Zoltán Attila Rácz

Emeritus Researcher of the HAS

PhD (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 1973)

Habilitation (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 1999)

Full member of HAS (2010)

Biography:

Born in Dunaharaszti, Hungary, on December 6, 1946. Hungarian citizen.

Education: B.Sc. St.Petersburg State University, 1971,
Ph.D. in physics, Eötvös University, Budapest, 1973.

Previous positions:
Research positions from Postdoc to Research Professor at MTA-ELTE Research Group in Theoretic Physics (1975-2016).

Present positions:
MTA-Emeritus Researcher, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2017- ),
Chair, Physics Section of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2017-2020).

Foreign stays:
Mc Master University (1973-75, 1978-80), Universita degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza' (1982 Fall and 1999 Summer semesters), Simon Fraser University (1983-86, 1990-91), University of British Columbia (1989-90), Clarkson University (1991-92),
Tohoku University (1991 Summer semester), Virginia Polytechnic Institue and State University (1992-94), Oxford University (1997-98), Universite de Paris-Sud (2001, 2002 and 2003 Fall semesters).

Teaching: Undergraduate and graduate courses in
mechanics, electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, thermal physics, statistical physics, stochastic processes, pattern formation
at the following universities:
Eötvös University, McMaster University (Hamilton), Simon Fraser University (Burnaby), University of British Columbia (Vancouver), Clarkson University (Potsdam), Tohoku University (Sendai), Virginia Polytechnic Institue and State University (Blacksburg), Universite de Paris-Sud (Orsay) .

Research fields:
Phase transitions in non-equilibrium steady states.
Pattern formation in growth processes, reaction zones.
Properties of fluctuating interfaces, extreme value statistics.
Non-equilibrium quantum spin-chains.

Academic Awards:
Novobátzky prize of the Hungarian Physical Society, 1976.
Physics Committee Award of the Hungarian Academy, 1988.
Award of the Hungarian Academy, 1990.
Széchenyi Professorship, 1997-2000.
Corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2004.
Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2010.
Széchenyi Prize, 2015.

Professional activities:
Executive Editor, Fluctuation and Noise Letters (2004-07).
Co-Editor, Europhysics Letters (2005-08).
Advisory Editor, Europhysics Letters (2008-11).

Links to associated scientific database profiles:

• Publications in MTMT
• Publications in ORCID
• Publications in ResearcherID
• Publications in Scopus
• Publications in Google Scholar
• User profile at doktori.hu

Selected publications of recent years:

1. G. Palma, F. Niedermayer, Z. Rácz, A. Riveros, and D. Zambrano, Phys. Rev. E 94, 022145 (2016) , Finite-size corrections to scaling of the magnetization distribution in the two-dimensional XY model at zero temperature
2. M. Walliser, F. Boudoire, E. Orosz, R. Tóth, A. Braun, E. C. Constable, Z. Rácz, and I. Lagzi, Langmuir 31, 1828-1834 (2015), Growth of Nanoparticles and Microparticles by Controlled Reaction-Diffusion Processes
3. B. Péter, S. Kurunczi, D. Patkó, I. Lagzi, B. Kowalczyk, Z. Rácz, B. A. Grzybowski, and R. Horváth, Langmuir 30, 13478-13482 (2014), Label-Free in Situ Optical Monitoring of the Adsoption of Oppositely Charged Nanoparticles
4. S. Thomas, G. Varghese, D. Bárdfalvi, I. Lagzi, and Z. Rácz, Chem. Phys. Lett. 599, 159-162 (2014), Helicoidal precipitation patterns in silica and agarose gels
5. S. Thomas, I. Lagzi, F. Molnár Jr., and Z. Rácz , Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 078303 (2013), Probability of the Emergence of Helical Precipitation Patterns in the Wake of Reaction-Diffusion Fronts
6. V. Eisler and Z. Rácz , Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 060602 (2013), Full Counting Statistics in a Propagating Quantum Front and Random Matrix Spectra