Current SPEX members
Róbert Szabó (PI)
Lendület (Momentum) group leader 2018-23, 2025-, Cepheids, RR Lyrae stars, hydro modeling, space photometry (CoRoT, Kepler/K2, TESS, PLATO), exoplanets (Ariel)
József M. Benkő
RR Lyrae stars, Cepheids, ground-based follow-up
László Molnár
Gaia, hydro modeling, RR Lyrae stars, Cepheids, space photometry
Emese Plachy
Gaia, RR Lyrae stars, Cepheids, chaos, dynamical phenomena
Ádám Sódor
RR Lyrae stars, Blazhko-effect, stellar atmospheres, light curve analysis, hybrid main sequence pulsators, ground-based observations
Zsófia Sódorné Bognár
Asteroseismology of pulsating white dwarf stars, Photometry of variable stars, CCD photometry and data reduction processes, hybrid main sequence pulsators
Gábor Kovács
variable stars, hysdrodynamical modelling, simulations, numerical methods, classification methods
Tamás Szklenár
machine learning, classification, variable stars, LSST
Dóra Tarczay-Nehéz
numerical models, simulations, programming
János Nuspl
Ground-based follow-up, simulations, numerical methods
John Bienias
space photometry, Kepler Pixel Project, variable stars, eclipsing binaries, exoplanets
Attila Bódi
RV Tauri stars, semiregular variables, Kepler/K2 photometry – currently on leave
PhD students
Csilla Kalup
RR Lyrae stars, space photometry, stellar masses
Rozália Ádám
variable stars, space photometry, stellar mergers
Domonkos Szabó
numerical methods, numerical hydrodynamics, simulations
Students
Lívia Bárány
stellar pulsation, strange modes
Fanni Rab
stellar atmospheres, modelling
Klára Lelkes
red supergiants, supernova progernitors
Balázs Kertész
stellar pulsation, AGB stars
Zsóka Horváth
asteroseismology, giant stars
Alexandra Grósz
Cepheid stars, pulsation models
Marcell Kovács
Cepheid stars, photometry
Collaborators
Zoltán Kolláth
(Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Eger, 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
Meridith Joyce
(Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, USA)
MESA, stellar modelling
Burek Ulas
(Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey)
machine learning, variable stars
Former members
László Szabados
Cepheids, Gaia
Margit Paparó
white dwarfs, delta Sct stars
Vera Dobos
exoplanets, exomoons, habitability, habitable zones, astrobiology
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
Áron Juhász
RR Lyrae stars, Gaia, Pann-STARRS, K2 photometry
Adrienn Forró
RR Lyrae stars, Gaia, Pann-STARRS, K2 photometry, Kepler Pixel Project
Pál Szabó
python programming, data analysis
Tamás Hajdu
eclipsing binary stars, hierarchical triple stars
Dóra Pintér
Kepler pixel project, eclipsing binaries
Ottó Hanyecz
RR Lyrae stars, Kepler/K2, ground-based observations