Main research topics: Proteases of the complement system, with special emphasis on MASP-1, MASP-2, MASP-3 and FD Mechanism of complement lectin pathway activation The functions and inhibitory mechanism of serpins Mechanism of the bacterial flagellar export system Current affiliation: 2005- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences (formerly: Institute of Enzymology) Research Centre for Natural Sciences, HUN-REN Hungarian Research Network (formerly operated by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Budapest, Hungary Post Doc: 2002-2005: Postdoctoral research associate University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics Chicago IL, USA PhD: 2002, Structural Biochemistry Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Hungary