Honours and Awards 1979, 1980, 1981 First prizes, "Unity of Nature" science competition for Hungarian students 1983 First prize, Eötvös Hungarian national competition for students of physics 1983 First prize, Ortvay Hungarian national competition for students of physics 1994 Go West Fellowship, European Union 1996 Györgyi Géza prize, KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics 1996 Advanced Research Award, Fulbright Educational Exchange Programme, US-Hungary 1997 Junior Prize, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2000 Prize of the Physics Section of Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2001 Alumni Initiatives Award, U.S. Department of State and Fulbright Legacy Fund 2006 Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2007 Qualification of Excellence: Training Course of Hungarian Academy of Sciences on Science Communication and Research Management 2008 Senior Leadears and Scholars Award, Hungarian-American Enterprise Scholarship Fund, Council on International Education Exchange, USA 2010 Honorary Professor, ELTE University 2011 Knight's Cross, Order of Merit, by the President, Republic of Hungary 2011 Honorable Mention, State Alumni Member of the Month, by State Department, USA 2012 Charles Simonyi Fellowship, Ch. Simonyi Foundation