Place & date of birth: Budapest, Hungary – 21. 08. 1963
Nationality: Hungarian
Education: economist (MKKE)
Contact: +36-1-411-6500 /Ext. 8795, marta.gacsi@gmail.com
Studies:
1997-2000 Eötvös Loránd University, Doctoral programme
1981-1987 MK University of Economics
Languages skills: English, Russian, German
Degree: PhD (2003), Title of dissertation: Ethological study of dogs’ attachment behaviour towards their owner
Professional experience and positions:
2012 – senior research fellow, Research MTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group
2005-2012 senior research fellow, ELTE Department of Ethology
1995-2005 Research fellow, MTA Comparative Ethology Research Group
Teaching experience:
Human-animal interactions, since 2010
Evolution of Canids, since 2004
Cognitive ethology, since 2002
Evolution of communication, since 2002
Assistance dogs (SZIE) 2011-2012
Animal therapy (ELTE Bárczy) 2010-2011
Ethology practical 2003-2010
Membership:
1995 Hungarian Ethological Society (member)
1995 Dogs for Humans Health – Social – Scientific Charity (member of advisory board)
Professional awards and recognition:
2006 As supervisor: 2006 – National Scientific Student Conference 1. prize – Kara Edina
2001 Frank A. Beach Comparative Psychology Award – best paper in 2001 (by the American Psychological Association)
5 most significant publications (within 5 years):
Andics, A., Gácsi, M., Faragó, T., Kis, A., Miklósi, Á. 2014. Voice-sensitive regions in the dog and human brain are revealed by comparative fMRI. Current Biology, 24: 574-578.