Place & date of birth: Budapest, Hungary – 21. 08. 1963
Nationality: Hungarian
Education: economist (MKKE)
Contact: +36-1-411-6500 /Ext. 8795, marta.gacsi@ttk.elte.hu
Studies
1997-2000 Eötvös Loránd University, Doctoral programme
1981-1987 MK University of Economics
Degree
PhD (2003), Title of dissertation: Ethological study of dogs’ attachment behaviour towards their owner
Professional experience and positions
2019 – Senior research fellow, ELKH-TKI Comparative Ethology Research Group
2012 – 2019 Senior research fellow, MTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group
2005 – 2012 Senior research fellow, Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Ethology
1995 – 2005 Research fellow, MTA Comparative Ethology Research Group
Languages skills: English, Russian, German
Teaching experience
2010 – Human-animal interactions
2004 – Evolution of Canids
2002 – Cognitive ethology
2002 – Evolution of communication
2011 – 2012 Assistance dogs (SZIE)
2010 – 2011 Animal therapy (ELTE Bárczy)
2003 – 2010 Ethology practical
Membership
1995 – Hungarian Ethological Society (member)
1995 – Dogs for Humans Health – Social – Scientific Charity (member of advisory board)
Professional awards and recognition
2017 Juhász-Nagy Pál Award (for outstanding supervisory activity)
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)
Korcsok, B., Faragó, T., Ferdinandy, B., Miklósi Á., Korondi, P., Gácsi, M. (2020). Artificial sounds following biological rules: A novel approach for non-verbal communication in HRI. Scientific Reports, 10: 7080. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-63504-8
Salamon, A., Száraz J., Miklósi, Á., Gácsi, M. (2020). Movement and vocal intonation together evoke social referencing in companion dogs when confronted with a suspicious stranger. Animal Cognition, 23, 913–924., doi: 10.1007/s10071-020-01401-3