Varga-Szilay Zsófia
Pozíció: PhD student
E-mail: zsofia@vargaszilay.hu
Education and Degrees
- 09/2020 – Current: Biological studies (Ph.D.), Doctoral School of Biology, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
- 09/2018 – 06/2020: Degree in Hydrobiology (M.Sc.), Department of Hydrobiology, Faculty of Sciences, PTE University of Pécs, Pécs Hungary
- 09/2012 – 06/2016: Degree in Biology (B.Sc.), Faculty of Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
Research interests
I am actively interested in pollinator ecology, monitoring, and conservation, and the use of cutting-edge artificial intelligence tools for my research.
Links
Weboldal: www.vargaszilay.hu
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/
GoogleScholar: https://scholar.google.com/
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-
Publications:
Varga-Szilay, Z., Fetyko, K. G., Szovenyi, G., & Pozsgai, G. (2023). Bridging biodiversity and gardening: unravelling the interplay of socio-demographic factors, garden practices, and garden characteristics. bioRxiv. https://www.biorxiv.org/
Boieiro, M., Leite, A., Rego, C., Varga-Szilay, Z., & Borges, P. A. V. (2023). Two alien insect species are new records at the family-level to the Azores archipelago (Portugal). BioInvasions Records, 12(2), 535–543. https://doi.org/https://doi.
Varga-Szilay, Z., & Pozsgai, G. (2022). Plant growers’ environmental consciousness may not be enough to mitigate pollinator declines: a questionnaire-based case study in Hungary. Pest Management Science, 79(4), 1284–1294. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.
Varga-Szilay, Z., & Tóth, Z. (2022). Is acetamiprid really not that harmful to bumblebees (Apidae: Bombus spp.)? Apidologie, 53(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/
Conference participations
Varga-Szilay, Z., & Pozsgai, G. (2023). Flower visitation through the lens: exploring bumblebees’ behaviour with computer vision-based application. XII European Congress of Entomology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.
Varga-Szilay, Z., & Pozsgai, G. (2022). Data digging from photographs of Paraguayan moths (Lepidoptera) using deep-learning-based object detection. 58th Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC 2022), Columbia, Cartagena. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.
Varga-Szilay, Z. (2021). Safe heavens or poisonous traps: pesticide use in bee-friendly gardens. Royal Entomological Society (ENTO’21), online.
Varga-Szilay, Z. (2021). Kerti poszméhlegelők [Bumblebeefriendly-gardens]. 879th meeting of the Hungarian Entomological Society, Budapest, Hungary. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.
Book review
Varga-Szilay, Z. (2023). Peter Kevan and D. Susan Willis Chan (Eds): Promoting pollination and pollinators in farming. Community Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/
Varga-Szilay, Z. (2022). Jeff Ollerton: Pollinators & pollination: nature and society. Community Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/
Magazine articles
Varga-Szilay, Z. (2021). Fókuszban az érzékeny poszméhek – A peszticidek rejtett hatásai [Focus on vulnerable bumblebees – The hidden effects of pesticides]. TermészetBúvár, 3, 116–120.
Varga-Szilay, Z. (2021). Növényeink nélkülözhetetlen beporzói – A poszméhkolóniák [Indispensable pollinators of our plants – The bumblebee colonies]. Természet Világa, 4, 9–11.
Varga-Szilay, Z. (2021). Veszélyek a kolónián kívül-belül – A poszméhek ellenségei: a viaszmolytól a gyurgyalagig [Threats from inside and outside of the colony – Bumblebees’ enemies: from wax moths to bee-eaters]. Természet Világa, 10, 434–438.
Professional memberships
- Royal Entomological Society
- British Ecological Society
- Hungarian Entomological Society
- Hungarian Biological Society