CV, Orsolya Valkó

Workplace

2020–: Research Group leader, Lendület Seed Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary
20132019: Research fellow, MTA-DE Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Group, Debrecen, Hungary
20122019: Assistant professor, University of Debrecen, Department of Ecology, Debrecen, Hungary

Current Research Topics / Expertise

Grassland biodiversity; Conservation and management of dry grasslands; Prescribed burning and fire ecology; Succession and vegetation dynamics; Plant species introduction, Grassland restoration, Seed banks and seed dispersal, Propagule and microsite limitation

Scientometrics

Total impact factor: 501.1
Hirsch-index on Google Scholar: 50
Citations on Google Scholar: 6458

Author of 164 scientific papers (115 papers in WoS journals, 13 other peer-reviewed papers in English, 25 peer-reviewed papers in Hungarian) and 16 book chapters (6 in English, 10 in Hungarian)

Scopus: 35312806900

Grants and awards

2023    L’Oreal – UNESCO for Women in Science Prize
2020    Bolyai Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2018    New National Excellence - Bolyai Plus post-doctoral grant
2018    Young Scientist Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences  
2017    Award for the Most Cited Review Paper in Basic and Applied Ecology
2017    "Woman Researcher of the Year" in the University of Debrecen 
2017    Young Community Ecologist Award, 3rd prize
2017    Post-doctoral Grant of the New National Excellence Program
2017    Women in Science award in Agricultural Sciences from the HAS, UNESCO and Women in Science Association
2016    Bolyai János Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2016    MTA-TIT 1st Prize for the Best Paper in the journal Természet Világa
2016    National Youth Excellence Scholarship
2016    Scholarship of the Universitas Foundation
2016    Young Investigator Prize, 2nd prize for oral presentations, Eurasian Dry Grassland Conference
2016    Tutor Scholarship, Balassi Institute, Márton Áron Scholarship
2015    Young Investigator Prize of the Hungarian Ecological Society
2015    Campus Hungary Mobility Grant (Germany, Austria)
2014    L’Oreal – UNESCO for Women in Science Prize
2014    Campus Hungary Mobility Grant (Russia)
2014    HAS Young Investigator Award in Environmental Protection
2013    National Excellence Program, Magyary Zoltán Postdoctoral Scholarship
2013    Campus Hungary Mobility Grant (Poland, Germany)
2011    TÁMOP-4.2.2/B-10/1-2010-0024 Predoctoral Scholarship
2011    Scholarship of the Universitas Foundation
2010    Scholarship of the Mecenatúra Foundation
2009    Scholarship of the Universitas Foundation
2007    Scholarship of the Hungarian Ministry of Education
2006    Summer scholarship of the University of Debrecen, Faculty of Science and Technology
2006    Demonstrator scholarship of the University of Debrecen, Faculty of Science and Technology
2006    Pro Regione scholarship of the Hajdúsági Agráripari Rt.
2005    Pro Renovanda Cultura Hungariae Scholarship

Research projects

2022-2027 'Élvonal' Forefront Research Excellence project, 'Grassland restoration based on nature-based solutions in agricultural landscapes: drivers at micro- and macro-scales' (Grant Agreemen Number: KKP 144096; principal investigator)
 
2019-2024: 'Lendület' Seed Ecology Research Group, 'Seed-based ecosystem engineering for supporting diverse and resilient ecosystems' (research group leader) 

2022-2026: Sustainable Development and Technologies National Programme of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (FFT NP FTA), principal investigator in the sub-project Sustainable Cities
 
2022-2024: ReNatUrE - Restoration of urban ecosystems for biodiverse, liveable, and sustainable cities in Europe; project funded by the Pancivis Foundation; co-principal investigator

2022-2026: National Laboratory for Health Security, Invasion Biology Division; leader of WP2 - Dispersal mechanisms of invasive species
 
2022-2024: 'Nature at home: Supporting native plant species in urban gardens' (Grant Agreement Number: NKFI MEC_N 140750; principal investigator)
 
2018: Three months ERC mobility grant (ERC-16-M-127070) to the ERC BIODESERT Group, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Móstoles, Spain

2017-2019: Hungarian Research Grant; 'Seed bank and community assembly in grassland dynamics' (Grant Agreement Number: NKFI KH 126476, principal investigator)

2017-2021: Hungarian Research Grant; ‘Plant diversity in fragmented rural landscapes – Linear elements and human-mediated dispersal’ (Grant Agreement Number: NKFI FK 124404, principal investigator)

2018-2020: Hungarian Research Grant; ‘The role of habitat and landscape factors in grassland community assembly’ (Grant Agreement Number: NKFI KH 130338, senior researcher)

2014-2017: Hungarian Research Grant; ‘The role of species pool, seed banks and plant traits in grassland dynamics’ (Grant Agreement Number: PD111807, principal investigator)

2014-2015:  Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt; ‘Pro-SEED - Large-scale grassland restoration: the use of establishment windows and high diversity seeding by the knowledge transfer of regional seed propagation to Hungary’ (participant)

2013-2014: Internal Research Grant of the University of Debrecen ‘Propagule and microsite limitation in grassland dynamics by seed addition and biomass removal experiments’ (principal investigator)

Educational expertise

Secretary (2013-2019), lecturer and supervisor in the Juhász Nagy Pál Doctorate School

Lectures for gradual students: Conservation Biology BSc, Conservation Biology MSc, Nature Conservation, Ecological knowledge of terrestrial plants BSc, Methods in Ecology BSc, Grassland Ecology MSc, Ecology MSc, Basic Ecology BSc, Conservation Biology BSc (guest lecturer, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca)

Currently supervisor of 3 PhD students; 2 PhD students already graduated.

Other scientific activities
 
– Main organizer, 18th Eurasian Grassland Conference, https://www.egc2023.hu/
– Working group leader, EASAC WG on Wildfires in Europe
– Working group leader, EASAC WG on Regenerative Agriculture
 Head of the Scientific Secretariat, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research (2022-)
– Rapporteur at the World Science Forum (2019) 
– Participant at the GYA-IAP Science Leadership Workshop (2019)
– Member of HAS Ecological Scientific Committee
– Member, HAS Debrecen, Ecological Working Group and Botany Working Group
– Secretary, Juhász Nagy Pál Doctorate School (2013-2019)
– Chair and organizer of ‘The role of fire in ecosystem dynamics – From fire ecology to prescribed burning management’ and Soil seed banks and seed dispersal - Promising sources for restoration’ Special Sessions in the SER 2016 conference (Freising, 22-26 August, 2016)
– Member of the Organizing Committee of the workshop ‘Conservation of grassland biodiversity in Hungary’ organized by HAS KÖTEB (Budapest, 14 April 2016)
– Organizer of the ‘Large-scale grassland restoration: high diversity seeding and knowledge transfer of regional seed propagation to Hungary’ workshop (Hortobágy, 9-10, April 2015) supported by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
– Chair and organiser of the session ‘Local and landscape-scale effects in the recovery of grassland biodiversity’ in the European Conference on Ecological Restoration (Oulu, 3-8 August 2014)
– Chair and organiser of the session ‘Conservation and restoration of grassland biodiversity at multiple scales’ in the Conference of Grasslands - Ecology, Management and Restoration (Hildesheim, 28 September – 3 October 2013)
– Member of the Salvia Environmental and Nature Protection Association; organizing and giving lectures for students, coordinating grassland restoration and management projects on kurgans, coordinating volunteers.

Editorial board memberships

– Associate Editor, Biological Conservation, Applied Vegetation Science, Community Ecology
– Guest editor-in-chief of the Special Feature of Hacquetia, edited by the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (2016-)
– Speciality Chief Editor, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Section Conservation and Restoration (2021-2022)
– Guest editor of the Featured Issue ‘Seed banks and seed dispersal’ in Restoration Ecology (2017)
– Member of the Editorial Board in the journals Tuexenia,  Palaearctic Grasslands, Air, Soil and Water Research

Reviewer activity

Acta Botanica Hungarica, Acta Oecologica, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment; Agricultural Systems, Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, Applied Vegetation Science, Austral Ecology, African Journal of Agricultural Research, Biodiversity & Conservation; Biological Conservation, CABI Agriculture, Community Ecology, Ecological Complexity, Ecological Engineering, Flora, Functional Ecology, Grassland Science, Hacquetia, Insect Conservation and Diversity, International Journal of Ecology, Journal for Nature Conservation, Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal of Arid Environments, Journal of Vegetation Science, Land, Land Degradation and Development, Nature Communications, Nordic Journal of Botany, Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, Plant and Soil, Plant Ecology and Diversity, PLoS ONE, Restoration Ecology, Science of the Total Environment, Scientific Reports, Sustainability, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Tuexenia

Sentinel of Science Award from Publons in 2016

Top Reviewers Award in Environmental Science and Ecology in 2018
 

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