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Mr. Gyozo Jordan

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Name: Gyozo Jordan
Qualifications: PhD - GIS digital terrain modelling (Uppsala University, Sweden)
MSc (Filosophie Licenciate) - environmental geochemistry (Uppsala University, Sweden)
MSc - geology and environmental geology (Eötvös University, Hungary)
Affiliation: Geological Institute of Hungary (MAFI), Environmental Geology Department
Mailing Address: Geological Institute of Hungary, Environmental Geology Department
Stefánia út 14, 1143 Budapest, Hungary
Phone/Fax: (36-1) 251 0999 / (36-1) 251 0703
E-mail: jordan@mafi.hu


Education
University:

Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute for Earth Sciences, 1988 -1993
Degree: MSc in Geology & Environmental Geology (excellent grade) (1993)
MSc Thesis: Hydrogeological time series analysis and statistical modelling

Queen's University of Belfast, UK
Third year undergraduate studies in geology, 1990-1991

Postgraduate:     Uppsala University, Sweden
   Faculty of Science and Technology, Institute for Earth Sciences

MSc studies, 1993-1995
Degree: MSc (Licentiate) in Environmental Geochemistry (1995)
MSc Thesis: Analysis of heavy metal contamination at mine sites

PhD studies and research, 1997-2001
Degree: PhD in Quaternary Geology (2004)
PhD thesis: GIS applications for digital terrain modelling

Work and research experience
1997-

Geological Institute of Hungary (MÁFI), Environmental Geology Department
Head, Geochemistry Programme (2007-): Action 1 - Geochemical Mapping, Action 2 - Environmental Geochemical Modelling

Senior Researcher (2006-): environmental geological and GIS data management, spatial geological modelling, digital terrain modelling, geochemical analysis and interpretation; erosion, catchment and sediment transport modelling, Hungarian Science Fund project leader

National Contact Point to EuroGeoSurveys (Association of European Geological Surveys), Member of the EuroGeoSurveys Geochemical Expert Group, Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Geological Institute (2007-)

2001-2004 Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission, Italy
Research Fellow: inventory and environmental impact assessment of mining and mining waste; expert support for the preparation of the EU Mine Waste Directive; expert committee and workshop organisation
2000 International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), The Netherland
Visiting Scientist: sediment transport modeling, terrain modelling (3 months)
2006-2007 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S.A.
Visiting Scientist: geochemical modelling of contamination (6 months) (Fulbright Fellowship)
2006 Univeristy of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU), Austria
Visiting Scientist: sediment transport modelling in floodplains (4 months)
Awards and Honours
  • Grant for Student of Excellence, Eötvös Loránd University (1989-1990)
  • European Union TEMPUS Scholarship (1990-1991)
  • Hungarian Academy of Science Szádeczky-Kardos Grant (1992)
  • Swedish Institute Scholarship (1993-1995)
  • Maria Stiftelsen Grant (1995)
  • Annual Meeting of Young Earth Scientists, 2. Prize (1997)
  • Hungarian Academy of Science Szádeczky-Kardos Award (1997)
  • Uppsala Univerity PhD Scholarship (1997-2001)
  • Soros Foundation Supplementary Grant (1998)
  • European Commission Research Fellow Grant (2001-2004)
  • Hungarian Academy of Science Szádeczky-Kardos Award (2005)
  • Apponyi Albert Mecenatura Grant (2005)
  • Eotvos Postdoctoral Grant, Hungarian Scholarship Board (2006)
  • Senior Scholars Fellowship, Hungarian-American Enterprise and Scholarship Fund (2006)
  • Bandat Horst Grant (2007)
  • Bolyai Janos Research Grant of the Hungarian Academy of Science (2006-2009)
  • Senior Researcher Grant, Fulbright Program (2007)

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    Miscellenaous

    Committees

    • Expert Group Member: 'Accidental Pollution Task Group', UNDP ICPDR Danube River Basin Programme (2007-)

    • Expert Group Member: 'Accidental Pollution Task Group', UNDP ICPDR Danube River Basin Programme (2007-)

    • Expert Group Member: 'Mine Waste Inventory Working Group', DG Environment-DG JRC, European Commission, Implementation of New EU Mine Waste (2007-)

    • Expert Group Member: UNDP/GEF Danube Region Project. Project Component 4.3: Monitoring and Assessment of Nutrient Removal Capacities of Riverine Wetlands (2006)

    • Expert Group Member: 'EuroGeoSurveys Geochemical Expert Group' (1998-)

    • National Contact Point: EuroGeoSurveys (Assoc. of European Geological Surveys) (2004-)

    • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Geological Institute (2007-)

    • Expert Group Member: European Environmental Agency, 'Polluted Soils Risk Assessment Expert Group' (2004-2005)

    • Scientific Committee Member: The International Workshop 'European Union Expansion: Land Use Change and Environmental Effects in Rural Areas', Luxembourg (2005)

    Teaching; Thesis Advisor

    • MSc thesis: Remote sensing analysis of north-western Greece, ITC, The Netherlands (2000)

    • MSc thesis: Optimal landuse scenarios ina catchment impacted by historic mining. Recsk, Hungary, Katholic University of Leuven, Belgium (2005)

    • MSc thesis: Impact of landuse changes on sediment fluxes in the Pecsely Basin, Hungary, Katholic University of Leuven, Belgium (2005)

    • PhD thesis: Hydrogeological analysis for the long-term suspension of the Recsk Deep Mines by flooding. University of Miskolc, Hungary (2003-2006)

    • PhD thesis: Modelling of landuse changes in the Balaton Catchment, Hungary. Katholic University of Leuven, Belgium (2006-2009)

    • PhD thesis: Quaternary paleo-surface modelling with GIS. Eotvos University of Budapest, Hungary (2006-2009)

    • Invited lecturer: Digital terrain modelling and 3D modelling, University of Western Hungary, Sopron (2005)

    Conference & Workshop Organisation

    • Secretary of the Organizing Committee: NATO Advanced Studies Institute Workshop 'Deposit and geoenvironmental models', Mátraháza, Hungary (1998)

    • Organising Committee Member: International Workshop 'Linking regional scale inventory and watershed analysis to the impact assessment of mining activities', Orta, Italy (2002)

    • Session Organiser & Chairman: Session 'Environmental assessment of mining and mining waste', European Congress on Regional Geoscientific Cartography and Information Systems, Bologna (2003)

    Journal Reviewer

    • Ocassional reviewer for Journal of Environmental Geology; Remote Sensing of Environment; Water, Air, & Soil Pollution; Journal of Maps, Geological Carpathica

    Training & Courses

    • US EPA Environmental Impact Assessment Training Course, Budapest, Hungary, 1996

    • Mathematical Modelling of Earth Systems, IAMG Training Course, Barcelona, Spain, 1997

    • Visual Basic Programming Training Course, Budapest, Hungary, 2006

    Associations

    • Geological Society of America (GSA) (2007-)
    • International Hydrological Association (1997-)

    • International Association of Mathematical Geology (1997-)

    • Hungarian Hydrology Association (1992-)

    • Hungarian Geological Society (1990-)

    • Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Public Researcher Board (2005-)


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