Adam Miklosi

Adam Miklosi is a Full Professor at the Department of Ethology and Head of the Institute of Biology at Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary). His work spans ethology, comparative cognition, and human-animal interaction.

• Education: M.Sc., PhD, DSc, and Habilitation in biology-related fields
• Key affiliations: Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Swiss National Science Foundation, EU FP7 ICT
• Research focus: Social cognition, robotic companionship, and cross-species communication

His research integrates animal behavior studies with human cognitive science, particularly in human-animal communication systems. Grants include EU FP7 LIREC, ESF Research Network, and Hungarian Academy of Sciences projects. Awards highlight his educational contributions and research excellence. Miklosi serves on editorial boards of journals like Animal Cognition and BMC Neuroscience, and is Editor-in-Chief of Biologia Futura since 2019.

Scientific Awards

• Distinguished Scholar Award (IAHAIO, 2010)
• ELTE Medal for Scientific Education (2011)
• Juhász-Nagy Pál Prize (2011)
• Hungarian Academy of Science Prize (2015)
• Corresponding Member, Hungarian Academy of Science (2016)
• Innovative Researcher of the Year, ELU (2016)

Over 30 years of academic service include leadership roles in the Hungarian Ethological Society and editorial positions across six journals.