Education:
- MSc in Plant Protection
Budapesti Corvinus University (2012-2014)
Graduated summa cum laude
- BSc in Horticultural Engineering
Budapesti Corvinus University (2008-2012)
Work Experience:
- PhD Student
MATE – Doctoral School of Horticultural Sciences (2022 – Present)
- Teaching Assistant
Szegedi Tudományegyetem (2024 – Present)
- Individual Entrepreneur
Nutrient management and plant protection consultancy, Field Calc software developer (2015 – 2022)
Research Focus:
Florian’s research emphasizes alternative approaches to horticultural nitrogen fertilization, soil biology, and the efficacy of innovative mulching techniques. His work includes the comprehensive statistical analysis of agricultural data and the exploration of plant protection methodologies.
Scientific Publications:
Florian has authored and co-authored several manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals, including:
- “Alternative Approaches to Horticultural Nitrogen Fertilisation in Sandy Soils” (2023)
- “The Effect of Wool Mulch on Plant Development in the Context of the Physical and Biological Conditions in Soil” (2023)
- “How Different Mulch Materials Regulate Soil Moisture and Microbiological Activity?” (2022)
Citations:
Citations:
- Total citations: 232
- Citations since 2019: 97
h-index:
- Overall h-index: 7
- h-index since 2019: 7
i10-index:
- Overall i10-index: 5
- i10-index since 2019: 3
Publication Top Notes:
- A class of expandable polyhedral structures
F Kovács, T Tarnai, PW Fowler, SD Guest
International Journal of Solids and Structures, 41(3-4), 1119-1137 (2004)
Citations: 55
- Double–link expandohedra: a mechanical model for expansion of a virus
F Kovács, T Tarnai, SD Guest, PW Fowler
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical … (2004)
Citations: 54
- Balancing polyhedra
G Domokos, F Kovács, Z Lángi, K Regős, PT Varga
arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.05382 (2018)
Citations: 17
- Wrapping the cube and other polyhedra
T Tarnai, F Kovács, PW Fowler, SD Guest
Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering … (2012)
Citations: 17
- Symmetry-adapted mobility and stress analysis of spherical and polyhedral generalised bar-and-joint structures
F Kovács, T Tarnai
PhD dissertation submitted to the BME (2004)
Citations: 11
- Construction of a mechanical model for the expansion of a virus
SD Guest, F Kovács, T Tarnai, PW Fowler
Proc. IASS-2004, 20-24 (2004)
Citations: 8
- An expandable dodecahedron
F Kovács, T Tarnai
Hyper Space/高次元科学会 編, 10(1), 13-20 (2001)
Citations: 8
- The effect of wool mulch on plant development in the context of the physical and biological conditions in soil
K Juhos, E Papdi, F Kovács, VP Vasileiadis, A Veres
Plants, 12(3), 684 (2023)
Citations: 7
- Equiauxetic hinged Archimedean tilings
T Tarnai, PW Fowler, SD Guest, F Kovács
Symmetry, 14(2), 232 (2022)
Citations: 7
- Mono-unstable polyhedra with point masses have at least 8 vertices
S Bozóki, G Domokos, F Kovács, K Regős
International Journal of Solids and Structures, 234, 111276 (2022)
Citations: 7
- Number and twistedness of strands in weavings on regular convex polyhedra
F Kovács
Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering … (2014)
Citations: 6
- Foldable bar structures on a sphere
F Kovács
IUTAM-IASS Symposium on Deployable Structures: Theory and Applications (2000)
Citations: 6
- Two-dimensional analysis of bar-and-joint assemblies on a sphere: equilibrium, compatibility and stiffness
F Kovács, T Tarnai
International Journal of Solids and Structures, 46(6), 1317-1325 (2009)
Citations: 5
- Movable pairs of regular polyhedra
F Kovács, FI Hegedűs, T Tarnai
Structural Morphology towards the New Millennium, Internat. Colloq. Univ … (1997)
Citations: 5
- Extended truss theory with simplex constraints
F Kovács
International Journal of Solids and Structures, 48(3-4), 472-482 (2011)
Citations: 4
- Mobility and stress analysis of highly symmetric generalized bar-and-joint structures
F Kovács
Journal of Computational and Applied Mechanics, 5(1), 65-78 (2004)
Citations: 4
- Conway’s spiral and a discrete gömböc with 21 point masses
G Domokos, F Kovács
The American Mathematical Monthly, 130(9), 795-807 (2023)
Citations: 3
- How Different Mulch Materials Regulate Soil Moisture and Microbiological Activity?
E Papdi, A Veres, F Kovács, K Juhos
Journal of Central European Green Innovation, 10(Suppl), 26-38 (2022)
Citations: 2
- Optimal packages: binding regular polyhedra
F Kovács
[Publication details missing] (2014)
Citations: 2
- Occurrence of production diseases in large dairy herds in Hungary
E Brydl, F Kovács, P Ribiczey, L Konda, G Nagy
7th International Congress on Production Disease in Farm Animals, Cornell … (1989)
Citations: 2