DÁNIEL TOPÁL
PhD
Research fellow
Contacts
  • +36 1 319 2600 / 1353
  • +36 1 319 3137
  • topal.daniel at csfk.hun-ren.hu
  • topal.daniel at uclouvain.be
  • 313. room
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Qualifications
  • 2019-2023 Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary, Environmental Physics PhD, summa cum laude
  • 2017-2019 Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary, Meteorologist
Employment
  • 2023-present: Universite catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, postdoctoral fellow
  • 2023-present: IGGR, HUN-REN RCAES, junior research fellow, Geochemistry and Paleoclimate Research Group
  • 2018-present: University of California-Santa Barbara, Earth Research Institute, affiliated researcher
  • 2019-2023: IGGR, HUN-REN RCAES, junior research fellow
  • 2018: Central European University: IMPRESSIONS FP7 EU project Hungarian case study
Language knowledge
  • English C1
  • Italian B1
  • French A1
Main fields of research
  • Climate dynamics, Arctic/Antarctic sea ice, climate modelling, sea ice-ocean modelling w/ NEMO4
Outstanding results
  • Lead-author paper in Nature Climate Change DOI
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Study trips
  • University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 2018-2019
  • University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2018
  • International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, USA, 2016
Membership of scientific and professional organizations
  • American Meteorological Society
  • Hungarian Meteorological Society
Research grants, scholarships
  • 2022 Travel Grant SINERGIS project, 11000 NOK
  • 2020-2022: Co-operative Doctoral Student Fellowship
  • 2019-2021: Bilateral Science & Technology grant no. 2019-2.1.11-TÉT-2020-00114
  • 2019-2023: New National Excellence Programme
  • 2020/21: National Talent Program: Mentoring students
  • 2020/21: Fulbright Association: Visiting Student Researcher 2021
  • 2019: Student Travel Allowance: American Meteorological Society
  • 2019: New National Excellence Program
  • 2018: Dr. László Sólyom (former President of Hungary) scholarship
Awards
  • 2023 Young Researcher Award of the Visegrad Group Academies
Teaching
  • LPHYS2162 Introduction to climate dynamics and modeling (UCLouvain; teaching assistant)
Publications
Selected publications of the last 5 years
  • Hanna, E., Topál, D. et al. Nature Reviews E&E, in press
  • Topál, D. & Ding, Q. 2023: Nature Climate Change, DOI
  • Topál, D. et al. 2022: Nature Communications, DOI
  • Topál, D. et al. 2020: Journal of Climate, DOI
  • Haszpra, T. et al. 2020: Journal of Climate, DOI
Last update 29.11.2023.