Personal data sheet
personal data approved: 2024. VII. 09.
Personal data
István Elek Maák
name István Elek Maák
name of institution
doctoral school
SzTE Doctoral School of Biology (Supervisor)
SzTE Doctoral School of Environmental Sciences (Announcer of research topic)
the share of work in the different doctoral schools. SzTE Doctoral School of Biology 70%
SzTE Doctoral School of Environmental Sciences 30%
Contact details
E-mail address bikmakkgmail.com
phone number +36 70 279-3398
own web page
Academic title
scientific degree, title Ph.D.
year degree was obtained 2015
discipline to which degree belongs environmental sciences
institution granting the degree University of Szeged
Employment
2019 - University of Szeged
university professor or researcher
2016 - Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences (research institute, not university)
other (not specified) (adjunktus)
Thesis topic supervisor
number of doctoral students supervised until now 4.5
number of students who fulfilled course requirements 1
students who obtained their degrees:
Orsolya Juhász PhD 2022  USz-DSB

present PhD students:
Bonita Ratkai (PhD) (2027/08)  USz-DSB
(50%) Adam Lőrincz (PhD) (2025/08)  USz-DSB
  Thesis topic proposals
Research
research area behavioral ecology and community ecology of ants, the effect of climate change, immunity of ants, cognition and personality in ants and marmosets
research field in which current research is conducted biology
environmental sciences
Publications
2024

Lőrincz Ádám, Hábenczyus Alida Anna, Kelemen András, Ratkai Bonita, Tölgyesi Csaba, Lőrinczi Gábor, Frei Kata, Bátori Zoltán, Maák István Elek: Wood-pastures promote environmental and ecological heterogeneity on a small spatial scale, SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 906: 167510
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 1
language: English
URL 
2024

Martin Rayanne, Leroy Chloé, Maák István, d'Ettorre Patrizia: Group phenotypic composition drives task performances in ants, BIOLOGY LETTERS 20: (1) pp. 20230463-6.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
language: English
URL 
2021

Trigos-Peral Gema, Juhász Orsolya, Kiss Péter János, Módra Gábor, Tenyér Anna, Maák István: Wood ants as biological control of the forest pest beetles Ips spp., SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 11: (1) 17931
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 7
language: English
URL 
2021

Maák István, Trigos-Peral Gema, Ślipiński Piotr, Grześ Irena M, Horváth Gergely, Witek Magdalena: Habitat features and colony characteristics influencing ant personality and its fitness consequences, BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY 32: (1) pp. 124-137.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 12
language: English
URL 
2020

Maak Istvan, Toth Eszter, Lenda Magdalena, Lorinczi Gabor, Kiss Anett, Juhasz Orsolya, Czechowski Wojciech, Torma Attila: Behaviours indicating cannibalistic necrophagy in ants are modulated by the perception of pathogen infection level, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 10: (1) 17906
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 8
language: English
URL 
2020

Maák István, Roelandt Garyk, d'Ettorre Patrizia: A small number of workers with specific personality traits perform tool use in ants, ELIFE 9: e61298
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 21
language: English
URL 
2019

Bátori Z, Vojtkó A., Maák I. E., Lőrinczi G., Farkas T., Kántor N., Tanács E., Kiss P. J., Juhász O., Módra G., Tölgyesi Cs., Erdős L., Aguilon D. J., Keppel G.: Karst dolines provide diverse microhabitats for different functional groups in multiple phyla, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 9: (1) 7176
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 29
language: English
URL 
2019

Maák István, Camera Jessica, Casacci Luca Pietro, Barbero Francesca, Trigos‐Peral Gema, Ślipiński Piotr, Bonelli Simona, Zaccagno Michele, Witek Magdalena: The influence of colony traits on the collective behaviour of Myrmica scabrinodis ants, INSECT CONSERVATION AND DIVERSITY 12: (6) pp. 481-491.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 8
language: English
URL 
2017

Maák István, Lőrinczi Gábor, Pauline Le Quinquis, Módra Gábor, Dalila Bovet, Josep Call, Patrizia d'Ettorre: Tool selection during foraging in two species of funnel ants, ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 123: pp. 207-216.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 28
language: English
URL 
2014

Maák I, Markó B, Erős K, Babik H, Slipinski P, Czechowski W: Cues or meaningless objects? Differential responses of the ant Formica cinerea to corpses of competitors and enslavers., ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 91: pp. 53-59.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 13
language: English
URL 
Number of independent citations to these publications:127 
Scientometric data
list of publications and citations
number of scientific publications that meet accreditation criteria:
128
number of scientific publications:
128
monographs and professional books:
0
monographs/books in which chapters/sections were contributed:
2 
scientific publications published abroad that meet the accreditation criteria:
95
publications not in Hungarian, published in Hungary, meeting the accreditation criteria:
9
number of independent citations to scientific publications and creative works:
366