István T. HorvÃth
Professor
Chemistry
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Biography
István T. Horváth received his Diploma in Chemical Engineering (1977) and Ph.D. in Chemistry (1979), both at Veszprem University (now University of Pannonia), Veszprem, Hungary. He was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry of the Veterinary University, Budapest, Hungary (1979 - 1980) and a Research Engineer at Chinoin, Budapest, Hungary (1981). He was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Yale University (1982 - 1984), a Scientific Co-worker at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland (1984 - 1987), a Senior Staff Chemist at Exxon (now ExxonMobil) Corporate Research, Annandale, New Jersey (1987-1998), and a Professor at the Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary (1999-2009). He has been a Chair Professor of Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong since May, 2009 and was the Head until July 31, 2015.
Research Interest
Organometallic Chemistry
Publications
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Horváth, I. T., Cséfalvay, E.; Mika, L.T.; Debreczeni, M. (2017) “Sustainability metrics for biomass-based carbon chemicals†ACS Sus. Chem. Eng. 5, in press.
