On 26 January 2024 the Assessment Committee including internationally recognised researchers, with the participation of the institute's director and researchers, conducted the on-site review of the scientific activities of the HUN-REN Balaton Limnological Research Institute (HUN-REN BLRI), which is an important part of the comprehensive evaluation process.
The members of the Assessment Committee evaluating HUN-REN BLRI are:
Prof. Alexander J.B. Zehnder, Visiting Professor at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, Professor Emeritus at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Chairman of the HUN-REN Advisory Board
István Szabó PhD, Strategic Advisor to HUN-REN, former Vice President for Science and International Affairs at the Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Office, founder of the Innovation Section at the Hungarian Economic Association
Prof. Dr. Ole Petter Ottersen, former President of the Karolinska Institute, and former Rector of the University of Oslo (Sweden)
Prof. Dr. Ole Holger Petersen, FRS, former Vice President of the Royal Society and the Academia Europaea, and Research Professor at Cardiff University’s School of Biosciences (UK)
Prof. Philip William Ingham, FRS, Head of the Department of Life Sciences at the University of Bath (UK)
Prof. Dr. Ricard Guerrero, Emeritus Professor of microbiology at the University of Barcelona, President of the Spanish Society for Microbiology, former Director of the Academia Europaea Barcelona Knowledge Hub (Spain)
Prof. Dr. Thomas Hein PhD, Head of the Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna (Ausztria)
Prof. Dr. Ákos Vértes PhD, Professor of chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology at the George Washington University in Washington, DC (USA), Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Dr. Christian Wolter PhD, Deputy Head and group leader of the Department of Fish Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture at Leibnitz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (Germany)
Prof. Dr. Tamás Székely PhD, Professor of biodiversity at the University of Bath (UK), Honorary Professor at the University of Debrecen, and a Visiting Professor at Beijing Normal University and at Sun Yat-Sen University (China)
The comprehensive assessment of HUN-REN's 49 research institutes was launched in January 2024, at the initiative of President Balázs Gulyás. The aim is to provide an unbiased and candid assessment of the standing of HUN-REN's research institutes in the global competition and identify potential breakthrough points. Building on the results of the evaluation, and by incorporating international best practices and examples, a new research strategy that supports the defined objectives will be developed in collaboration with the research institutions.
