Personal

• Place and date of birth: Budapest, 8th December 1985
  
• Nationality: Hungarian
• Family status: Single
• E-mail: kris [at] sch.bme.hu

Education

• 1997 - 2003: Berzsenyi Dániel High School, Budapest
• 2003 - 2008: Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Electrical engineering B.Sc. + M.Sc.
• 2007 - 2010: Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Biomedical engineering M.Sc.
• 2010 - : Semmelweis University, Department of Medical Chemistry, PhD student

Research and development activity

• 2007 - 2008: Participation in an international project for the development of a novel virus screening device, Sensor laboratory, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Electronics Technology
• 2008: Mesenchymal stem cell oxygen deprivation research, Semmelweis University, Institute of Human Physiology and Clinical Experimental Research
• 2009 - 2010: Bioreactor development for stem-cell based bone regeneration surgery, Semmelweis University, Institute of Human Physiology and Clinical Experimental Research
• 2010 - : Aging research on C. elegans, Semmelweis University, Department of Medical Chemistry
  
• 2010 - : Intracellular network dynamics and perturbations Semmelweis University, Department of Medical Chemistry, LINK-Group
  

Professional skills

• Programming languages: C, C++, C#, Java, HTML, CSS, PHP, SQL,
  Assembly, Pascal
• Applications: Matlab, LaTeX
• Electronic hardware and software design
• Cell culture techniques
• C. elegans culture
• Confocal microscopy

Areas of interest

• Aging and longevity research
• Regenerative medicine
• Complex dynamics
• Ambient intelligence, sensor networks
• Bionic interfaces, biosensors

Social skills and activities

• Organization of multiple student events up to 1500 participants
• Trainings in project management, time management, study skills,
  leadership theory, teamwork, communication and conflict resolution.

Language skills

• Hungarian: native
• English: advanced level
• French: basic level

Posters

• Turbine: Programcsomag hálózatok jel-, és zajterjedésének vizsgálatára.
  (2010) K. Szalay
  Biokémia, 34, 30.
  
• Vajon a szirtuinaktiváció tényleg meghosszabbítja az életet?.
  (2010) M. Somogyvári, B. Dancsó, K. Szalay, P. Csermely and Cs. Sõti
  Biokémia, 34, 30.
  
• Szövetépítõ készülék fejlesztése 3-dimenziós sejtes struktúrák létrehozására
  (2010) M. Weszl, V. Izápy, A. Cselenyak, G. Vacz, K. Szalay and L. Kiss
  PhD Tudományos Napok, Budapest, Hungary
  
• An Optical Method for Rapid Screening of Blood-borne Pathogens
  (2009) K. Szalay, B. Ring, and H. Sántha; International Spring Seminar
  on Electronics Technology, Brno, Czech Republic

Hobbies

• Bushcraft
• Airsoft
• Philosophy