| 1977 | MSc, József Attila University, Szeged |
| 1977-1981 | PhD Student, Institute for Nuclear Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
| 1981 | PhD, Kossuth University, Debrecen |
| 1981-1989 | Staff Scientist |
| 1983-1985 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station |
| 1988-1989 | Visiting Scientist, Manne Siegbahn Institute, Stockholm |
| 1989 | Doctor, Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
| 1989-1990 | Senior Scientist, Institute for Nuclear Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
| 1991-1996 | Director, Institute for Nuclear Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
| 1994 | Habilitation, Kossuth University, Debrecen |
| 1995 | Corresponding Member, Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
| since 1995 | Research Professor, Institute for Nuclear Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
| Professor, Physics, Department of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Science, Kossuth University, Debrecen |
| 1996-1997 | President, University of Debrecen |
| 1996-2013 | Head, Department of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Debrecen |
| 1998-2001 | State Secretary of Education |
| 2001-2002 | Minister of Education |
| 2004 | Ordinary Member, Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
| 2006-2013 | Director, Institute of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Debrecen |
| 2007-2008 | President, Centre of Arts, Humanities and Sciences, University of Debrecen |
| 2008-2014 | President, Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
| 2014 | Prime Ministers Office, Government Commissioner for Research, Development and Innovation |
| since 2015 | President, National Research, Development and Innovation Office of Hungary |
