– 2010: ERASMUS IP, Szeged, Advance Clay 3: Colloid Properties of Clays and Environmental Applications

Publications

Németh T., Sipos P., Balázs R., Szalai Z., Mészáros E., Di Gléria M. (2010): Adsorption of copper on the illuviation and accumulation horizons of a Luvisol. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 5, 19–24.

Abstracts:

Balázs, R., Németh, T., Sipos, P.: Cu adsorption experiment on the accumulation and eluviation horizon of a brown forest soil. Talajtani Vándorgyűlés (Annual meeting of the Hungarian Pedological Society), Szeged, Hungary, 3–4 September 2010, Abstract Book 21. p.

Balázs, R., Németh, T., Sipos, P.: Sorption of copper on the eluviation and accumulation horizons of a brown forest soil. IMA 2010, Mid-European Clay Conference 2010, Budapest, Hungary, 25–29 August 2010, Abstract Book 642.p.