Martin Segesdi
MSc
Geology
Martin Segesdi
MSc
Geology
Address
Postal address: ELTE-TTK, Őslénytani Tanszék, 1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C
E-mail: martinsegesdi@gmail.com
Web: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martin_Segesdi
https://csontokkoprolitok.blog.hu/
https://sketchfab.com/martinsegesdi
Current Research Interests
Biomechanical investigation of the skeletal system in birds with some aquatic habits
Former Research Interests
Study of Triassic eosauropterygian marine reptiles from Villány (Hungary)
Study of Cretaceous coprolites from Iharkút (Hungary)
Education
2020 – MSc Geology (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)
2017 – BSc Earth Sciences (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)
Employment
2020 –
Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Paleontology
position: PhD student
2019 – 2020
Hungarian Natural History Museum
position: exhibition designer
2016
Hungarian Dinosaur Found
position: assistant
Research grants and project leadership
2022 – 2024 (collaborator)
NKFIH-OTKA K 131597 („Dental wear analysis of Mesozoic sauropsid reptiles”), principal investigator: Attila Ősi
2022 (principal investigator)
2021-1-HU01-KA131-HED-000003804, Erasmus+ („Microanatomical investigation of aquatic bird long bones”)
2018 – 2019 (principal investigator)
CM-SMP-KA103/295472/2018, Erasmus+ (Campus Mundi) („Comparative Analysis of Long Bone 3D Morphology in Penguins and other Aquatic Birds”)
2016 – 2017 (principal investigator)
NTP-NFTÖ-16-0257, National Talent Support Program („Research of Triassic Vertebrates from Villány, Hungary”)
Honors and Awards
2022 – Szádeczky-Kardoss Elemér prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2022 – Semsey Andor Medallion of the Hungarian Geological Society for young researchers
2021 – Kriván Pál Commemorative Medallion of the Hungarian Geological Society for the Master Thesis
2020 – Popular science article writing contest: II. prize, Issuer: Hungarian Society for Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge and Association of Hungarian PhD and DLA Candidates
2019 – XXII. Hungarian Paleontological Conference, „Best student research”: I. prize
2019 – Excellent Student of the Faculty Prize, Issuer: Eötvös University, Faculty of Science
2017 – XX. Hungarian Paleontological Conference, „Best student research”: II. prize
2017 – III. Life-science „elevator speech” festival: I. prize, Issuer: Biologist Student Research Society of Eötvös University
2016 – SVP award for the best presentation at the „1st International Meeting of Early-stage Researchers in Paleontology” conference (Alpuente, Valencia)
2015 – XVIII. Hungarian Paleontological Conference, „Best student research”: I. prize
2015 – XXXII. National Scientific Conference of Students (Cluj-Napoca), Paleontology section: I. prize
2014 – Scientific Conference of Students at Eötvös University, Geology section: I. prize
2014 – Scientific Conference of Students at Eötvös University, Geology section: audience prize
2014 – Scientific Conference of Students at Eötvös University, Geology section: special prize of Hantken Foundation
2010 – X. National Conference of Researcher Students, Geography and Hydrology section: I. prize
Service in scientific bodies and conference organization
2022 – Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution
2021 – European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists
2021 – Hungarian Ornithological and Nature Conservation Association
2016 – 2017 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
2014 – Hungarian Geological Society
Visits, field trips
2023 – Berlin, Germany (Museum für Naturkunde): studying fossil aquatic bird material
2022 – Vienna, Austria (Naturhistorische Museum): studying fossil aquatic bird material
2017 – Berlin, Germany (Museum für Naturkunde): studying Triassic marine reptile material
2017 – Oradea, Romania (Țării Crișurilor Museum): studying Triassic marine reptile material
2013 – 2018 annual participation on the excavations at the Villány vertebrate locality: Villány, Hungary
2010 – annual participation on the excavations of the Hungarian Dinosaur Expedition: Iharkút, Hungary
