Background
Somogyi, Istvan Kosa was born on February 10, 1930 in Szekesfehervar, Hungary. Son of Istvan and Erzsebet (Hoffmann) K.Somogyi.
Somogyi, Istvan Kosa was born on February 10, 1930 in Szekesfehervar, Hungary. Son of Istvan and Erzsebet (Hoffmann) K.Somogyi.
Diploma, University Veszprem, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Institute of Technology, Leningrad, 1958. Doctor of Science, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1972.
Junior research chemist, Research Institute for Aluminum, Hungary, 1954; post-graduate fellow, Institute Technology, Leningrad, 1955-1958; research chemist, Control Research Institute for Physics, Budapest, 1958-1972; department head, Control Research Institute for Physics, Budapest, 1972-1986; science consultant, Control Research Institute for Physics, Budapest, 1986-1988; science consultant, Kossuth Lajos U., Debrecen, Hungary, since 1990. Post-doctoral International Atomic Energy Agency fellow U. Leeds, England, 1962-1963.
Member Society Hungarian Chemists, Committee Atomic and Molecular Physics Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Married Lidia Pavlovna Katchalova, April 10, 1956. 1 child, Gyorgy.