VIKTÓRIA MOZGAI
PhD
Research fellow
Contacts
  • +36 1 309 2600 / 1371
  • +36 1 319 3137
  • mozgai.viktoria at csfk.hun-ren.hu
  • 222. szoba
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Place and date of birth
    Csorna, 1990.09.16.
Qualifications
  • 2024 PhD (petrology-geochemistry), Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Doctoral School of Earth Sciences. Title of the PhD thesis: Analytical examination of Late Roman silver artefacts – the use of results in the archaeometrical interpretation of the objects
  • 2014 geologist (MSc), Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Natural Sciences. Title of the MSc thesis: Genetic studies on the epithermal mineralisation around Parádfürdő
  • 2012 earth sciences researcher (BSc), Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Natural Sciences
Employment
  • 2025- research fellow, HUN-REN Research Centre of Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research, Archaeometry and Bioarchaeology Research Group
  • 2014-2025 junior research fellow, Research Centre of Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research, Archaeometry and Bioarchaeology Research Group
Language knowledge
  • English C1
  • German B2
Main fields of research
  • archaeometric investigation of cultural heritage (mainly metal artefacts)
  • genetic studies on epithermal ore mineralisations in Hungary
Research projects
  • 2019- „Roman figural bronzes from Hungary” (NKFIH 131556) (participant)
  • 2017-2024 „The spread of the products and technology of metallurgy in the Carpathian Basin between 5000 and 3000 BC” (NKFIH 119888) (participant)
  • 2014-2019 Seuso Research Project (participant)
  • 2012-2013 CriticEl Project, Miskolc (TÁMOP/4.2.2.A/11/1 KONV/2012/0005) (participant)
Study trips
  • 5-19 July 2019. ANCIENT METALLURGY – Metallography and Microstructure. A Summer School Course in Ancient and Historic Metals, Hastings, United Kingdom
  • 23-24 May 2019. Bronze Age Metallurgy: Production – Consumption – Exchange, short course, Vienna, Austria
  • 14-16 March 2018. BRONZE AGE TIN – Geological sources, production and distribution of tin in Bronze Age Eurasia, short course, Mannheim, Germany
  • 4-7 July 2017. 2nd IPERION-CH Doctoral Summer School – Development of Innovative Instruments & Diagnostic Strategies in Heritage Science, Paris, France
  • 12-23 June 2017. IAMS Archaeometallurgy Summer School 2017, London, United Kingdom
  • 1-3 February 2017. SCIENCE AND PAST: Mastering Materials to know our Heritage, short course, Zaragoza, Spain
  • 14-18 November 2016. 1st IPERION-CH Training Camp – Heritage Science in Practice, Nájera, Spain
  • 22-24 April 2015. Analytical Fingerprinting (AFP) and provenance analysis of geological and biological samples, Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) short course, Leoben, Austria
  • 21-24 September 2014. 11th EMAS Regional Workshop on Electron Probe Microanalysis of Materials Today - Practical Aspects Leoben, Austria
Membership of scientific and professional organizations
  • 2024- Hungarian Academy of Sciences, member
  • 2020- member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Veszprém Regional Committee, Working Group on Industrial Archaeology and Archaeometry
  • 2019- member of The Historical Metallurgy Society
  • 2015- member of the Archaeometry Subcommittee of the Committee on Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology of the Section of Earth Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Awards
  • Szádeczky-Kardoss Elemér Prize, 2020.
  • Historical Metallurgy Society (HMS) Prize for the Best Student Poster; Archaeometallurgy in Europe (AIE) V. conference, Miskolc, 2019.
  • special prize of the Geological Survey of Finland (for oral presentation); 5th International Students Geological Conference (ISGC), Budapest, 2014.
Publications
Selected publications of the last 5 years
  • M. Virág, Zs., Villa, I. M., Nisi, S., Bajnóczi, B., Mozgai, V., Solnay, E., Kraus, D., Szilas, G., Tóth, F. M., Csippán, P., Siklósi, Zs. (2025): The beginning of copper metalworking in the Copper Age of the Carpathian Basin – New data on the provenance of Early and Middle Copper Age copper finds from Western and Central Hungary. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 64: 105130.
  • Siklósi, Zs., Osztás, A., Bajnóczi, B., Villa, I. M., Nisi, S., Mozgai, V., M. Virág, Zs. (2025): The myth of Mecsek malachite used in the Late Neolithic Carpathian Basin – the provenance of Late Neolithic malachite and copper artefacts from South-eastern Transdanubia. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 17(2): 33.
  • Mozgai, V., Villa, I. M., Bajnóczi, B., Szenthe, G. (2024): The early medieval origins of copper ore extraction in the Carpathian Mountains. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 16(10): 159.
  • Horváth, E., Mozgai, V., Aradi, L. E., Topa, B., Bajnóczi, B. (2024): Production perspectives of a high-status polychrome jewellery set from the Hunnic period (mid-5th century AD) Carpathian Basin. Journal of Archaeological Science 171: 106085.
  • Mozgai, V., Bajnóczi, B., Pernicka, E., Mráv, Zs. (2023): Composition, raw material provenance, and manufacture of a unique late Roman silver folding stand (quadripus) from Kőszárhegy, Hungary. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 15(7): 99.
  • Siklósi, Zs., Horváth, E., Villa, I. M., Nisi, S., Mozgai, V., Bajnóczi, B., Csippán, P., Hornok, P., Kiss, P. (2022): The provenance of the raw material and the manufacturing technology of copper artefacts from the Copper Age hoard from Magyaregres, Hungary. PLoS ONE 17(11): e0278116.
  • Mozgai, V., Bajnóczi, B., May, Z., Mráv, Zs. (2021): Non-destructive handheld XRF study of archaeological composite silver objects – the case study of the late Roman Seuso Treasure. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 13(5): 83.
Last update 11.08.2025