PÉTER SIPOS
PhD
senior research fellow
Contacts
- +36 1 309 2600 / 1104
- +36 1 319 3137
- sipos.peter at csfk.hun-ren.hu
- 210. szoba
Place and date of birth
- Gyöngyös, 1975
Qualifications
- 2005 PhD geology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. Theses topic: Study of geochemical factors controlling the migration and immobilization of heavy metals in soils
- 1998 MSc geology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. Dissertation topic: Mineralogical and petrographical studies of epithermal ore indications at Aranyosbérc, Mátrakeresztes, W Mátra Mts., NE Hungary
Employment
- Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences since 1998
Main fields of research
- Environmental geochemistry, soil geochemistry, urban geochemistry:
- Distribution and mobility of heavy metals in soils
- Sorption of heavy metals in soils
- Sorption capacity of soil mineral phases
- Ferromanganese and calcareous nodules in soils
- Geochemistry of urban dust
Membership of scientific and professional organizations
- Secretary of the IUGS Hungarian National Committee since 2012
- Secretary of the HAS Committee of Environmental Geochemistry between 2014 and 2017
- Member of the EFG Soil Protection panel since 2015
- Member of the steering committee of HGS Clay mineral section since 2015
- Review editor at Frontiers in Environmental Sciences, Soil Processes since 2016
- Editor at Discover Applied Sciences since 2021
Awards
- 2005 Young Scientist Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2005 Szádeczky-Kardoss Elemér award
- 2010 Young Scientist Prize for Environmental Research
- 2012-2015 Bolyai János research scholarship
Publications
Selected publications of the last 5 years
- Sipos, P ; Kovács, I ; Tóth, A ; Németh, P ; Demény, A. Paragenetic relationship between ferromanganese and calcareous nodules in a hydromorphic toposequence. GEODERMA 454 Paper: 117179 (2025) DOI
- Tóth, A ; Sipos, P ; Jakab, G ; Szalai, Z ; Kalicz, P ; Madarász, B. Improving the reliability of using rare earth elements as soil erosion tracers. CATENA 243 Paper: 108175 , 7 p. (2024) DOI
- Sipos, P ; Kovács, I ; Barna, Gy ; Tóth, A ; Makó, A ; Palcsu, L ; Kiss, G ; Horváth, A ; Puskás-Preszner, A. Iron isotope fractionation during the formation of ferromanganese nodules under different conditions of hydromorphism. GEODERMA 430 Paper: 116286 (2023) DOI
- Sipos, P ; Kovács, I ; Balázs, R ; Tóth, A ; Barna, Gy ; Makó, A. Micro-analytical study of the distribution of iron phases in ferromanganese nodules. GEODERMA 405 Paper: 115445 (2022) DOI
- Sipos, P ; Kovács Kis, V ; Balázs, R ; Tóth, A ; Németh, T. Effect of pedogenic iron-oxyhydroxide removal on the metal sorption by soil clay minerals. JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS 21 : 4 pp. 1785-1799. , 15 p. (2021) DOI
Last update 2025.09.03.