Contacts

Place and date of birth

Vasad, 1958

Qualifications

1996 PhD Isotope Hydrogeochemistry, Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen. Title: Origin of groundwaters and determination of recent shallow groundwater component by stable isotope measurements (in Hungarian with English abstract)
1983 MSc physicist, Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen

Employment

Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, since 1983

Language knowledge

Main fields of research

The origin and mixing processes of groundwaters determined by environmental isotopes and chemical data
Investigation of the origin of thermal waters in Hungary
Study the dynamics of the bank filtered water resources of the Danube River by means of stable oxygen isotope measurements
Vulnerability study of water resources in geologically vulnerable environment

Provenance and making technology of glass objects from the Scythian, Celtic, Sarmatian, Avar and Hungarian Period; identification of the applied raw materials, colorants and decolorants

Research projects

NKFI K128237; 2018-2023; investigator; The Late Roman fortress at Ságvár – Archaeological research 1971–1979 (archaeometric study of glass)
2020-2020; principal investigator; Archaeometric analysis of glass beads from the Ápádian age cemetry at Mesteri-Intapuszta. Part I
2014- ; co-principal investigator; Archaeometric study of the Seuso treasure, Hungary
RER/8/016; 2009-2011; scientific coordinator; Using Environmental Isotopes for Evaluation of Streamwater/ Groundwater Interactions in Selected Aquifers in the Danube Basin (International Atomic Energy Agency)
OTKA K 60921; 2006-2011; principal investigator; Origin of water and carbon dioxide of the thermal karst waters around Budapest
1998-2002; principal investigator; The origin and dynamics of the bank filtered water resources of the Danube River by means of environmental isotopes
OTKA T 035032; 2001-2004; principal investigator; Stable isotope study of recent and fossil shells of alluvial molluscs in Hungary
1997-2001; principal investigator; Study of water movements related to salinization on the area of Hortobágy (Hungary)
OTKA T 025119; 1997-2002; investigator; Provenance study of glass beads from the Avar Period (6th-7th c. AD)
1991-1995; PhD research; Stable isotope study of the origin of deep groundwater and its mixing with shallow groundwater

Outstanding results

Study trips

Membership of scientific and professional organizations

Member of Editorial Board: Isotopes for Environmental and Health Studies (Taylor and Frances)
Founder member of the European Society for Isotope Research (ESIR)
Chair of ESIR: 2009-2011; secretary of ESIR: 1994-1996. Now member of the Advisory Board.
Membership: Roland Eötvös Physical Society, Hungarian Geological Society, Hungarian Chemical Society, International Association of Hydrological Sciences, International Association of Hydrogeologists, International Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry.

Conference organization

Research grants, scholarships

Awards

Prizes won at scientific competitions

Teaching

1998- special courses (Eötvös University) "Stable isotope geochemistry" together with Attila Demény; and "Isotope hydrogeochemistry"
MSc. and M.A. students:

Tamás Berecz, 1997-2002, Eötvös University, Department of Applied and Environmental Geology

Publications

Selected publications of the last 5 years

Bódai B., György Czuppon, István Fórizs, Sándor Kele (2022) Seasonal study of calcite-water oxygen isotope fractionation at recent freshwater tufa sites from Hungary. Geologica Carpathica 73(5): 485-496
Fórizs, I.; Zoltán Kern; József Csicsák; Gergely Csurgó; Gábor Földing; Zoltán Máthé; János Ország; Géza Szreda; Roland Vendégh (2020) Monthly data of stable isotopic composition (δ18O, δ2H) and tritium activity in precipitation from 2004 to 2017 in the Mecsek Hills, Hungary. Data in Brief 32:106206
Kern Z., István Gábor Hatvani, György Czuppon, István Fórizs, Dániel Erdélyi, Tjaša Kanduč, László Palcsu, Polona Vreča (2020): Isotopic ‘altitude’ effect and ‘continental’ effect in modern precipitation across the Adriatic-Pannonian region. Water (MDPI) 2020, 12, 1797
Kern Z., István Gábor Hatvani, Dániel Erdélyi, Polona Vreča, Ines Krajcar Bronić, Tjaša Kanduč, Marko Štrok, István Fórizs, László Palcsu, Miklós Süveges, György Czuppon, and Balázs Kohán (2020) Isoscape of amount-weighted annual mean precipitation tritium (3H) activity from 1976 to 2017 for the Adriatic-Pannonian region –AP3H_v1 database. Earth System Science Data 12:2061-2073

Fórizs István, Wolf Mária, Mester Edit (2022) Archaeometric study of two glass fragments from the 13th c. Hejőkeresztúr-Vizekköze archaeological site (in Hungarian) A Hejőkeresztúr-Vizekköze lelőhelyről származó két 13. századi üvegedény-töredék archeometriai vizsgálata. In: Wolf M. Hejőkeresztúr-Vizekköze. A tatárjárás régészeti emlékei 1. Opitz, Budapest, pp. 129-138
Dévai K., Fórizs I., Leskó M. Zs. (2021) The tradition of facet-cut bowls from Pannonia: style, distribution and chemical composition. Archeometriai Műhely XVIII(2):123-133
Fórizs István, Ferencz Eszter, Ilon Gábor (2020): A Mesteri-intapusztai Árpád-kori temető gyöngyeinek archeometriai vizsgálata I. (Archaeometric analysis of glass beads from the Arpadian Age cemetery at Mesteri-Intapuszta. Part I.) Archeometriai Műhely XVII(2):129-156
Tubay T., Mozgai V., Fórizs I., Sipos Gy., Páll D. G., Filyó D., Tóth M. (2020) Korai székely írásos feliratok (Homoródkarácsonyfalva, Vargyas, Székelyderzs, Székelyudvarhely) archeometriai vizsgálata. Archeometriai Műhely XVII(2):171-198