Dr. István Fábián

Full Professor

head of department

István Fábián

zászló A magyar változathoz kattintson a zászlóra.


MOTTO:
There was only one catch...
and that was Catch-22.
(J. Heller)

Address: Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
University of Debrecen
Debrecen 10, P.O.B.: 21
Hungary H-4010
phone: +36 52 512-9000/22378
Fax.: +36 52 489-667
E-mail: ifabian@delfin.klte.hu
Date of birth:June 4, 1956
Place of Birth:Debrecen, Hungary
Family status:married, two sons.


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Professional record

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1975 - 1980Undergraduate and Graduate Student of Chemistry
Lajos Kossuth University, Debrecen, Hungary
1980 - 1982Doctoral Fellow
Department of Physical Chemistry
Lajos Kossuth University, Debrecen, Hungary
1982 - 1986 Research Associate
Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
Lajos Kossuth University, Debrecen, Hungary
1986 - 1994 Assistant Professor
Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
Lajos Kossuth University, Debrecen, Hungary
1994 - 2003 Associate Professor
Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
Lajos Kossuth University (University of Debrecen from 2000), Debrecen, Hungary
2003 - Full Professor
Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary


Meanwhile:

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1983 - 1984 Postdoctoral Fellow
Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysicalische Chemie
Abteilung Biochemische Kinetik
Göttingen D-37077, Germany
1988 - 1991 Visiting Research Professor
Department of Chemistry, Miami University
Oxford, Ohio 45056, U.S.A
1992 - 1993 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow
Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Witten/Herdecke
Stockumer Strasse 10, Witten D-58454, Germany

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Short professional trips

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Academic degrees

1980 M.Sc. in chemistry Lajos Kossuth University
1982 Ph.D. in chemistry Lajos Kossuth University
1991 C.Sc. in chemistry Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1998 Dr. habil. Lajos Kossuth University
2002 D.Sc. Hungarian Academy of Sciences

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Teaching activity

1980 - 1982 physical chemistry: seminars and laboratory practice
1982 - 1988 classical and instrumental analytical chemistry: seminars and laboratory practice
1985 - 1988 general and inorganic chemistry: seminars
1985 - 1988 numerical methods and computer programming for chemists: lectures and seminars
1991 - general chemistry, classical and instrumental analytical chemistry: lectures, seminars and laboratory practice
1994 - reaction kinetics (Ph.D. course)
1997 redox reactions of environmental significance (Ph.D. course at University St. Andrews, Scotland)

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Service at Lajos Kossuth University

1987 - 1988 elected member of the Council of the Chemistry Departments
1993 - 1996 elected member of the University Senate
1998 - 1999 elected member of the University Senate
2004 - elected member of the University Senate

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Membership in Professional organizations

1980 - Hungarian Chemical Society
1993 - Hungarian Association of Humboldtians
1998 - International Ozone Association
1997 Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms Meeting 97 Organizing Committee, chairman
1998 - Editorial Board of the journal Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms
1998 - Dalton Discussions 4 Organizing Committee
2001 - American Chemical Society

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Honours, Awards

1992 - 1993 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow
1998 - 2001 Széchenyi Professor
2001 - 2002 Széchenyi István Award

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Main research interests

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Major funded grants

1999 - 2002The Mechanisms of Complex Inorganic Redox Reaction (Hungarian National Research Foundation - OTKA)
1999 - 2000Redox Reactions of Oxyhalogen Species and Ozone (NATO Linkage Grant)
1999 - 2000Improving the Infrastructural Background for Chemical Education (FEFA)
1995 - 98 The Aplication of the FIA Method in Environmental, Food and Pharmaceutical Analysis (Hungarian National Research Foundation - OTKA)
1994 - 97 Mechanism of Redox Reactions of Oxyhalogen Species and Ozone (US - Hungarian Joint Found)

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A few recent publications


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Metal Ion Catalyzed Autoxidation Reactions: Kinetics and Mechanisms
Adv. Inorg. Chem. 2003, 54, 395-461.

Z. Nagy, I. Fábián, A. Bényei, I. Sóvágó
Thermodynamic, Kinetic and Structural Studies on the Mixed Ligand Complexes of Palladium(II) with Tridentateand Monodentate Ligands
J. Inorg. Biochem. 2003, 94, 291-299.

E. Farkas, É. Enyedi, I. Fábián
New Insight into the Oxidation of Fe(II) by Desferrioxamine B (DFB): Spectrophotometric and capillary Electrophoresis (CE) Study
Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2003, 6, 131-134.

E. Kiss, I. Fábián, T. Kiss
Kinetics of Ligand Substitution Reactions in the Oxovanadium(IV) - Maltol System
Inorg. Chim. Acta 2002, 340, 114-118.

G. Lente, I. Fábián
Ligand Substitution Kinetics of the Iron(III) Hydroxo Dimer with Simple Inorganic Ligands
Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 1306-1314.

G. Lente, I. Fábián
Kinetics and Mechanism of the Oxidation of Sulfur(IV) by Iron(III) at Metal Ion Excess
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 2002, 778-784.

Zs. Tóth, I. Fábián, A. Bakac
A Flash Photolytic Study of the Reaction Between Chlorite Ion and Dihalogen Radical Anions
Inorg. React. Mech., 2001, 3, 147-152.

G. Lente, I. Fábián
A Simple Test to confirm the Ligand Substitution Reactions of the Hydrolytic Iron(III) Dimer
React. Kinet. Catal. Lett., 2001, 73, 117-125.

A. Nemes A., I. Fábián
Az ózonbomlás mechanizmusa lúgos közegben (Mechanism of Ozone Decomposition in Alkaline Solution
Magyar Kémiai Folyóirat, 2001, 107, 229-312. (In Hungarian)

I. Fábián
The Reactions of Transition Metal Ions with Chlorine(III)
Coord. Chem. Rev., 2001, 216/217, 449-472.

V. Csordás, B. Bubnis, I. Fábián, G. Gordon
Kinetics and Mechanism of Catalytic Decomposition and Oxidation of Chlorine Dioxide by the Hypochlorite Ion
Inorg. Chem., 2001, 40, 1833-1836.

A. Nemes, I. Fábián, G. Gordon
The Kinetics and Mechanism of Aqueous Ozone Decomposition in Alkaline Solution
Inorg. React. Mech. 2001, 2, 327-342.

I. Sóvágó, E. Farkas, I. Fábián, I. Tóth
Ciánmentesítés folyóvizekben, avagy veszélyes zsákutca? (Removing Cyanide from Waterways or a Dangerous Dead-lock?)
Magyar Kémikusok Lapja 2001, 56, 101-104. (in Hungarian)

Z. Nagy, I. Fábián, I. Sóvágó
Modellvizsgálatok a rákellenes hatású platinakomplexek transzportfolyamatainak értelmezésére (Model studies on the transport processes of anticancer platinum complexes)
Acta Pharm. Hung. 2000, 70, 211-222. (in Hungarian)

I. Fábián
The Kinetic Role of Metal Ions in Environmentally Relevant Redox Reactions of Chlorite Ion and Sulfite Ion
Prog. Nucl. Energy 2000, 37, 47-53.

Zs. Tóth, I. Fábián
The Kinetics and Mechanism of the Initial Phase of the Bromine - Chlorite Ion Reaction in aqueous Solution
Inorg. Chem. 2000, 39, 4608-4614.

P. Buglyó, E. Kiss, I. Fábián, T. Kiss, D. Sanna, E. Garribba, G. Micera
Speciation and NMR Relaxation Studies of VO(IV) Complexes with Several O-donor Containing Ligands: Oxalate, Malonate, Maltolate and Kojate
Inorg. Chim. Acta 2000, 306, 174-183.

I. Fábián, D. Szűcs, G. Gordon
Unexpected Kinetic Phenomena in the Mercury(II) - Chlorite Ion System: Evidence for the Formation of the HgClO2+ Complex
J. Phys. Chem. A 2000, 104, 8045-8049.

A. Nemes, I. Fábián, R. van Eldik
Kinetics and Mechanism of the Carbonate Ion Inhibited Aqueous Ozone Decomposition
J. Phys. Chem. A 2000, 104, 7995-8000.

A. Nemes, I. Fábián, G. Gordon
Experimental Aspects of Mechanistic Studies on Aqueous Ozone Decomposition in Alkaline Solution
Ozone Science & Engineering 2000, 22, 287-304.

G. Lente, E. A. Magalhăes, I. Fábián
Kinetics and Mechanism of Complex Formation Reactions in the Iron(III)-Phosphate Ion System at Large Iron(III) Excess. The Formation of a Tetra-nuclear Complex
Inorg. Chem. 2000, 39, 1950-1954.

Z. Nagy, I. Fábián, I. Sóvágó
Thermodynamic, Kinetic and Structural Studies on the Ternary Palladium(II) Complexes of Thioether Ligands
J. Inorg. Biochem. 2000, 79, 129-138.

G. Lente, I. Fábián
The Early Phase of the Iron(III) Sulfite Ion Reaction: The Formation of a Novel Iron(III)-Sulfito Complex
Inorg. Chem. 1998, 37, 4204-4209.

F. Thaler, C.D. Hubbard, F.W. Heinemann, R. van Eldik, S. Schindler, I. Fábián, A.M. Dittler-Klingemann, F.E. Hahn, C. Orvig
Structural, Spectroscopic, Thermodynamic and Kinetic Properties of Copper(II) Complexes with Tripodal Tetraamines
Inorg. Chem. 1998, 37, 4022-4029.

L. Burai, I. Fábián, R. Király, E. Szilágyi, E Brücher
Equilibrium and Kinetic Studies on the Formation of the Lanthanide(III) Complexes, Ce(dota)- and Yb(dota)- (H4DOTA = 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid)
Inorg. Chem. 1998, 37, 4204-4209.

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Favorit authors: Joseph Heller
Isaac Asimov
Norman Mailer

Favorite musicians: Mike Oldfield
Deep Purple
Ludwig van Beethoven
Pink Floyd


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