Main currently running field of research:
Identification of opportunistic human pathogenic fungi; Genetic background of the pathogenicity of human pathogenic fungi

Previous and ongoing researches:
Evolutionary, phylogenetic and taxonomic studies on filamentous fungi; 
Molecular identification of filamentous fungi. 
Molecular genetic studies on filamentous fungi;
Metabolite production in biotechnologically relevant filamentous fungi.
 

2000: Postdoctoral research fellow; Microbiological Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the University of Szeged
2000-2002:    Guest researcher; University of Salamanca, Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Area of Genetics, Salamanca, Spain
2003-2004: Researcher; Microbiological Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the University of Szeged.
2004-2007: Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Szeged, Faculty of Science and Informatics, Department of Microbiology
2007-2010: University lecturer; University of Szeged, Faculty of Science and Informatics, Department of Microbiology
2010-: Assistant professor, University of Szeged, Faculty of Science and Informatics, Department of Microbiology 

More details are available on the department’s website:
http://www2.sci.u-szeged.hu/microbiology/pt.html 
 

• Karotin bioszintézis tanulmányozása gombákban
• Filogenetikai és taxonómiai vizsgálatok különböző gombacsoportokban, molekuláris diagnosztikai eljárások kifejlesztése
• Fonalas gombák genetikai módosításának lehetőségei
• Opportunista patogén járomspórás gombák azonosítása és patogenitásuk vizsgálata
• Human pathogenic filamentous fungi: virulence and host-pathogen interactions