ATTILA DEMÉNY

corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

director

phone: +361 319 3137

fax: +361 319 3137

e-mail: demeny@geochem.hu

room: 305-306

Place and date of birth: Budapest, 1962

Qualifications:

- diploma in geology (ELTE TTK, 1986)

- university doctor (ELTE TTK, 1992)

- "candidate of geosciences" (Ph.D., MTA TMB 1994)

- doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (D.Sc., MTA 2001)

Employment: Institute for Geochemical Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Position: director

Scientific activities:

- Geochemical studies on Hungarian and Alpine high-pressure metamorphic rocks (Penninic rocks, leucophyllites, whiteschists).

- C,O,H and N isotope geochemistry of fluids of mantle-derived igneous rocks with special attention to fluid movements related to carbonatitic magmatism (magmatic rocks of Hungary, carbonatites from India, Canary Islands, the Kola peninsula and Canada).

- Stable isotope geochemistry of major extinction events (Permian-Triassic, Triassic-Jurassic).

- Paleoclimate research on terrestrial deposits, coordination of the Geochemistry and Paleoclimate Research Group in the institute.

Study trips:

- Austria, 1987, 1 month, Soros Foundation.

- Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1988-1989, 5 months, Hungarian Scholarship Council.

- Trieste, Italy, 1993, 2 months, CNR.

- Lausanne, Switzerland, 1995, 4 months, Fonds National Suisse de la Recherche Scientifique.

- Tübingen, Germany, 1996, 2 months, DAAD.

- University of Rome, Italy. Invited as visiting professor for 1 month in 2001.

- University of Lausanne, 3 months, Fondation Herbette.

Main  professional activities:

- 1994-96. International Isotope Society, chairman

- 1996-. Member of the Committee for Mineralogy-Petrography-Geochemistry of the Hungaran Academy of Sciences. 2002-2008: Secretary. 2008-: chairman.

- 2000-2008: International Association for Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry Councillor/Executive Member; 2002-2008: Secretary.

- 2006-: secretary of the Hungarian National Committee of the International Union of Geological Sciences.

- 2004-2008: member of the Earth Sciences 1 jury of the Hungarian national Research Fund, chairman from 2005 to 2008.

- 2005-: editorial board member of Acta Geologica Hungarica.

- 2008-: member of the Habilitation Committee of the Eötvös Loránd University

- 2009-: Earth System Science Data, editorial board member.

Conference organization:     

- 1996. Isotope Workshop III, Budapest

- 1997. 1^st Isotope Geochemistry Meeting, Budapest (Hungarian)

- 1997. The role of geo- and environmental sciences in the preservation of our historical heritage, meeting, Budapest (Hungarian)

- 2000, 2002: Hungarian Meeting of Isotope Geochemistry.

- 2006: EGU, Vienna, session convener

- 2007. PAGES (Past Global Changes) 2007 conference for the Hungarian participants.

- 2008: International Geological Congress, session convener.

Awards and scholarships:

- Szádeczky Kardoss Elemér Foundation, 1^st and 2^nd Awards.

- 1993. Youth Award, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

- 2003. Publication Award of the Hungarian Meteorological Survey.

- 2007. Academy Award.

- 2009. Certificate of Recognition. International Association of GeoChemistry. 

Teaching activities:

Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest: special course ("Principles and applications in stable isotope geochemistry"), consulent of diploma and Ph.D. works (3).

Selected Publications of the last 5 years

Full list of publications

Book chapter

1)    Demény, A., Sitnikova, M.A., Karchevsky, P.I. (2004): Stable C and O isotope compositions of carbonatite complexes of the Kola alkaline province: phoscorite-carbonatite relationships and source compositions. In: F. Wall and A.N. Zaitsev (Editors): Phoscorites and Carbonatites from Mantle to Mine. The Mineralogical Society Series, No. 10, pp. 407-431.

Journal articles

1)    Sindern, S., Zaitsev, A.N., Demény, A., Bell, K., Chakmouradian, A.R., Kramm, U., Moutte, J., Rukhlov, A.S. (2004): Mineralogy and geochemistry of silicate dyke rocks associated with carbonatites from the Khibina complex (Kola, Russia) – isotope constraints on genesis and small-scale mantle sources. Mineralogy and Petrology, 80, 215-239.

2)    Demény, A., Vennemann, T.W., Ahijado, A., Casillas, R. (2004): Oxygen Isotope Thermometry in Carbonatites, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain. Mineralogy and Petrology, 80, 155-172.

3)    Demény, A., Vennemann, T.W., Hegner, E., Ahijado, A., Casillas, R., Nagy, G., Homonnay, Z., Gutierrez, M., Szabó, Cs. (2004): H, O, Sr, Nd and Pb isotopic evidence for recycled oceanic crust in the Transitional Volcanic Group of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain. Chem. Geol., 205, 37-54.

4)    Demény, A., Vennemann, T.W., Hegner, E., Nagy, G., Milton, J.A , Embey-Isztin, A., Homonnay, Z. (2004): Trace element and C-O-Sr-Nd isotope evidence for subduction-related carbonate-silicate melts in mantle xenoliths (Pannonian Basin, Hungary). Lithos, 75, 89-113.

5)    Pintér, F., Szakmány, Gy., Demény, A., Tóth, M. (2004): The provenance of „red marble” monuments from the 12^th-18^th centuries in Hungary. Eur. J. Mineral., 16, 619-629.

6)    Demény, A., Vennemann, T.W., Harangi, Sz., Homonnay, Z., Fórizs, I. (2006): H₂O-dD-Fe^III relations of dehydrogenation and dehydration processes in magmatic amphiboles. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 20, 919-925.

7)    Haas, J., Demény, A., Hips, K., Vennemann, T.W. (2006): Carbon isotope excursions and microfacies changes in marine Permian–Triassic boundary sections in Hungary. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 237, 160–181.

8)    Bajnóczi, B., Horváth, Z., Demény, A., Mindszenty, A. (2006): Stable isotope geochemistry of calcrete nodules and septarian concretions in a Quaternary 'red clay' paleovertisol from Hungary. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 42, 335-350.

9)    Haas, J., Demény, A., Hips, K., Zajzon, N., Weiszburg, T.G., Sudar, M., Pálfy, J.  (2007): Biotic and environmental changes in the Permian–Triassic boundary interval recorded on a western Tethyan ramp in the Bükk Mountains, Hungary. Global and Planetary Change, 55, 136-154.

10)  Pálfy, J., Demény, A., Haas, J., Carter, E.S., Görög, Á., Halász, D., Oravecz-Scheffer, A., Hetényi, M., Márton, E., Orchard, M.J., Ozsvárt,  P., Vető, I., Zajzon, N. (2007): Triassic–Jurassic boundary events inferred from integrated stratigraphy of the Csővár section, Hungary. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 244, 11-33.

11)  Demeny, A; Casillas, R; Ahijado, A (2007): Comment on the paper of de Ignacio, C., Munoz, M., Sagredo, J., Fernandez-Santin, S. and Johansson, A., 2006. Isotope geochemistry and FOZO mantle component of the alkaline-carbonatitic association of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain. Chem. Geol. 232, 99-113. Chem. Geol., 242, 288-291.

12)    Demény, A., Casillas, R., Vennemann, T.W., Hegner, E., Nagy, G., Ahijado, A., De la Nuez, J., Sipos, P., Pilet, S., Milton, A.J. (2008): Plume-related stable isotope compositions and fluid/rock interaction processes in the seamount series of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 293, 155-175.

13)  Demény, A., Siklósy, Z (2008).: Combination of off-line preparation and continuous flow mass spectrometry: D/H analyses of inclusion waters. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 22, 1329-1334.

14)  Chakhmouradian, AR; Mumin, AH; Demeny, A, Elliott, B (2008): Postorogenic carbonatites at Eden Lake, Trans-Hudson Orogen (northern manitoba, canada): Geological setting, mineralogy and geochemistry. Lithos, 103, 503-526.

15)  Kele S, Demeny A, Siklosy Z, Nemeth T, Toth M, Kovacs MB (2008): Chemical and stable isotope composition of recent hot-water travertines and associated thermal waters, from Egerszalok, Hungary: Depositional facies and non-equilibrium fractionation. Sedimentary Geology, 211, 53-72.

16)  Siklosy, Z., Demeny, A., Vennemann, T.W., Pilet, S., Kramers, J., Leel-Ossy, Sz., Bondár, M., Shen, C-C., Hegner, E. (2009): Bronze Age volcanic event recorded in stalagmites by combined isotope and trace element studies. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 23, 801-808.