03.2006 – present

Institute of Ecology and Botany of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (IEB HAS) – Executive project manager / junior researcher

-          executive management of FP6 SSA BioStrat - Developing the EU Biodiversity Research Strategy project

-          GIS support to NKFP6-00013/2005 Interactions of natural and artificial ecosystems: an assessment of biodiversity, ecosystem functions and land use in the Great Plain of Hungary and other projects of IEB HAS

-          modeling the effects of climate change in Pannonian ecosystems

-          estimating the climatic adaptation capacity of fragmented Pannonian habitats through GIS-based analyses of Ecologically Scaled Landscape Indices

-          carbon sequestration modeling of afforestations under JI of the Kyoto protocol

08.2005 – 12.2005

Conservation of Aquila heliaca in the Carpathian Basin LIFE02NAT/H/8627

-          build and maintain Access and GIS sightings database

-          produce GIS-based maps for publication and analysis

01.2005 – 08.2005

Duna-Dráva National Park Directorate, Pécs, Hungary - Zoological Expert

-          supervise and coordinate protection measures and programmes of endangered animal species

-          build a GIS database of protected species’ distribution

-          consultancy in zoological questions

09.2002 – 10.2004

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – Postgradual coursework and research in Marine Ecology

-          research on acoustic behavior of captive and free-ranging bottlenose dolphins

-          cetacean survey in the Cape Verde Archipelago

-          lecturer of classes in the ‘Marine Vertebrates’ course

-          elaborate the monk seal and cetacean bone collection of the University

09.2000 – 08.2002

National Authority for Nature Conservation, Ministry for Environment, Hungary - Officer

-          assistant in the initial project for the preparation of the Natura 2000 Network

-          National Focal Point for the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) and its agreements and memoranda of understanding (EUROBATS, AEWA, MoU: Otis tarda, Numenius tenuirostris, Acrocephalus paludicola)"

-          preliminary review of “Life Nature” project proposals

2002 - 2004

Postgradual coursework and research  in Marine Ecology: University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

2002

Public administration 1. grade diploma

1995-2000

M.Sc. in Applied Zoology: Szent István University, Faculty of Zoology (Summa cum laude)

July-September 2008

Volunteer assistant with the Australian Institute of Marine Science

June 2007

ArcGIS 9.2 International Scholarship program of the Society for Conservation GIS

May 2007

SENSE Summer School on Global Environmental Changes, The Netherlands

May 2005 - present

Lecturer of classes in the “Marine Biogeography” course at the Faculty of Zoology, Szent István University

September 2003

Leading scientist of a 2-week field survey on Boavista, Cape Verde, to collect cetacean stranding data

August 2003

Leading scientist of a 2-week acoustic and visual cetacean survey in Cape Verde waters by the oceanographic vessel Taliarte

February 2003

Invited Scientific Staff on the Spanish Navy’s oceanographic vessel Malespina for a study of the underwater acoustic characteristics of Lanzarote island’s western coastline after a mass stranding of beaked whales following a military sonar test

June-July 1997

Volunteer on the arctic expedition of the Murmansk Marine Biological Institute, Russia. (aim: collect physiological data from free-ranging belugas and grey seals on the White Sea)

2006 - present

·          landscape and seascape ecology

·          coastal ecology, seagrass meadows and coral reef ecology

·          habitat connectivity, GIS application of ecologically scaled landscape indices in fragmentation modeling (both terrestrial and marine)

·          effects of climate change on terrestrial and marine ecosystems

2000-present

·          acoustic behavior of animals (focus on marine mammals)

·          communication  and cognition in animals (focus on marine mammals)

·          tagging and analysis of tracking data (focus on marine mammals)

·          computer-based automatic sound characterization and classification, digital sound processing

·          GIS supported mathematical design and modeling of species distribution and population estimates (Distance Sampling)

·          marine mammal conservation

1998-2000

status signaling and socio-communicative signals in Passerine species, especially of tree sparrows (Passer montanus)

1996

ecdysteroid insect hormones and hormone self-defense of Ajuga species

2007

International Scholarship of the Society for Conservation GIS (in kind: ESRI trainings, ESRI software, GIS hardware, conference fees. Total value approximately: 40.000 USD)

2007

Postgradual Grant for participating on the SENSE Summer School, The Netherlands

2003

NATO Science Fellowship (4014/NATO/03) (4.000 EUR)

2002-2004

Postgradual grant of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Beca MAE, 21.000 EUR)

1999

Annual Grant of the Hajdú Gusztáv Foundation for Prominent Students of Higher Education (50.000 HUF)

1998-2002

European Commission Grant for Studies in Public Administration (EKKÖ, 500.000 HUF)

2007

member of the  Society for Conservation GIS

2006 - present

Marine Team – marine mammal observer (www.marineteam.com)

1997-present

member of the Hungarian Biological Society (Magyar Biológiai Társaság)

1995-present

member (founder) of the Association of Zoology Students (Zoo-Diák Egyesület)

Hungarian

native

Spanish

fluent

English

fluent

German

basic

computer skills:

·          MS Office: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint

·          GIS: ArcView 3.x, ArcGIS 9.2 (Spatial Analyst, 3D analyst, Geodatabases, Python scripting)

·          graphical: PhotoShop, CorelDraw

·          statistical: SPSS, Statistica

·          distance sampling: Distance 4.1, 5.0

·          html: FrontPage, Macromedia DreamWeaver

·          mathematical: Matlab

·          sound analyzing: SpectraLab, SoundForge, CoolEdit, Avisoft SASLab, Raven, Ishmael, Spectrogram (+ DSP module of Matlab)

genetic lab skills:

·          DNA extraction, PCR

photography

diving:

DIWA * (1993), NAUI advanced scuba diver (2005), experience: cca. 300 dives

licenses:

·          international for cars (date: 1994)

·          international for sailing and motor boats less than 12 meters or 15 tones (date: 2001, experience: ca. 1600 nm)

·          Queensland Marine Driving License (2008)

·          Marine Operators Certificate of Proficiency (2008)

Czúcz, B., Torda, G., Horváth, F. and Lelleiné Kovács, E. 2008. Landscape ecology based modelling of the climate adaptation capacity of wildlife (poster). From molecules to global processes: V. Hungarian Conservation Biolog Conference, 6-9. November 2008., Nyíregyháza. Program and Proceedings, p. 73. (Az élővilág éghajlati alkalmazkodóképességének élőhely-alapú tájökológiai modellezése (poszter). Molekuláktól a globális folyamatokig: V. Magyar Természetvédelmi Biológiai Konferencia, 2008. november 6-9. Nyíregyháza. Program és Absztraktkötet, p. 73.)

Török, K. and Torda, G. (eds.) 2008. GEO BON model area for data integration: the Kiskunság region. Proceedings of the “European contribution to GEO BON” workshop, 25-27 September 2008, Cegléd, Hungary. pp. 27.

Czúcz, B., Torda, G., Molnár, Zs., Horváth, F., Botta-Dukát, Z. and Kröel-Dulay, Gy. 2008. A spatially explicit, indicator-based methodology for quantifying the vulnerability and adaptability of natural ecosystems. In: Filho WL, Mannke F (eds): Interdisciplinary Aspects of Climate Change. Peter Lang Scientific Publishers, Frankfurt (accepted).

Monteiro, V., López Suárez, P., Varo Cruz, N., Torda, G., Berrow, S. and Hazevoet, C.J. 2008. New and noteworthy records of Cetacea from the Cape Verde Islands. Submitted.

Torda, G. 2007. Re: Offshore wind energy: a useful measure for the mitigation of greenhouse gases but, what about its effects on the marine environment? In Young, J., Sousa Pinto, I., Hawkins, S., Serrão Santos, R. and Watt, A.D. (eds.). 2007. Life on the Blue Planet: Biodiversity research and the new European marine policies. Report of an e-conference.

Torda, G. 2007. Iron fertilization of oceans as a means to sequester carbon dioxide. In Young, J., Sousa Pinto, I., Hawkins, S., Serrão Santos, R. and Watt, A.D. (eds.). 2007. Life on the Blue Planet: Biodiversity research and the new European marine policies. Report of an e-conference.

Török, K. and Torda, G. (eds.) 2007. Review of biodiversity research results from Hungary that directly contribute to the sustainable use of biodiversity in Europe. European Biodiversity for a Sustainable Europe – Research as contributor to the EU Biodiversity Research Strategy. 4-7. May 2007. Leipzig, Germany.

Balázs, B., Horváth, F., Mázsa, K. and Torda, G. 2007. Estimating carbon sequestration of Hungarian forests with various models. in Lakatos F.-Varga D. (eds.), Scientific Forestry Conference (Erdészeti Tud. Konferencia), 11^th December 2007., Sopron – proceedings of the conference pp. 30.

Horvath, M., Kovacs, A. and Torda, G. 2007. GIS analysis on the habitat selection of juvenile Imperial Eagles. Poster and oral presentation at the 27th Annual ESRI International Users Conference, San Diego, CA, USA.

Torda, G., Molnar, Zs., Horvath, F., Lellei-Kovacs, E. and Czucz, B. 2007. Estimating the climatic adaptation capacity of habitats and the adequacy of the Hungarian National Ecological Network to support the adaptation. Poster and oral presentation at the 10th Annual SCGIS Conference, June 25-28, 2007, in Monterey, California (USA).

Torda, G. and Lopez Jurado, L.F. 2006. Identifying dangerous grounds for fast ferries and fisheries - The model of a permanent passive acoustic sonar system for monitoring Cetacean movements. Poster presentation at the 1^st European Conference of Conservation Biology, Eger, Hungary 22^nd-26^th August, 2006.

Torda, G. 2004. Studies on the acoustic behaviour of the bottlenose dolphins of Loro Parque 2002-2004. Final Report, Fundación Loro Parque.

Torda, G. 2004. Análisis de las señales acústicas de los delfines mulares del Loro Parque. (Analysis of the acoustic signals of the bottlenose dolphins of Loro Parque.) Thesis for the researcher sufficiency degree, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Torda, G., López, P. and López-Jurado, L. F. 2004. First record of Fraser’s dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) in the Cape Verde Republic. In: López-Jurado, L. F. 2004. Report of Proyecto Hydrocarpo.

Torda, G., Barta, Z., Liker, A. 2004. Dominance hierarchy and status signaling in captive tree sparrow (Passer montanus) flocks. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 50 (1), 35-44. http://zoo.zoo.nhmus.hu/publication/actazool/50/1/torda.pdf

Torda, G. 2003. A study on the communicative signals of captive Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Poster presentation at 31^st EAAM Annual Symposium, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

Torda, G. 2000. A study on the relation of the dominance rank and the bib size in captive flocks of tree sparrows (Passer montanus). Masters Thesis, in Hungarian with English abstract.