Contacts

+36 1 309 2600 / 1371
+36 1 319 3137
mozgai.viktoria at csfk.hun-ren.hu
222. szoba

Place and date of birth

Csorna, 1990.09.16.

Qualifications

2015– PhD student, Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Doctoral School of Earth Sciences. Research topic: Analytical examination of Late Roman silver artefacts - the use of results in the archaeometric interpretation of the objects
2014 geologist (MSc), Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Natural Sciences
2012 earth sciences researcher (BSc), Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Natural Sciences

Employment

2014- junior research fellow, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Research Centre of Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research, Archaeometry 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

2020- „Roman figural bronzes from Hungary” (NKFIH 131556) (participant)
2018- „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)

Outstanding results

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Study trips

21-24 September 2014. 11th EMAS Regional Workshop on Electron Probe Microanalysis of Materials Today - Practical Aspects Leoben, Austria
22-24 April 2015. Analytical Fingerprinting (AFP) and provenance analysis of geological and biological samples, Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) short course, Leoben, Austria

Membership of scientific and professional organizations

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

Conference organization

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Research grants, scholarships

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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.

Prizes won at scientific competitions

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Teaching

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Publications

Selected publications of the last 5 years

Mozgai, V., Horváth, E., Bajnóczi, B. (2021): Possibilities and limitations of non-invasive analytical methods in the examination of garnet- and niello-inlaid precious metal objects – Case study of three polychrome animal-style silver buckles from the 5th-Century Carpathian Basin. Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica – Natural Sciences in Archaeology 12(1): 45–67.
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.
Mozgai, V., Bajnóczi, B., May, Z., Mráv, Zs. (2020): A hordozható XRF alkalmazási lehetőségei és korlátai római ezüsttálak archeometriai vizsgálatában [Possibilities and limitations of the use of handheld XRF in the archaeometric study of Roman silver platters]. Archeometriai Műhely 17(3): 253–270.
Mozgai, V., Bajnóczi, B., Mráv, Zs., Kovacsóczy, B., Tóth, M. (2019): Application of a laboratory micro-X-ray diffractometer (RIGAKU D/MAX RAPID II) in the archaeometric analysis of archaeological artefacts – case studies of metal objects [Laboratóriumi mikro-röntgendiffraktométer (RIGAKU DMAX RAPID II) alkalmazása régészeti leletek archeometriai vizsgálatában fémtárgyak példáján]. Archeometriai Műhely 16(1): 29–42.
Mozgai, V., Topa, B. A., Weiszburg, T. G., Mráv, Zs., Bajnóczi, B. (2019): SEM-EDS and μ-XRD study of the niello inlays of a unique late Roman silver augur staff (lituus) from Brigetio, Pannonia (Hungary). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 11(4): 1599–1610.