Place & date of birth: Budapest, Hungary – 23. 09. 1986.
Nationality: Hungarian
Education: certified biologist (ELTE, 2011)
Contact: bereczky.boroka@ttk.elte.hu

Studies:
2005-2011                    Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Science, Biologist – Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, Systematics specialization. MSc thesis: Observational learning by preschoolers of tool use in children: investigating the chains of transmitting knowledge.
2005-2006                    Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Science, biology and mathematics teacher training

Languages skills: French, English, German

Professional experience and positions:
2013 –                                Research biologist, MTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group
2013                                   Research assistant, ELTE, Department of Ethology, Hungarian Scientific Research Fund Project
2012-2013                        Research assistant, MTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group
2012                                    Research assistant, ELTE, Department of Ethology, LIREC Project

Memberships:
2011-2015                     Landscape and People’s College of Human and Cultural Association for Nature Conservation
2008                                Hungarian Biological Society, member

Professional awards and recognition:
2010                                 Eötvös Loránd University Students’ Conference (TDK), Anthropology, Human Ethology science section, 2nd place

5 most significant publications (within 5 years):
Konok, V., Gigler, D., Bereczky, B. M., Miklósi, Á. 2016. Humans’ attachment to their mobile phones and its relationship with interpersonal attachment style. Computers in Human Behavior, 61: 537-547. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2016.03.062

Koay, K.L., Lakatos, G., Syrdal, D.S., Gácsi, M., Bereczky, B., Dautenhahn, K., Miklósi, Á., Walters, M.L. 2013. Hey! There is someone at your door. A hearing robot using visual communication signals of hearing dogs to communicate intent. Proceeding of the 2013 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life, Singapore, 90-97.

Lakatos, G., Gácsi, M., Konok, V., Brúder, I., Bereczky, B., Korondi, P., Miklósi, Á. 2014. Emotion attribution to a non-humanoid robot in different social situations. PLoS ONE, 9(12): e114207.

Bereczky B., Oláh K., Topál J. (2012) Eszközhasználat kortárs megfigyeléses tanulásának vizsgálata óvodás korú gyermekeknél. Magyar Etológiai Társaság XIV. Kongresszusa, Kolozsvár, 2012. nov 29-dec. 1. pp. 10.

Bereczky B., Oláh K., Topál J. (2013) Eszközhasználat kortárs megfigyeléses tanulásának vizsgálata óvodás korú gyermekeknél. Magyar Pszichológiai Társaság XXII. Országos Tudományos Nagygyűlése, 2013. június 5-7. pp. 47.