CURRICULUM VITAE
Prof. MÁRTA POLGÁRI (Ph.D. C.Sc. Ds. C.)
Scientific advisor, senior research fellow
Address:
Budapest, Hungary
Date and place of birth: Budapest, 1956.
Tel: (36)-1-3092600/1258 (office)
Telafax; (36)-1-3193137 (office)
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Citizenship: Hungarian
Languages: Hungarian, English
Profession: Geologist, Ph.D, C.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 Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Budapest, Budaörsi str. 45.
H-1112
Hungary
Eszterházy Károly University, Dept. of Natural Geography and Geoinformatics, 3300 Eger, Leányka str. 6/C, Hungary (2014-)
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 Institute 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-
- Editor on field of geomicrobiology, Central European Journal of Geosciences, 2014-
Awards:
1982 Prize of Youth given by the Hungarian Geological Society
1992 Szádeczky-Kardoss Elemér Foundation, 1st Award
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 (2007-2012)
PUBLICATIONS
Total number of publications: 69
From that first author: 30
Books: 4
Book chapters: 6
English publication: 60
In SCI journal: 26
Citations: 694
From that SCI citation: 239
Cummulative impact factor: 40
Books:
Polgári M, Bíró L, Szabó I. Az eplényi mangánérc (Manganese ores of Eplény) Szeged: SZTE TTIK Földrajzi és Földtani Tanszékcsoport, 2012. 143p. (GeoLitera) (ISBN:978-963-306-124-4)
Bíró L., Polgári M., M. Tóth T., Kovács J., Kanuer J., Vigh T. (2009): Az úrkúti mangánérc archív adatainak reambulációja. Reambulation of Archive Data of the Úrkút Manganese Deposit. GeoLitera Publisher, Szeged, ISBN 978-963-482-918-8, pp. 106.
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.
Book chapters
Biró L, Polgári M, M Tóth T A bakonyi mangánérc-bányászat fúrásainak komplex újraértékelése In: Unger J, Pál-Molnár E (szerk.) Geoszférák (2013) A Szegedi Tudományegyetem Földtudományok Doktori Iskola és a Környezettudományi Doktori Iskola (Környezeti geográfia program) eredményei. 238 p. Szeged: SZTE TTIK Földrajzi és Földtani Tanszékcsoport, 2014. pp. 53-76. (GeoLitera)
Müller A, Polgári M, Pál-Molnár E. (2011): 10. Biosignatures in agate/chalcedony and the role of microorganisms in the formation of silica. In: Johann Zenz; Jens Götze (Eds.) AGATES III, Agate - fascination between legend and science. Bode-Verlag, Berlin. 120-128.
Polgári M, Arnold Gucsik, Bernadett Bajnóczi, Jens Götze, Kazue Tazaki, Hirouki Watanabe, Tamás Vigh (2009): Astrobiological aspect of chemolithoautotrophic bacterial activity in the role of black shale-hosted Mn mineralization and cathodoluminescence study of high Mn-bearing carbonates. In Gucsik A (ed) Cathodoluminescense and its aplication in the planetary sciences. Springer, 127-157.
Polgári M., Sajgó Cs., Tóth M., Bruknerné Wein A., Németh T., Sipos P., Szabó Z., Vigh T. (2006): A csinger-patak mederüledékének komplex ásványtani és geokémiai vizsgálata - Complex mineralogical and geochemical investigation of alluvial material of Csinger creek. Magyarország környezetgeokémiai állapota. 2006 Environmental geochemical state of Hungary Kiadja: MTA Földtudományok Osztálya, Környezetgeokémiai Albizottság. Felelős kiadó Nagy Béla osztálytitkár, Ed: Szendrei Géza. Innova Print Kft. Budapest, 139-149.
Pantó, Gy., Polgári, M., Tomschey, O. (2003): Bioesszenciális elemek körforgalmának geokémiai alapjai. Anyagáramlások és hatásaik a természetben. Magyarország az ezredfordulón. Stratégiai tanulmányok a Magyar Tudományos Akadémián. Műhelytanulmányok. Szerk: Glatz Ferenc, MTA Társadalomkutató Központ, 113-151.
Polgári, M., Fórizs, I., Máthé, Z., Tóth, M., Pécsi-Donáth, É. (1997): Geoautoclave-type zeolitization in the Miocene rhyolite tuff, Mecsek Mts. SW Hungary - In: Natural Zeolites - Sofia, 95 - Kirov, G.L., Filizova and O. Petrov (eds.) p. 227-240.
List of papers published in English
Rajabzadeh MA, Haddad F, Polgári M, Fintor K, Walter H, Molnár Z, Gyollai I Investigation on the role of microorganisms in manganese mineralization from Abadeh-Tashk area, Fars Province, southwestern Iran by using petrographic and geochemical data ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS 80: pp. 229-249. (2017)
Molnár, Zs., Polgári, M., Hein, JR., Józsa, S., Fekete, J., Gyollai, I., Fintor, K., Bíró, L., Szabó, M., Rapi, S., Forgó, P., Vigh T. (2016) Fe-Mn oxide indications in the feeder and mound zone of the Jurassic Mn-carbonate ore deposit, Úrkút, Hungary. Ore Geology Reviews. DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.11.005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.11.005
Polgári, M., Bérczi, Sz., Horiuchi, K.., Matsuzaki, H., Kovács, K., Józsa, J., Bendő, Zs., Fintor, K., Fekete, J., Homonnay, Z., Kuzmann, E., Gucsik, A., Gyollai, I., Kovács, J., Dódony, I. (2016) Characterization and 10Be content of iron carbonate concretions for genetic aspects - Weathering, desert varnish or burning: rim effects in iron carbonate concretions. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity (in press)
Polgári, M., Hein, J. R., Bíró, L., Gyollai, I., Németh, T., Sajgó, Cs., Fekete, J., Schwark, L., Pál-Molnár, E., Vido, M., Vigh, T., Mineral and chemostratigraphy of a Toarcian black shale hosting Mn-carbonate microbialites (Úrkút, Hungary). Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 459, 99-120. (2016)
Polgári, M., Németh, T., Pál-Molnár, E., Futó, I., Vigh, T., Mojzsis, J.S., Correlated chemostratigraphy of Mn-carbonate microbialites (Úrkút, Hungary). Gondwana Research 29, 1, 278-289. (2016)
Bodor S, Polgári M, Szentpétery I, Földessy J Microbially mediated iron ore formation, Silicic Superunit, Rudabánya, Hungary ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS 72:(P1) pp. 391-401. (2016)
Bíró L, Polgári M, M Tóth T, Vígh T, Kávási N, Sahoo S K Terrestrial radioisotopes as paleoenvironmental proxies in sedimentary formations JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY 306:(1) pp. 289-293. (2015)
Gyollai I, Polgári M, Fintor K, Popp F, Mader D, Pál.Molnár E, Nagy Sz, Koeberl C Microbially mediated deposition of postglacial transition layers from the Neoproterozoic Otavi Group, Namibia: evidence of rapid deglaciation after the Sturtian cryogenic period CARPATHIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 10:(1) pp. 63-76. (2015)
Gyollai I, Mader D, Polgari M, Popp F, Koeberl C Lack of evidence for impact signatures in Neoproterozoic postglacial deposits from NW-Namibia AUSTRIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES 102:(2) pp. 100-111. (2014)
Gyollai I, Polgári M, Veres M, Nagy Sz, Popp F, Mader D, Koeberl C Evidence of microbial activity involved with Neoproterozoic postglacial sediments from the Otavi Group, Namibia: a study of Sturtian oolitic carbonate sandstone with spectroscopic methods COMMUNICATIONS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA 15: pp. 117-133. (2014)
Polgári M, Hein JR, Németh T, Pál-Molnár E, Vigh T. Celadonite and smectite formation in the Úrkút Mn-carbonate ore deposit (Hungary) SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY 294: pp. 157-163. (2013)
Polgári M, Bíró L, Pál-Molnár E, Dobosi G, Bajnóczi B, Németh T, Kovács Kis V, Vigh T. Rhodochrosite-bearing concretions from a Jurassic Manganese ore mineralization – Úrkút, Hungary CARPATHIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 8:(4) pp. 139-146. (2013)
Vigh T, Kovács T, Somlai J, Kávási N, Polgári M, Bíró L. Terrestrial radioisotopes in black shale hosted Mn-carbonate deposit (Úrkút, Hungary) ACTA GEOPHYSICA 61:(4) pp. 831-847. (2013)
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 REVIEWS 47 :pp. 87-109.(2012)
Polgári M, Gutzmer J Manganese metallogenesis. Introduction to the special issue preface ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS 47: 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 SCIENCES 7:(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 GEOSCIENCES 4:(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 SOCIETY 167:(2) pp. 313-328. (2010)
Polgári M, Prochaska W, Beran A Alpine carbonate minig sites: Aspects of carbonate mineralizations related to the manganese mine of Úrkút, Hungary, the magnesite deposit of Veitsch and the siderite mine "Steirischer Erzberg", Austria ACTA MINERALOGICA PETROGRAPHICA Field guide series 4: pp. 1-16. (2010)
Müller A., Polgári M., Gucsik A., Nagy Sz., Veres M., Pál-Molnár E., Götze J., Cserháti C., Németh T., Hámor-Vidó M. (2009): Cathodoluminescent Features and Raman Spectroscopy of Miocene Hydrothermal Biomineralization embedded in Cryptocrystalline Silica Varieties, Central Europe, Hungary. Abstract volume, Conference on Micro Raman Spectroscopy and Luminescence Studies in the Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2-4 April, AIP Proceedings, 1163, CP1163, Micro-Raman Spectroscopy and Luminescence Studies in the Earth and Planetary Sciences (Gucsik A. (ed)., 2009, Mainz, 207-218.
Vigh T., Polgári M., Hein JR., Gucsik A., Koós M., Veres M., Tóth S., Tóth AL., Bíró L. (2009): Photoluminescence and Raman Spectroscopy of Jurassic Fe-Mn Oxide Rocks Forming Chimney System, Hungary. AIP Proceedings, 1163, CP1163, Micro-Raman Spectroscopy and Luminescence Studies in the Earth and Planetary Sciences (Gucsik A. (ed)., 219-230.
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., Szabó-Drubina M., Abonyi Tóth Zs. (2006). Role of hydrothermal supply and bacterial metal enrichment effects in black shale hosted Mn-carbonate mineralization, Úrkút, Hungary, Europe. 12. IAGOD Congress, Moscow, August 20-25, Russia, Abstract vol. 82-85.
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, Yeh H-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., Szabó Z. (2004): Theoretical model for the Mid-European Jurassic Mn-carbonate mineralization Úrkút, Hungary. Bulletin of Geosciences, Czech Geological Survey, 79, 1, 53-61.
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.
Polgári, M., Szabó-Drubina, M., Tóth, M., Szabó, Z., Abonyi Tóth, Zs. (2003): Submarine primary Sr-rich Mn-oxide mineralization in the Jurassic Transdanubian Range (Hungary), Proc. of the 7th Biennial SGA Meet. Athens/Greece/ 24-28 Aug. Eds.: Demetrios G. Eliopoulos et al., Millpress Rotterdam, Netherlands 1233-1236.
Polgári, M., Szabó-Drubina, M., Hein, J. R., Szabó, Z. (2002): Stable isotope evidence for the origin of the Jurassic Mn-carbonate ore of Eplény, Transdanubian Central Range, Hungary. Geologica Carpathica, 53, 100-102.
Polgári, M. (2001): Contribution of volcanic material?– A new aspect of the genesis of the black shale-hosted Jurassic Mn-carbonate ore formation, Úrkút Basin, Hungary. Acta Geologica Hungarica, 44, 4, 419-438.
Farkas, J., Szabó, Z., Polgári, M. (1999): Environmental effects of Toarcian manganese ores, Úrkút, Hungary. Proceedings of the 5th biennal SGA Meeting and the 10th Quadrennial IAGOD Meeting (London) United Kingdom, 22-25 August 1999, Mineral Deposits: Processes to Processing, Stanley et al. (eds), Balkeema, Rotterdam, 227-230.
Máthé, Z., Fórizs, I., Tóth, M., Polgári, M. (1997): Contributions to the Clay Mineralization and Zeolitization of the Miocene Tuffs in the Mecsek Mts., Hungary. Geologica Carpathica - Series Clays, 6, 1, 47-55.
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.