Péter Török (biologist)

Péter Török (born 22 October 1979) is a Hungarian biologist. He completed his Ph.D. degree in botany from the University of Debrecen, where he is the principal investigator of the MTA-DE Lendület Functional and Restoration Ecology Research Group.,[1] supported jointly by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) and the University of Debrecen (DE). He is a founder and the co-president (2019-2021) of the Young Academy of Hungary.[2] In 2016 he was awarded by the title ‘Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences’.[3] He is a member of the Young Academy of Europe (2017-),[4] the council of the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS, 2019-), and one of the chairs of its European Dry Grassland working group (2011-).[5] He was a board member in the European Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER)[6]

Péter Török
Péter Török
Born (1979-10-22) 22 October 1979
Körmend, Hungary
EducationPhD in Botany
AwardsYouth Award HAS (2014)
Scientific career
FieldsBotanist
InstitutionsMTA-DE Lendület Functional and Restoration Ecology Research Group University of Debrecen

Research areas
  • Dynamical processes in plant communities
  • Biodiversity of Palaearctic grasslands
  • Grassland restoration and management
  • Seed banks and spatial dispersal of vascular plants
  • Functional diversity of phytoplankton and benthic diatom communities.

Bibliography

References
  1. "MTA-DE Lendület Functional and Restoration Ecology Research Group". Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  2. "Founding of the Hungarian Young Academy". 9 May 2019. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  3. "MTA doktora címben részesültek (2011-től)". 12 January 2016. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  4. "Péter Török at The Young Academy of Europe". 18 April 2017. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  5. "Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG)". Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  6. "European Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration Annual Report 2015" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-07-06.


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