HUN-REN EPSS Researcher Wins Humboldt Research Fellowship

07.02.2025

Levente Patkó, a researcher at the HUN-REN Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science (HUN-REN EPSS), has been awarded the prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowship, sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

The esteemed Humboldt Research Fellowship supports individuals conducting advanced scientific research at German universities and research institutes, as noted on the HUN-REN EPSS website.

As a recipient of the Humboldt Fellowship, Levente Patkó will conduct research at Goethe University Frankfurt over the next two years, from January 2025 to December 2026. The planned research programme aims to investigate the petrogenesis, thermal and redox evolution, and structure of the lithospheric mantle beneath the northern Pannonian Basin.

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