Contacts

+36 1 309 2600 / 1108
+36 1 319 3137
nemeth.peter at csfk.hun-ren.hu
310. szoba

Place and date of birth

Pápa, 19.01.1978

Qualifications

2005 PhD (Earth Science) University of Torino, (year of naturalization: 2008, institute of naturalization: Eötvös Loránd University). Title of the dissertation: Characterization of new mineral phases belonging to the heterophyllosilicate series
2001 Geologist ELTE TTK 2001. Title of the dissertation: "Mineralogical investigation of the Polgárdi scarn"

Employment

2001-2004 PhD student, University of Torino, Olaszország
2005-2006 postdoc Arizona State University, USA
20007-2012 Research fellow, Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry Chemical Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2012-2014 postdoc Arizona State University, USA
2014-2021 Senior research fellow, Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2021- Senior research fellow, Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research, ELKH Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences
2023- Senior research fellow, Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research, HUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences

Language knowledge

English Intermediate Level Write and read (C)
Italian Intermediate Level Write and read (C)

Main fields of research

Structures and properties of diamond nanocrystals; study of next-generation diamonds.
Mineralogical and geochemical investigation of carbonate polymorphic formation processes, study of precursor calcium carbonates.
Role of atomic resolution electron microscopy for understanding the structures and properties of minerals and synthetic materials.
Study of defects (dislocations, stacking faults, twins) and phase transitions.

Research projects

as project leader:

OTKA-NKTH, HUMAN MB08A, 2012-2014 (30 months), Place of implementation: ASU, Tempe (USA) Project title: Structures and properties of synthetic and natural nanodiamonds.
OTKA-NKTH FK123871 2017-2022 (48+12 months). Project title: Structure of cave carbonates - Mineralogical and geochemical analyses of carbonate polymorph formation processes in speleothems
OTKA-NKTH KH126501 2019-2021 (24+12 months). Project title: Tracing peculiar diamond nanostructures
2019-2.1.11-TÉT-2019-00016 2020-2022 (24+12 months). Project title: Cryogenic Cave Carbonates, a key archive of permafrost thawing events
OTKA-NKTH-FWF ANN20 134433 2020-2024 (48 months). Project title: Cryogenic Cave Carbonates
NKFI ANDVANCED_24149522 (48 months), 2025-2028. Project title: Complex diamond structures.
2024-1.2.5-TÉT-2024-00074 (24 month), 2026-2027 Project title: How seasonal and perennial cryogenic cave carbonates reflect regional climate events?

Outstanding results

Interpretation of the structure of impact diamonds via state-of-the-art transmission electron microscopy, identification of subnanometer-size defects and recognition of new types of material properties.
Identification and interpretation of graphite-diamond transformation at the atomic level
Identification of next generation diamond-related materials and recognition of the technical possibilities inherent in the material family – diamond coatings with exceptionally hardness as well as increased toughness and ductility, diamonds with tunable electrical, optical and thermoelectric properties.
Identification of a new nanocrystalline calcium carbonate modification (monoclinic aragonite) and its complex structural characterization via state-of-the-art 3D electron diffraction tomography
Recognition of the amorphous calcium carbonate-secreting ability of bacterial strains in the Baradla Cave and multispectral study of the amorphous material.

Study trips

2005-2006 Arizona State University, Tempe (USA)
2011 Ehime University, Matsuyama (Japán)
2012-2014 Arizona State University, Tempe (USA)

Membership of scientific and professional organizations

1998- member of the Hungarian Geological Society
2008- member of the Hungarian Society for Microscopy
2008- member of the Hungarian Workgroup of Nanominerals
2021- member of the Committee of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Conference organization

21/08/2010 – 27/08/2010 International Mineralogical Association meeting, section “Recent progress in the occurrences, structures, and uses of terrestrial and extraterrestrial nanodiamonds" session organizer (Budapest)
04/07/2022 – 05/07/2022 „Geochemistry and mineralogy of calcium carbonate polymorphs” Main organizer of the international workshop (Veszprém)
24/04/2023 – 05/07/2023 Az EGU 2023 „Carbonates - archives of time, space and change” session organizer (Vienna)

Research grants, scholarships

MTA-JSPS short term mobility (3 weeks), 2011; Place of implementation: Ehime University, Matsuyama (Japan); Project title: Nanodiamond synthesis with special attention to lonsdaleite
Bolyai János Research Fellowship (36 months), 2014-2017,Project title: Structures of diamond nanocrystals (classification of the final report: excellent)
Bolyai János Research Fellowship (36 months), 2018-2021, Project title: Carbonate polymorph formation processes in cave sediments and synthetic samples.
ITM ÚNKP-19-4 (10 months) Bolyai+ Higher Education Young Teacher, Research Fellowship Application, 2019-2020, Project title: Carbonate polymorph formation processes in cave sediments and synthetic samples.
ITM ÚNKP-20-5-PE-7 (12 months) Bolyai+ Higher Education Young Teacher, Research Fellowship Application, 2020-2021, Project title: Carbonate polymorph formation processes in cave sediments and synthetic samples.

Awards

2001 Excellent Student of Eötvös Loránd University, founder: Eötvös Loránd University. Recognition: Outstanding study work and scientific activity
2015 Vendl Mária Award, founder: Hungarian Geological Society. Recognition: Achievements in the study of carbon allotropes and their transformation
2018 Bolyai Memorial Plate, founder: Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Recognition: Outstanding reports about the research in the framework of the scholarship
2020 VEAB Researcher of the Year, founder: Veszprém Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Recognition: Outstanding scientific work in the last 10 years
2022 Bolyai Plaquette, founder: Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Recognition: Outstanding scientific achievement during the Bolyai scholarship
2023 Academic Award, founder: Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Recognition: Recognition of outstanding scientific work in the past 5 years

Prizes won at scientific competitions

1999 Special award at the Young Scientist Conference, founder: Geological Institute of Hungary, recognition: Dissertation
2001 Special award at the XXV National Student Conference, founder: National Scientific Student Conference, recognition: Dissertation

Teaching

2009- „Theory and practice of electron microscopy” laboratory course for students of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest University of Technology and Economics and Óbuda University.
2019- „Theory and practice of transmission electron microscopy” laboratory course for students of University of Pannonia.
2021/2022 2nd semester „Mineralogy I (practice)” BsC course for students of Eötvös Loránd University.
2021/2022 2nd semester „Mineralogy III” MsC course for students of Eötvös Loránd University.

International connections

Laurence A.J. Garvie, Peter R. Buseck (Arizona State University, Tempe, USA)
Paul F. McMillan, Kit McColl, Christoph G. Salzmann (University of College London, London, UK)
Christoph Spötl, Yuri Dublyansky (University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Ausztria)
Enrico Mugnaioli, Mauro Gemmi (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Pisa, IT)

Publications

Selected publications of the last 5 years

Németh, P ; Bruno, M; Aquilano, D ; Molnár, Zs. Homo-epitaxy and twinning produce complex nanostructures in cryogenic calcite, JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, 2026
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous): Q1, IF: 2.7
Demény, A. ; Németh, P. ✉ ; Mojzsis, SJ. ; Pécz, B. ; Zajzon, N. ; Cora, I. ; Kazup, Á. ; Bajnóczi, B. ; Silveira, FV. A formation model for carbonado diamond from impact-induced subduction to metamorphic resorption, GONDWANA RESEARCH, 2026
Geology: D1, IF: 8.9
Lázár, A ; Demény, A ; Hegyi, I ; Aradi, LE ; Garvie, LAJ. ; Németh, P. Oxygen isotopic re-equilibration during transformation of ikaite to calcite via amorphous calcium carbonate, CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, 2025
Geology: D1, IF: 3.6
Independent citations: 1
Lange-Enyedi, NT; Németh, P; Borsodi, AK; Spötl, C ; Makk, J. Calcium carbonate precipitating extremophilic bacteria in an Alpine ice cave, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 2024
Multidisciplinary: Q1 IF: 3.9
Independent citations: 22
Németh, P; Garvie, LAJ. Questionable lonsdaleite identification in ureilite meteorites, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 2023
Multidisciplinary: D1 IF: 9.4
Independent citations: 6
Németh, P; Garvie, LAJ. ; Salzmann, CG. Canyon Diablo lonsdaleite is a nanocomposite containing c/h stacking disordered diamond and diaphite, PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A - MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL & ENGINEERING SCIENCES, 2023
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous): Q1 IF: 5.0
Independent citations: 12
Németh, P., Lancaster, HJ., Salzmann, CG., McColl, K., Fogarassy, Zs., Garvie, LAJ., Illés, L., Pécz, B., Murri, M., Corà, F., Smith RL., Mezouar M., Howard C.A., Paul F. McMillan Shock-formed carbon materials with intergrown sp3- and sp2-bonded nanostructured units, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 2022
Multidisciplinary: D1 IF: 11.1
Independent citations: 40
Ismeretterjesztő híranyag
Garvie, LAJ.; Németh, P.; Trif, L An exceptionally stable and widespread hydrated amorphous calcium carbonate precipitated by the dog vomit slime mold Fuligo septica (Myxogastria), SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 2022
Multidisciplinary: D1 IF: 4.6
Independent citations: 6
Németh, P; Töchterle, P ; Dublyansky, Y ; Stalder, R ; Molnár, Zs ; Klébert, Sz ; Spötl, C. Tracing structural relicts of the ikaite-to-calcite transformation in cryogenic cave glendonite, AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, 2022
Geochemistry and Petrology: Q1 IF: 3.066
Independent citations: 9