CURRICULUM VITAE

Zoltán Osváth

Born: 15 December 1976, Hunedoara (Vajdahunyad), Romania

Education / Qualifications:

• 2006 - PhD degree in Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary

• 2000 - Master degree in Atomic Physics, Faculty of Physics,

"Babes-Bolyai" University, Cluj Napoca, Romania

• 1999 - Diploma in Physics, Faculty of Physics, “Babes-Bolyai” University, Cluj Napoca, Romania

Employment:

• 2001 - Research Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science (MFA), Budapest, Hungary

Research fields:

• Nanoscience

• Investigation of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanostructures by scanning probe methods (STM, STS, AFM)

Research experience:

• 1998 - 2000: Theoretical study of atomic collisions. Calculation of double differential cross sections for the ionization and for the simultaneous ionization and excitation into the 2p state of the helium atom by fast proton and antiproton impact.

· 2000 - 2003: Investigation of carbon nanotubes and other carbon nanostructures by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), tunneling spectroscopy (STS), and atomic force microscopy (AFM).

· 2003 - 2006: STM and STS investigation of carbon nanotube point defects created by ion irradiation; AFM and STM investigation of few-layer graphite plates.

Awards:

• TNT 2006 poster prize offered by Raith GmbH

• György Ferenczi Award offered by the Dr. György Ferenczi Foundation

Marital status: married, two children (Klára, born: 16-12-2004, Péter, born: 19-12-2006)