Gergely is a Hungarian-American who has completed an LL.B. at VU Amsterdam in the Netherlands and thereafter the Saint Thomas Aquinas Ecumenical Academy for Public Life. Then worked for the Aquinói Szent Tamás Közéleti Egyesület (Saint Thomas Aquinas Public Life Association). He is currently writing his thesis for his MA degree in International Water Governance and Water Diplomacy at the University of Public Service. His main research interests are water conflict, international water law, fluvial and maritime trade, related natural resources, irrigation and offshore pipelines. Gergely also focuses on Hungarian culture while bridging diaspora realities.