Name: József Topál
Date of birth: 18 October, 1964
Citizenship: Hungarian

MSc (biology), (Eötvös Loránd University 1989) The ontogenesis and parental behaviour of paradise fish. (in Hungarian)
PhD (biology, ethology), (Eötvös Loránd University , 2000) The role of mental construction in the learning processes of animals (in Hungarian)

Research fellow Dept of Ethology 1993-1998
Research assistant Dept of Ethology 1998-2000
Assistant professor Dept of Ethology 2000-

Ethology (for undergraduates)
Introduction to Behaviour Genetics (special course for undergraduates)
Advances in Behaviour Genetics (for postgraduates)
Introduction to Cognitive Ethology (special course for undergraduates)
Introduction to the Evolution of Communication (special course for undergraduates)
Advances in Cognitive Ethology (for postgraduates)

1991-1994 Models in the paradise fish brain (participant)
1994-1998 The dog as a model for social evolution (participant)
1999-2002 Investigation of social intelligence in dogs, (participant)

Hungarian (native)
English
German

1997. Fellowship at University of Salzburg, Austria (awarded by the Hungarian Fellowship Committee

Hungarian Ethological Society, member, 1992-
Dogs for Humans Charity (programme manager, 1997-)

Institute for Psychology, HAS
Victor Hugo u. 18-22, H-1132, Hungary
Tel.: (+36 1) 279 60 96
E-mail: topaljozsef kukac gmail pont com