Publications
-Fekete-Kertész, I., Stirling, T., Vaszita, E., Berkl, Zs., Farkas, É., Hedwig, S., Remmen, K., Lenz, M., Molnár, M., Feigl, V (2023) Ecotoxicity attenuation by acid-resistant nanofiltration in scandium recovery from TiO2 production waste. ON THE LOCATION. HELION 9(4), Paper: e15512. DOI:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15512.
-Favier, L., Simion, AI, Hlihor, RM, Fekete-Kertész, I., Molnár, M., Harja, M., Vial, C. (2023) Intensification of the photodegradation efficiency of an emergent water pollutant through process conditions optimization by means of response surface methodology. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 328, Paper: 116928. DOI:doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116928.
-Berkl, Zs., Fekete-Kertész, I., Buda, K., Vaszita, E., Fenyvesi, É., Szente, L., Molnár, M. (2022) Effect of cyclodextrins on the biofilm formation capacity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1, MOLECULES 27, 3603. DOI:10.3390/ molecules27113603.
-Fekete-Kertész, I., László, K., Terebesi, Cs., Gyarmati, BS, Farah, S., Márton, R., Molnár, M. (2020) Ecotoxicity Assessment of Graphene Oxide by Daphnia magna through a Multimarker Approach from the Molecular to the Physiological Level including Behavioral Changes, NANOMATERIALS 10(10) 2048. DOI:10.3390/nano10102048.
-Fekete-Kertész, I., Piszmán, D., Molnár, M. (2017) Particle size and concentration dependent ecotoxicity of nano- and microscale TiO2 ─ comparative study by different aquatic test organisms of different trophic levels. WATER, AIR & SOIL POLLUTION 228:245.
-Gruiz, K., Fekete-Kertész, I., Kunglné-Nagy, Zs., Hajdu, Cs., Feigl, V., Vaszita, E., Molnár, M. (2016) Direct toxicity assessment – Methods, evaluation, interpretation. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 563–564, 803–12. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.007.
Awards
2023: Hungarian Academy of Sciences's Reintegration grant for scientist raising small children by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, II. category
2022: "Back to science!" Scholarship to support the writing of scientific publications for university lecturers raising small children. Budapest University of Technology and Economics.
by: Budapest University of Technology and Economics
2022: Life and Science - BME - Pro Progressio science popularization article competition: researcher-educator category II. fee. "An elephant from a flea? – Environmental toxicology of nanomaterials" (In English: Life and Science - BME - Pro Progressio science-popularization article competition: researcher category II. prize. "Making a mountain out of a molehill? - Environmental toxicology of nanomaterials")
2019: Budapest University of Technology and Economics's "Quality Management of Education - Best 100 Professors' List": 30th place.
2018: Budapest University of Technology and Economics's "Quality Management of Education - Best 100 Professors' List": 41st place.
2017: Best publication award; 3rd World Congress on New Technologies (NewTech'17), Research topic: The combined ecotoxicity of nTiO2 and coexisting micropollutants in the aquatic ecosystem.
2016 – 2017: New National Excellence Programme Scholarship; Research topic: The combined effect of biologically active micro-pollutants and nano titanium dioxide - physiological responses at different levels of the aquatic ecosystem
2015 : COST Action Grant (COST-STSM-ECOST-STSM-TD1107-010915-068190); Research topic: Effect of biochar and compost soil amendment additives on N2O emissions in acidic sandy soils. Research location: Bioforsk Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research
2013: Best presentation Award - 3rd place; Environmental Sciences Conference of PhD Students.
06.06.2013 Budapest, Fekete-Kertész, I., Molnár, M, Nagy, Zs. M., Eller, N., Gruiz, K. Ecotoxicological assessment of micropollutants with Daphnia magna heartbeat rate test. (In Hungarian)
2013: PhD Poster Award; AquaConsoil 2013 - 12th International UFZ-Deltares Conference on Groundwater-Soil-Systems and Water Resource Management. Research topic: Ecotoxicological methods for monitoring the effects of micropollutants in waters
2012: Pro Progressio Research Scholarship; Research topic: Demonstration of the sensitivity of the Daphnia magna heart rate test to aquatic micro-pollutants. Development of an environmental risk management toolkit with a focus on soil remediation technologies using waste. Place of research: Budapest University of Technology and Economics - Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science
Projects
-OTKA_K_143571 (December 2022 - ) - Fellow researcher: Surface activity of graphene derivatives modified with heteroatoms (Budapest University of Technology and Economics), Project leader: László Krisztina Nagyné. National Research, Development and Innovation Office (HUF 47,510)
-ELECTRA H2020 (January 2019 - December 2022) - Fellow researcher: Electricity driven Low Energy and Chemical input Technology for Accelerated Bioremediation. Funded by the European Union. https://www.electra.site (€7,301,140.18)
-OTKA_K_128410 (September 2018 - ) - Fellow researcher: Responses of carbon nanoparticles to environmental effects; graphene oxides National Research, Development and Innovation Office (HUF 39,844)
-VKE_17 (March 2018 - February 2021) - Fellow researcher: Participating researcher: Development of metagenomics-based vaccines for in-situ bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with support of a new online monitoring system (NKFIH 4283-1/2017VKE_17), Funded by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH 4283-1/2017VKE_17).
-OTKA 125093 (October 2017 - September 2020) - Fellow researcher: Cyclodextrin-based traps for bacterial communication. Project leader: Lajos Szente. Funding: National Research, Development and Innovation Office (HUF 35,400)
-TÉT_FR_16 (January 2017 - December 2018) - Fellow researcher: Development and application of an innovative technology for the removal of organic micro-pollutants. Project leader: Viktoria Feigl. Funding: National Research, Development and Innovation Office (HUF 1,716)
-SCALE H2020 Project (December 2016 - May 2021) - Fellow researcher: Production of Scandium compounds and Scandium Aluminum alloys from European metallurgical by-products (H2020-EU.3.5.3). Funding: European Union. http://scale-project.eu/ (€7,706,625)
-TERRA PRETA Project (July 2014 - October 2016) - Fellow researcher: Application of biochar and bacterial soil fertilizer for the improvement of degraded acidic sandy soils; Project host: BioFil Microbiology, Genetic Engineering and Biochemistry Ltd. Green Industry Innovation Program - EEA Grants and Norway Grants (229,414,543.71 HUF)
-SOILUTIL Project (September 2009 - January 2014) - Fellow researcher: Soil improvement with waste (National Technology Programme, Liveable and Sustainable Environment; TECH_09-A4-2009-0129). http://www.soilutil.hu/en
-CD-FILTER Project (January 2009 - January 2012) - Fellow researcher: Targeted removal of aquatic micro-pollutants from drinking water using cyclodextrin-based filters (National Technology Programme, Liveable and Sustainable Environment; TECH_08-A4/2-2008-0161) . http://www.cdfilter.hu/
Conferences
Oral presentations:
-Fekete-Kertész, I., László Nagyné, K., Németh, I., Molnár, M. An elephant from fleas? – Environmental toxicology of nanoparticles. Life and Science Article Competition 2022 Award Ceremony. 20.06.2022 Budapest.
-Fekete-Kertész, I., Molnár, M., Environmental toxicology methods for predicting the environmental risk of biologically active micro-pollutants in aquatic ecosystems. Budapest University of Technology and Economics ─ PhD Conference, 2016. 2016.02.09. Budapest.
-Fekete-Kertész, I., Molnár, M, Nagy, Zs. M., Gruiz, K. Characterization of the environmental risk of micro-pollutants using the Daphnia magna heart rhythm test. György Oláh Doctoral School XI. Conference. 06.02.2014 Budapest
-Fekete-Kertész, I., Molnár, M, Nagy, Zs. M., Eller, N., Gruiz, K. Ecotoxicological assessment of micropollutants with Daphnia magna heartbeat rate test. Environmental Sciences Conference of PhD Students. 06.06.2013 Budapest
-Fekete-Kertész, I., Molnár, M., Nagy, Zs. M., Eller, N., Fenyvesi, É., Gruiz, K. Investigation of the effect of micro-pollutants appearing in our waters using environmental toxicology methods. Technical Chemistry Days '12. 25/04/2012 Veszprém.
Poster presentations:
-Fekete-Kertész, I., Molnár, M., Berkl, Zs., Németh, I., Tóth, Zs., Bordohányi, Á., Fenyvesi, É., Szente, Sz. Quorum quenching effect of cyclodextrins on the pigment production of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 6th European Conference on Cyclodextrins. Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 02.10.2019 – 04.10.2019
-Fekete-Kertész, I., Feigl, V., Molnár, M., Favier, L. Direct Toxicity Assessment of Micropollutant Solutions Treated with TiO2 Assisted Photodegradation. 7th European Bioremediation Conference & 11th ISEB Conference, Chania, Greece, June 25 – 28, 2018.
-Fekete-Kertész, I., Bus, K., Várnai, K., Lukács, F., Molnár, M. The combined ecotoxicity of nTiO2 and coexisting micropollutants in the aquatic ecosystem. Proceedings of the 3rd World Congress on New Technologies (NewTech'17) Rome, Italy – June 6 – 8, 2017. Paper No. ICEPR 172. ISSN: 2369-8128. DOI: 10.11159/icepr17.172.
-Fekete-Kertész, I., Bus, K., Várnai, K., Dulácska, Á., Molnár, M. The combined ecotoxicity of nTiO2 and coexisting micropollutants in the aquatic ecosystem. 9th Eastern European Young Water Professionals Conference IWA YWP, 24-27 May 2017, Budapest, Hungary. ISBN: 978-963-313-256-2.
-Fekete-Kertész, I., Stirling, T., Ullmann, O., Farkas, É., Kirchkeszner, Cs., Feigl, V., Molnár, M. How does experimental design modify the result of Daphnia magna heartbeat rate test? – Analyzes of factors affecting the sensitivity of the test system. 10th ISEB Conference 2016. Barcelona, Spain, 2016.06.01.-2016.06.03.
-Fekete-Kertész, I., Gruiz, K., Molnár, M. Toxicity of nano-titanium and inorganic micropollutants to aquatic life. Poster presentation at AQUACONSOIL 2015: 13th International UFZ-Deltares Conference on GroundwaterSoil-Systems and Water Resources Management. Copenhagen, Denmark, 09.06.2015 - 12.06.2015.
-Fekete-Kertész, I., Molnár, M., Nagy, Zs.M., Eller, N., Fenyvesi, É., Gruiz, K., 2013. Ecotoxicological methods for monitoring the effects of micropollutants in waters. Poster presentation at AQUACONSOIL 2013: 12th International UFZ-Deltares Conference on Groundwater-Soil-Systems and Water Resources Management. Barcelona, Spain, 16.04.2013-19.04.2013.
Other activities
2022 - : Member of the MTA public body, Committee on Ecology
Participation in the organization of the VBK 145 Scientific Symposium (145th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE FACULTY OF PHYSICAL ENGINEERING AND BIOMETERING). 2018
Guest editor - Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering - Special issue of the Faculty of Chemical and Bioengineering celebrating 150 years of its existence. 2023