Background
Farkas, Jozsef Bela was born on June 4, 1933 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Bela and Ida (Piri) Farkas.
Farkas, Jozsef Bela was born on June 4, 1933 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Bela and Ida (Piri) Farkas.
Diploma in engineering, Technical University, Budapest, 1956. Doctor of Engineering, Technical University, Budapest, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy in Food Microbiology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1968.
Doctor of Science in Food Science, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1978.
Assistant science officer Research Institute Canning, Meat and Refrigeration, Budapest, 1957-1959. Science officer, SSO Central Food Research Institute, 1959-1969, head department microbiology, 1969-1972, deputy director, 1972-1986. Director International Facility Food Irradiation Technology, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1980-1985.
Professor food science University Horticulture & Food, Budapest, 1986—2003, head department food technical, 1986-1993, vice rector, 1993-1996, professor emeritus, since 2003. Board manager International Food Irradiation Project, Karlsruhe, Germany, 1972-1980. Chairman food advisory board Minitry of Agriculture, Budapest, since 1993, chairman codex alim.
Hungary, since 1994.
Member Hungarian Academy of Sciences (chairman committee food science since 1991), Hungarian Science Society for Food Industry (member executive committee 1956, co-president since 1998, Sigmond Kosutany award 1974, 92), Hungarian Microbiol. Society (co-chairman food microbiology since 1985, Manninger award 1993, Tangl medal 2002).
Married Piroska Anna Csentes, September 21, 1957. Children: Kinga, Csilla, Balazs.