University of Szeged Department of Atmospheric and Geospatial Data Sciences

Dr. Tamás Gál professor

Member of the Institute’s Executive Board: Dr. Tamás Gál

Members of the Institute Council: Dr. Tamás Gál ,Dr. Márton Kiss

Member of the Institute’s Economic Committee: Dr. Tamás Gál

Member of the Institute’s Education and Teacher Training Committee: Dr. József Szatmári

Member of the Institute’s Quality Assurance Committee: Dr. Attila Kovács 

Member of the Institute’s Public Relations Committee: Dr. Zalán Tobak

Member of the Institute’s Occupational Health, Safety, and Waste Management Committee: Dr. Gergely Molnár

History of the Department

In 1921, geographers arriving from Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár) were granted temporary housing in the building at 13 Dugonics Square. Under the direction of Sándor Márki, the Institute of History and the Institute of Geography were established. In 1924, Károly Kogutowicz took over the leadership of the—from then on independent—Institute of Geography, making significant efforts to expand its physical assets and equipment. Among his most important works, various thematic maps and his two-volume book Transdanubia and the Little Hungarian Plain (Dunántúl és Kisalföld) deserve special mention. From 1925, the official name of the institute became the Institute of Geography, Meteorological Observatory, and Seismographic Observatory.