Peter Cserta

Graduated in 2002 as a materials engineer from the University of Miskolc. For six years, he worked in fuel additive development at the Department of Physical Chemistry. Since 2009, he has been a freelance entrepreneur primarily engaged in research and development projects.

In a joint project with the Institute of Materials Science at the University of Pannonia, he worked on the thermal decomposition of hazardous hospital waste and participated in the development and construction of an experimental pyrolysis unit.

Subsequently, with the support of the Hungarian Development Bank's Hiventures capital fund, he developed an infrared lumber drying and heat treatment technology. The process, developed by the Hungarian research team, is already patent-protected.

Since 2017, he has spent part of each year in Costa Rica, where he has been involved in fermentation development associated with the Hungarian Bányai coffee brand.

Currently, he is working on the development of sustainable coffee cultivation and processing technologies, as well as exploring the possibilities of adapting European precision farming methods locally.

One aspect of this research focuses on the water demands of coffee cultivation and processing:

• How the Waterbender technology can be used to treat process wastewater in a way that enables closed-loop water systems in coffee processing.

• Potential applications of ozone-treated water during coffee cultivation and processing.