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Norbert Kroó

CURRICULUM VITAE

Born:		In Budapest, 19. 09. 1934
MA:		Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, 1958. Physicist. In the last 2 years of studies: Presidential scholarship.
Degrees and honours:		Candidate of physical sciences (1965) Sub Auspiciis doctor with golden ring of the President (1966) Doctor of Sciences (1968) Corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1985) Ordinary member of HAS (1993) Member of Academia Europaea (1990-) Member of Hungarian Academy of Engineering (2000-) Member of the European Academy of Science and Art Corresponding Member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering (2002-)
Member- ships:		Hungarian Physical Society (1958- ) Hungarian Nuclear Society (1988- ) Hungarian Medical Laser Society (1994- ) European Physical Society (1972- ) Optical Society of America (1990- ) IEEE (1985- ) National Geographical Society (1972- ) Institute of Physics (UK, fellow) (1999- ) Euroscience (Founding Member)
Prizes and awards:		Sub Auspiciis golden ring (1966) Prize of HAS (1971) Zoltan Gyulai Prize of the Hungarian Physical Society (1972) Order of Labour, golden grade  (1980) Peter Pazmany Prize  (1996) Alexander von Humboldt Prize  (1997)
Publications:		About 280 scientific publications, 40 patents, 6 books, numerous technical reports and science policy publications.

 

Work abroad:		Sweden with IAEA scholarship (1963-1964) Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Deputy Director (1968-1971) Visiting Professor for 1-2 months almost each year, after 1983 in different European countries. As winner of the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, regular work in the Max Planck Institute for Quantumoptics, Garching, Germany.
International activity:		European Physical Society. President (1993-1995) Academia Europaea (1997- ) Chairman, Section of Physical and Engineering Sciences (2003- ) Member of Council (1999- ) European Science Foundation (2001- ) Member of Governing Council (2003- ) Member of EURAB (2002- ) Member of the Expert Group on ERC Member of the Academia Advisory Board of Collegium Budapest (Institute of Advanced Studies) Member of the Science Advisory Board of Helsinki Institute of Physics