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Personal:
Name: Krisztián Palotás
Born: 1977
Academic degrees:
2007 MSc Finance, University of Liverpool, UK
2004 Dr. Techn. (PhD), Vienna University of Technology, Austria
2001 MSc Engineering Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Academic positions:
| 2021- |
Senior Researcher, Department of Theoretical Solid State Physics, Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Wigner Research Center for Physics, Budapest, Hungary |
| 2017- |
Senior Research Fellow (part-time), HUN-REN(ELKH,MTA)-SZTE Reaction Kinetics and Surface Chemistry Research Group, University of Szeged, Hungary |
| 2018-2022 |
Senior Research Fellow (part-time), Department of Theoretical Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary |
| 2018-2020 |
Senior Research Fellow, Department of Theoretical Solid State Physics, Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Wigner Research Center for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary |
| 2016-2018 |
SASPRO-Marie Curie Research Fellow, Department of Complex Physical Systems, Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 2017 |
Hungarian State Eötvös Fellow, Institute of Applied Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Austria |
| 2016 |
Hungarian State Eötvös Fellow, Institute of Physics, CNRS UMR 6251 - University of Rennes 1, France |
| 2015 |
Hungarian State Eötvös Fellow, CNR-SPIN, L'Aquila/Chieti, Italy |
| 2014-2015 |
Senior Research Fellow, Department of Theoretical Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary |
| 2011-2014 |
Research Fellow, Department of Theoretical Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary |
| 2009-2011 |
Zoltán Magyary Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Theoretical Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary |
| 2008-2009 |
Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Heraklion, Greece |
| 2004-2007 |
Senior Research Assistant, Surface Science Research Centre, University of Liverpool, UK |
| 2001-2004 |
Research Assistant, Center for Computational Materials Science, Vienna University of Technology, Austria |
Roles in the scientific community:
Invited journal reviewer for Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Communications, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Computational Materials Science, Journal of Molecular Structure, Thin Solid Films, EPL, Physica Status Solidi B
Invited project reviewer for EU EIC PATHFINDER
Awards, Research Grants:
| 2023 |
The Most Outstanding Publication of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics 2018-2022 Prize (co-author of article published in Science Advances 2018), Pro Progressio Foundation, Hungary |
| 2023-2024 |
ÚNKP-BME Bolyai+ Research Fellowship within the New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Culture and Innovation and the National Research, Development, and Innovation Office of Hungary |
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Principal Investigator (PI) of project "Magnetic properties of surface atomic clusters" |
| 2021-2024 |
János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
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PI of project "Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy calculations of novel material surfaces" |
| 2017-2024 |
Young Resercher Grant of the National Research, Development, and Innovation Office of Hungary |
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PI of project "Theoretical studies of novel material surfaces" |
| 2022-2023 |
ÚNKP-BME Bolyai+ Research Fellowship within the New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Culture and Innovation and the National Research, Development, and Innovation Office of Hungary |
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PI of project "Theoretical studies of surface atomic structures" |
| 2021-2022 |
ÚNKP-BME Bolyai+ Research Fellowship within the New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology and the National Research, Development, and Innovation Office of Hungary |
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PI of project "Theoretical studies of magnetic surfaces and atomic structures" |
| 2021 |
Publication Prize of the Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Wigner Research Center for Physics, Hungary |
| 2021 |
Pál Gombás Prize of the Hungarian Physical Society for the exceptional achievements in the field of applied quantum theory |
| 2019 |
The Most Important Publication of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics 2018 Prize (co-author of article published in Nature Communications), Pro Progressio Foundation, Hungary |
| 2016-2018 |
SASPRO-Marie Curie Fellowship of the Slovak Academy of Sciences |
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PI of project "Development of scanning tunneling microscopy simulation tools for spin transport" |
| 2017 |
Hungarian State Eötvös Fellowship of the Tempus Public Foundation |
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PI of project "Donor and acceptor centers in graphene imaged by scanning tunneling microscopy" |
| 2016 |
Hungarian State Eötvös Fellowship of the Tempus Public Foundation |
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PI of project "Position dependent damping in spin dynamics from first principles" |
| 2015 |
Hungarian State Eötvös Fellowship of the Hungarian Scholarship Board |
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PI of project "Spin transport simulations at the nanoscale" |
| 2011-2014 |
János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
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PI of project "Electron transport simulation in magnetic nanostructures" |
| 2011-2014 |
Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA) Postdoctoral Fellowship |
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PI of project "Theoretical studies on magnetic nanostructures" |
| 2009-2011 |
Zoltán Magyary Postdoctoral Fellowship, Hungary |
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PI of project "Theoretical study of electric transport properties of magnetic hybrid nanomaterials" |
| 2007 |
MSc Finance Student of the Year, University of Liverpool |
| 2006-2007 |
University of Liverpool Alumni Scholarship |
| 2004 |
EU Descartes Research Prize finalist (member of the CSNM-team in Vienna) |
| 2001 |
Joint scholarship of Budapest University of Technology and Economics & Vienna University of Technology |
Scientific output:
ResearcherID: C-5338-2009
ORCID profile
Scopus profile
Google Scholar profile
Researchgate profile
MTMT Publications Database
57 invited talks at scientific events:
| 2025 May |
Joint Meeting of the Vacuum Physics, Technology and Applications Group of the Hungarian Physical Society, the Hungarian Vacuum Society, and the Surface Chemistry and Nanostructures, and the Electronic Devices and Technologies Committees of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary |
| 2025 January |
Colloquium in relation to the defence of Zhiwei Lu at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2024 July |
XI Conference on Nanotechnology (NANO 2024), Lublin, Poland |
| 2024 April |
Seminar at the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| 2024 April |
Physics Colloquium at the University of Ulsan, Ulsan, Republic of Korea |
| 2024 March |
Physics Colloquium at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland |
| 2024 February |
International Meeting: Vienna Ab-initio Simulation Package (VASP) and Applications, Évora, Portugal (ONLINE) |
| 2024 January |
Joint Colloquium of Physics and Chemistry at the Technical University of Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany |
| 2023 September |
2023 IEEE 13th International Conference Nanomaterials: Applications & Properties, Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 2023 July |
2 seminars at the School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China |
| 2023 May |
Joint Meeting of the Surface Chemistry and Nanostructures, Catalysis, and Colloid Chemistry Committees of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary |
| 2022 January |
Surface Science Discussions 2022, Poznań, Poland (ONLINE) |
| 2020 November |
Condensed Matter Physics Meeting, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary (ONLINE) |
| 2019 December |
Korea + Europe Early/Mid-career Workshop, Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| 2019 December |
Seminar at the Center for Quantum Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| 2019 December |
1 seminar + 1 tutorial at the Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Pohang, Republic of Korea |
| 2019 May |
Joint Workshop on the Preparation, Structure, Magnetic and Transport Properties of Advanced Materials and Nanostructures, Visegrád, Hungary |
| 2019 March |
Seminar of the Surface Chemistry and Nanostructures Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary |
| 2018 November |
Seminar at the Surface Science Research Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK |
| 2018 November |
Theoretical Chemistry Colloquium at the Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany |
| 2018 July |
Seminar at the Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, China |
| 2018 July |
Seminar at the International Centre for Quantum and Molecular Structures (ICQMS), Shanghai University, Shanghai, China |
| 2018 July |
Lecture for New Graduate Students at the International Centre for Quantum and Molecular Structures (ICQMS), Shanghai University, Shanghai, China |
| 2018 July |
NANO KOREA Symposium 2018, Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| 2018 July |
Theory of Heterointerfaces and Surfaces (THIS) 2018 Workshop, Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| 2018 February |
Final Whole Action Meeting, EU COST Action MP1306, Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2018 February |
Seminar at the Department of Theoretical Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary |
| 2017 November |
Seminar at the Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria |
| 2017 June |
IFIMAC-Seminar at the Department of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Autonomous University, Madrid, Spain |
| 2017 April |
Seminar at the Department of Experimental Physics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 2017 February |
Work Group Meeting Spectroscopy, EU COST Action MP1306, Athens, Greece |
| 2016 November |
Seminar of the Surface Chemistry and Nanostructures Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary |
| 2016 November |
Theory of Heterointerfaces and Surfaces (THIS) 2016 Winter School, Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| 2016 September |
Seminar at the CEA Saclay, Saclay, France |
| 2016 July |
4th MSNano Conference on recent advances in the multiple scattering approach to spectroscopies, Rennes, France |
| 2016 April |
Seminar at the Institute of Physics, Marie Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland |
| 2015 November |
Seminar at the Institute of Physics, University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France |
| 2015 July |
Seminar at the CNR-SPIN L'Aquila-Chieti, Chieti, Italy |
| 2015 May |
IAP-Seminar at the Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria |
| 2015 February |
International High-resolution AFM/STM Imaging Workshop, Prague, Czech Republic |
| 2014 November |
Seminar at the Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology (IEMN), University of Lille 1, Lille, France |
| 2014 November |
Seminar at the Institute of Physics, University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France |
| 2014 September |
1st Whole Action Meeting, EU COST Action MP1306, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium |
| 2014 May |
Seminar at the Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic |
| 2014 March |
Seminar at the Surface Science Research Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK |
| 2013 October |
Seminar at the CNR-SPIN L'Aquila-Chieti, Chieti, Italy |
| 2013 May |
New Results in Condensed Matter Physics Workshop, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary |
| 2012 June |
Seminar at the Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany |
| 2012 January |
ViCoM-Seminar at the Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria |
| 2011 September |
Seminar at the Surface Science Research Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK |
| 2010 September |
Seminar at the Surface Science Research Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK |
| 2009 July |
Seminar at the Research Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary |
| 2007 October |
Seminar at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary |
| 2007 October |
Seminar at the Chemical Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary |
| 2005 October |
Connex II: Computational Materials Science of Nanostructures Workshop, Vienna, Austria |
82 contributed talks
18 contributed posters
83 co-authored conference contributions
Last modified: 10 Sep 2025
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