Sik, András

 

Assignment

Senior Lecturer

Qualification

Geographer (2003)

Scientific Degree

PhD

Language Skills

English, German

Research

Mars research, Planetary Science, GIS, Remote sensing, Geomorphology.
Contact Location: Southern Block 1.220
Phone: +36 1 3722500/1806
E-mail: sikandras[at]gmail.com

Education

  • The geography and the geology of the Solar System

  • Astronomical geography (Practice)

  • Geographical Information Systems and Applications II

  • Mars-exploration

  • Presentation techniques with computers

Scientific Public Life

  • Founder member and coordinator of the ELTE Geoinformatics Research Group;

  • Founder member and coordinator of the ELTE Planetary Science Research Group;

  • Deputy secretary-general of the Hungarian Astronautical Society

Prizes, Awards, National Scholarships

  • Ernő Nagy award, Hungarian Astronautical Society (2008);

  • eHungary professional award, Ministry of Informatics and Communication (2006);

  • Junior professional literature award, Hungarian Geographical Society (2006);

  • Silver Cross of Merit of the Hungarian Republic (civilian)

International grants, scholarships

  • 2006 (2 weeks) Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR/ESA), Berlin;

  • 2003 (1 month) Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), Madrid;

  • 2002 (1 month) astrobiological-morphological study-trip, Chile–Peru–Brazil;

  • 2001 (1 month) planetary science study-trip, NASA, United States of America;

  • 2000 (1 month) First Hungarian rock glacier research expedition, Turkey

10 Selected Publications

1. Sik, A. 2003: Comparative morphology of Martian debris aprons and terrestrial rock glaciers – Proceedings of the III. European Workshop on Exo-Astrobiology, Madrid, pp. 291-292.

2. Sik, A. 2004: Periglaciális törmeléklejtők vizsgálata digitális domborzatmodellek alapján – a Marson – Magyar Földrajzi Konferencia 2004, Szeged, 2004.

3. Sik, A. – Kereszturi Á. – Hargitai H. 2005: A víz és a jég szerepe a Mars felszínfejlődésében – Földrajzi Közlemények, CXXIX (LIV)/3-4., pp. 159-176.

5. Sik, A. – Kereszturi Á. 2006: A Mars felszínalaktani vizsgálata űrfelvételek alapján – Geodézia és Kartográfia, LVIII/9., pp. 12-20.

6. Horváth A. – Gánti T. – Bérczi Sz. – Pócs T. – Kereszturi Á. – Sik, A. 2006: Marsi sötét dűnefoltok: az élet lehetősége a Marson? – Magyar Tudomány, 167/11., pp. 1357-1375.

7. Szathmáry, E. – Gánti T. – Pócs T. – Horváth A. – Kereszturi Á. – Bérczi Sz. – Sik, A. 2007: Life in the dark dune spots of Mars: a testable hypothesis in (szerk.) PUDRITZ, R. – HIGGS, P. – STONE, J. 2007: Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life. Cambridge Astrobiology Series, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 241-262.

8. Horváth A. – Kereszturi Á. – Bérczi Sz. – Sik, A. – Pócs T. – Gánti T. – Szathmáry, E. 2009: Analysis of dark albedo features on a southern polar dune field of Mars – Astrobiology, 9(1)., January/February 2009, pp. 90-103.

9. Kereszturi Á. – Möhlmann, D. – Bérczi Sz. – Gánti T. – Kuti, A. – Sik, A. – Horváth A. 2009: Recent rheologic processes on dark polar dunes of Mars: driven by interfacial water? – Icarus, 201/2., June 2009, pp. 492-503.

10. Kereszturi Á. – Möhlmann, D. – Bérczi Sz. – Gánti T. –Horváth A. – Kuti, A. – Sik, A. – Szathmáry, E.: Indications of brine related local seepage phenomena on the northern hemisphere of Mars – Icarus, in press.

Scientometry

Cumulative Impact Factor: 9,162
Independent Citations: 1

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