CURRICULUM VITAE
Prof. MÁRTA POLGÁRI (Ph.D. C.Sc. D.Sc.)
Scientific advisor, senior research fellow
Address:
Pócsmegyer-Surány, Hungary
Date and place of birth: Budapest, 1956.
Tel: (36)-1-3092600/1258 (office)
Telafax; (36)-1-3193137 (office)
Cellular: 06-209-284650
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Citizenship:Hungarian
Languages:Hungarian, English
Profession: Geologist, Ph.D, C.Sc, D.Sc. of Earth Sciences
Academic training:Faculty of Natural Science, Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest
1975-1980 graduated with distinction as research geologist in 1980
Diploma work:Comparative Petrographic and Mineralogical Study of the Alluvium of the Maros and Körös Rivers – Budapest, 1980
Post-graduate training:
1981-1983 Doctor's thesis: Geochemical Study of the Úrkút Manganese Carbonate Ores and the Related Formations – József Attila University, Szeged
1983-1992 Candidate of geosciences (Ph. D., H.A.S., 1992) Thesis: Manganese geochemistry reflected by black shale formation and diagenetic processes - Model of formation of the carbonatic manganese ore of Úrkút
2010 Doctor of Academy (DSc)
Name and address of employer: Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciencesm, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Budapest, Budaörsi str. 45.
H-1112
Hungary
Present position:scientific adviser, senior research fellow
Research experiences:
during university years:
- sedimentary petrology
- laser spectroscopy of minerals
- canning electron microscopy of minerals
in the Laboratory for Geochemical Research:
- electron microprobe studies on various ores (manganese ores, bauxites, etc.)
- geochemistry of sedimentary manganese ore deoposits
- black shales
- natural zeolites
- geomicrobiology
- cathodoluminescence methods
Professional affiliation:
- member of the Hungarian Geological Society (1980-)
- secretary of the Hungarian National Committee of IGCP (International Geological Correlation Programme) (1994-2000)
- IAGOD member (International Association of Geology of Ore Deposits) 2005-
- IAGC member (International Association of GeoChemistry) 2008-
- secretary of Scientific Committee „Geonomy” of Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2008-
Participation in international research programmes:
IGCP (International Geological Correlation Programme) Project No. 111. (Genesis of Manganese Ore Deposits) 1980-1985.
IGCP Project No. 226. (Correlation of Manganese Sedimentation to Paleoenvironments) 1986-1991.
IGCP Project No. 254. (Metalliferous Black Shales) l987-1992. as the leader of the Hungarian working group
IGCP Project No. 318. (Genesis and Correlation of Marine Polymetallic Oxides) 1992-1996 as the leader of the Hungarian working group
IGCP Project No. 357. (Organics and Mineral Deposits) 1993-1997.
IGCP Project No. 429. (Organics in Major Environmental Issues) 1998-2002. as the leader of the Hungarian working group
Scientific grants:
Hungarian Science Foundation
OTKA 4067 (1991-1994)
OTKA 032140 (2000-2003).
OTKA M 045792 (2003)
OMFB-01680/2006
OTKA-NKTH T K 68992 (2007-2011)
PUBLICATIONS
Total number of publications:60
From that first author:22
Books:4
English publication:56
In SCI journal:20
Citations:350
From that SCI citation:80
Cummulative impact factor:24
List of selected publications
Books
Polgári, M., Szabó, Z., Szederkényi, T. (Eds.). (2000). Manganese Ores in Hungary – In commemoration of professor Gyula Grasselly - Mangánércek Magyarországon - Grasselly Gyula akadémikus emlékére. Published by: Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Juhász Publish House, Szeged, Hungary, pp.675.
Polgári, M. (1993). Manganese geochemistry reflected by black shale formation and diagenetic processes - Model of formation of the carbonatic manganese ore of Úrkút - A Mn geokémiája a feketepala képződés és a diagenetikus folyamatok tükrében - Az úrkúti karbonátos mangánérc képződési modellje). Special series of Hungarian Geological Institute, Polgári, M. (ed.) and Fórizs, I. (technical ed.) Karpati Publish House, Uzsgorod, pp. 211.
List of selected papers
Polgári M, Hein JR, Vigh T, Szabó-Drubina M, Fórizs I, Bíró L, Müller A, Tóth L Microbial processes and the origin of the Úrkút manganese deposit, Hungary ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS47 :pp. 87-109. (2012)
Polgári M, Gutzmer J Manganese metallogenesis. Introduction to the special issue preface ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS47:pp. 1-4.(2012)
Polgári M, Hein J R, Tóth A L, Pál-Molnár E, Vigh T, Bíró L, Fintor K Microbial action formed Jurassic Mn-carbonate ore deposit in only a few hundred years (Úrkút, Hungary) GEOLOGY 40:(10) pp. 903-906.(2012)
Bíró L,Polgári M, Pál-Molnár E The revaluation of the drillings of the manganese mineralization in Eplény (Hungary) CARPATHIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES7:(3)pp. 109-117.(2012)
Bíró L,Polgári M, M Tóth T, Vigh T Refinement of genetic and structural models of the Úrkút manganese ore deposit (W-Hungary, Europe) using statistical evaluation of archive data CENTRAL EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES4:(3)pp. 478-494.(2012)
Bíró L., Polgári M., M. Tóth T. (2011): Geochemical classification of oxidized Mn-ores form Úrkút (W Hungary) and its consequences to ore genetics, Central European Geology, 54, 3, 249– 260.
Götze, J., Müller A, Polgári M, Pál-Molnár E. (2011): Biosignaturen in Achat/Chalcedon – die Rolle von Mikroorganismen bei der Bildung von SiO2. Mineralien Welt, 22, 1, 90-96.
Müller A,Polgári M, Pál-Molnár E 10. Biosignatures in agate/chalcedony and the role of microorganisms in the formation of silica In: Zens J, Götz J (szerk.) AGATES III: Agate - fascination between legend and science Berlin:Berlin Verlag,2011.pp. 120-128.(ISBN:978-3942588-065)
Polgári M, Hein J R, Tóth M, Brukner-Wein A, Vigh T, Bíró L, Cserháti C Genesis of a regionally widespread celadonitic chert ironstone bed overlying upper Lias manganese deposits, Hungary JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY167:(2)pp. 313-328.(2010)
Polgári M, B. Bajnóczi, V. Kovács Kis, J. Götze, G. Dobosi, M. Tóth, T. Vigh (2007): Mineralogical and cathodoluminescence characteristics of Ca-rich kutnohorite from the Úrkút Mn-carbonate mineralization, Hungary. Mineralogical Magazine, 71, 5, 493–508
Polgári M, Tazaki K, Watanabe H, Vigh T, Gucsik A. (2006): Geochemical aspect of chemolithoautotrophic bacterial activity in the role of black shale hosted Mn mineralization, Jurassic age, Hungary, Europe. Clay Science, 12, suppl. 2, 233-239.
Polgári M, Philippe M, Szabó-Drubina M, Tóth M. (2005): Manganese-impregnated wood from a Toarcian manganese ore deposit, Eplény Mine, Bakony Mts, Transdanubia, Hungary Neues Jahrbuch Geol. Paläont. Mh., 175-192.
Polgári M, Szabó Z, Szabó-Drubina M, Hein R.J, YehH-W. (2005): A porous silica rock („Tripoli”) in the footwall of the Jurassic Úrkút manganese deposit, Hungary: composition, and origin through carbonate dissolution. Sedimentary Geology,177, 87-96.
Polgári, M., Szabó-Drubina, M., Hein, J. R., Szabó, Z. (2003): Analysis of an archive sample from the carbonatic manganese ore sequence, Eplény, Hungary. Bull. Hung. Geol. Soc., 133, 1, 21-35.
Polgári, M., Szabó-Drubina, M., Hein, J. R. (2003): Phosphogenesis in Jurassic black shale-hosted Mn-carbonate deposits, Úrkút and Eplény, Hungary: Investigations on archive sample drillcore Úrkút-136. Bull. Hung. Geol. Soc.,133, 1, 37-48.
Pantó, Gy., Demény, A., Polgári M. (1996): Genesis of secondary Mn-oxide ores in the Úrkút deposit, Hungary: An oxygen isotope study. Mineralium Deposita, 31, 238-241.
Grasselly, Gy., Balogh, Kad., Tóth, M., Polgári M. (1994): K/Ar age of manganese oxide ore of Úrkút, Hungary: Ar retention in K-bearing Mn-minerals. Geologica Carpathica,45, 6, 365-373.
Polgári, M. (1993): Manganese geochemistry reflected by black shale formation and diagenetic processes - Model of formation of the carbonatic manganese ore of Úrkút. A MÁFI alkalmi kiadványa, Polgári, M. (ed.) Kárpáti Kiadó, Ungvár, 106-211.
Polgári, M., Molák, B., Surova, É. (1992): An organic geochemical study to compare Jurassic black shale hosted manganese-carbonate deposits: Úrkút, Hungary, and Branisko Mountains, East Slovakia. Explor. Mining Geol.,l, l, 63-67.
Polgári, M., Okita, P.M., Hein, J.R. (1991): Stable Isotope Evidence for the Origin of the Úrkút Manganese Ore Deposit, Hungary. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology,61, 3, 384-393.
Cronan, D. S., Galácz, A., Mindszenty, A., Moorby, S.A., Polgári, M. (1991): Tethyan Ferromanganese Oxide Deposits from the Hungarian Jurassic. Journal of the Geological Society, London,148, 655-668.
15 Hungarian papers
60 abstracts in abstract volumes