MÁRTA FENYŐ Inventor, physicist, biophysicist

STUDIES 1964-69 ELTE TTK, research physics major 1978-81 Institute of Biophysics, Semmelweis Medical University

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1969-78 Research physicist at the Research and Development Institute of the Medicor Works. Early inventions: OPTIX X-ray image corrector, automated blood group determination, qualitative haemogram determination by digital image processing; research in the field of ultrasound diagnostics

1978-81 Research of the biological effects of laser light on molecular level at the Biophysical Institute of the Semmelweis Medical University

1987-88 Investigation of the immune modulating effect of polarized light in tumorous animals at the Joliot Curie Research Institute for Radiation Biology

1981-89 Development of the Evolite (later Bioptron) medicinal lamp; research of the medical uses of polarized light and its effects on the immune system

1989 Research of the effects of polarized light on the immune system at the Slade Hospital in Oxford (UK)

1995 Research of the effects of polarized light in the treatment of tumorous animals at the Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv (Israel)

1990- Establishing and managing the Bioptron Medical Centre in Budapest until the present day

1999- Research and development of SensoliteR

AWARDS AND HONOURS

1985 WIPO(World Exhibition for Young Inventors): first prize for the Evolite lamp

1986 Zenith gold medal for the Evolite lamp

1987 Grand Prize of the Budapest International Fair (BNV)for the Evolite lamp

1996 Gold medal of the Eureka 96 International Invention World Expo in Brussels for the establishment and creation of the unique model of the Bioptron Medical Centre

1996 Prize of the Mayor of Brussels awarded once a year to inventions of great significance

1998 and 2002 GENIUS Prize of the GENIUS World Innovation Fairs for the invention of polarized light therapy and for its upgrade designed for the treatment of the entire surface of the human body

2000 Gold medal for the invention of polarized light treatment of the entire surface of the human body at the Eureka 2000 World Innovation Fair in Brussels (Belgium)

2006 Pro Familiae Lifetime Achievement Prize of the Ministry for Equal Opportunities for the significant role of polarized light therapy in human medicine