PÉTER SIPOS

PhD

senior research fellow

scientific secretary

phone: +361 309 2600 / ext 1104

fax: +361 319 3137

e-mail: sipos@geochem.hu

room:  210

Research interest

Environmental geochemistry, soil geochemistry:

- Distribution and mobility of heavy metals in soils

- Sorption of heavy metals in soils

- Sorption capacity of soil mineral phases

- Fe-rich nodules in soils

- Geochemistry of urban dust 

Curriculum vitae

Birth date and place: 1975, Gyöngyös

Employment: Institute for Geochemical Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences from 1998

Education:

- M.Sc., geology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 1998; dissertation topic: Mineralogical and petrographical studies of epithermal ore indications at Aranyosbérc, Mátrakeresztes, W Mátra Mts., NE Hungary

- Ph.D., geology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 2005; theses topic: Study of geochemical factors controlling the migration and immobilization of heavy metals in soils

Current professional affiliations:

Member of the HAS Committee of Environmental Geochemistry since 2003

Member of the HAS Committee of Nano-Mineralogy since 2005

Invited member of the IUGS Hungarian National Committee since 2009

Awards and honours:

2005: Young Scientist Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

2005: Szádeczky-Kardoss Elemér award 

2010: Young Scientist Prize for Environmental Research

Publications

Full list of publications

Németh T; Jiménez-Millán J; Sipos P; Abad I; Jiménez-Espinosa R; Szalai Z Effect of pedogenic clay minerals on the sorption of copper in a Luvisol B horizon. Geoderma 160: 509-516 2011

Sipos P; Németh T; Kovács Kis V; Mohai I Association of individual soil mineral constituents and heavy metals as studied by sorption experiments and analytical electron microscopy analyses. Journal of Hazardous Materials 168: 1512-1520 2009

Sipos P; Németh T; Kovács Kis V; Mohai I Sorption of copper; zinc and lead on soil mineral phases. Chemosphere 73: 461-469 2008

Sipos P; Németh T; Mohai I; Dódony I Effect of soil composition on adsorption of lead as reflected by a study on a natural forest soil profile. Geoderma 124: 363-374 2005

Sipos P; Németh T; Mohai I Distribution and possible immobilization of lead in a forest soil (Luvisol) profile. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 27: 1-10 2005