Mária Ercsey-Ravasz

Mária Ercsey-Ravasz is a Researcher at Babes-Bolyai University and a member of the Transylvanian Institute of Neuroscience in Romania. She holds a joint Ph.D. in Physics from Babes-Bolyai University and Information Technology (infobionics) from Péter Pázmány Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary (2008). Her research spans network science, nonlinear dynamics, and analog computing, with a focus on applications in neuroscience and optimization problems.

• Education: B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Physics from Babes-Bolyai University
• Joint Ph.D. in Physics and Information Technology (infobionics)

Her work includes over 46 ISI publications and 1,700+ citations (h-index: 18). She has been recognized with prestigious awards such as the Marie Curie Fellowship, UNESCO-L’Oreal National Fellowship, and multiple honors from the Hungarian and Romanian Academies of Sciences.

• Scientific Awards:
• Junior Bolyai Prize (2003)
• Award of Young Researchers (Transylvanian Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
• Marie Curie Fellowship (2012-2014)
• UNESCO-L’Oreal National Fellowship (2013)
• Constantin Miculescu Award (Romanian Academy of Sciences, 2015)
• QP Award for Young Researchers (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2019)

She is also a member of the Hungarian Young Academy, contributing to interdisciplinary research at the intersection of physics, neuroscience, and computational science.