He is an experimental physicist with multidisciplinary research background and more than 17 years of academic experience on the fields of atmospheric and aerosol sciences, analytical chemistry, air pollution monitoring and the related health and environmental impact assessment. Since his PhD he was working as a senior researcher at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and several universities worldwide (Argentina, Belgium, UK). Main fields of his research interest: 1) chemical/physical characterization of aerosol particles, 2) secondary aerosol formation and air pollution dynamics, 3) air-sea interactions and exchanges, 4) health effects of airborne particulate matter. He is author/co-author of more than 40 research papers.