Péter Török (born 22 October 1979) is a Hungarian

biologist A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual Cell (biology), cell, a multicellular organism, or a Community (ecology), community of Biological inter ...

. He completed his Ph.D. degree in

botany Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

from the

University of Debrecen The University of Debrecen ( ) is a university located in Debrecen, Hungary. It is the oldest continuously operating institution of higher education in Hungary ever since its establishment in 1538. The university has a well established progra ...

, where he is the principal investigator of the MTA-DE Lendület Functional and Restoration Ecology Research Group., supported jointly by the

Hungarian Academy of Sciences The Hungarian Academy of Sciences ( , MTA) is Hungary’s foremost and most prestigious learned society. Its headquarters are located along the banks of the Danube in Budapest, between Széchenyi rakpart and Akadémia utca. The Academy's primar ...

(MTA) and the

(DE). He is a founder and the co-president (2019-2021) of the

Young Academy of Hungary Young may refer to: * Offspring, the product of reproduction of a new organism produced by one or more parents * Youth, the time of life when one's age is low, often meaning the time between childhood and adulthood Music * The Young, an America ...

. In 2016 he was awarded by the title ‘Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences’. He is a member of the Young Academy of Europe (2017-), the council of the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS, 2019-), and one of the chairs of its European Dry Grassland working group (2011-). He was a board member in the European Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER)

Research areas

* Dynamical processes in plant communities * Biodiversity of Palaearctic grasslands * Grassland restoration and management * Seed banks and spatial dispersal of vascular plants * Functional diversity of phytoplankton and benthic diatom communities.

Bibliography

List of publications at Google scholar

List of publications at Scopus

List of publications at Publons

References

External links

Website of the MTA-DE Lendület Functional and Restoration Ecology Research Group

Professional blog (in Hungarian)
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