Imre Tóth (chemist)
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| Born | March 6, 1950 Köröstarcsa, Hungary |
| Citizenship | Hungary |
| Education | Kossuth Lajos Tudományegyetem (1974) |
| Spouse(s) | Marianna Medve (married 1973-present) |
| Website | https://kemia.unideb.hu/prof-dr-toth-imre |
Imre Tóth (Tóth Imre, born 6 March 1950 in Köröstarcsa, Hungary) is professor emeritus of inorganic chemistry at the University of Debrecen, Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry.[1]
Early and personal life
Imre Tóth was born in Köröstarcsa, Hungary, as a son of Imre Tóth, a Calvinist cantor teacher, and Mária Klára Túsz, a hairdresser. He has two sisters, Klára who worked as a teacher of arts and Hungarian in Cegléd, and Gabriella, who worked as a teacher of chemistry and physics in Mezőberény. He attended primary school in Köröstarcsa. He became interested in chemistry as a teenager and completed the Chemical Industry Vocational High School in Debrecen[2] in 1968. He graduated from the Lajos Kossuth University in Debrecen as a chemist in 1974.
He married Marianna Medve in 1973 in Nyírbéltek. They live in Pallag, Debrecen, where his wife was teaching mathematics and physics. They have one daughter, Borbála (1974) and two sons (Imre Péter, 1975 and László Márton, 1990).
Academic career
After his graduation, Imre Tóth has worked throughout his academic career at the University of Debrecen, Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry. He became full professor in 2004 and professor emeritus in 2015. He was a guest professor four times for an academic year at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, staying at the Wenner-Gren Center, in Stockholm, Sweden. He was a guest researcher three times at Fukuoka University, Japan for a shorter period.
He is specialized in inorganic chemistry. His main research results are in the field of spectroscopy and studying metal complexes, in particular, in the investigation of metal complexes for diagnostic purposes, in the equilibrium, structural, and kinetic investigation of complexes containing metal-metal bonds, the reactivity of different metal-ligand complexes in solution, and in the structural and dynamic investigation of metal complexes by NMR spectroscopy in combination with pH-potentiometry, UV-Vis. His work is directed to compounds with a role in medical imaging (MRI, PET) and therapy. By 2025, he has 143 peer-reviewed publications[3].
He played a central role in organization of the research field, by organizing important conferences, and with the establishment of research collaborations ranging from Perth, Australia, through Fukuoka, Japan, to Umeå, Sweden.[4]
He became a Candidate of Science in Chemistry at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1990) and a Doctor of Science at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2003. He is member of the Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Science Committee, the Debrecen Regional Committee, and the Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry Working Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.[5]
In addition to his research and teaching role at the university, he was the head of the Higher Education Workers' Union at the University of Debrecen.
Awards
Imre Tóth has received the Knight's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit in 2015 and the Academic Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2021. In protest against the reception of the reward by Zsolt Bayer on political grounds, he returned the Knight's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit[6].
Main publications
Tóth, E., Brücher, E., Lázár, I., & Tóth, I. (1994). Kinetics of formation and dissociation of lanthanide (III)-DOTA complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 33(18), 4070-4076. Kinetics of Formation and Dissociation of Lanthanide(III)-DOTA Complexes
Kálmán, F. K., Baranyai, Z., Tóth, I., Bányai, I., Király, R., Brücher, E., ... & Kovács, Z. (2008). Synthesis, potentiometric, kinetic, and NMR Studies of 1, 4, 7, 10-tetraazacyclododecane-1, 7-bis (acetic acid)-4, 10-bis (methylenephosphonic acid)(DO2A2P) and its complexes with Ca (II), Cu (II), Zn (II) and lanthanide (III) ions. Inorganic Chemistry, 47(9), 3851-3862. Synthesis, Potentiometric, Kinetic, and NMR Studies of 1,4,7,10-Tetraazacyclododecane-1,7-bis(acetic acid)-4,10-bis(methylenephosphonic acid) (DO2A2P) and its Complexes with Ca(II), Cu(II), Zn(II) and Lanthanide(III) Ions
References
- ↑ "Bemutatkozás - Szervetlen és Analitikai Kémiai Tanszék | Kémiai Intézet". kemia.unideb.hu.
- ↑ "Debreceni SZC Vegyipari Technikum | EDIR". Debreceni SZC Vegyipari Technikum | EDIR.
- ↑ "Magyar Tudományos Művek Tára". m2.mtmt.hu. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
- ↑ "With the title "Quo Vadis Coordination Chemistry? (A quick view of Imre Tóth's friends in 2015)" a symposium has been organized in 2015 in Debrecen" (PDF). 8 May 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Database of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences". Retrieved 18 March 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Itthon: Itt a teljes névsor: eddig ők adták vissza kitüntetésüket a Bayer-féle lovagkereszt miatt | hvg.hu". 22 August 2016.
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