Meet the editor

Dr. Levente Hufnagel is an associate professor and the head of the Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Ecotheology at John Wesley Theological College, Budapest, Hungary. He obtained his master's degree in ecology and evolutionary biology and Ph.D. in hydrobiology from Eötvös Lorand University, a Ph.D. in agricultural science from Szent István University, and other degrees from the Corvinus University of Budapest and Adven-

tist Theological College. His research interests are ecology, biogeography, ecological research methodology, ecotheology and sustainability. He has over 20 years of experience at leading Hungarian academic institutions, teaching Ph.D., MSc, and BSc students from various social and cultural backgrounds. He has more than 240 scientific publications (in both aquatic and terrestrial ecological aspects of plants, animals and microbes, at the community as well as population level) and more than 1000 independent citations. He has participated in a number of major ecological research and development projects, and has significant experience in multidisciplinary cooperation, with more than 200 co-authors in different publications. Dr. Hufnagel has wide editing experience and is editor-in-chief of Applied Ecology and Environmental Research (an international scientific journal indexed by Web of Science and Scopus). Hufnagel graduated from Eötvös Lorand University with a Master's degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and a Ph.D. degree in Hydrobiology, he also graduated from Szent István University with a Ph.D. degree in Agricultural Science and with other degrees from the Corvinus University of Budapest and Adventist Theological College.
