Péter Németh
PhD
senior research fellow
Contacts
  • +36 1 309 2600 / 1108
  • +36 1 319 3137
  • nemeth.peter at csfk.org
  • 310. szoba
Place and date of birth
    Pápa, 1978.01.19
Qualifications
  • 2005 PhD (Earth Science) University of Torino, (year of naturalization: 2008, institute of naturalization: Eötvös Loránd University). Title of the dissertation: Characterization of new mineral phases belonging to the heterophyllosilicate series
  • 2001 Geologist ELTE TTK 2001. Title of the dissertation: "Mineralogical investigation of the Polgárdi scarn"
Employment
  • 2001-2004 PhD student, University of Torino, Olaszország
  • 2005-2006 postdoc Arizona State University, USA
  • 20007-2012 Research fellow, Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry Chemical Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • 2012-2014 postdoc Arizona State University, USA
  • 2014-2021 Senior research fellow, Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • 2021- Senior research fellow, Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research, ELKH Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences
Language knowledge
  • English Intermediate Level Write and read (C)
  • Italian Intermediate Level Write and read (C)
Main fields of research
  • Structures and properties of diamond nanocrystals; study of next-generation diamonds.
  • Mineralogical and geochemical investigation of carbonate polymorphic formation processes, study of precursor calcium carbonates.
  • Role of atomic resolution electron microscopy for understanding the structures and properties of minerals and synthetic materials.
  • Study of defects (dislocations, stacking faults, twins) and phase transitions.
Research projects
  • as project leader:
    • OTKA-NKTH, HUMAN MB08A, 2012-2014 (30 months), Place of implementation: ASU, Tempe (USA) Project title: Structures and properties of synthetic and natural nanodiamonds.
    • OTKA-NKTH FK123871 2017-2022 (48+12 months). Project title: Structure of cave carbonates - Mineralogical and geochemical analyses of carbonate polymorph formation processes in speleothems
    • OTKA-NKTH KH126501 2019-2021 (24+12 months). Project title: Tracing peculiar diamond nanostructures
    • 2019-2.1.11-TÉT-2019-00016 2020-2022 (24+12 months). Project title: Cryogenic Cave Carbonates, the sediments
    • OTKA-NKTH-FWF ANN20 134433 2020-2024 (48 months). Project title: Cryogenic Cave Carbonates
Outstanding results
  • Interpretation of the structure of impact diamonds via state-of-the-art transmission electron microscopy, identification of subnanometer-size defects and recognition of new types of material properties.
  • Identification and interpretation of graphite-diamond transformation at the atomic level
  • Identification of next generation diamond-related materials and recognition of the technical possibilities inherent in the material family – diamond coatings with exceptionally hardness as well as increased toughness and ductility, diamonds with tunable electrical, optical and thermoelectric properties.
  • Identification of a new nanocrystalline calcium carbonate modification (monoclinic aragonite) and its complex structural characterization via state-of-the-art 3D electron diffraction tomography
  • Recognition of the amorphous calcium carbonate-secreting ability of bacterial strains in the Baradla Cave and multispectral study of the amorphous material.
Study trips
  • 2005-2006 Arizona State University, Tempe (USA)
  • 2011 Ehime University, Matsuyama (Japán)
  • 2012-2014 Arizona State University, Tempe (USA)
Membership of scientific and professional organizations
  • 1998- member of the Hungarian Geological Society
  • 2008- member of the Hungarian Society for Microscopy
  • 2008- member of the Hungarian Workgroup of Nanominerals
  • 2021- member of the Committee of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Conference organization
  • 21/08/2010 – 27/08/2010 International Mineralogical Association meeting, section “Recent progress in the occurrences, structures, and uses of terrestrial and extraterrestrial nanodiamonds"
Research grants, scholarships
  • MTA-JSPS short term mobility (3 weeks), 2011; Place of implementation: Ehime University, Matsuyama (Japan); Project title: Nanodiamond synthesis with special attention to lonsdaleite
  • Bolyai János Research Fellowship (36 months), 2014-2017,Project title: Structures of diamond nanocrystals (classification of the final report: excellent)
  • Bolyai János Research Fellowship (36 months), 2018-2021, Project title: Carbonate polymorph formation processes in cave sediments and synthetic samples.
  • ITM ÚNKP-19-4 (10 months) Bolyai+ Higher Education Young Teacher, Research Fellowship Application, 2019-2020, Project title: Carbonate polymorph formation processes in cave sediments and synthetic samples.
  • ITM ÚNKP-20-5-PE-7 (12 months) Bolyai+ Higher Education Young Teacher, Research Fellowship Application, 2020-2021, Project title: Carbonate polymorph formation processes in cave sediments and synthetic samples.
Awards
  • 2001 Excellent Student of Eötvös Loránd University, founder: Eötvös Loránd University. Recognition: Outstanding study work and scientific activity
  • 2015 Vendl Mária Award, founder: Hungarian Geological Society. Recognition: Achievements in the study of carbon allotropes and their transformation
  • 2018 Bolyai Memorial Plate, founder: Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Recognition: Outstanding reports about the research in the framework of the scholarship
  • 2020 VEAB Researcher of the Year, founder: Veszprém Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Recognition: Outstanding scientific work in the last 10 years
Prizes won at scientific competitions
  • 1999 Special award at the Young Scientist Conference, founder: Geological Institute of Hungary, recognition: Dissertation
  • 2001 Special award at the XXV National Student Conference, founder: National Scientific Student Conference, recognition: Dissertation
Teaching
  • 2009- „Theory and practice of electron microscopy” laboratory course for students of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest University of Technology and Economics and Óbuda University.
  • 2019- „Theory and practice of transmission electron microscopy” laboratory course for students of University of Pannonia.
International connections
  • Laurence A.J. Garvie, Peter R. Buseck (Arizona State University, Tempe, USA)
  • Paul F. McMillan, Kit McColl, Christoph G. Salzmann (University of College London, London, UK)
  • Christoph Spötl, Yuri Dublyansky (University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Ausztria)
  • Enrico Mugnaioli, Mauro Gemmi (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Pisa, IT)
Publications
Selected publications of the last 5 years
  • Németh P., McColl K., Garvie L.A.J., Salzmann C.G., Murri M., McMillan P.F.: Complex nanostructures in diamond, NATURE MATERIALS, 2020
    Chemistry (miscellaneous) 3/435 (D1) IF: 38.663*
    Független idéző: 6
    Ismeretterjesztő híranyag
  • Németh P., McColl Kit, Smith Rachael L., Murri Mara, Garvie Laurence A. J., Alvaro Matteo, Pécz Béla, Jones Adrian P., Corà Furio, Salzmann Christoph G., McMillan Paul F.: Diamond-Graphene Composite Nanostructures, NANO LETTERS 20: (5) pp. 3611-3619., 2020
    Bioengineering 8/153 (D1) IF: 12.344*
    Független idéző: 6
    Ismeretterjesztő híranyag
  • Enyedi NT, Makk J, Kótai L, Berényi B, Klébert Sz, Sebestyén Z, Molnár Zs, Borsodi AK., Leél-Őssy Sz, Demény A, Németh P: Cave bacteria-induced amorphous calcium carbonate formation, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 10: (1) 8696, 2020
    Multidisciplinary 9/138 (D1) IF: 3.998*
    Független idéző: 6
    Ismeretterjesztő híranyag
  • Németh P, Mugnaioli E, Gemmi M, Czuppon G, Demény A, Spötl C: A nanocrystalline monoclinic CaCO3 precursor of metastable aragonite, SCIENCE ADVANCES 4: (12) eaau6178, 2018
    Multidisciplinary 3/117 (D1) IF: 12.804
    Független idéző: 14
    Ismeretterjesztő híranyag
  • Németh P, Leinenweber K, Ohfuji H, Groy T, Domanik KJ, Kovács IJ, Kovács JS, Buseck PR: Water-bearing, high-pressure Ca-silicates, EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS 469: pp. 148-155., 2017
    Független idéző: 5
    Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) 5/273 (D1) IF 4.581
Last update 2021.08.02.