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Born and raised in Szeged, on the
Great-Plains,
countryside of Hungary, have spent
my childhood's Saturdays in my
grandma's village
Újszentiván, I
always had been amazed by the
Nature. My family still
wonders from where this
interest is coming from, since I
was completely alone with this -
sometimes awkward - hobby.
However we still have not found
the source, but since 1984 I
have a great passion to observe,
photograph, draw, collect and
keep different kind of animals.
Surprisingly at the same time, I
have a - thousand times regreted
- ignorance for plants. That odd
preference always pushed me
towards predators over
herbivores, and after a short
amateur bird-watching period I
have choosen (with the kind help
of Rudner József) spiders, the
only "mega-diverse" group of
animals, which are exclusively
predators. Thus the only large
athropod group that could be studied
without the intimate knowledge
of plants.
Right now I am a postdoc in California Academy of Sciences, where my morphologist skills could used, but at the same time I could learn some molecular analytical methods.
Please learn more about my RESEARCH INTEREST here. If you are interested my other, not published scientific archievements check the
CONFERENCES summary.
This homepage tries to serve
the following purposes.
Providing quick informations
about my whereabouts, scientific
curriculum, papers as pdf-s,
recent research. I include a
photo gallery to show my spider
or other nature images, some
might be useful to awaken
interest for spiders in others. All
the photos and other
intellectual contents (if not
stated otherwise) are my own
so if you want to use
(educational etc. purposes)
anything please ask permission.
Personal data:
Date of birth: 30th August 1976.
Marital status: married to Bernadett Solymosi, with one son Zaránd Bence
Szűts and one daughter Zille Dóra Szűts.
Recent position:
Schlinger Chair of Arachnology Postdoc. See current research project / research interest by clicking here.
 Previous positions:
-
 POSTDOCS
Carlsberg Postdoc and Marie Curie Postdoc (Associate researcher) at ZMUC (Arachnid section, Entomology Department).
Supervisor: Dr. Nikolaj Scharff.
(2006-2009)
Department of Zoology,
Hungarian Natural
History Museum (1999-2001, 2005)
Systematic Zoology Research Group of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, with teaching duties (undergraduate practical course in Zoology) at the Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest (1999, 2001-2004).
 Studies
& awards:
Studied biology at József Attila University (JATE), Szeged 1994-1999 [JATE is the former name of SZTE - University of Szeged]. Graduated from
JATE in 1999 (M.Sc. in biology / ecology).
Completed a Ph.D. course, "Phylogenetic systematics and historical biogeography" at the Botanical Institute of the University of
Copenhagen.
Ph.D. studies at University of Szeged 1999-2002.
Ph.D. 17th December 2004 Ph.D. Thesis: "Taxonomic revision of some problematic
West–African salticid genera (Araneae: Salticidae)" - thesis in Hungarian: "Problematikus nyugat-afrikai ugrópók-nemek (Araneae: Salticidae) taxonómiai revíziója".
With English summary, an annotated species list and identification key to the genera.
Junior Scientist Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2004)
Bolyai János Fellowship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2005)
Grants and visited institutes:
 I have visited the following
institutions supported by the
following grants:
TEMPUS 1998; ERASMUS 2000. Scientific host: Dr. Rudy Jocqué.
COBICE 2001, 2003, 2004; SYNTHESYS 2005. Scientific host: Dr. Nikolaj Scharff.
COL-PARSYST 2002, 2004. Scientific host: Dr. Christine Rollard.
Language skills:
- English: TELC Middle Stage Certificate.
- German: Middle Stage Certificate of the Hungarian State Language School.
Field
trips:
- Portugal (Peneda Geres) - volunteer of the COBRA project (2005)
- Bulgaria (Pobiti Kamini and Rila) - Yllenus project (2005)
- Portugal (Mértola) - volunteer of the COBRA project (2006)
Meetings and congresses:
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