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Research interests

Biomechanics and Self-Healing Properties of Algal Films
Collaborators: TU Budapest - Plastics and Rubber Technology

Microbiology of Unusual Aqueous Habitats: Sequencing and Bioinformatics

Hyperthermophiles in Vietnamese hot springs
Collaborators: A-Star Singapore; Da Lat University - Biotechnology; Tra Vinh University - Biotechnology; University of Vienna - Archaea Biology and Ecogenomics

Acidophiles in Balvanyos springs
Collaborators: Babes-Bolyai University; A-Star Singapore

Bacteria for Biomining
Collaborators: Centro Ciencia et Vida Chile; University of Debrecen - Bioinformatics, Pannon University - Bio and Nanotechnology

Industrial R & D

Medical Biomechanics - Ergonomy of Sitting
Collaborator: EcoBlue Llc.

Molecular Gastronomy, Solid-state Fermentation, Upcycling fiber
Collaborator: Trufo Llc.

Curriculum

2019- CEO, Fibervar Llc. for Innovation and Development

2025- Contract Researcher, Trufo Hungary LLC

2026 Guest Researcher, Singapore Institute of Technology

2020-2026 Guest Researcher, Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest, Institute of Chemistry

2020-2022 Senior Research Scientist, Centre for Ecological Research, Hungary

2017-2020 Senior Research Scientist, University of Pécs, Medical School

2016 Research Scientist, EPFL

2011-2015 Postdoctoral Fellow, FMI Basel

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Fellow, EMBL Heidelberg

2007 Visiting Fellow, University of Oxford, Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit

2006 [PhD] in Physics at the University of Geneva

2002-2006 Lecturer at Babes - Bolyai University of Kolozsvár

1998 M.Sc., Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest Physics, (Statistical Physics and Biophysics)

[CV] [Europass]

Selected Publications

Environmental Science

Peter Hantz, Luna van der Loos, Johann Franz Ulrich, Anita Kedves, Feng Liu, Olivier De Clerck and Thomas Wichard
Seasonal dynamics of inland Ulva (Chlorophyta), associated bacterial communities, and morphogen availability in the meromictic heliothermal Bear Lake in Transylvania (Romania)
Submitted

Peter Hantz, Manuel Berger, Zsolt Lázár, Ferenc L. Forray, Thomas Senfter, Anita Krisztina Kedves, Krisztina Kovács, István Máté, Adorján Cristea, Mária Bálint, Bernadett Szabó, Ágnes Szegedi, Miklós Vincze, and Bálint Vass,
Transport and interface dynamics in laminar flow of stratified fluids, and a case study of the meromictic, heliothermal Bear Lake in Transylvania
Submitted

Maxwell L. Rudolph, Kirti Chandra Sahu, Nikos Savva, Andras Szilagyi, Zoltan Horvolgyi, Peter Marton, Adam Tajti, Karoly Szep, Boglarka Balog, Manoj Kumar Tripathi, Harishankar Manikantan, Ferenc L. Forray, Michael Manga, and Peter Hantz,
Bubble ascent and rupture in mud volcanoes,
Royal Society Open Science RSOS (2024) [PDF] [+]

Peter Hantz, Mina Bizic et al.,
Baerensee in Siebenbuergen [in German; The Bear Lake in Transylvania],
Biologie unserer Zeit (2022) [PDF] [+]

Pollen Science

Kristóf Hegedüs, Csaba Fehér, István Jalsovszky, Zoltán Kristóf, János Rohonczy, Elemér Vass, Attila Farkas, Tamás Csizmadia, Gernot Friedbacher and Peter Hantz,
Facile isolation of sporopollenin exine from bee pollen,
Scientific reports (2021) [PDF]

Physics of Spinning Tops

Zsolt I. Lázár, Antal Jakovác and Peter Hantz
Analyzing the Motion of Symmetric Tops Without Recurring to Analytical Mechanics,
Frontiers in Physics (2020) [PDF]

Peter Hantz and Zsolt I. Lázár,
Precession Intuitively Explained,
Frontiers in Physics (2019) [PDF]

Electrophysiology & Optogenetics

Josephine Jüttner, Arnold Szabo, Brigitte Gross-Scherf, Rei K. Morikawa, Santiago B. Rompani, Miguel Teixeira, Peter Hantz, Tamas Szikra, Federico Esposti, Cameron S. Cowan, Arjun Bharioke, Claudia P. Patino-Alvarez, Ozkan Keles, Chiara N. Roth, Akos Kusnyerik, Nadin Gerber-Hollbach, Thierry Azoulay, Dominik Hartl, Arnaud Krebs, Dirk Schubeler, Rozina Hajdu, Akos Lukats, Janos Nemeth, Zoltan Z. Nagy, Kun-Chao Wu, Rong-Han Wu, Lue Xiang, Xiao-Long Fang, Zi-Bing Jin, David Goldblum, Pascal W. Hasler, Hendrik Scholl, Jacek Krol, Botond Roska,
Targeting neuronal and glial cell types with synthetic promoter AAVs in mice, non-human primates, and humans,
Nature Neuroecience (2019) [PDF]

Antonia Drinnenberg, Felix Franke, Rei K. Morikawa, Josephine J€uttner, Daniel Hillier, Peter Hantz, Andreas Hierlemann, Rava Azeredo da Silveira, and Botond Roska
How Diverse Retinal Functions Arise from Feedback at the First Visual Synapse,
Neuron (2018) [PDF]

László Szécsi, Ágota Kacsó, Günther Zeck and Peter Hantz,
Interactive Light Stimulus Generation with High Performance Real-time Image Processing and Simple Scripting,
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics (2017) [PDF]

Therese Cronin, Luk H. Vandenberghe, Péter Hantz, Josephine Juttner, Andreas Reimann, Ágota-Enikõ Kacsó, Rachel M. Huckfeldt, Volker Busskamp, Hubertus Kohler, Pamela S. Lagali, Botond Roska, Jean Bennett,
Efficient transduction and optogenetic stimulation of retinal bipolar cells by a synthetic adeno-associated virus capsid and promoter,
EMBO Molecular Medicine 6 (2014) [PDF]

Michele Fiscella, Karl Farrow, Ian L. Jones, David Jäckel, Jan Müller, Urs Frey, Douglas J. Bakkum, Péter Hantz, Botond Roska and Andreas Hierlemann
Recording from Defined Populations of Retinal Ganglion Cells Using a High-Density CMOS-Integrated Microelectrode Array with Real-Time Switchable Electrode Selection,
Journal of Neuroscience Methods 211 (2012) [PDF]

Reaction-Diffucion Systems and Pattern Formation

Peter Hantz, Ferenc Sarlós, Istvón Jalsovszky and Balázs Plesz,
Large Band-Edge Photocurrent Peak in Thick Methylammonium Lead Iodide Photosensors with Symmetric Metal Electrodes,
ACS Photonics (2017) [PDF] [suppPDF]

H. M. Vergara, P. Y. Bertucci, P. Hantz, M. A. Tosches, Kaia Achim, P. Vopalensky, and D. Arendt,
Whole-organism cellular gene-expression atlas reveals conserved cell types in the ventral nerve cord of Platynereis dumerilii,
PNAS 114 (2017) [PDF]

Formation of macroscopic and microscopic patterns in the NaOH+CuCl2 - like reactions [Primary patterns] [Secondary Patterns]

P. Hantz and I. Biró
Phase Separation in the Wake of Moving Fronts: Experiments and Simulations,
Physical Review Letters, 96 (2006) [PDF]

P. Hantz, J. Partridge, Gy. Láng, Sz. Horvát and M. Ujvári
Ion-Selective Membranes Involved in Pattern-Forming Processes,
J. Phys. Chem. B, 108 (2004) [PDF]

B. De Lacy Costello, P. Hantz and N. Ratcliffe
Voronoi Diagrams Generated by Regressing Edges of Precipitation Fronts,
J. Chem. Phys., 120 (2004) [PDF]

P. Hantz
Germing Surfaces in Reaction-Diffusion Systems? - Experiments and a Hypothesis,
J. Chem. Phys. 117 (2002) [PDF]

P. Hantz
Regular microscopic patterns produced by simple reaction-diffusion systems,
Phys. Chem.-Chem. Phys. 4 (2002) [PDF]

P. Hantz
Pattern formation in the NaOH+CuCl2 reaction,
J. Phys. Chem. B 104 (2000) [PDF]

Teaching and Popular Science

P. Hantz,
The Red Lake through the Eyes of a Research Diver (Indoor Exhibition)
Lacu Roșu / Gyilkostó (2025) [PDF]

P. Hantz,
The Bear Lake through the Eyes of a Research Diver (Open-Air Exhibition)
Bear Lake, Sowata (2023) [PDF]

P. Hantz and M. Bizic,
Life around dormant volcanoes (in Hungarian),
GEO Hungary (2021) [PDF]

A. Stermin and P. Hantz,
The Secrets of the Red Lake (in Romanian),
National Geographic Romania (2021) [PDF] [Online Supplement]

I. Péntek and P. Hantz,
A Neglected Area: Methodological Preparedness of European University Teachers (in Hungarian; in Romanian; in German /in progress/ ),
Magyar Tudomány (2020) [PDF]
Academica (2021) [PDF]

P. Hantz and Z. Péterfi,
Amikor az áltudomány a tudomány fogaival harap (in Hungarian),
Természet Világa (2020) [HTML]

P. Hantz, F. Pozsony, B. Füreder,
Kürtőskalács (in Hungarian),
Háromszék Vármegye Kiadó (2015) [PDF]
ISBN 978-606-8235-43-1