Dudits Dénes's Biography

Dudits Dénes, Research Professor, Biological Research Center, Hungary

Professor Dénes Dudits is the Vice President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, responsible for Life Sciences. He is an expert in agriculture with special emphasis on plant breeding and related innovations based on molecular biology and gene technology. His research group produced the first transgenic plants in Hungary (1986), and he coordinated nationwide projects to improve drought-tolerance of cereals for adaptation to climatic changes. He served as Director General of the Biological Research Centre HAS for 13 years in Szeged.
He was honoured by the Széchenyi Prize from the Hungarian State and the Ányos Jedlik Inventor Prize.
Internationally he is member of the Academia Europea and the European Molecular Biology Organisation. He was also member of the Board of Directors of the International Society of Plant Molecular Biology, the ICRO Council and the European Plant Science Organisation. He received the Körber European Scientific Prize.
His scientific publications have a total impact factor of 328, 4025 citations, Hirsch index 35, and he is the owner of 7 patents.