Background
Polonyi, Janos was born on June 1, 1953 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Janos Polonyi and Julianna Varossy.
Polonyi, Janos was born on June 1, 1953 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Janos Polonyi and Julianna Varossy.
Master of Science, Eötvös University, Budapest, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy, Eötvös University, Budapest, 1977.
Research fellow, Center Research Institute for Physics, Budapest, 1976-1981; postdoctoral fellow, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany, 1981-1982; postdoctoral fellow, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1982-1985; assistant professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1985-1987; associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1987-1993; professor, L. Eötvös U., Budapest, since 1992; professor, Luis Pasteur U., Strasbourg, France, since 1992. Director Laboratory Theoretical Physics, Strasbourg, since 1992.
Member Hungarian Physical Society (Schmidt Rezso award 1988), American Physical Society, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Married Agnes Janoshazi, September 1, 1979 (divorced). Children: Eszter, Reka, Anna. Married Marianne Fingberg, July 16, 1999.
1 child, Lea.