Member of the Research Council of Hungary
research professor, full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)

Born in Budapest in 1953, he graduated as a mechanical engineer from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) in 1978 and later earned his Candidate of Technical Sciences degree (1981) and Doctor of Science degree (MTA, 1994). He also habilitated at BME in 1995. He became a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2001 and a full member in 2007. In 2013, he was elected to the European Academy, and in 2023, he became the first Hungarian foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

He worked at the Csepel Works Machine Tool Factory (1980-81) and later as a research associate at the MTA-BME Research Group. From 1988 onwards, he spent several years at universities abroad, including in England, Denmark, and the Netherlands, and was a Fulbright Scholar in Pasadena, USA. In 1995, he became a university professor and led the Department of Applied Mechanics at BME for 23 years. From 2008 to 2012, he served as the Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at BME.

His research focuses on the application of dynamics in mechanical engineering. His groundbreaking work on machine tool vibrations in manufacturing technology earned him an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) in 2013, followed by a successful Proof-of-Concept grant. He has demonstrated the crucial role of time delays in dynamic systems, leading to breakthroughs in traffic congestion modelling, tire grip, noise and heating analysis, human and robotic balance and force control, robotic physiotherapy, and the development of numerical methods for studying such systems.

His awards include the Széchenyi Prize (2011), Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award (ASME 2015), Albert Szent-Györgyi Award (Ministry of Human Resources 2015), Leo Szilard Prize (MTA 2012), Simonyi Engineering Award (MTA 2007), Jedlik Ányos Prize (Hungarian Intellectual Property Office 2023), Lyapunov Award (ASME 2023), and Lifetime Achievement Award (IFAC 2023). In 2023, he was honoured with the Bolyai Prize for his significant contributions to the scientific community.