István Rácz
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István Rácz | |
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| Born | 1952 (age 73–74) |
| Occupations | Dendrologist, curator, museologist |
Rácz István (born 1952) is a Hungarian dendrologist, curator, and museologist.
Research fields
[edit | edit source]Woody plant (primarily conifer) taxonomy, ecology, conservation, and herbarium development.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Received his diploma from the University of Horticulture, Budapest in 1976. From that year Istvan Racz has worked at the Botanical Department of the Hungarian Natural History Museum[1] as a member of the Dendrological Documentation project.[2] Received doctorate and then Ph.D from the University of Silviculture in Sopron, Hungary in 1984 and 1997, respectively. As part of the dendrological documentation team led by Zsolt Debreczy research botanist, he had worked in many leading institutes worldwide, including the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, also in other major herbaria, arboreta and botanical gardens in the U.S., England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, and Poland. Istvan Racz also participated in large-scale botanical expeditions led to various parts of the temperate and adjacent zones, including northern North America, Mexico, China, Chile, Japan, Taiwan, New Zealand and Tasmania. Co-author or author of numerous books and scientific articles.
Selected publications
[edit | edit source]Scientific journal articles
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- Rácz, I., – Huyen, D. D. (2007): Study of a low-elevation occurrence of Pinus dalatensis Ferré (Pinaceae) in Gia Lai Province, Vietnam. Studia bot. hung. 38: 133–142.
Books
[edit | edit source]- Vajda, L. – Rácz, I. Flora Photographica Hungarica. (text with: Zs. Debreczy & F. Németh) Képzőművészeti Kiadó, Budapest. 180 p. 1984 (in Hungarian). Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Debreczy, Zs. & Rácz, I.: Fenyők a Föld Körül (Conifers Around the Earth). in Hungarian with English summary. Dendrological Foundation, Budapest, 2000. pp. 552. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Debreczy, Zs. – Rácz, I. (2011): Conifers Around the World. DendroPress Ltd., Budapest. pp. 1089. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
Awards
[edit | edit source]- Award of Excellence, Ministry of Education and Culture, Hungary. 1979
- Honorary Professor, Budapest Corvinus University (2013)
Fellowships
[edit | edit source]- Mercer Fellowship, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, United States (1988–1990)
- Synthesys Project (EU), Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland (2011)
- Visiting Scientist, Kyoto University, Japan (2013)
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Hungarian Natural History Museum - Department of Botany, Herbarium Generale - István Rácz profile
- Conifers Around the World (Curriculum vitae - István Rácz)
- International Dendrological Research Institute (Scientists' Biographies)
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