Curriculum vitae of Péter Batáry 

Publications of Péter Batáry

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Academic degree/qualification:

• Member of Academia Europaea (pan-European Academy of Humanities, Letters, Law, and Sciences, 2023).

• Doctor of Science (DSc) in Biology (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, 2019). Thesis title: "Biodiversity conservation and environmental management in European farmlands".

• Habilitation (venia legendi) in Ecology (University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany, 2015). Thesis title: „Landscape structure, agricultural management and farmland biodiversity in Europe”.

• PhD in Biology (University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary, 2004). Thesis title: „Study of edge effect on nest predation”.

• MEd in Biology (Eötvös University, Budapest, 2003).

• MSc in Biology (Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary, 2000). Thesis title: „Investigation of edge effect on non-forested habitats: synthesis and case studies”.

Scientific career:

• Centre for Ecological Research, "Lendület" Landscape and Conservation Ecology Research Group, Group Leader 2018-.

• University of Goettingen, Agroecology, Göttingen, Germany, Associate Professor 2010-2018.

• MTA-ELTE-MTM Ecology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary, Senior Researcher 2012.

• University of Goettingen, Agroecology, Humboldt Postdoc Fellow 2008-2009.

• Hungarian Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology, Budapest, Hungary, Museologist 2005-2007.

• Hungarian Natural History Museum,  Department of Zoology, Budapest, Hungary, Assistant Museologist 2003-2004.

• Ministry for Environment, Authority for Nature Conservation,  Hungarian Biodiversity Monitoring System, Budapest, Hungary, Coordinator 2001-2002.

Honors and fellowships:

• NKFIH Élvonal ("Frontline") Excellence Programme (2020; 5 years, Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary)

• MTA Lendület ("Momentum") Excellence Programme, establishing research team (2018; 5 years, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary).

• Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research, scientific research scholarship (2014; 1 months, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Institute of Zoology, Vienna, Austria).

• Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Bolyai fellowship (2012; 8 months, MTA-ELTE-MTM Ecology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary).

• Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, postdoctoral fellowship (2008-2009; 24 months, University of Goettingen, Agroecology, Göttingen, Germany).

• Hungarian Scholarship Board, scientific research scholarship (2002; 3 months, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Konrad Lorenz Institute for Ethology, Vienna, Austria).

• Austrian-Hungarian Action Fund, scientific research scholarship (2001; 3 months, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Konrad Lorenz Institute for Ethology, Vienna, Austria).

• BirdLife Hungary, junior scientific scholarship (1999).

Memberships:

• British Ecological Society 2018-.

• International Association for Ecology 2009-.

• Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland 2008-.

• Hungarian Ecological Society 2004-.

• Society for Conservation Biology 2003-.

• European Ornithologists’ Union 2001-.

Editorial activity:

• Journal of Applied Ecology, assoc. editor, 2021-.

• Landscape Ecology, assoc. editor, 2019-2022.

• Insect Conservation and Diversity, assoc. editor, 2014-2019.

• BMC Ecology, assoc. editor, 2013-2019.

• Environmental Evidence, editorial board member, 2012-.

• Community Ecology, assoc. editor, 2012-2020.

• Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, editorial advisor, 2019-2023.

Professional services:

• Journal reviewer for more than 50 journals - see Publons profile.

• Grant proposal reviewer: Czech Science Foundation; European Commission H2020; German Research Foundation; Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; Hungarian Scientific Research Fund; National Science Centre Poland; Research Council of Norway; Slovak Grant Agency for Science; Swiss National Science Foundation.

Conference organising:

• International congress (European Congress for Conservation Biology 2006 Hungary).

• International symposium (Fauna Pannonica 2007 Hungary; Urban Sustainability at Academia Europaea Budapest Knowledge Hub 2023 Hungary).

• International workshop (East meets West 2013 Germany).

• Symposium at international congress (Congress of European Ornithologist Union 2007 Austria; Annual Meeting Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland 2014, 2015 and 2016 Germany; International Congress for Conservation Biology 2015 France; European Conference on Conservation Biology 2022 Czech Republic). 

Teaching activities:

• Systematic review and meta-analysis in ecology (own PhD course in English, 2012-2018, University of Goettingen).

• Evaluation and management of habitats (MSc course in German, 2009-2018, University of Goettingen).

• Conservation in agricultural landscapes (MSc course in German, 2009-2018, University of Goettingen).

• Ecology of agricultural landscapes (BSc course in German, 2009-2018, University of Goettingen).

Research interest:

• Edge effect

• Methodology of artificial nests in nest predation experiments

• Managing species rich grasslands

• Population ecology of threatened butterfly species

• Biological effectiveness of agri-environment schemes

• Organic farming

• Flower strips

• Habitat fragmentation of grasslands

• Impact of hedgerow-forest connectivity

• Urbanization effects

• Meta-analyses