Mihály Pósfai
EAG Secretary
Mihály Pósfai was elected by the EAG Council in 2017 to enhance representation of Eastern Europe within the Council. In 2018, Mihály was elected by the Council to serve as EAG Secretary from 2019 to 2021.
Mihály Pósfai is a professor of environmental science at the University of Pannonia in Veszprém, Hungary. He obtained his PhD at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, then continued as a postdoc at Arizona State University, specializing in transmission electron microscope studies of nanoscale phenomena related to environmental mineralogy problems. His current research interests include biomineralization and biomimetic synthesis of magnetic nanostructures, the nucleation of carbonate minerals in freshwater ecosystems, and the properties and climate effects of individual atmospheric particles.