Rácz István (born 1952) is ánRáa Hungarian dendrologist, curator, and museologist.
Research fields
Woody plant (primarily conifer) taxonomy, ecology, conservation, and herbarium development.
Biography
Received his diploma from the University of Horticulture, Budapest in 1976. From that year Istvan Racz has worked at the Botanical Department of the Hungarian Natural History Museum as a member of the Dendrological Documentation project. Received doctorate and then Ph.D from the University of Silviculture in Sopron, Hungary in 1984 and 1997, respectively. As part of the dendrological documentation team led by Zsolt Debreczy research botanist, he had worked in many leading institutes worldwide, including the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, also in other major herbaria, arboreta and botanical gardens in the U.S., England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, and Poland. Istvan Racz also participated in large-scale botanical expeditions led to various parts of the temperate and adjacent zones, including northern North America, Mexico, China, Chile, Japan, Taiwan, New Zealand and Tasmania. Co-author or author of numerous books and scientific articles.
Selected publications
Scientific journal articles
Rácz, I., – Huyen, D. D. (2007): Study of a low-elevation occurrence of Pinus dalatensis Ferré (Pinaceae) in Gia Lai Province, Vietnam. Studia bot. hung. 38: 133–142.
Books
Vajda, L. – Rácz, I. Flora Photographica Hungarica. (text with: Zs. Debreczy & F. Németh) Képzőművészeti Kiadó, Budapest. 180 p. 1984 (in Hungarian). Debreczy, Zs. & Rácz, I.: Fenyők a Föld Körül (Conifers Around the Earth). in Hungarian with English summary. Dendrological Foundation, Budapest, 2000. pp. 552. Debreczy, Zs. – Rácz, I. (2011): Conifers Around the World. DendroPress Ltd., Budapest. pp. 1089.
Awards
Award of Excellence, Ministry of Education and Culture, Hungary. 1979
Honorary Professor, Budapest Corvinus University (2013)
Fellowships
Mercer Fellowship, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, United States (1988–1990) Synthesys Project (EU), Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland (2011) Visiting Scientist, Kyoto University, Japan (2013)
References
External links
Hungarian Natural History Museum - Department of Botany, Herbarium Generale - István Rácz profile Conifers Around the World (Curriculum vitae - István Rácz) International Dendrological Research Institute (Scientists' Biographies)