CV - Zoltán Rácz
Personal data:
Born in Dunaharaszti, Hungary, on December 6, 1946.
Married, Éva Meszéna, high school math, physics, and English teacher.
Three children: Miklós (1986), Zsuzsa (1988), and Nóra (1993).
Hungarian citizen.
Address at work:
Institute for Theoretical Physics
Eötvös University
1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/a
Hungary
Tel.: 36-1-372-2516
Education:
B.Sc. St.Petersburg State University, 1971
Ph.D. in physics, Eötvös University, Budapest, 1973
PhD Thesis:
Nature of the fourth sound in He II
Thesis supervisor: Péter Szépfalusy
Experience:
1973-75 Postdoctoral Fellow, McMaster University, Hamilton
1975-78 Research Associate, Eötvös University
1978-80 Postdoctoral Fellow, McMaster University, Hamilton
1980-83 Senior Research Associate, Eötvös University
1982 Fall Visiting Associate Professor, Universita degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza'
1983-86 Visiting Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby
1986-89 Senior Research Associate, Eötvös University
1989-04 Scientific Advisor,
Institute for Theoretical Physics,
Eötvös University, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1989-90 Visiting Professor, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
1990-91 Visiting Professor, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby
1991-92 Visiting Professor, Clarkson University, Potsdam
1992 Summer Visiting Professor, Tohoku University, Sendai
1992-94 Visiting Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institue and State University, Blacksburg
1997-98 Visiting Fellow, Oxford University, Oxford
1999 Summer Visiting Professor, Universita degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza'
2001 Fall Visiting Professor, Universite de Paris-Sud, Orsay
2002 Fall Visiting Professor, Universite de Paris-Sud, Orsay
2003 Fall Visiting Professor, Universite de Paris-Sud, Orsay
2004-17 Research Professor, Institute for Theoretical Physics,
Eötvös University, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2017- Emeritus Researcher,
Institute for Theoretical Physics,
Eötvös University, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2017-20 Chair, Physics Section of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Teaching:
Undergraduate and graduate courses in
- classical mechanics
- electrodynamics
- quantum mechanics
- thermal physics, statistical physics
- stochastic processes
- pattern formation
at the following universities:
- Eötvös University (Budapest)
- McMaster University (Hamilton)
- Simon Fraser University (Burnaby)
- University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
- Clarkson University (Potsdam)
- Tohoku University (Sendai)
- Virginia Polytechnic Institue and State University (Blacksburg)
- Universite de Paris-Sud (Orsay)
Research
- Phase transitions in non-equilibrium steady states.
- Pattern formation in growth processes, reaction zones.
- Properties of fluctuating interfaces, extreme statistics.
- Nonequilibrium quantum spin-chains.
Past work includes:
- Critical dynamics.
- Calculation of phase diagrams by renormalization-group methods.
- Symmetry analysis of non-equilibrium instabilities.
Academic awards:
- Novobátzky prize of the Hungarian Physical Society, 1976.
- Physics Committee Award of the Hungarian Academy, 1988.
- Award of the Hungarian Academy, 1990.
- Széchenyi Professorship, 1997-2000.
- Corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2004.
- Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2010.
- Széchenyi Prize, 2015.
Professional activities
- Co-Editor, 2005-2008, Europhysics Letters
- Advisory Editor, 2008-2011, Europhysics Letters
- Executive Editor, 2004-2007, Fluctuation and Noise Letters
- Member of the Organizing Committee of MECO (Middle-European
Cooperation in Statistical Physics) 1987-89.
- Organized Eötvös School 1987: Pattern Formation.
- Organized Eötvös School 1995: Statistical Description of Nonequilibrium Steady States.
- Organized Eötvös School 2000: Phase Separation in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.
- Referee for Phys.Rev.Lett., Phys.Rev.E, Europhysics Lett, J. Stat. Phys., and J.Phys.A.
Invited lectures at conferences and schools
- 1976 Saarbrücken, MECO Meeting
- 1977 Karpacz, Winter School on Phase Transitions
- 1985 Trieste, Fractals in Physics
- 1986 Davis, West-Coast Meeting on Statistical Physics
- Edmonton, Canadian Association of Physics Meeting
- 1988 Erice, Fractals in Physics
- L'Aquila, Discussions on Statistical Physics
- Budapest, Clusters and Patterns
- 1991 Ottawa, Statistical Physics on the 45th Parallel
- 1992 Les Houches, Surface Disordering
- 1996 Beg Rohu, Systémes Vitreux, Dynamique Lente
- Budapest, Statistical Physics of Collective Behaviour in Disordered Systems
- Trieste, Dynamics of Nonequilibrium Systems
- Lausanne, Nonequilibrium Steady States
- 1997 Budapest, Recent Developments in Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics
- 1998 Bonn, Application of Field Theory to Statistical Physics
- 1999 Vienna, Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics
- Budapest, Statistical Physics Applied to Practical Problems
- Brussels, Nonlinear Science: Dynamics and Stochasticity
- Trieste, Dynamics of Nonequilibrium Systems
- Rome, Statistical Mechanics and Strongly Correlated Systems
- 2000 Lyon, Universal Fluctuations in Correlated Sysytems
- Paris, 5th Itzykson Meeting: Dynamics of Nonequilibrium Systems
- 2001 Budapest, Santa Fe School: Pattern Formation
- 2002 Les Houches, Slow Relaxation and Nonequilibrium Dynamics
- 2003 Santa Fe, Fluctuations and Noise
- Dresden, Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics in Low Dimension and Reaction Diffusion Systems
- 2004 Lausanne, Nonequilibrium Phase Transitions
- Maspalomas, Fluctuations and Noise
- 2005 Budapest, Days of Meteorology
- 2006 Sils Maria, Liesegang Workshop
- Cambridge, First-Passage and Extreme Value Problems in Random Processes
- Dresden, Extreme Events in Complex Dynamics
- 2008 Budapest, Pattern Formation in Reaction-Diffusion Systems
- 2009 Visegrad, Climate Variability & Climate Change: Estimating and Reducing Uncertainties
- Tokyo, Self-organization in Chemical and Biological Systems
- Leipzig, MECO34, Middle European Cooperation in Statistical Physics
- 2010 Budapest, International Workshop on Pattern Formation in Chemical and Biological Systems
- 2011 Paris, 16th Itzykson Meeting on Extremes and Records
- Leiden, Lorentz Center, Extreme Value Statistics in Mathematics, Physics and Beyond
- Dresden, MPI, Large Fluctuations in Non-Equilibrium Systems
- 2012 Leiden, Lorentz Center, Chemical Gardens
- 2014 Firenze, Galileo Galilei Institute, Advances in Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics