Tamás Vicsek
Tamás Vicsek is a Hungarian scientist with research interests in numerical studies of dense liquids, percolation theory, Monte Carlo simulation of cluster models, aggregation phenomena, fractal growth, pattern formation, collective phenomena in biological systems, molecular motors, cell locomotion in vitro. He held the position of professor of physics at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, and was visiting scientists in various academia.
He is the namesake of the Vicsek fractal and the Vicsek model of swarm behavior.
He earned M.Sc. from the Lomonosov University, Moscow in 1972 and PhD from Lajos Kossuth University in 1976.
Awards and recognition
- 1990 Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1999 Széchenyi Prize
- 2003 Leo Szilard Award
- 2006 Fellow of the American Physical Society
- 2020 Lars Onsager Prize