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Zsolt Béla Bárány

	Personal information
	Place of birth	Oradea (Romania)
	Date of birth	February 27, 1981
	Qualifications	Chemist and Teacher of Chemistry, Specialized Pedagogy (specialization: Teacher of Chemistry)
	Workplace	Dóczy Grammar School of the Reformed College of Debrecen
	Workplace address	H-4024 Debrecen, 35 Kossuth Street, Hungary
	Position	teacher
	Phone	+36 52 614 789
	e-mail	baranyz@gmail.com

Work experience

When?	Where?	Role / Position
2015–	Dóczy Grammar School of the Reformed College of Debrecen, Debrecen (HU)	teacher
2020–	Charitable Foundation for Natural Sciences Education Szabó Szabolcs (HU)	expert, MobileLab teacher
2019–	Educational Authority (HU)	expert, textbook developer, proofreader
2020–	Tempus Public Foundation (HU)	expert
2021–	University of Debrecen, Debrecen (HU)	tutor
2011–	Government Office of Hajdú-Bihar County, Department of Education, Debrecen (HU)	examiner
2024–2025	Ludovika University of Public Service, Budapest (HU)	teaching material developer, program editor
2023	Makovecz Campus Foundation, Piliscsaba (HU)	trainer
2019–2020	Raabe Klett Oktatási Tanácsadó és Kiadó Kft., Budapest (HU)	trainer
2017–2020	Károly Eszterházy University – Oktatás2030 Research Group, Eger (HU)	expert, curriculum developer
2018–2019	University of Debrecen, Debrecen (HU)	tutor
2016–2019	Endre Hőgyes Grammar School, Hajdúszoboszló (HU)	head of science labs, teacher
2016–2018	Association of Hungarian Talent Support Organizations, Budapest (HU)	tutor
2015–2016	Maxim Publishing House, Szeged (HU)	textbook developer
2014–2016	Raabe Klett Oktatási Tanácsadó és Kiadó Kft., Budapest (HU)	trainer, expert, program editor
2003–2016	Secondary Technical School for Chemistry of Debrecen SZC, Debrecen (HU)	head of Chemistry Department, teacher
2015	Suliszerviz Oktatási és Szakértői Iroda Kft., Debrecen (HU)	trainer
2015	Hungarian Institute for Educational Research and Development, Budapest (HU)	textbook developer
2014	Önkonet Szolgáltató és Tanácsadó Kft., Budapest (HU)	trainer
2014	University of Debrecen, Debrecen (HU)	tutor
2011–2013	Association of Hungarian Talent Support Organizations, Budapest (HU)	trainer
2009–2012	Ferenc Kölcsey Grammar School of Debrecen, Debrecen (HU)	teacher

Education and training

When?	Where?	Qualification / Field of Study
2025–	University of Debrecen, Debrecen (HU)	English-Hungarian scientific translator
2013–2015	University of Debrecen, Debrecen (HU)	Specialized Pedagogy (specialization: Teacher of Chemistry)
2004–2007	University of Debrecen, Debrecen (HU)	PhD student (specialization: Chemistry)
1999–2004	University of Debrecen, Debrecen (HU)	Chemist and Teacher of Chemistry

Language skills

Hungarian	Mother tongue
English	State Accredited Language Examination Certification (The European Language Certificates) Listening: C1; Reading: C1; Spoken production: B2; Spoken interaction: B2; Writing: B2
Romanian	State Accredited Language Examination Certificate, acquired via naturalization Listening: C1; Reading: C1; Spoken production: C1; Spoken interaction: C1; Writing: C1

Publications

• Basic calculation problems for those taking the final exam in Chemistry (in Hungarian, Dóczy Grammar School of Reformed College of
  Debrecen, 2025)
• Graduation Exercises in Chemistry (in Hungarian, MX-1364, Maxim Publishing House, 2024)
• Science 8 Textbook (in Hungarian, OH-TER08TA, Educational Authority, 2023)
• Workbook for Advanced Level Education in Chemistry vol. 1 (in Hungarian, OH-KEM1112E, Educational Authority, 2023)
• P-prims in Student's Thinking (in Hungarian, Magyar Tudomány, 2022)
• Science 7 Textbook (in Hungarian, OH-TER07TA, Educational Authority, 2022)
• Science 11 Textbook (in Hungarian, OH-TER11TA, Educational Authority, 2022)
• Science 11 Textbook – Chemistry module (in Hungarian, OH-KEM11TA, Educational Authority, 2022)
• Workbook for Advanced Level Education in Chemistry vol. 2 (in Hungarian, OH-KEM1112E, Educational Authority, 2022)
• From Recipe-like Experiments to Experiment Design (in Hungarian, Középiskolai Kémiai Lapok, 2021)
• Chemistry 9-10 Workbook Part 1&2. (in Hungarian, OH-KEM910MAB, Educational Authority, 2021)
• Chemistry 9-10 Textbook Part 1&2. (in Hungarian, OH-KEM910TB, Educational Authority, 2021)
• Chemistry 9-10 Textbook Part 1&2. (in Hungarian, OH-KEM910TA, Educational Authority, 2021)
• The New National Curriculum and the Chemistry – Maybe Nothing Is Pure Black or White (in Hungarian, Magyar Kémikusok Lapja, October 2020, 290-292.)
• Guide to Teach Chemistry Based on the New National Curriculum (in Hungarian, Oktatás2030 Project, 2020)
• Chemistry 9 Textbook (in Hungarian, OH-KEM09TB, Educational Authority, 2020)
• Chemistry 9 Workbook (in Hungarian, OH-KEM09MA, Educational Authority, 2020)
• Chemistry 9 Textbook (in Hungarian, OH-KEM09TA, Educational Authority, 2020)
• Graduation Exercises in Chemistry (in Hungarian, MX-1132, Maxim Publishing House, 2016)
• P-prims as Sources of Conceptual Understanding in Chemistry (in Hungarian, Középiskolai Kémiai Lapok, 2015)
• Chemical Knowledge 3. (in Hungarian, Debrecen, 2015)
• Chemical Knowledge 2. (in Hungarian, Debrecen, 2014)
• Chemical Knowledge 1. (in Hungarian, Debrecen, 2013)
• Health and Safety at Workplace (in Hungarian, Debrecen, 2013)
• e3: eTwinning Partnerships - Evolution 2012: Let's Do Experiments at Home (in Hungarian, Educatio Public Service Nonprofit LLC, Budapest, 2013)
• Calculation Problems in Physical Chemistry (in Hungarian, Debrecen, 2012)
• Contribution in J. Bohdaneczkyné Schág – L. Balogh: Talent Management in Public Education in Chemistry (in Hungarian, Géniusz Books vol.13, 2011)
• Organic Laboratory Practices (in Hungarian, Debrecen, 2010)
• Experiments on Tiles and Semi-microscale Experiments I-V. (in Hungarian, Mozaik Kiadó, 2009-2010)
• Physical Chemistry (in Hungarian, Debrecen, 2009)
• Preparation of Polymer-Metal Composites via In Situ Decomposition of Metal Salts by Frontal Polymerization (in English, Macromolecular Reaction Engineering, 2007)
• In Situ Metal Deposition in Polymerization Front: A New Technique to Prepare Metal-containing Composites (in Hungarian, Plastics and Rubber, 2005)

Conferences

• The MobileLab Project – Much More Than a Spectacular Experimental Demonstration (in Hungarian, International Conference on Chemistry, Targu Mures – Romania, 2023)
• Thoughts on the Launch of National Curriculum 2020 (in Hungarian, XXVII. Conference of Teachers of Chemistry, Eger – Hungary, 2021)
• Naïve Axioms of High School Students (15th International Conference of Doctoral Studies in the Field of Education Natural Sciences, Komarno – Slovakia, 2019)
• Teacher's Role in MTA-ELTE Realistic Inquiry-based Learning of Chemistry Project (in Hungarian, Hungarian Academy of Sciences' Conference, Budapest – Hungary, 2019)
• Chemistry in the Draft of New National Curriculum (in Hungarian, Year-end Conference, Budapest – Hungary, 2018)
• One of Our Main Treasures: The Water (in Hungarian, II. Conference of Hajdú-Bihar County's Good Practices, Debrecen – Hungary, 2018)
• Discovering the Naïve Axioms of High School Students (in Hungarian, XXVI. Conference of Teachers of Chemistry, Eger – Hungary, 2018)
• Discovering the Naïve Axioms of High School Students (in Hungarian, Chemistry Methodological Workshop, Komarno – Slovakia, 2018)
• Naïve Axioms of High School Students (in Hungarian, International Conference on Chemistry, Deva – Romania, 2017)
• Mobile Tools in Use of Balancing Chemical Equations (Science on Stage, Debrecen – Hungary, 2017)
• Mobile Tools in Use of Balancing Chemical Equations (in Hungarian, Science on Stage, Debrecen – Hungary, 2016)
• Football Fever Around Us (in Hungarian, Science on Stage, Debrecen – Hungary, 2016)
• Phenomenological Primitives (P-prims) in Chemistry (European Conference on Research in Chemical Education, Barcelona – Spain, 2016)
• YEAHs! Your Experiments at Home Safely (eTwinning Conference, Warsaw – Poland, 2012)
• Let's Do Experiments at Home (in Hungarian, SuliNetwork Conference, Szeged – Hungary, 2012)
• Experiments on Tiles and Semi-microscale Experiments in Laboratory Practice (in Hungarian, Methodological Workshop, Oradea – Romania, 2009)
• Experiments on Tiles and Semi-microscale Experiments in Laboratory Practice – One Step After Developing of Talents (in Hungarian, Conference of Teachers of Chemistry, Budapest – Hungary, 2008)
• Using Ultrasound and Microwave to Initiate Polymer Fronts (in Hungarian, IC of PhD Students, Miskolc – Hungary, 2007)
• Preparation of Polymer-Metal Composites via In Situ Decomposition of Metal Salts by Frontal Polymerization (EUROMAT, Prague – Czech Republic, 2005)

Presentations (all in Hungarian)

• Chemistry is Colourful, Mmelly and Interesting – promoting Chemistry with MobileLab (SJU, Komarno – Slovakia, 2023)
• The New Chemistry Textbooks and Workbooks (NYE, Nyíregyháza, 2022)
• Because it's Good to Experiment! (BBTE, online, 2022)
• Introduction of Natural Science in the 11th grade (RPI, online, 2022)
• Introduction of Natural Science in the 11th grade (MKE, online, 2022)
• New Chemistry Textbooks and Workbooks Based on Curriculum2020 (POK Debrecen, online, 2021)
• New Chemistry Textbooks Based on Curriculum2020 (NPK, online, 2021)
• What? Why? How? – the New National Curriculum and the Chemistry (Oktatás2030, online 2 times, 2020)
• Science in Curriculum2020 (TTRE, Debrecen, partly online, 2020)
• Curriculum2020 – Changes in Chemistry (Budapest, 2020)
• One(?) Year in Tutor Program (Hajdúböszörmény, 2019)
• Developing the Science Curriculum – Chemistry (Budapest, 2019)
• To be a Chemist or a Physicist? (Hajdúszoboszló, 2017)
• HEG Science Lab (Debrecen, 2017)
• Chemistry Here, Chemistry There (Hajdúszoboszló, 2015)
• Interesting Chemical Experiments (Fehérgyarmat, 2015)
• Spectacular Chemical Experiments (Nagyhegyes, 2014)
• Easy Chemical Experiments (Hajdúnánás, 2014)
• Microscale Chemical Experiments in Chemistry (Debrecen, 2013)
• Chemistry into Children's Hands! – Student Experiments at School and Home (Debrecen, 2013)
• Microscale Experiments in Service of Teaching Chemistry – A Training for Teachers of Chemistry (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen, 2009)
• Developing the HPLC-IR Combined Technique and Investigating the Application (Debrecen, 2005)
• In Situ Metal Deposition in Polymerization Front: A New Technique to Prepare Metal-containing Composites (Miskolc, 2003)

Projects

• Do you believe or not? (a National Talent Program project, 2025–)
• Inquiry-based Learning of Chemistry and Systems Thinking (a Hungarian Academy of Sciences project, 2021–2025)
• Discovering the naïve axioms of high school students (2017–2020)
• ScientIFIK (a National Talent Program project, 2020–2022)
• Realistic Inquiry-based Learning of Chemistry (a Hungarian Academy of Sciences project, 2016–2021)
• One of our main treasures: the water (a National Talent Program project, 2017–2018)
• Let's Do Experiments at Home (an eTwinning project, 2012–2013)

Accredited teacher trainings I delivered (1145 hours)

• Teaching Science in Class 11, (15/30 hours), Piliscsaba, 2023.
• Teaching Science in Class 7-8, (15/30), Budapest, 2023.
• Use of Digital Tools and Possibilities in Childhood, (30 hours), Szerencs, 2020.
• Use of web 2.0 Applications in Teaching, (30 hours) Várpalota, 2019.
• Use of web 2.0 Applications in Teaching, (30 hours) Barcs, 2019.
• Use of web 2.0 Applications in Teaching, (30 hours) Nagyatád, 2019.
• Use of web 2.0 Applications in Teaching, (30 hours) Barcs, 2019.
• Use of web 2.0 Applications in Teaching, (30 hours) Tatabánya, 2019.
• ICT Tools in Use of Teaching, (30 hours) Szeged, 2016.
• Developing of Digital Literacy of Specialized Subjects, (30 hours) Debrecen, 2015.
• The Content of the Sulinet Portal and the Use of Digital learning Tools in the Teaching-learning Process, (30 hours) Vámospércs, 2015.
• ICT Tools in Use of Teaching, (30 hours) Berettyóújfalu, 2015.
• The Content of the Sulinet Portal and the Use of Digital learning Tools in the Teaching-learning Process, (30 hours) Békéscsaba, 2015.
• Modern Knowledge and Possibilities in Science Education, (30 hours) Szentendre, 2015.
• Modern Knowledge and Possibilities in Science Education, (30 hours) Ózd, 2015.
• Modern Knowledge and Possibilities in Science Education, (30 hours) Szerencs, 2015.
• Modern Knowledge and Possibilities in Science Education, (30 hours) Székesfehérvár, 2015.
• Modern Knowledge and Possibilities in Science Education, (30 hours) Budapest, 2015.
• Modern Knowledge and Possibilities in Science Education, (30 hours) Poroszló, 2014.
• Modern Knowledge and Possibilities in Science Education, (30 hours) Szentendre, 2014.
• Modern Knowledge and Possibilities in Science Education, (30 hours) Nyíregyháza, 2014.
• Modern Knowledge and Possibilities in Science Education, (30 hours) Miskolc, 2014.
• Preparing for Operating in Science Labs Using Professional Skills, Modern Teaching Methods and Tools, (120 hours) Fehérgyarmat, 2014.
• Modern Knowledge and Possibilities in Science Education, (30 hours) Budapest, 2014.
• Using Interactive Tools and Methods in Teaching Sciences, (30 hours) Fehérgyarmat, 2014.
• Modern Knowledge and Possibilities in Science Education, (30 hours) Miskolc, 2014.
• ICT Tools in Use of Teaching, (30 hours) Nyíregyháza, 2014.
• ICT Tools in Use of Teaching, (30 hours) Miskolc, 2014.
• Preparing for Operating in Science Labs Using Professional Skills, Modern Teaching Methods and Tools, (120 hours) Kisvárda, 2014.
• Preparing for Operating in Science Labs Using Professional Skills, Modern Teaching Methods and Tools, (50/120 hours) Hajdúnánás, 2014.
• Preparing for Operating in Science Labs Using Professional Skills, Modern Teaching Methods and Tools, (50/120 hours) Mátészalka, 2014.
• Developing of Talented Students in Chemistry, (10 hours) Sovata - Romania, 2013.
• Developing Talented Students in the Field of Chemistry, (15/30 hours) Budapest, 2011.

Non-accredited teacher trainings I delivered (68 hours)

• ICT Tools in Use of Teaching, (8 hours) Szigetszentmiklós, 2017.
• Training of Laboratory Managers II., (15 hours) Fehérgyarmat, 2014.
• Training of Laboratory Managers I., (15 hours) Fehérgyarmat, 2014.
• Preparing for the Use of Knowledge Required in Operate Science Labs 2., (15 hours) Kisvárda, 2014.
• Preparing for the Use of Knowledge Required in Operate Science Labs 1., (15 hours) Kisvárda, 2014.

Other trainings I held

• Chemistry Could Be Useful and Spectacular in Microscale, too, Debrecen, 2011.
• Developing of Talented Primary and Secondary School Students in Chemistry, Debrecen, 2011.
• Experiments on Tiles and Semi-microscale Experiments in Practice, Kiskunhalas, 2010.
• Teaching herbalist and toxicologist technician candidates in collaboration with University of Debrecen and "Abigél" Secondary School, Debrecen, 2006.
• Basic IT Skills, Agroferm Corp (Degussa Group), Kaba, 2005.

Editing programs

• Modern Knowledge and Possibilities in Science Education (accreditation number: 43/211/2014).

Honours and awards

• Award for Hungarian Chemistry Education, 2023.
• Quality Award for his work in the Competition Committee of the János Irinyi High School Chemistry Competition, 2023.
• Certificate of Commendation from the President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences – for outstanding work in the MTA-ELTE project, 2020.
• The Teacher of Year, 2019.
• Excellent Tutoring Teacher Award, 2019.
• e3: eTwinning Partnerships - Evolution 2012 – The Best Competition of the Year, 2012.
• Special MOL-TVK Award for Outstanding Activity in Developing Talented Students, 2011.
• György Kontra Innovation Award, 2010.
• Award from Debrecen's mayor for outstanding activity in developing talented and students with special educational needs (SEN), 2009.
• Award from Hungarian Academy of Sciences for developing experiments on tiles, 2008.

Memberships

• Secretary of the Hungarian Chemical Society (Department of Chemistry Teachers)
• Member of the Organizing Committee and Jury of the Irinyi János High School Chemistry Competition