Forest engineer, graduate of the University of Technology, Dresden, Germany, 1967 Researcher at the Forest Research Institute, Hungary, until 1985 Professor at the University of Sopron from 1986 Professor emeritus from 2018 Visiting professor, Toronto University, Canada Fulbright scholar, Institute of Forest Genetics, California Fellow, Academy of Sciences, Hungary, since 2004 Founder, NEESPI Focus Research Center for Nonboreal Eastern Europe, 2008 Coordinator, forest genetic research for IUFRO Organized 4th Consultation on Forest Genetic Resources in Beijing, China, 1998 Co-founder of EUFORGEN Thematic leader in the EU project FORGER Main domestic research project: Agrárklima.2 Decision Support System for Forestry and Agriculture, Received IUFRO’s medal for Distiguished Services