Stellar Pulsation, space photometry, exoplanets (SPEX)

Current SPEX members

Szabó Róbert

Róbert Szabó (PI)
KASC and TESS Working Group leader, K2 RR Lyrae Survey leader, Cepheids, RR Lyrae stars, hydro modeling




Kiss L. László

László L. Kiss
Mira and semiregular stars, Cepheids, exoplanets, CHEOPS





Benkő M. József

József M. Benkő
RR Lyrae stars, Cepheids, ground-based follow-up





Molnár László

László Molnár
Gaia, hydro modeling, RR Lyrae stars, Cepheids, space photometry





Nuspl János

János Nuspl
Ground-based follow-up, simulations




Szabados László

László Szabados
Gaia, Cepheids





Plachy Emese

Emese Plachy
Gaia, RR Lyrae stars, Cepheids, chaos, dynamical phenomena





Sódor Ádám

Ádám Sódor
RR Lyrae stars, Blazhko-effect, stellar atmospheres, light curve analysis, hybrid main sequence pulsators, ground-based observations





Sódorné Bognár Zsófia

Zsófia Sódorné Bognár
Asteroseismology of pulsating white dwarf stars, Photometry of variable stars, CCD photometry and data reduction processes, hybrid main sequence pulsators




Dobos Vera

Vera Dobos
Exoplanets, exomoons, habitability, habitable zones, astrobiology





Bódi Attila

Attila Bódi
RV Tauri stars, semiregular variables, Kepler/K2 photometry





Juhász L. Áron

Áron Juhász
RR Lyrae stars, Gaia, Pann-STARRS, K2 photometry





Students


Hanyecz Ottó

Ottó Hanyecz
RR Lyrae stars, Kepler/K2, ground-based observations





Pintér Dóra

Dóra Pintér
Kepler pixel project, eclipsing binaries





Collaborators

Zoltán Kolláth
(ELTE, Savaria Campus, Institute of Mathematics and Physics, Hungary)
hydro modeling, RR Lyrae stars, Cepheids, public outreach

Gyula M. Szabó
(Gothard Astrophysical Observatory, Szombathely, Hungary)
Cepheids, Mira and semiregular variables, statistics, exoplanets

Aliz Derekas
(Gothard Astrophysical Observatory, Szombathely, Hungary)
eclipsing binaries, RR Lyrae stars, Cepheids, delta Scuti stars, spectroscopy

Mónika Jurkovic
(Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, Serbia)
Type II. cepheids

Tamás Borkovits
(Baja Astronomical Observatory, Baja, Hungary)
binary stars, celestial mechanics

Barna I. Bíró
(Baja Astronomical Observatory, Baja, Hungary)
binary stars, eclipse mapping

József Kovács
(Gothard Astrophysical Observatory, Szombathely, Hungary)
spectroscopic analysis

Marek Skarka
(Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov, Czech Republic)
hybrid main sequence pulsators, RR Lyrae stars

Former members

Margit Paparó
white dwarfs, delta Sct stars

Judit Szulágyi
data processing

István Dékány
ground-based follow-up, data reduction

Gábor Fűrész
spectroscopy

Péter Klagyivik
Gaia, space photometry

Gergely Dálya
binaries among main-sequence pulsators

Bálint Seli
Flare stars in Kepler background objects