Contact and Affiliation
2019 – present Curator, Collection of Genetic Resources, Hungarian Natural History Museum
2007 – present Curator, Ichthyology Collection, Hungarian Natural History Museum
2004 – present Museologist, curator of Collection of Amphibians and Reptiles, Hungarian Natural History Museum
2000 – 2004 Assistant, Collection of Amphibians and Reptiles, Hungarian Natural History Museum
Education and Qualifications
2007 PhD (Zoosystematics, Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Zoosystematics and Ecology)
2000 MSc (University of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Applied Zoology, Budapest)
International Grants and Cooperations
- BIOD-IBERIA – “Improving Human Potential ” program – 10.21.2002. –12.21. 2002. – Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales), Madrid, Spain, Investigating the evolutionary history of Bombina species in the Carpathian Basin
- Hungarian State Eötvös Fellowship – 10.01.2004. – 03.31.2005. – University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand – Molecular phylogeography of Litoria species introduced from Australia into New Zealand
- European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy scholarship for outstanding women scientists – 06.29.2008. –07.13.2008. – Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain – Molecular taxonomy of amphibian species in Hungary.
- The Royal Society, International Incoming Short Visit – 10.07.2008. – 10.12.2008. – Zoological Society of London, London, United Kingdom – Detection of chytridiomycosis among amphibian species in Hungary.
- Hungarian State Eötvös Fellowship – 11.01.2008. – 07.15.2009. – South Australian Museum – University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia – Molecular systematics and phylogeography of Litoria species in Australia.
- Rufford Small Grant – Building capacity in amphibian research and conservation in peninsular Thailand – 2012 February, 2013 January, associate researcher – Prince of Songkhla University, Hat Yai, Thailand
- Hungarian State Eötvös Fellowship – 09.01.2015. – 11.30.2015. – Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Bahía, Brasil – Taxonomy of Phyllodytes frogs.
- Synthesys – Synthesys of systematic resources – 06.03.2017. – 19.03.2017. – Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain – Osteological differentiation between two European newt species.
National Grants
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences – Scholarship for researchers raising young children – 2023 April – 2024 April
- National Research, Development and Innovation Fund of Hungary, – TÉT-17-AT funding scheme – Phylogeography and adaptive evolution of the Caspian Whipsnake (Dolichophis caspius) – 2018-2019
- Hungarian Scientific Research Found (OTKA) – Innovative Systematics – 2018 December-2020 November
- Bolyai János Research Scholarship – Hungarian Academy of Sciences – 2014-2017
- Hungarian Scientific Research Found (OTKA) – Phylogeography and conservation of Hungarian amphibian species – 2009-2013
Other Scientific Activities
- Biomonitoring of the herpetofauna in several National Parks of Hungary
- Project manager of Herpetofauna Mapping in Hungary (Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Group of the Hungarian Ornithological and Nature Conservation Society)
- Deputy Head of Department, External Department of Zootaxonomy, Szent István University – 2014 – present
- Editor of Acta Zoologica Academiae Scienciarum Hungaricae – 2011-2014
- Associate editor (2015-2017), co-editor (2017-present) of Amphibia-Reptilia
- BIOTALENT – talent in biodiversity, Erasmus+ program – 2017-2019
Conference Organizing Activity
- Member of Local Organizing Committee on the 1st European Congress of Conservation Biology, Eger, 2006
- Conservation and basic research of amphibians in Hungary – president of organizing committee – Hungarian Natural History Museum, 2008
- VI. Hungarian Conservation Biology Conference – Workshop: from molecules to global warming: herpetology to bridge between theory and practice – president of organizing committee – HNHM, 2010
- 3rd Hungarian Herpetology meeting – head of organizing committee – HNHM, Budapest, 2012
- Head of Organizing Committee of the 17th European Congress of Herpetology, Veszprém, Hungary, 2013
- 4th Hungarian Herpetology meeting – head of organizing committee – HNHM, Budapest, 2014
- 5th Hungarian Herpetology meeting – head of organizing committee – HNHM, Budapest, 2016
- 6th Hungarian Herpetology meeting – head of organizing committee – HNHM, Budapest, 2019
- 9th World Congress of Herpetology (WCH9) – Secretary General Elect – University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2020
- 7th Hungarian Herpetology meeting – head of organizing committee – HNHM, Budapest, 2023
- 10th World Congress of Herpetology (WCH10) – Secretary General – Universiti Sarawak Malaysia, Kuching, Borneo, Malaysia, 2024
Memberships in Societies
- Hungarian Biological Society, Zoological Section – 2000-present
- Hungarian Ornithological and Nature Conservation Society, board member of the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Group – 2008-present
- Societas Europea Herpetologica – 2007-present
- Executive committee member of the World Congress of Herpetology – 2012-2016
- Secretary General Elect of the World Congress of Herpetology – 2016-2020
- Secretary General of the World Congress of Herpetology – 2020-2024
- Diversity Biology Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences – 2014-present
- European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) – 2020 – present
- Amphibian Genomics Consortium – 2023-present
Judit Vörös
