Tamás Pálfi





PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name:           Tamás Pálfi
Address:       4 KARVALY UTCA , 1125, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
Telephone:     +361 3922222/1289
Fax:              +361 3922548
E-mail:          palfi@iki.kfki.hu
Date of birth:  14, June, 1977

WORK EXPERIENCE
   
Dates:  2002 - present
• Name and address of employer:  Institute of Isotopes HAS, Konkoly TM 29-33, 1121 Budapest, Hungary
• Type of business or sector:  Research
• Occupation or position held: Research assistant, Fellow scientist, PhD student
• Main activities and responsibilities:  Individual research, pulse and gamma radiolysis of azo dyes, qualitative and quantitative analysis of given samples with HPLC method

 
EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Dates:  2004 - present
• Name and type of organisation providing education and training: Graduate School in Chemistry, University of Veszprém
• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered:  Vibration-Rotation and Electron Spectroscopy, Environmental photochemistry

Dates:  1996 - 2002
• Name and type of organisation providing education and training: Faculty of Science, University of Veszprém
• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered:  Radiochemistry, Chemical analysis, Photochemistry, Organic and inorganic chemistry, IR-Raman spectroscopy, Environmental chemistry, Photochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, etc.
• Title of qualification awarded: M. Sc. In Chemistry
  
 
PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
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• MOTHER TONGUE:   HUNGARIAN
• OTHER LANGUAGES
  • ENGLISH
    • Reading skills:   good
    • Writing skills:     basis
    • Verbal skills:      basic
  • GERMAN
    • Reading skills:   good
    • Writing skills:    good
    • Verbal skills:     basic
• SOCIAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES:
- Ability to work in a team acquired during my studies, and at my present workplace
- Open-mindedness and ability to adapt to multicultural environment acquired at international conferences and study trips
- Good communication skills acquired through teaching within the framework of my PhD studies
- Flexibility
- Loyalty

• ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCE:  
  • Participating in the preparation of various projects (OTKA project)
  • Preparation of  
    • research plans, presentations and reports
    • acquisition of chemicals and technical appliances
    • publications.
• TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES    
Appropriate skills in the handling of the following appliances:
  • High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography system (HPLC)
  • UV-VIS spectrophotometer   
  • Brilliant Nd:YAG LASER system;
  • Pulse radiolysis system (Linac electron accelerator with kinetic spectroscopic detection).
 • COMPUTER SKILLS   
Good command of Microsoft Office™ tools (World, Excel, Power Point) and Origin™ . Basic knowledge of Visual Basic and PASCAL

Publications