Dr Marianna B. Korsós

Affiliations

• 2024 May - 2027 April: Leverhulme Early Career Fellow University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
• 2022 October - present: Senior Research Visitor at Department of Astronomy, Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, Hungary
• 2022 June - 2024 May: Post-Doctoral Research Assistant University of Catania, Catania, Sicily, Italy
• 2022 September - 2024 May: Research visitor status University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
• 2019 September - 2022 December: Post-Doctoral Research Assistant Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
• 2019 April - 2019 August: Post-Doctoral Research Assistant University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
• 2015 April - 2018 December: PhD student University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
• 2014 September - 2015 March: Research Assistant University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
• 2017 May - present: Research visitor status Department of Astronomy, Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, Hungary
• 2011 September - 2019 September: Junior Research Assistant Heliophysical Observatory Debrecen, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Konkoly Thege Miklós Astronomical Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen, Hungary
• 2011 February - 2011 September: Solar Observation Assistant Heliophysical Observatory Debrecen, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Konkoly Thege Miklós Astronomical Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen, Hungary

Education

• Dept. of Astronomy, Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, Hungary Ph.D., 2020 January Field: Developing flare prediction method, analyses of Debrecen sunspot data catalogue
• School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Ph.D., 2019 January Field: Flare prediction, data analyses of MHD simulation, magnetic field extrapolation, magnetic helicity calculation, solar observations
• Dept. of Astronomy, Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, Hungary M.Sc., Astronomy/Astrophysics, 2008 Field: Cosmology, Ia Supernova, Data Analyses

Awards

• Recognition of supervisory role for two award-winning student projects at the 2024 Astronomy Student Scientific Conference , Budapest, Hungary, December 2024
• Excellence Award for Outstanding Research Results, New Hungarian National Excellence Program (ÚNKP) , Budapest, Hungary, December 2023
• Young Scientist Award - IAUS335 2nd prize IAU International Space Weather Symposium, UK, July 2017
• Women in Science Excellence Award - Space Physics Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, March 2016

Grants

• 4-year Hungarian PhD scholarship 2025–2029. I am the main supervisor of the PhD student Kornél Császár who is studying the long-term evolution of active longitudes at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Hungary , ~£40,000
• CoI COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS OF SPACE WEATHER DATA FS - EXPRO+1-12676 2025 (with PI Soley hungarian telescope company and Hungarian Solar Physics Foundation for a new type of telescope development ) ~€20,000
• PI- UK with UKSP: Support to hold the 3-day UK Solar Community Meeting in April 2025, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) – UKRI, ~£4500
• PI- UK with UKSP: For supporting Early Career Researchers' travel and accommodation, they can attend the 3-day UK Solar Community Meeting in April 2025., Royal Astronomical Society Grant category: Funding for Meetings, 2024-25, ~£2500
• CoI for hosting the "Introductory Course in Solar and Solar Terrestrial Physics summer school" at University of Sheffield in 2024, ~£21485
• PI (New National Excellence Program of Hungary for my work on " Developing a new flare prediction tool ", 2023-2024) ~€6500
• PI -UK on the joint UKSP and MIST Zoom licenses for community enhancement, Royal Astronomical Society Grant category: Funding for Meetings, 2023-24, ~£990
• PI (Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship - ID/Ref: ECF-2023-271: Novel solar eruption prediction method for future precise flare forecasting 2024-2027 at the University of Sheffield, UK) ~£26000/year + ~£6000/year for travel
• PI (New National Excellence Program of Hungary for my work on " Leap forward in Space Weather forecasting", 2022-2023) ~€6500
• CoI and Lead Observer (with Prof. R. Erdélyi University of Sheffield [PI], A. Veronig University of Graz [CoI], Observers: M. Korsós University of Catania [CoI], R Jarolim University of Graz [CoI],D. Kuridze Aberystwyth University [CoI] 'Mutli-height magnetic field measurements using a magneto-optical filter for neural network driven magnetic field simulations' has been awarded 10 days with the SST from the SOLARNET Access programme.
• CoI ( with Prof. R. Erdélyi University of Sheffield [PI], [COIs] M. K. Griffiths U. Sheffield, P. Chatterjee and S. Dey IIA India, N. Magyar KU Leuven, B. Asztalos ELTE, 3-year of computation time on DIRACT super computer via EPCC to study the "Radiative MHD simulations of solar spicules and coronal swirls in presence of magnetic flux emergence” )
• CoI (with Prof F. Zuccarello, INAF-Catania ,[PI]; B. Luo, NSSC, Chinese Academy of Sciences, [COI]) on “Step forward in solar flare and coronal mass ejection (CME) forecasting” is funded by International Space Science Institute.: The funding covers a series of workshops at the National Academy of China in Beijing and at ISSI, Bern over a period of two years 2022-24. 12 leading institutes are involved in the project.
• CoI -UK (with Prof. A. Hillier , University of Exeter, UK , [PI] ; Dr J. Coxon, University of Southampton, UK, [COI]) on UKSP and MIST Zoom licenses for community enhancement, Royal Astronomical Society Grant category: Funding for Meetings, 2020-21, ~€864
• CoI-UK (with Dr Chen, PI-CN, NAOC, CAS, China; CoIs: Prof Petrovay, ELTE Hungary; Dr Korsós), UoW, Aberystwyth, UK; Prof Deng, Dir, Huairou Solar Observatory, CAS`, Monitoring and Forecasting of the Source of Space Weather and Space Climate', CAS, 2020-21, CYN100k
• PI SOLARNET Mobility grant (visiting Prof Francesca Zuccarello, University of Catania), 2019, ~€3000
• CoI (with Dr B. Belucz Eötvös Univesty, Budapest,[COI]; Mr J. Temesvary, Gyula Solar Observatory, [COI] ; Prof R. von Fay-Siebenburgen, University of Sheffield, [PI] ), `Energetic modernisation of GSO', Modern Cities Infrastructure Fund, Hungary, 2018 HUF29M
• CoI (with Dr B. Belucz Eötvös Univesty, Budapest,[COI]; Mr J. Temesvary, Gyula Solar Observatory, [COI] ; Prof R. von Fay-Siebenburgen, University of Sheffield, [PI]), `Refurbishing GSO', Modern Cities Infrastructure Fund, Hungary, 2018 HUF9M
• CoI (University of Sheffield: Mr Sharma [PI], Dr Verth[COI], Prof von Fay-Siebenburgen[COI]), `Dynamics of quiet-Sun spicules: A multi-wavelength perspective', SOLARNET DST, 2016, 7 days observing time, Spring 2016
• PI Open Research Program of KLSA of CAS National Astronomical Observatory of China, Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) ~€5000, 2016
• CoI-Observer (University of Sheffield: Dr P Keys [PI]; QUB: Prof Mathioudakis[COI]; Drs V. Henriques[COI], D. Jess[COI]; University of Sheffield: Drs C. Nelson[COI], G. Verth[COI], Prof R. von Fay-Siebenburgen[COI]), `Identifying MHD waves in quiet Sun magnetic elements', SOLARNET SST, 2016, 7 days observing time, Spring 2016

Supervising activities

• Kornel Csaszar, Eötvös Lóránd University , Hungary, PhD student, Main supervisor on "Studying the Long-Term Evolution of Active Longitude", (2025-2029)
• Augustin André-Hoffmann, University of Sheffield, PhD project, UK, Co-supervised Prof Róbert Erdélyi and Prof Alexander Nindos, Prof Spiros Patsourakos, and Prof Manolis Georgoulis on "Developing a method to analyze and identify the temporal evolution of transient brightenings around the polarity inversion line (PIL) before solar eruptions ", (2021-2026)
• Kornel Csaszar, Eötvös Lóránd University , Hungary, MsC student, Main supervisor on "Studying the Long-Term Evolution of Active Longitude", (2023-2025)
• Simone Chierichini, University of Sheffield, PhD project, UK, Co-supervised Prof Róbert Erdélyi and Dr Jiajia Liu on "Machine Learning applications in Space Weather ", (2021-2025)
• Shreeyesh Biswal, University of Sheffield, PhD project, UK, Co-supervised Prof Róbert Erdélyi on "Dynamic evolution of solar active regions before solar flares ", (2021 - 2026)
• Richard Grimes, The Aberystwyth University, PhD project, UK, Co-supervised Drs Balázs Pintér and Huw Morgan on " Analysing the Rotation of Sunspots ", (2020 -2022)
• Szabolcs Soós, Eötvös Lóránd University, Hungary, PhD project, Co-supervised Prof Róbert Erdélyi on " Statistical analysis of CMEs based on solar activity ", (2020-2025)
• Anett Elek, University of Debrecen, Hungary, PhD project, Co-supervised Prof Róbert Erdélyi on " Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Faculae based on SDO Observations", (2019-2026)

Teaching

• University of Sheffield – Instructor for Space Weather course and lecturing on Solar Activity, Instructor for MATLAB, Numerical Optimisation and Signal Processing, BSc level Mathematics, 2024–2027.
• Eötvös Lóránd University PhD Lecturing, Space Weather, 2020
• University of Sheffield, Demonstrator & Tutor First year maths, LatTeX, Html, R, 2018/2019
• University of Debrecen MSc Lecturing, Space Weather, 2013

Professional standing

• Member of POC of the UK Space Weather and Space Environment (UKSWSE) IV, 14—17 September 2026, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
• Member of SOC of NAM2026 , July 20-24, 2026, Birmingham, UK
• Member of SOC of Heliophysics in Europe meetings (Online seminars, Workshops in person or Online during each year.)
• Member of POC and LOC of the UK Space Weather and Space Environment (UKSWSE) III, 8-11 September 2025 at Cutlers' Hall, Sheffield, UK
• Organiser of 3-day UK Solar Community Meeting, 14-16 April 2025, Sheffield, UK
• Impacts of Space Weather, STFC Introductory Course in Solar and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 1-6 September 2024, September, UK
• Organiser of the final ISSI-BJ Meeting on "Step forward in solar flare and coronal mass ejection (CME) forecasting", 08 December 2023
• Organiser of ESWW2023 Topical Discussion Meeting-"Advancing Space Weather and Space Climate: Fostering Collaboration and Enhancing Infrastructure and Data Management", 20-24 November 2023
• Organiser of the second ISSI-BJ Meeting on "Step forward in solar flare and coronal mass ejection (CME) forecasting", 11 July 2023
• Organiser of SOLARNET Summer School 3, 25 - 30 June 2023
• Organiser of SWATNet Summer School 3, 12-14 June 2023
• Organiser of UKSP Early Career Researcher Conference and UK Missions Forum, 20-21 April 2023
• Organiser of ESWW2022 section, 24-28 October 2022
• Organiser of AOGS2022 section, 1-5 August 2022
• Organiser of two NAM2022 solar sections, 11 - 15 July 2022
• Organiser of the first ISSI-BJ Meeting on "Step forward in solar flare and coronal mass ejection (CME) forecasting", 20 - 24 June 2022
• Organiser of two NAM2021 solar sections, online meeting, 19 - 23 July 2021
• Organiser of UKSP Specialist Discussion Days, online meeting, 30-31 July 2020
• Organiser of UKSP business meeting, online meeting, 13 July 2020
• Organiser of the online seminar series, UK-based Solar Online Seminar Series – UK-SOSS, from March 2020
• Assistant to LOC, AOGS 15th Annual Meeting, Hawaii, Honolulu, USA, 3-8 Jun 2018
• Member of LOC, 15th European Solar Physics Meeting, Budapest, Hungary, 4-8 September 2017
• Member of LOC, STFC Advance Summer School in Solar System Physics, Sheffield, UK, 4-9 September 2016
• Member of LOC, Joint BUKS 2015 and Ruderman Honorary meetings, Budapest, Hungary, 25-29 May 2015
• Assistant to LOC, STFC Solar-Terrestrial Physics Introductory Summer School, Budapest, Hungary, 26-30 August 2013
• Member of LOC, SOTERIA 2nd General Meeting, Debrecen, Hungary, 5-7 October 2010

Refereeing responsibilities

• Academic Editor of ICCK Transactions on Artificial Intelligence in Space, 2025 September
• Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports (online peer-reviewed open access scientific mega journal published by Nature Portfolio), 2022 April
• Guest Editor of The Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, Special Issue: "Radiation impact during space missions", 2021 November
• Guest Editor of Science Partner Journals - Space Science And Technology Special Issues, Special Issue: ”Artificial Intelligence in Space Weather Forecast”, 2021 May
• Referee to Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, Advances in Space Research, Solarphysics, New Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal
• Referee responsibility for funding applications: National Science Center - Poland, National Science Foundation- US, UK Research and Innovation -UK
• PhD viva external for: 1 at University of Coimbra:1, 5 at Eötvös Lóránd University.

Membership

• 2023 February - present: Member of two working groups: (i) Secratery of Operational activities, infrastructure, data and models and (ii) Diversity, equity, and inclusion European Space Weather and Space Climate Association (E-SWAN)
• 2022 September - 2028 October: Deputy Chair UK Solar Physics community, Specialist Scientific Group affiliated to the Royal Astronomical Society
• 2021 November-present: Founding member European Space Weather and Space Climate Association (E-SWAN)
• 2021 September - 2025 August: Supervisory Board member Space Weather Awareness Training Network (SWATNet)
• 2021 June-present: Member of European Solar Physics Division, European Physical Society
• 2021 May-present: National contact European Solar Telescope Contest for Schools
• 2021 March-present: Fellow Royal Astronomical Society
• 2020 June-2021 November: Founding member Quo Vadis European Space Weather Community
• 2020 January-present: Member, national representative in the Working Group for Diversity and Inclusion European Astronomical Society
• 2020 June - present: Junior Member International Astronomical Union
• 2019 September - 2022 September: Ordinary Council PDRA Member UK Solar Physics community, Specialist Scientific Group affiliated to the Royal Astronomical Society
• 2016 October - present: Advisory Board member and Social media director Hungarian Solar Physics Foundation Gyula, Hungary

Outreach

• writing outreach articles in e.g.: Conversation, All About Space magazine
• public outreach talks
• organising public daytime and nighttime telescope viewing
• Inflatable planetarium shows, which provide immersive, 360-degree, presenter-led astronomy experiences for schools and events.

Languages

• English (intermediate)
• German (basic)
• Hungarian (mother tongue)

List of Oral and Poster Presentations

2026

• Chasing Solar Storms, ELTE Bolyai seminar, Budapest, Hungary, 25 March 2026 (Invited colloquium )
• Localising and Characterising Highly Eruptive Solar Regions on the Sun , 7th GST Workshop, Antalya, Türkiye, 2-7 February 2026 (Oral talk)

2025

• Where do solar storms prefer to originate from: hemispheric and longitudinal patterns in solar cycles 23 and 24, European Space Weather Week 2025, Umeå, Sweden, 27 October – 31 October 2025 (Poster)
• Using Active Region Properties to Predict Solar Flares, The XVIIIth Hvar Astrophysical Colloquium (HAC2025), Hvar, Croatia, 15–19 September 2025 (Invited talk)
• Using magnetic field properties to forecast solar eruptions, IAGA/IASPEI Joint Scientific Meeting 2025, Lisbon, Portugal, 31 Aug – 5 Sept 2025 (Invited talk)
• Why we haven’t predicted the last three X-class flares, Special School on Solar Flares (2024/25), ICRANet Coordinating Center of Pescara, Online, 26 May 2025 (Invited talk)
• Catching the Spark: Predicting Solar Flares Before They Ignite, Women in Solar Physics Webinar Series (IAU), Online, 15 May 2025 (Invited talk)
• What Could Bridge the Gap Between Longer and Shorter-Term Solar Flare Prediction Methods? – Active Longitude, Sun, Space Weather, and Solar-Stellar Connection Conference, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, India, 20–24 January 2025 (Invited talk)
• Harmonising Long-Term and Short-Term Solar Flare Predictions, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China, 16 January 2024 (Invited colloquium (fully sponsored by grant))

2024

• What Could Bridge the Gap Between Longer and Shorter-Term Solar Flare Prediction Methods?, Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, China, 24 December 2024 (Invited colloquium (fully sponsored by grant))
• Overview about Space Weather Research, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China, 18 December 2024 (Invited colloquium (fully sponsored by grant))
• Harmonising Long-Term and Short-Term Solar Flare Predictions, ESWW 2024, Coimbra, Portugal, 4–8 November 2024 (Poster)
• Where are we with the short- to medium-term flare predictions?, UK Space Weather and Space Environment Meeting II, Exeter, UK, 9–12 September 2024 (Invited talk)
• Impacts of Space Weather, STFC Introductory Course in Solar and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, UK, 1–6 September 2024 (Invited talk)
• Where are we with the short- to medium-term flare predictions?, XXXII IAU General Assembly, Cape Town, South Africa, 6–15 August 2024 (Invited talk)
• First insights into the applicability and importance of different 3D magnetic field extrapolation approaches for studying pre-eruptive conditions, COSPAR 2024, Busan, South Korea, 13–21 July 2024 (Oral talk)
• Characterising Atmospheric Oscillatory Behavior of Magnetic Helicity Flux in Eruptive and Non-eruptive Active Regions, AOGS 2024, South Korea, 23–28 June 2024 (Oral talk)
• Space weather: From the solar perspective, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, 28–29 February 2024 (Invited mini course)
• What Could Bridge the Gap Between Longer and Shorter-Term Solar Flare Prediction Methods?, National Astronomical Observatory of China (CAS), Beijing, China, 18 January 2024 (Invited colloquium (fully sponsored by grant))

2023

• First insights into the applicability and importance of different 3D magnetic field extrapolation approaches for studying pre-eruptive conditions, Solarnet-S3, Venezia Mestre, Italy, 11–15 September 2023 (Oral talk)
• Investigating the level of importance of different 3D extrapolation models in terms of flare forecasting, National Astronomy Meeting 2023 (NAM2023), Cardiff, UK, 3–7 July 2023 (Poster)
• Life after PhD, SOLARNET Summer School: Solar atmospheric dynamics – From waves to instabilities and jets, Gyula, Hungary, 25–30 June 2023 (Invited talk)
• Warnings from History – The Carrington Event Was Not Unique, SWATNet Summer School 3, Budapest, Hungary, 12–14 June 2023 (Invited talk)
• Application of different flare predictor proxies in 3D to increase the prediction time windows, Isradynamics 2023, Israel, 7–14 March 2023 (Invited talk)
• On the connection between Rieger-type and magneto-Rossby waves driving the frequency of large solar eruptions during Solar Cycles 19–25, HAO/NCAR workshop on intermediate time-scales, USA, 9–13 January 2023 (Invited talk (Online))

2022

• How the magneto-Rossby waves and Rieger-type periods identify the upcoming intense flare and CME periods?, Space Climate 8 Symposium, Krakow, Poland, 19–22 September 2022 (Invited contribution talk)
• Strategy for obtaining postdoc-positions and grants, Solarnet School, Tatranska Lomnica, Slovakia, 5–9 September 2022 (Invited talk)
• Solar Eruption Forecasting: A Grand Challenge, BSS Space Science and Technology, Révfülöp, Hungary, 1–5 August 2022 (Invited talk)
• Atmospheric oscillatory behaviour of magnetic helicity flux in eruptive and non-eruptive Active Regions, 44th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Athens, Greece, 16–24 July 2022 (Talk)
• Solar flare prediction using magnetic field diagnostics above the photosphere, High Altitude Observatory / NCAR, Boulder, USA, 16 March 2022 (Online invited seminar)
• Predicting Solar Flares with Machine Learning, British Computer Society Mid-Wales Branch, Wales, UK, 14 March 2022 (Online invited seminar)
• Leap forward in space-weather forecast: Novel prediction of large energetic solar flares, Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, Hungary, 24 February 2022 (Online invited seminar)

2021

• Lower solar atmospheric oscillatory behaviour of the magnetic helicity flux before a large solar eruption, RAS Specialist Discussion Meeting on 3D structure of the flare chromosphere, 10 December 2021 (Online poster presentation)
• Different oscillatory behaviour of the magnetic helicity flux between eruptive and non-eruptive ARs in the lower solar atmosphere, 6th European Solar Physics Meeting, 6–10 September 2021 (Online poster presentation)
• Different oscillatory behaviour of the magnetic helicity flux between flaring and non-flaring ARs in the lower solar atmosphere, RAS Specialist Discussion Meeting on MHD Oscillations and Waves, 24 May 2021 (Online presentation)

2020

• Dynamic evolution of periodic magnetic helicity injection in 3-dimensional solar Active Regions, European Space Weather Symposium (ESWS2020), 2–6 November 2020 (Online poster presentation)
• Quo vadis, European space weather?, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE), October 2020 (Invited talk)
• Solar Flare Prediction Using Magnetic Field Diagnostics Above the Photosphere, European Solar Physics Online Seminars (ESPOS), 14 May 2020 (Online presentation)
• PRE-EST Board and SOLARNET general assembly, Prague, Czech Republic, 22–23 January 2020 (Representative of Hungary)
• EAST general assembly, Prague, Czech Republic, 21 January 2020 (Representative of Hungary)

2019

• CHISCEL Coronagraph High-resolution Spectrometer for Coronal Emission Lines, SAMNet Discussion Meeting, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, 23 December 2019
• Solar flare and CME prediction – Evolution of pre-flare and CME patterns, INAF Catania Astrophysical Observatory, Catania, Sicily, 27 November 2019 (Invited seminar (fully sponsored by grant))
• On the evolution of pre-flare and CME patterns in 3-dimensional real and simulated Active Regions, Space Climate 7 Symposium, Canton Orford, Québec, Canada, 8–11 July 2019 (Poster)
• Solar Physics Summer School at Raman Science Center, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Leh, India, 10–16 June 2019 (Sponsored by SOC)
• Pre-flare dynamics of the flaring Active Regions in the lower solar atmosphere, 2nd China-Europe Solar Physics Meeting (CESPM 2019), Hvar, Croatia, 6–10 May 2019 (Poster)
• RAS Specialist Discussion Meeting: Flares on the Sun and stars: microflares, megaflares, and the largest flare of Solar Cycle 24, Royal Astronomical Society, London, UK, 12 April 2019
• Flare & CME forecasting in 3D solar ARs: From theory to SAMNet facility, Royal Astronomical Society, London, UK, 8 March 2019 (Contribution to talk (presenter: Prof. R. Erdélyi))
• PRE-EST Board, Brussels, Belgium, 22 January 2019 (Representative of Hungary)
• PRE-EST Review meeting, Brussels, Belgium, 23 January 2019 (Representative of Hungary)

2018

• Pre-flare dynamics of the flaring Active Regions in the solar atmosphere, EST 1st Science Meeting 2018, Giardini Naxos, Italy, 11–15 June 2018 (Talk (partially sponsored by SOC))
• Tracking the Evolution of Flaring Active Regions in 3D, AOGS 15th Annual Meeting, Hawaii, USA, 3–8 June 2018 (Invited talk (partially sponsored by SOC))
• On the evolution of pre-flare patterns in a 3-dimensional solar Active Region, National Solar Observatory, Boulder, USA, 30 May 2018 (Invited seminar (fully sponsored by host))
• Pre-flare dynamics of Active Regions from photosphere to low solar atmosphere, Isradynamics 2018, Ein Bokek, Israel, 22–29 April 2018 (Talk (partially sponsored by SOC))
• Evolution of pre-flare patterns in a 3D solar Active Region, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 12 April 2018 (Invited seminar (fully sponsored by host))
• Evolution of pre-flare patterns in the low solar atmosphere, Armagh Observatory, Armagh, Northern Ireland, 11 April 2018 (Invited colloquium (fully sponsored by host))
• Tracking the Evolution of Flaring Active Regions in 3D, Dynamic Sun II: Solar Magnetism from Interior to the Corona, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 12–16 February 2018 (Talk (partially sponsored by SOC))

2017

• Evolution of flaring Active Regions, Our mysterious Sun: magnetic coupling between solar interior and atmosphere, Tbilisi, Georgia, 25–29 September 2017 (Talk (partially sponsored by SOC))
• Dynamic evolution of flaring Active Regions in 3D, The British-Russian Seminar of Young Scientists, Irkutsk, Russia, 18–21 September 2017 (Talk (fully sponsored by SOC))
• On the evolution of pre-flare patterns in 3-dimensional real and simulated Active Regions, IAUS335, Exeter, UK, 17–21 July 2017 (Poster (fully sponsored by SOC; prize won))
• On the evolution of pre-flare patterns in 3D real and simulated ARs, FLARECAST Science Workshop, Paris Meudon Observatory, France, 27–29 June 2017 (Invited talk (fully sponsored by SOC))
• Dynamics and evolution of pre-flare and CME states, USTC, Hefei, China, 24 March 2017 (Invited seminar (fully sponsored by grant))
• On forecasting solar eruptive events: Space Weather: A leap forward, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 23 March 2017 (Invited seminar (fully sponsored by grant))
• On the evolution of pre-flare patterns in a 3-dimensional solar Active Region, Peking University, Beijing, China, 17 March 2017 (Invited colloquium (fully sponsored by grant))

2016

• 3D investigation of flaring solar Active Regions, Solarnet 5 Workshop, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1–2 September 2016 (Talk (fully sponsored by SOC))
• New flare and CME forecast methods, Yunnan Observatories, Kunming, China, 18 August 2016 (Invited seminar (fully sponsored by grant))
• NLFFF and PFF reconstruction of the flaring ARs, Shandong University, Weihai, China, 11 August 2016 (Invited seminar (fully sponsored by grant))
• Dynamics of pre-flare in 3D, USTC, Hefei, China, 9 August 2016 (Invited seminar (fully sponsored by grant))
• Dynamics and evolution of pre-flare and CME states, AOGS, Beijing, China, 31 July – 5 August 2016 (Talk)
• On new behavioural patterns before flare and CME occurrence, Isradynamics 2016, Ein Bokek, Israel, 3–10 April 2016 (Talk (partially sponsored by SOC))
• Novel method to study the triggers of energetic solar phenomena: from flares to CMEs, Dynamic Sun I, Varanasi, India, 22–26 February 2016 (Talk (fully sponsored by SOC))
• Flare/CME prediction by 3D magnetic-field extrapolation models, Udaipur Solar Observatory, Udaipur, India, 17 February 2016 (Invited colloquium (fully sponsored by host))
• Flare forecast by 3D magnetic-field extrapolation models, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, India, 4 February 2016 (Invited seminar (fully sponsored by host))

2015

• On forecasting solar eruptive events by the sunspot dynamics detected at photospheric level, ESWW12, Oostende, Belgium, 24 November 2015 (Talk)
• Flare/CME prediction by photospheric data, NAOC (CAS), Beijing, China, 23 October 2015 (Invited colloquium (fully sponsored by grant))
• Dynamical processes of Active Regions before flare and CME occurrence, Third UK-Ukraine-Spain Meeting, Lviv, Ukraine, 7–11 September 2015 (Talk (fully sponsored by SOC))
• Evolution of ARs at photosphere before flare and CME occurrence, Hinode-9 Science Meeting, Queen's University Belfast, 14–18 September 2015 (e-poster (fully sponsored by SOC))

2014

• How to predict flares accurately using sunspot dynamics?, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK, 16 December 2014 (Invited seminar (fully sponsored by host))
• Role of sunspot group dynamics in flare and CME occurrence: A reliable new forecast, Greek Academy of Sciences, Athens, Greece, 9 December 2014 (Invited colloquium (fully sponsored by host))
• Forecasting flares by sunspot dynamics – A novel approach, Yunnan Observatory, Kunming, China, 26 November 2014 (Invited colloquium (fully sponsored by grant))
• Flare and CME forecast by sunspot dynamics, NAOC (CAS), Beijing, China, 15 November 2014 (Invited colloquium (fully sponsored by grant))
• Flare and CME forecast by sunspot dynamics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 6 November 2014 (Invited seminar (fully sponsored by grant))
• Flare prediction by sunspot dynamics, 2nd SOLARNET Workshop 2014, Tatranská Lomnica, Slovakia, 12–16 October 2014 (Talk (partially sponsored by SOC))
• Flare prediction by sunspot dynamics, University of Sheffield, 10 October 2014 (Seminar)
• Flare prediction by sunspot dynamics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy, 23 September 2014 (Invited colloquium (fully sponsored by host))
• How to predict flares accurately using sunspot dynamics?, Queen's University Belfast, 12 September 2014 (Invited seminar (fully sponsored by host))
• Applying sunspot dynamics prior to flare events: What is new?, Astronomical Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Tatranská Lomnica, Slovakia, 11 August 2014 (Invited colloquium (fully sponsored by host))
• Sunspot dynamics prior to flares, Solar and Stellar Flares meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, 23–27 June 2014 (Talk)
• Signatures of imminent flares in the sunspot group evolution, eHeroes Second Annual Meeting, Davos, Switzerland, 10–12 March 2014 (Talk)

2013

• 10th European Space Weather Week, Antwerp, Belgium, 18–22 November 2013
• Heaven and Earth in Attracting – Nature's Secrets, Galyatető, Hungary, 20–22 September 2013
• 18th Workshop on Radiation Monitoring for the International Space Station, Budapest, Hungary, 3–5 September 2013
• eHeroes First Annual Meeting, Leuven, Belgium, 5–7 February 2013

2012

• XIIth Hvar Astrophysical Colloquium, The Sun and Heliosphere, Hvar, Croatia, 3–7 September 2012
• TECHDOSE IPR, Budapest, Hungary, 23 July 2012
• TECHDOSE CDR, ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands, 21–26 May 2012
• eHeroes Kick-off Meeting, Rome, Italy, 6–8 March 2012