Mátyus Péter

Dr. Mátyus Péter
Igazgató, egyetemi tanár
e-mail: peter.matyus@szerves.sote.hu
mellék: 53055

Languages: Hungarian, English, German
Address: Dept. Org. Chem., Semmelweis Univ., Hőgyes u. 7, Budapest, 1092

Education: 

• M.S. (Synthetic Organic Chemistry) Technical University Budapest, 1970-1975;
• M. Litt. (Doctor title) Technical University Budapest 1980;
• Degree in Medicinal Chemistry Technical University Budapest 1979-1981;
• Habilitation, A. Szent-Györgyi Univ., Szeged 1997;
• C.Sc., D.Sc. Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Postdoctoral Fellowships:

• Fellowship of the A.v. Humboldt-Foundation (Germany): Inst. für Organische Chemie und Biochemie der Univ. Bonn (H. Wamhoff) 1982-1984 (18 months), 1989, 1990 (6 months);
• Fellowship of the Ciba-Geigy Foundation for Promotion of Sciences Japan: Inst. for Chem. Res. of Univ. Kyoto (K. Tanaka) 1992-93 (12 months);
• Fellowship of the Australian Natl. University: John Curtin School of Medical Research (G. Barlin) Canberra 1993 (1 month), 1994 (3 months).

Professional Experiences:

Institute for Drug Research

• 1975-78, Assistant Scientist
• 1978-85, Research Scientist
• 1985-89, Senior Research Scientist
• 1990-92, Scientific Consultant,
• 1992-95, Head of Department
• 1995-97, Head of Division

Department of Organic Chemistry, Semmelweis University

• 1997-, Director of Department

Membership:

• 1999- President of the Division of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry of the Hungarian Chemical Society;
• President of the Hungarian Chemical Society.
• Member (re-elected) of the Executive Committee of European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry, Chairman for Education and Training Committee.
• Member of the International Advisory Board of ChemMedChem.

Research Interest:

Medicinal chemistry of cardiovascular and central nervous systems, molecular modeling and synthesis of biologically active compounds. Synthetic and mechanistic chemistry of pyridazines and nitrogen containing heterocycles.

Publications:

• 110 original papers, 1 book (Organic Chemistry, in Hungarian), 7 chapters (2 in Hungarian, 5 in English) in various books, and 24 patented inventions (in most of them as main inventor).
• 200 presentations (including many invited/plenary lectures) at National and International Scientific Meetings. Chairman of the 5th International Symposium on the Chemistry and Pharmacology of Pyridazines, and the Hungarian-German-Italian-Polish Joint Meeting on Medicinal Chemistry (2001). Chairman of the Biennial Natl. Meeting of Hungarian Organic and Medicinal Chemists (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005). Co-chairman of the XXIth European Colloquium on Heterocyclic Chemistry (2004), and of Natl. Meeting of the Centeennial Hungarian Chemical Society (2007).
• Guest Editor: THEOCHEM (2000/1-2); Acta Pharm. Hung. (2001/1); Curr. Med. Chem. (2004/1), Curr. Org. Chem. (2006/2)

Awards:

Zemplén-Prize, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1989. ‘Nívó’-Prize, Hungarian Chemical Society, 1996. Genius Prize (twice), Committee of the Hungarian Inventors, 1996, 1998. Jedlik Ányos Prize, Hungarian Patent Office, 2002. Kazay Prize, Hungarian Pharmaceutical Society, 2004. Than Károly Prize, Hungarian Chemical Society, 2005. Náray-Szabó Prize, Hungarian Chemical Society, 2006.