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Dr. Gabor Kovacs is a lecturer at the Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences, Department of Horticulture in Târgu Mure?, Romania. He has been in this role since 2021.
Kovacs obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemistry/Applied Electrochemistry from Babe?-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in 2007 and 2008, respectively. He later earned his PhD in Chemistry from Babe?-Bolyai University in 2012.
Before his current lecturing position, Kovacs had several research roles. He was an assistant researcher at the Babe?-Bolyai University Faculty of Physics / Institute of Interdisciplinary Bio-Nano Sciences in Cluj-Napoca. Kovacs also held postdoctoral research positions, including at the Department of Applied and Environmental Chemistry at the University of Szeged in Hungary, and at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the same university.
Kovacs has taught a variety of chemistry-related courses at the B.Sc. and M.Sc. levels, including General/Inorganic Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Corrosion and Anticorrosive Protection, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Phytosanitary Chemistry, and Toxicology.
Kovacs has led several research projects funded by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the National Research, Development and Innovation Office of Hungary. These projects have focused on areas such as the synthesis, characterization, and applicability of photocatalytic nanostructures, carbon nanotube-based composites, and investigations dealing with the ecotoxicological aspects of these materials.
