Zoltan Konya was born in Hungary in 1971. He received his M.Sc. (1994) and Ph.D. (1998) from the University of Szeged. He is professor of chemistry and head of the Chemistry Institute at the University of Szeged. Dr. Kónya published 300+ papers in refereed scientific journals and co-authored 15 book chapters. The cumulative impact factor of the papers is more than 1400 and so far they received 8500 independent citations. His Hirsch-index is 51 (Web of Science). He holds 13 national and international patents. His research interest is the development of new nanostructured materials and their application to real chemical, environmental, biological and biomedical objects. He is the vice rector for science and innovation at University of Szeged.
