Dániel Kovács

PhD Student

Studies

2020 - Hevesy György PhD School of Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
2018 - 2020 Chemistry MSc, Faculty of Science, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest; certification: chemist; specialization: analytical chemistry, structural chemistry
2015 - 2018 Chemistry BSc, Faculty of Science, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest; certification: chemist
2010 - 2015 Karinthy Frigyes Gimnázium, Budapest

Professional experience

  • NMR spectroscopy of disordered peptides and proteins, statistical analysis of NMR data
  • Chemometrics, statistical validation in R programming language
  • Atomspectroscopic methods (ICP-MS, GF-AAS and TXRF) to study traditional Indian medicines

Teaching

2021 - 2022 Environmental analytical chemistry lab – (Environmental science MSc, ELTE – spectrophotometry)
Digital chemistry – (Chemistry BSc, ELTE – project supervision in data analysis)
2020 - 2023 Analytical chemistry lab (2): Instrumental analysis – (Chemistry BSc, ELTE – ¹H/³¹P NMR)

Awards

2021 Medzihradszky Kálmán Presenter Award by the Foundation of the Hungarian Peptide and Protein Research
2020 Outstanding Student of the Faculty Award, Faculty of Science, ELTE
2019 Grofcsik András Memorial Competition, 1st place
2018 Grofcsik András Memorial Competition, 3rd place
2018 Annual Scientific Students’ Associations Conference (TDK) at ELTE, 3rd price, Special Prize of the Bolyai College

Oral presentations

  • Kovács D, Bodor A: Mihez képest rendezetlenek a rendezetlen fehérjék Random coil kémiai számítási módszerek összehasonlítása
    Annual meeting of the Hungarian Peptide Chemistry Working Committee, Balatonszemes, 2021
  • Kovács D, Bodor A: A random coil NMR kémiai eltolódás: predikciós módszerek összehasonlítása
    Annual meeting of the Hungarian NMR Discussion Group, 2020 (on-line)
  • Kovács D, Király P, Tóth G: Statisztikai validációs paraméterek mintaelemszámfüggésének vizsgálata
    Szentágothai János Multidisciplinar Conference, Pécs, 2019

Posters

  • Kovács D, Bodor A: Novel potential optimization parameter in random coil chemical shift prediction: the Cα-Hα secondary chemical shift discordance ratio
    43rd FGMR Annual Discussion Meeting, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2022
  • Kovács D, Bodor A: Do random coil chemical shift predictors contradict themselves?
    HADDOCK Workshop, Budapest, Hungary, 2022
  • Kovács D, Bodor A: Transient structure of IDPs by secondary chemical shift analysis. How to avoid being misled by titratable group effects?
    ENC Virtual Conference, 2021
  • Kovács D, Bodor A: Do we correct what we think we do? A case study on secondary structure propensities of A-synuclein
    16th EUROMAR Conference, Bilbao, Spain, 2020 (on-line)
  • Kovács D, Király P, Tóth G: Sample-size dependence of validation parameters
    Conferentia Chemometrica, Karcag, 2019
  • Kovács D, Óvári M, Mihucz VG, Záray Gy: Determination of arsenic in the Acidum Arsenicosum homeopathic product and investigation of its bioaccessibility
    Analytische Atomspektrometrie Anwendertreffen Plasmaspektrometrie – ESAS & CANAS, Berlin, Germany, 2018

Spoken languages

  • English: advanced (certificate)
  • German: basic