Márton Simonkay earned his PhD at Eötvös Loránd University (Faculty of Humanities, Doctoral School of History, Economic and Social History Programme), Budapest. Holds a degree in History and Geography as a teacher for secondary schools. His main research area is the 19th–20th century environmental, economic, and social history with a special emphasis on Europe and Hungary, and the subject pedagogy.

In 2016, he earned a master’s degree in History and Geography as a secondary school teacher at Eötvös Loránd University and at Eötvös College, Budapest. He did postgraduate studies from economic and social history also at Eötvös Loránd University, at Doctoral School of History. He was a teacher of History at Cistercian St. Emeric School, Budapest (2016–2018), and also had courses in the Eötvös Loránd University, Falucty of Social Sciences (2021−2022).

His PhD topic is the regulation of Rába river in the Belle Époque. His main interest is the alteration of the relationship between environment and society, especially good practices and forms of cooperations. In the History of Globalization Research Group, he is interested in the international relations of Hungarian environmental movements before regime change. In the ELTE BTK Business History Research Group, he investigates business associations in the interwar Hungary. Eariler he was engaged in the topic of armorial bearings in the Medieval Hungary, and also with contemporary history. His interests also include the subject pedagogy of teaching and learning. He is a member of a group of young historians called Mika Sándor Association, where he organizes conferences, and edits books.