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Personal data

Title: Prof.

Surname: Helyes

First name: Lajos

Date of birth: 28.08.1956.

Nationality: Hungarian

Address: 31. Bem.J. 2100 Gödöllő

Tel: +36 30 4220811        Fax : + 36 28 410200

Email : helyes.lajos@mkk.szie.hu

Website: www.szie.hu

 

Academic and Professional Qualifications:

D.Sc.      Hungarian Academy of Science, 2008 (Horticultural Science)

Ph.D.     Hungarian Academy of Science, 1996 (Horticultural Science)

M.Sc.    Horticultural University Budapest 1981

 

Current and past positions with dates:

Director, Institute of Horticultural Technology, Szent István University: 2012-

Vice-Director, Institute of Horticultural Technology, Szent István University: 2007-

Full Professor Institute of Horticultural Technology, Szent István University: 2008-

Assoc. Professor, Institute of Horticultural Technology, Szent István University, 1991 -2007

Assist. Professor, Dept. of Horticulture Gödöllő Univ. of Agriculture, 1983-1991

 

Memberships / functions in national and international organizations:

Member of the International Society for Horticultural Sciences, 1994 -

Secretary of International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) Crops and Water Use working group 1984-1994

Elected member of ISHS Water Supply and Irrigation working group 1997-

Elected member of Production of vegetables for processing ISHS working group1998-

Vice Chair of Horticulture and Food Committee of Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2011 –

Member of Faculty Council 2002-

Member of the senate of Szent Isvtán University, 2011 -

 

Language skills:

Mother tongue: Hungarian

English: read, write, speak (language state exam, medium level)

Russian: read, speak (language state exam, basic level)
 

Awards:

TEMPUS, 1-3 months (Maritsa Vegetable Crops Research Institute Plovdiv Bulgaria, 1989 Agric. Univ. Wageningen, the Netherlands, 1991, Volcani Centre - Agricultural Research Center - Jerusalem – Israel)

Soros Foundation, travel awards for professional meetings (1989 Avignon France)

Széchenyi Professorship (2001)

Gold Medal for Services in Science, 2005 Szent István University

 

List of recent contracts / grants

 

Effect of agro-technology and environmental factors on the quality of vegetables crops, OTKA (1999-2001)

 

Utilization of tomato and its  by-products containing lycopene in order to increase the intrinsic value of food and feed ALAP 1-00140/2004 (2004-2007)

 

Development of high added value vegetable-based product lines and processing technologies in the interest of the healthy nutrition. National Technology Programme A3 USOK2009A3 Competitive Agriculture and Food Industries (2009-2013)

 

 

Selected recent publications:

 

Helyes L.-  Lugasi A.-  Pék Z. (2007): Effect of natural light on surface temperature and lycopene content of vine ripened tomato fruit. Canadian Journal of Plant Science. 87. (4) 927-929 p. IF: 0.722

Helyes L.- Pék Z. – Lugasi A.(2008): Function of the variety technological traits and growing conditions on fruit components of tomato (Lycopersicon lycopersicum (L) Karsten) Acta Alimentaria 37 (4) pp. 427-436. IF: 0.441

Helyes L.-Lugasi A.- Pogonyi Á. –Pék Z. (2009): Effect of variety and grafting on lycopene content of tomato (Lycopersicon lycopersicum L. Karsten) fruit. Acta Alimentaria 38 (1) pp. 27-34. IF:0.505

Pék Z.  Helyes L. Lugasi A. (2010): Color changes and antioxidant content of vine and post-harvest ripened tomato fruits. HortScience, 45. (3) pp. 466-468. IF: 0.886

Pék Z. Szuvandzsiev P. Nemenyi A. Helyes L. Lugasi A. (2011): The Effect of natural light on changes in antioxidant content and color parameters of vine-ripened omato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) fruits. HortScience, 46. (4), pp.583-585. IF: 0.778