Dr. Viola Horváth

Senior research associate

Head of the HPLC group

Education

Candidate of Chemical Sciences  Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1993

Research

Our group aims at developing polymer based selective sorbents to capture various proteins from biological samples. Selectivity is either achieved by molecular imprinting of the target protein, or by using monomers in an optimized ratio that possess special functional groups capable of multipoint interactions with the protein. The sorbents are prepared in nanoparticle format or as a thin layer on a magnetic nanoparticle core.

Our group is also active in developing new liquid and gas chromatograhic methodologies starting from sample preparation through separation to detection (UV, DAD, fluorescence, evaporative light scattering, refractive index for LC and FID, MS for GC) for various industrial and biological samples. Special attention is paid to the development of LC and GC methods to identify and quantitate bioactive compounds of plant origin.

Honors

• TMB award, Scientific Evaluation Committee, 1990
• Bolyai János Research Fellowship, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1998-2000
• Erdey László prize, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2015

Publications

For full list see: https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=10008018 (ORCID: 0000-0003-1014-7930)

• Tóth, K. Vékey, L. Drahos, V. Horváth, L. Turiák, Salt and solvent effects in the microscale chromatographic separation of heparan sulfate disaccharides, J. Chrom. A, 1610, 460548, 2020
• Renkecz, G. Mistlberger, M. Pawlak, V. Horváth, E. Bakker, Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Microspheres Containing Photoswitchable Spiropyran-Based Binding Sites, Applied Materials and Interfaces 5 (2013) 8537-8545
• Horváth, A. Tolokán, A. Egresi, T. Pap, G. Horvai, K. Balogh-Nemes, I. Klebovich, High-performance liquid chromatographic-tandem mass spectrometric method for the determination of clemastine in human plasma, J. Chromatogr. B, 816 (2005), 153-159
• Ferrer, F. Lanza, A. Tolokán, V. Horváth, B. Sellergren, G. Horvai, D. Barcelo, Selective Trace Enrichment of Chlorotriazine Pesticides from Natural Waters and Sediment Samples Using Terbuthylazine Molecularly Imprinted Polymers, Anal. Chem. 72(16), 3934-3941, 2000.
• L. Locascio-Brown, A. L. Plant, V. Horvath, R. A. Durst, Liposome flow injection immunoassay: Implications for sensitivity, dynamic range, and antibody regeneration, Anal. Chem. 1990, 62, 2587-2593

Teaching

• Analytical Chemistry I BSc autumn/spring
• Environmental Analytical Chemistry, for Environmental Engineering BSc spring
• Environmental Analytical Chemistry lecture, for Biochemical Engineering BSc autumn
• Environmental Analytical Chemistry laboratory practice, for Biochemical Engineering BSc autumn
• Methods of Environmental Analysis, for Environmental Engineering MSc autumn
• Quality Management MSc autumn