Curriculum vitae of Dávid Korányi 

Publications of Dávid Korányi

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Academic degrees/qualification:

• PhD in Environmental Sciences (Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Keszthely, Hungary, 2021). Thesis title: "Changes in arthropod communities of maple trees (Acer spp.) along stress gradients in urban environment".

• MSc in Plant Protection (Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary, 2015). Thesis title: "Heteroptera community of urban maple (Acer spp.) trees".

• BSc in Nature Conservation Engineer (Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary, 2013). Thesis title: "Morphological examination of Colchicum bulbocodium Ker Gawl. populations in the Tura Pasture Nature Conservation Area".

Scientific career:

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

• Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Conservation Biology and Department of Entomology, Hungary, PhD student 2015-2021.

Honors:

• Foundation in memory of dr. Gusztáv Szelényi: Junior Degree of Gusztáv Szelényi Memorial Medal, 2022.

• SCCS Europe 2019 - Connecting Eastern and Western Europe in conservation biology: running-up award, 2019.

• Prize of the Agrozoological Section of the Hungarian Plant Protection Society: Lajos Rainiss medallion, 2019.

• XXXII. National Scientific Students’ Associations Conference, Agricultural Science, I. Section, Szeged: special award, 2015.

Memberships:

• Society for Conservation Biology 2022-.

• British Ecological Society 2019-2020.

• Hungarian Ecological Society  2019-.

• Hungarian Entomological Society 2017-.

Professional services:

• Journal reviewer for 12 journals.

Conference organising:

• 2nd Hungarian Urban Ecological Conference (Győr, Hungary, 2021).

Teaching activities:

• Biological bases of entomology (MSc course in Hungarian, 2015-2018, Szent István University).

• Applied entomology (BSc course in Hungarian, 2016-2017, Szent István University).

• Applied zoology and physiology (BSc course in Hungarian, 2016-2017, Szent István University).

Research interest:

• Entomology

• Habitat fragmentation

• Urbanization effects

• Arthropod community of urban trees

• Alien and invasive species

• Impacts of plant stress on insect herbivores

• Beneficial arthropods and pest control