In 2007, the Hungarian Development Bank and the Prima Primasima Foundation launched the Hungarian Sciences category for the Junior Prima Prize. Recognition can be given to those young scientists under the age of 33 who contribute significantly to the development of Hungarian science through their outstanding scientific work, international results, educational activities and community building activities.
In the building of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Marton Bukay, Deputy State Secretary in charge of National Development Financing, and Levente Sipos Tomba, President and CEO of the Hungarian Development Bank, presented the awards.
Among this year’s winners in the category of the Hungarian Junior Prima Prize for Science is Pannon University’s young researcher, László Koók (Bioengineering, Environmental and Chemical Sciences) from the Bioengineering, Membrane Technology and Energy Research Group. László Koók, who also holds the title of Distinguished Researcher of the Veszprém Academic Commission, was born in 1988. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Bioengineering and in 2017 with a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of Pannon University. He completed his doctoral studies in the Doctoral School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Sciences at PE. His research is in the field of green energy production, in the application and development of so-called bioelectrochemical systems.
