Dr. habil. Róbert Bódizs, PhD
Personal data
Date of Birth: 29. 10. 1973.
Office Address:
Semmelweis University, Institute of Behavioural Sciences
H-1089 Budapest, Nagyvárad tér 4., Hungary
Phone: +36 1 210 2930/ext. 56404, +36 1 210 2953
E-mail: bodizs [POINT] robert [AT] med [POINT] semmelweis-univ [POINT] hu
National Institute of Clinical Neurosciences
H-1145 Budapest, Amerikai út 57.
Education / Degrees
- Habilitation – Medical Psychology 2014 – Semmelweis University, Faculty of General Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
- Doctoral (PhD) degree 2002 – Semmelweis University Neuroscience Doctoral School, Budapest, Hungary
- Psychologist 1997 – Babeş–Bolyai University, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Research interests
- individual characteristics of sleep-EEG – traits in neural activity patterns of the brain during sleep
- sleep, cognition, development– associations/correlations and relationships between intelligence (cognitive functions) and sleep
- dream research – psychological and electrophysiological characterization of dreaming
- sleep and electrophysiology – the electrophysiology of the sleep-wake states
Professional experience
- Sleep research– associations between sleep and cognition, modern EEG analysis procedures (National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology – OPNI – Centre for Epilepsy, Semmelweis University, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology)
- Teaching – Medical Psychology in Hungarian and English, PhD courses, special courses (Semmelweis University, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Gáspár Károli University)
- Tutoring PhD and gradual students
- Clinical work – ictal/interictal neuropsychological tests, long term video-EEG monitoring (National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Budapest – Centre for Epilepsy)
Employment History
- Semmelweis University, Institute of Behavioural Sciences – Senior research fellow since 2002
- National Institute of Clinical Neurosciences – part time researcher since 2016
- Péter Pázmány Catholic University, Department of General Psychology – 2013-2016 part time senior research fellow
- Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Cognitive Science– 2012 Senior research fellow
- HAS-BME Cognitive Science Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences – 2009-2011: part time senior research fellow
- National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology,Budapest, Epilepsy Center – 1998-2002: psychologist
Research fellowships:
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences – János Bolyai Research Fellowship – 2005-2008
- Hungarian Ministry of Education – PhD fellowship – 1998-2001
- Soros Foundation – Invisible College, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania – 1993-1994
Supervisor of Research Grants:
- NKFI-ID: 128117 2018-2022: Sleep oscillations in the human cortex and thalamus
- OTKA-K105367 2012—2014: Neurophysiological indicators of emotional and cognitive maturation of the human brain in the mirror of emerging and developing dreams in children
- Bial Foundation Research Grant (55/10) 2011—2013: The developmental and psychophysiological emergence of dreams and nightmares
- DreamScience Foundation & IASD grant 2009—2011: Dreaming style and cognitive performance: sleep and emotional information processing from a neuropsychological and quantitative EEG perspective
- OTKA-T048927 2005 – 2007: A sleep physiological approach of the cognitive neuropsychological factors of autism
- ETT-162/2003 2003 – 2005: Associations between cognitive performance & mood and the electrophysiological indicators of sleep
- European Sleep Research Society – Sanofi-Synthelabo Grant 2002 – 2004: A parahippocampal electrocorticographic analysis of the transition from wakefulness to sleep: are REM features present?
Publication activity
- Monographs: 2
- Book chapters: 4
- Book chapters in university text books: 5
- Articles in scientific journals: 84
- Hirsch-index: 18 / 22 (WoS / MTMT)
- Independent citations: 1193
- List of publications
Conference Organization
- The V. Dubrovnik Conference on Cognitive Science: May 13-16, 2013, Dubrovnik, Croatia
- The 1st International Conference on Sleep Spindling: May 12-14., 2016, Budapest
- The 2nd International Conference on Sleep Spindling: May 24-26, 2018, Budapest
Membership:
- Member of the Editorial Board: Sleep Spindles & Cortical Up States (founder-editor-in-chief), BMC Neuroscience
- Core member: Mental Health Sciences Doctoral School, Semmelweis University, Budapest
- Member: EBRS – European Biological Rhythms Society
Awards received:
- Merit Award 2014: Semmelweis University, Faculty of General Medicine
- Semmelweis University’s Excellent Employee Award 2013: Semmelweis University
- Merit Award 2012: Semmelweis University, Faculty of General Medicine
- Research Grant Award 2009– DreamScience Foundation
- Helgi Kristbjarnarson award 2004– European Sleep Research Society, Prague
- Publication Award for PhD Students 2002– National Association of PhD Students, Budapest
August, 2018