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Miklós Riedel
associate professor

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Personal data

Curriculum

• Born at 1939 in Budapest, graduated at the Eötvös University (chemistry and physics).
• Since 1963 with the staff of the Department of Physical Chemistry.
• MS 1968 (thesis: Thermal ion emission from tungsten)
• PhD 1979 (thesis: Secondary ion emission of concentrated alloys)

Family, hobbies

married with Ildiko Hobinka 

children

Rita

Miklós

hobbies: skiing, sailing, books, photo, antiquities, Hat Museum

Scientific activity

Recent fields of scientific interest

secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), energy distribution, quantification

environmental chemistry, acid rain, rapid tests in screening studies

chemical education, movies, computers, multimedia, internet

environmental education

Former scientific activities and results

inorganic and physical chemical mass spectrometry

kinetics of thermal ion emission studied by TOF MS

diffusion and recrystallisation in solids studied by mass spectrometry

high temperature surface reactions

secondary ion emission of concentrated alloys

secondary ion emission of amorphous metals

new standard materials for microanalysis

Visiting scientist abroad

Boris Kidric Institute, Vinca, Yugoslavia, (Prof. B. Perovic* 1973-1975

Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, since 1982 regularly

Seibersdorf Research Centre, Austria, since 1980 many times

moreover: University of Münster, University of Kaiserslautern, University of Dresden

Publications

more than 90 papers,

35 in international journals and books

50 lectures and poster at conferences

25 books, leaflets (mass spectroscopy, secondary ion mass spectroscopy, experiments in physical chemistry, computer assisted measurements and calculations, energy, quantities and units in physical chemistry, physical chemical calculations)

35 articles in scientific newspapers, scientific and educational movies

KATION internet journal for chemistry teachers

Teaching activity

Courses

Lectures in physical chemistry for undergraduate chemistry teacher students

Laboratory courses, computer assisted teaching (calculations, simulations, on-line measurements)

Special courses (mass spectroscopy, surface analysis, quantities and units)

Lectures for chemistry teachers (energy sources, thermodynamics, units in chemistry, acid rain, computer assisted chemistry teaching)

Educational organising activity

Retraining courses for chemistry teachers (materials structure, thermodynamics, computer in chemistry, environmental protection) Student competitions, olympiades, Grand Prix Chimique, Hungarian Vocational Competition

Diploma works and IAESTE guest students

30 diploma workers so far.

Offered topics: computer in chemistry teaching, multimedia, on-line data evaluation, remote measurements, amorphous alloys in SIMS, acid rain, environmental chemistry studies, exotic fluids, alkali migration on cathodes, chemical index of the Danube, vast free chemistry teaching.

Connections

International Cooperations

Humboldt University Department of Physics, (H. Düsterhöft) - secondary ion mass spectrometry

Seibersdorf Research Centre (F.G. Rüdenauer) - secondary ion mass spectrometry

Chemisches Institut Dr. Flad,Stuttgart, Germany (Chemical education, UNESCO projects)

Round-robin experiments

Cross Calibration Experiment (CCE) 10 European SIMS laboratories (1985-1990)

Acid Rain Monitoring Network (SEMI) 80 schools in Hungary (1990-1995)

Membership in scientific organisations

HAS Spectrochemical Committee

Hungarian Mass Spectrometry Group (Hungarian Chemical Society) member of presidium

IUPAC Hungarian national representative

IUVSTA Hungarian National Committee

Organising international conferences

3rd Int. Conf. on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, SIMS III, 1981, Budapest

13th Int. Mass Spectrometry Conference, 1994, Budapest

1st European Conference in Chemical Education, 1998, Budapest