Balázs Gulyás and Zsolt Szalay Receive the Jedlik Ányos Prize

The Jedlik Ányos Prize recognises outstanding achievements in innovation, as well as excellence and effectiveness in the fields of intellectual property protection and copyright. First awarded in 1996 to mark the centenary of the Hungarian patent system, the prize has since been presented to 147 distinguished professionals, including this year’s five recipients, as noted by Szabolcs Farkas, President of HIPO.

Among this year’s awardees are two senior leaders of HUN-REN. Balázs Gulyás, President of the network, is a Széchenyi Prize-winning research professor. Early in his career, he made some pioneering contributions to the fields of visual neuroscience and the functional mapping of the human brain using positron emission tomography (PET). His work later expanded to molecular neuroimaging, neurological and psychiatric diseases and their “humanised” animal disease models. He is currently investigating the neurobiological foundations of the human brain’s extraordinary capacities. Over the course of his career, he has published more than 300 scientific papers, authored or edited 14 books, and contributed to the development of more than 20 patents.

Zsolt Szalay, Scientific Vice-President for Engineering and Natural Sciences at HUN-REN, is an Associate Professor and the head of the Department of Automotive Technologies at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Throughout his academic career, he has been committed to bridging the gap between university research and industrial commercialization. He specialises in the verification and validation of advanced automotive technologies, uniquely integrating virtual and physical testing methodologies for vehicle cyber-physical systems.