CURRICULUM VITAE (Katalin Várnagy)
1. Personal data:
Name: Katalin Várnagy
Date of birth: 2 December, 1961
Place of birth: Tatabánya, Hungary
Sex:Female
Marital status: unmarried
Nationality: Hungarian
Address: University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary
e-mail: varnagy.katalin@science.unideb.hu
2. Education:
1976-80: Secondary Scool, Tatabánya
1980-85: M.D.: Lajos Kossuth University (chemistry)
3. Diploms, degrees
1985: Diploms: Teacher of chemistry and mathematics
1996: Diploms:German-Hungarian chemical translator
1987: Ph. D. Thesis Transition metal complexes of sulfur containing dipeptides
1999: Habilitation
2014: DSc (Chemistry)
4. Professional Experience:
1985-92: Junior research fellow, Lajos Kossuth University
1992-2000: Research fellow, University of Debrecen (Lajos Kossuth University)
2000-2016 Associate professor (University of Debrecen)
2016- Full professor (University of Debrecen)
5. Teaching activities:
General, chemistry: laboratory practice, seminar
Introduction in chemistry: lectures
Inorganic and analytical chemistry: lectures, laboratory practice and seminars
Bioinorganic chemistry: lectures
Supervisor of undergraduate scientific researchers (33 students):
Supervisor of diploma students (76 students)
Supervisor of PhD students (10 student)
6. Current research interests:
Study of equlibrium and structure of transition metal (copper(II), nickel(II), zinc(II), cobalt(II), cadmium(II)) complexes of various bioligands, amino acids and peptides containing sulfur, carboxylate or imidazole groups. Solution equilibrium and electrochemical studies of metal complexes mimicking the active centre of metalloenzymes (e.g. SOD) and the metalloproteins playing role in the neurodegeneration.
7. Publications, invited lectures:
Chapter in book: 2
Proceeding: 3
In refereed journals: 80
Impact factor (sum): 220.620
Citation: 1210
Hirch index: 28