| 1961–66 | Eötvös University of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary |
| 1966 | Diploma in physics (MSc), Eötvös University of Sciences, Budapest |
| 1984 | Candidate of the physical sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest |
| 1988 | Doctor of the physical sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest |
| 1966–1969 | Department for Atomic Physics, Eötvös University of Sciences, Budapest: assistant professor |
| 1969–1989 | Research Group for Theoretical Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences: assistant research fellow, research fellow, senior research fellow |
| 1989–1998 | Institute for Theoretical Physics, Eötvös University of Sciences: professor of physics |
| 1992–1998 | Bolyai College; Eötvös University of Sciences, director |
| 1998–2000 | Department of the Physics of Complex Systems, Eötvös University of Sciences: head of department |
| 1998–2002 | Raiffeisen Bank, Budapest, head of the Market Risk Research Department |
| 2002–2008 | Collegium Budapest – Institute for Advanced Study, rector |
| since 2000 | Department of the Physics of Complex Systems, Eötvös University of Sciences: professor of physics |
| since 2004 | Institute of Finance, Corvinus University (formerly: Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration): honorary professor |
| since 2008 | Collegium Budapest – Institute for Advanced Study: permanent fellow |
| 1988–1989 | Kossuth University of Sciences, Debrecen, Hungary |
| 1998–2004 | Institute of Finance, Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration |
| 1972–1973 | International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy: visiting scientist |
| 1981 | Institut für Theoretische Physik, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany: visiting scientist |
| 1982 | Service de Physique Théorique, Centre d’Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, France: visiting scientist |
| 1983–1998 | Continuous collaboration with, and frequent visits to, CEN Saclay, France |
| 1984–1986 | Department of Theoretical Physics, Victoria University, Manchester, United Kingdom: senior lecturer |
condensed Bose systems, phase transitions and critical phenomena, statistical physics of disordered systems, spin glasses, application of the methods of statistical physics to problems in economics and finance, the theory of financial risk
70 papers, 2 books, cca. 35 invited conference talks
- Department of Atomic Physics, Eötvös University: laboratory excercises
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Eötvös University: tutorials and lectures on theoretical mechanics, electrodynamics, quantummechanics, and statistical physics
- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Eötvös University: lectures on statistical physics, the theory of disordered systems, and the theory of financial risk
- Institute of Finance, Corvinus University (formerly: Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration): lectures on the analysis of market prices and options pricing
member of the editorial boards of Fractals and Journal of Statistical Mechanics, formerly review editor of Journal of Banking and Finance
| 1977–1980 | Secretary of the Statistical Physics Division of the Eötvös Physical Society, Budapest |
| 1980–1997 | Secretary, then chairman of the Statistical Physics Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest |
| since 1991 | Member of the International Advisory Board of the Middle-European Cooperation in Statistical Physics, |
| 1996–1999 | Chairman of the Higher Education Research Grant Committee |
| 2000–2004 | Chairman of the Hungarian Association of Risk Managers |
| 2002–2006 | Member of the Misztotfalusi Kis Miklos book and textbook grant committee |
| since 2003 | Member of the l’Oreal „ Women in Science” prize committee |
| 2002–2007 | Member of the Board of the Hungarian Fulbright Commission |
| 2002–2006 | Member of the Advisory Body on Science and Technology of the prime minister of Hungary |
| since 2005 | Member of the Council of the European Complex Systems Society |
| since 2006 | Chairman of the Board of the National College of Excellence |
| 1973 | Brody Prize, Eötvös Physical Society |
| 1989 | Physics Prize, Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
| 1992 | Academic Prize, Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
| 1999 | Apaczai Csere Janos Prize, Ministry of Education |
| 2003 | Cross of Merit of the Hungarian Republic |
