Béla Barabás is a retired associate professor at the Institute of Mathematics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics. He completed his university studies at the Department of Mathematics and Physics at ELTE University, Budapest (1969–1974). He obtained his university scientific degree (dr. univ.) in 1983 and his PhD in Mathematics in 1997. He conducted research at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, for one academic year as a scholarship holder. Later, he taught in the United States of America for two and a half years. Béla Barabás's research areas include mathematical statistics and applied mathematics, with a particular focus on chemical applications, chirality, and the applications of networks.