Dr. Attila Hirn
Contact
tel.: +36 1 392 2291, +36 1 392 2222 (extension: 3412)
fax: +36 1 395 9293
e-mail: hirn.attila @ ek-cer.hu
29-33 Konkoly Thege Miklós út, Bldg. 6, 3rd floor, room 306, H-1121 Budapest, Hungary
Education
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2009 |
PhD degree (physics / nuclear techniques; summa cum laude) |
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2005 - 2008 |
Budapesti University of Technology and Economics, PhD School in Physics |
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2004 |
CERN Summer Student Programme, Geneva, Switzerland |
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2000 - 2005 |
Budapesti University of Technology and Economics (engineering physics, studies in nuclear techniques) |
Experience
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2020 - |
head of department (EK Space Research Department) |
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2012 - 2016 |
guest scientist, Max-Planck-Insitut für Sonnensystemforschung, Göttingen, Germany (for 1 month in each year) |
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2016 - |
senior researcher (Centre for Energy Research) |
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2010 - 2019 |
head of the Space Dosimetry Research Group (Centre for Energy Research / MTA KFKI AEKI) |
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2009 - 2016 |
researcher (MTA KFKI AEKI, MTA EK) |
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2005 - 2009 |
junior researcher (MTA KFKI AEKI) |
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2015 - |
member of EK AEKI's Scientific Council |
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2012 - 2015 |
member of EK's Scientific Council |
Key projects
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2018 - |
D3S-RadMag development for the D3S satellite constellation of the European Space Agency |
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2016 - |
RadMag development in the frame of the RADCUBE project of the European Space Agency |
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2010 - 2016 |
Co-Investigator in the international research group managing the Dust Impact Monitor experiment on board Rosetta’s Lander Philae |
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2009 - |
Maintenance and upgrade of the Pille-ISS system. |
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2005 - |
Development of the 3D silicon detector space dosimetry telescope, TRITEL, and managing the experiments. Prime Investigator of the TRITEL-SSETI/ESEO-TRITEL (2006-2012), the ISS TRITEL-SURE (2011-2012) and the ISS TRITEL-RS (2011-) projects. |
Awards
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2016 |
Medal for the Hungarian Space Research by the National Ministry of Development of Hungary |
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2013 |
Youth Prize of MTA Centre for Energy Research |
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2013 |
Radiation Protection Award, general category (Somos Foundation, Hungary) |
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2012 |
Nagy Ernő Prize (awarded by the Hungarian Astronautical Society) |
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2009 |
Junior Researcher Prize (awarded by the Health Physics Section of the Roland Eötvös Physical Society, Hungary) |
Professional public activities
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2019 - |
Member of the Space Research Scientific Council in Hungary |
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2018 - |
Secretary-General of the Hungarian Astronautical Society |
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2015 - 2018 |
Deputy Secretary-General of the Hungarian Astronautical Society |
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2009 - 2015 |
Member of the Presidium of the Hungarian Astronautical Society |
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2007 - |
Founding member of the Hungarian Aerospace Technology Platform |
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Member of the Hungarian Nuclear Society |
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Member of the Hungarian Radiation Protection Association of the Roland Eötvös Physical Society |
Miscellaneous
CV: in pdf format.
List of publications: see in the Hungarian Scientific Bibliography (MTMT).
Scientific public outreach in TV programmes: see in National Audiovisual Archive of Hungary.
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position
head of department, senior researcher
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qualification
engineering physicist
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specialities
space dosimetry,
space weather,
nuclear measurement techniques