Background
Mahunka, Sándor was born on October 17, 1937 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Sándor and Margit (Závodszky) Mahunka.
museum official researcher acarologist
Mahunka, Sándor was born on October 17, 1937 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Sándor and Margit (Závodszky) Mahunka.
Bachelor of Science, Eötvös Loránd University, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Eötvös Loránd University, 1974. Doctor of Science, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1983.
Hydrobiologist, National Hygiene Institute, Budapest, 1961-1963; museologist, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, since 1963; deputy director general, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, since 1989.
Member Hungarian Entomological Society (editor since 1975, Frivaldszky gold medal 1992), International Society for Entomofaunistics Middle Europe (secretary since 1985), Hungarian Academy of Sciences (correspondent member).
Married Lujza Papp, September 1, 1966. 1 child, Ágnes.