István Bányász received his Ph.D. in Physics from Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary in 1987. He has worked as postdoctoral and senior researcher at a number of Hungarian, French and Spanish research institutes and universities. He is currently with the University of Miskolc and the Széchenyi University of Győr, Hungary. His past and current research activities and achievements are in the fields of theory and practice of high-resolution holography, holographic recording materials, holographic non-destructive testing, and design, fabrication and test of integrated optical elements and devices using various ion beam techniques, for telecommunication and sensor applications.