Surname, first name, title: Csizmadia, Szilárd, Dr. (PhD) Working address: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research Current Position: Research Fellow Nationality: Hungarian Birth: June 11, 1975, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary E-mail: szilard.csizmadia@dlr.de Academic Degrees: PhD in Astronomy: 2005, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary MSc in Astronomy: 1999, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary MSc in Physics teaching: 1999, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary Grammar school graduation: 1993, Széchenyi Gimnázium Zalaegerszeg, Hungary Academic Education: Sep 1989 – Aug 1993: grammar-school: Széchenyi Gimnázium, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary Sep 1993 – Aug 1999: undergraduate student (Physics), Eötvös University, Budapest Sep 1995 – Aug 1999: undergraduate student (Astronomy), Eötvös University, Budapest Sep 1999 – Aug 2002: PhD student in Astronomy, Eötvös University and Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, Supervisor: Dr. L. Patkós Work experience: Sep 1999 – Aug 2002: Young Researcher Fellowship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) at Konkoly Observatory of HAS Sep 2002 – Sep 2007: Research Fellow, Konkoly Observatory of HAS Nov 2007 – Feb 2008: Research Fellow, Baja Astronomical Observatory, Hungary March 2008 – May 2008: Research Fellow, Cosmic Geodesic Observatory, Penc, Hungary May 2008 – present: Researcher, DLR, Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany 2017 – present: member of FOR 2440/SP6 subproject: Matter under Planetary Conditions, Determination of exoplanetary Love-numbers 1994 – 1999: Secretary of the Vega Astronomical Association, Hungary 1999 – present: President of the Vega Astronomical Association 2018 – 2019: Member of the Academic Team of the 13th International Olympiad in Astronomy and Astrophysics 2015 – present: Member of the International Astronomical Union 2012 – present: Member of the International Meteor Organization 1992 – present: Member of the Hungarian Astronomical Association 2017 – 2019: Editorial Board member of the Information Bulletin on Variable Stars 2012 – 2015: CoI of the CoRoT Exoplanet Science Team 2014 – present: Leader of PLATO Work Package 114: Transit Tools and Analysis 2014 – present: Member of PLATO Science Management 2014 – present: KESPRINT Consortium member, Modelling Work Package leader h-index: 32. Number of citations: 3982. Number of publications and communications in Astrophysical Data System (only English ones): 228, first-authored publications: 34 (2 book chapters, 21 peer-reviewed papers, 11 conference proceedings and others). Number of Hungarian-language popularization papers: over 200 according to www.csimabi.hu