Péter Poór is an assistant professor, who has been leading the Plant Stress Physiology and Photosynthesis Research Group at the Department of Plant Biology of the University of Szeged since 2017. His main research area is the investigation of plant defense hormones, and a better understanding of plant defense mechanisms, especially in the dark. As a result of his work, he has published more than 80 international scientific publications to date, to which he has received more than 1,000 citations. In addition to his research work, he participates in the lecturer activities of the Department of Plant Biology, including the teaching of plant cell biology, plant anatomy, photosynthesis, and plant stress physiology. His teaching activities were twice recognized with the Golden Chalk Award based on student votes. In addition, he is an active organizer of university public life, and he also takes part in a wide range of scientific dissemination and science organization activities. His students have been highly successful at local and national Scientific Student Associations’ Conferences. He is a member of several Hungarian and international scientific societies (e.g. Hungarian Free Radical Research Society, Hungarian Plant Biology Society). He is also a member of the editorial boards of several international journals (e.g. Frontiers in Plant Science, Journal of Plant Growth Regulation). In 2019, he won the János Bolyai Research Scholarship. In 2018, he received the first prize in the Lecture Series of Young Plant Biologists of the Hungarian Plant Biology Society. He is also the winner of several other scholarships and prizes (e.g. UNKP, Ányos Jedlik Doctoral Candidate Scholarship, SZTE Talent Scholarship, SZTE Doctoral Student Scholarship, FESPB Student Travel Grant).