Zsófia is a B.Sc. Student in Biology, but she got engaged to science and its communication already as a high school student. She has been an editor-presenter at the youth program of “Radio Subotica” for three years. Despites her young age, she has already been awarded several prizes during her secondary studies. She holds both the „Kazinczy Medal” and the „Széphalom Plaque” for winning prestigeous speech contests, she is a two-times prize winner of „The Day of Hungarian Science” essay contest and she has been selected twice among the most talented students in Vojvodina, Novi Sad, in the Republic of Serbia.

 

Since she started her university studies she holds a Ministerial Scholarship for the excellent academic progress and she attends to the ’Márton Áron’ College for Advanced Studies. She already has a first experience in academic research, as she has been a research trainee in the 1st Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research of Semmelweis University.

 

Apart of her studies and research interest, Zsófia is passionate about science communication : she is a member of the 'IQ Therapy' public outreach group, organizing science cafés and science-related events. She prepares 10-14 year-old children for competitions and recruitments, she is an instructor at a biology summer camp and volunteer at the "Bátor Tábor" camp with therapeutic recreation for ill children.

 

Besides Hungarian, she speaks in English, German and Serbian. In her free time, Zsófia is engaged in singing Hungarian national folk songs, and she is involved in authentic Hungarian arts in the "Szalagfűző" choir.​