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2025/05/01

Twelve new members to join and twelve alumni to leave Hungarian Young Academy

Of the 34 eligible applications for HYA membership, twelve new members have been elected by the HYA election committee, taking into consideration the votes of members of MTA’s public body below the age of 45, the academic achievements of the applicants and their commitment to the objectives of HYA, as well as the principle of diversity according to scientific discipline, gender and geographical distribution.

Please find below the list of the new members of HYA elected for the period from 1 May 2025 to 30 April 2030:

  • Dávid Bajusz (HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences)
  • Ágnes Buvár (Eötvös Loránd University)
  • Kata Dévai (HUN-REN-ELTE Interdisciplinary Research Group for Archaeology)
  • Gábor Feigl (University of Szeged)
  • Gábor Katona (University of Szeged)
  • László Koók (University of Pannonia)
  • Balázs Ligeti (Pázmány Péter Catholic University)
  • Attila Gergely Mráz (Eötvös Loránd University)
  • Endre Orbán (Ludovika University of Public Service)
  • Gergely Tihamér Török (HUN-REN-BME Water Management Research Group)
  • Éva Szabó (University of Pécs)
  • Attila Virág (Eötvös Loránd University)

Congratulations to our new members, and we look forward to working together with them!

At the same time, may we express our warm thanks to those twelve HYA founding members who will join the HYA alumni community from 1 May, namely:

  • Barbara Bába (University of Debrecen)
  • Gábor Balogh (University of Pécs)
  • Dorottya Csuka (Semmelweis University)
  • Orsolya Dömötör (University of Szeged), former HYA board member
  • Bálint Hartmann (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, HUN-REN Research Centre for Energy Research), former HYA board member
  • István Gábor Hatvani (HUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences), former HYA board member
  • Attila Jámbor (Budapest Corvinus University)
  • Gábor Kecskés (HUN-REN Research Centre for Social Sciences), former HYA co-chair
  • Zsófia Lázár (Semmelweis University)
  • Adrienn Szilágyi (HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities)
  • Tamás Terpai (Eötvös Loránd University)
  • György Tóth (University of Pécs), former HYA board member

 

Thank you for your invaluable work, and we hope to count on you in the future as well!