Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. Mgr. Martin Gális, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Gális
I.2 - Name
Martin
I.3 - Degrees
doc. Mgr., PhD.,
I.4 - Year of birth
1979
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky / Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Katedra astronómie, fyziky Zeme a meteorológie / Department of Astronomy, Physics of the Earth and Meteorology Mlynská dolina 842 48 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
docent / Associate Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
martin.galis@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4553
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
fyzika / Physics
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5375-7061

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky / Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
II.b - Year
2002
II.c - Study field and programme
fyzika / Physics
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky / Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
II.b - Year
2008
II.c - Study field and programme
geofyzika / Geophysics
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky / Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
II.b - Year
2021
II.c - Study field and programme
fyzika / Physics
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
post-doktorát / Post-doctoral fellow KAUST - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudská Arábia / KAUST - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia 2012 - 2017
vedecký pracovník / researcher Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky / Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics 2017 - 2017
vedecký pracovník / researcher Ústav vied o Zemi, Slovenská akadémia vied / Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences 2017 - súčasnosť/ 2017 - present
samostatný vedecký pracovník / researcher Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky / Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics 2018 - 2021
docent / Associate Professor Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky / Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics 2021 - súčasnosť / 2021 - present

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Digitálne filtrovanie v geofyzike / Digital filtering in Geophysics Physics of the Earth II fyzika / Physics
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
0
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Numerické modelovanie seizmických vlnových polí / Numerical modelling of seismic wavefields Fyzika Zeme / Physics of the Earth II fyzika / Physics
Základy fyziky Zeme / Fundamentals of Physics of the Earth Obnoviteľné zdroje energie a environmentálna fyzika / Renewable Energy Sources and Environmental Physics I. Physics

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
97
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
29
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
26
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
8
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
1949
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1085
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
1265
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
763
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
1
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Galis, M., Ampuero, J.P., Cappa, F., Mai, P.M., 2017. Induced seismicity provides insight into why earthquake ruptures stop. Science Advances, 3(12), eaap7528, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aap7528. WOS Core Collection: 104 citations

2

Galis M., Moczo P., Kristek J., 2008. A 3-D hybrid finite-difference—finite-element viscoelastic modelling of seismic wave motion. Geophys. J. Int. 175, 153-184, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03866.x. WOS Core Collection: 42 citations

3

Galis, M., Pelties, C., Kristek, J., Moczo, P., Ampuero, J.-P., Mai, P. M., 2015.On the initiation of sustained slip-weakening ruptures by localized stresses. Geophys. J. Int., 200, 888-907, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu436. WOS Core Collection: 31 citations

4

Moczo, P., Kristek, J., Galis, M., Chaljub, E., Etienne, V., 2011. 3-D finite-difference, finite-element, discontinuous-Galerkin and spectral-element schemes analysed for their accuracy with respect to P-wave to S-wave speed ratio. Geophys. J. Int., 187, 1645-1667, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05221.x. WOS Core Collection: 50 citations

5

Zielke, O., Galis, M., Mai, P.M., 2017. Roughness and strength heterogeneity control fault friction and earthquake stress drop. Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 777-783, doi: 10.1002/2016GL071700. WOS Core Collection: 32 citations

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

Galis, M., Ampuero, J.-P., Mai, P.M., Kristek, J., 2019. Initiation and arrest of earthquake ruptures due to elongated overstressed regions. Geophys. J. Int., 217, 1783-1797.

2

Wolf, S., Galis, M., Uphoff, C., Gabriel, A.-A., Moczo, P., Gregor, D., Bader, M., 2022. An efficient ADER-DG local time stepping scheme for 3D HPC simulation of seismic waves in poroelastic media, Journal of Computational Physics, 455, doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2021.110886

3

Moczo, P., Kristek, J., Kristekova, M., Valovcan, J., Galis, M., Gregor, D., 2022. Material Interface in the Finite-Difference Modeling: A Fundamental View, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 113, 281–296 doi: 10.1785/0120220133

4

Vyas, J.C., Galis, M., Mai, P.M., 2021. Characterizing Seismic Scattering in 3D Heterogeneous Earth by a Single Parameter. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 111, 791–800, doi: 10.1785/0120200153

5

Vyas, J.C., Galis, M., Mai, P.M., 2023. Ground-Motion Variability for Ruptures on Rough Faults, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. , 114, 965–981, doi: 10.1785/0120230117

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

[o1] 2019 Lee, K. K. - Ellsworth, W. - Giardini, D. - Townend, J. - Ge, S. - Shimamoto, T. - Yeo, I. W. - Kang, T. S. - Rhie, J. - Sheen, D. H. - Chang, C. - Woo, J. U. - Langenbruch, C.: Managing injection-induced seismic risks. In: Science,Vol. 364, No. 6442, 2019, s. 730-732 – SCI

[Citovaná práca / Cited publication] Galis, M., Ampuero, J.P., Cappa, F., Mai, P.M., 2017. Induced seismicity provides insight into why earthquake ruptures stop. Science Advances, 3(12), eaap7528

2

[o1] 2017 Igel, H.: Computational Seismology: A Practical Introduction. In: Computational Seismology: A Practical Introduction. New York : Oxford UP, 2017, s. 1-323 - BKCI-S

[Citovaná práca / Cited publication] Galis M., Moczo P., Kristek J., 2008. A 3-D hybrid finite-difference—finite-element viscoelastic modelling of seismic wave motion. Geophys. J. Int. 175, 153-184

3

[o1] 2020 Hu, F. - Oglesby, D. D. - Chen, X.: The Near-Fault Ground Motion Characteristics of Sustained and Unsustained Free Surface-Induced Supershear Rupture on Strike-Slip Faults. In: Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, roč. 125,č. 5, 2020, Art. No. e2019JB019039 - SCI ; SCOPUS

[Citovaná práca / Cited publication] Galis, M., Pelties, C., Kristek, J., Moczo, P., Ampuero, J.-P., Mai, P. M., 2015.On the initiation of sustained slip-weakening ruptures by localized stresses. Geophys. J. Int., 200, 888-907

4

[o1] 2021 Xu, S. - Bao, Q. - Ren, Z. - Liu, Y.: Applying an advanced temporal and spatial high-order finite-difference stencil to 3D seismic wave modeling. In: Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 436, 2021, Art. No. 110133 - SCI ; SCOPUS

[Citovaná práca / Cited publication] Moczo, P., Kristek, J., Galis, M., Chaljub, E., Etienne, V., 2011. 3-D finite-difference, finite-element, discontinuous-Galerkin and spectral-element schemes analysed for their accuracy with respect to P-wave to S-wave speed ratio. Geophys. J. Int., 187, 1645-1667

5

[o1] 2020 Brodsky, E. E. - Mori, J. J. - Anderson, L. - Chester, F. M. - Conin, M. - Dunham, E. M. - Eguchi, N. - Fulton, P. M. - Hino, R. - Hirose, T. - Ikari, M. J. - Ishikawa, T. - Jeppson, T. - Kano, Y. - Kirkpatrick, J. - Kodaira, S. -Lin, W. - Nakamura, Y. - Rabinowitz, H. S. - Regalla, C. - Remitti, F. - Rowe, C. - Saffer, D. M. - Saito, S. - Sample, J. - Sanada, Y. - Savage, H. M. - Sun, T. - Toczko, S. - Ujiie, K. - Wolfson-Schwehr, M. - Yang, T.: The State of Stress on the FaultBefore; During; and after a Major Earthquake. In: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Vol. 48, 2020, s. 49-74 – SCOPUS

[Citovaná práca / Cited publication] Zielke, O., Galis, M., Mai, P.M., 2017. Roughness and strength heterogeneity control fault friction and earthquake stress drop. Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 777-783

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

2016-2020, APVV-15-0560 ID-EFFECTS

Identifikácia a charakterizácia potenciálu lokálnych efektov pomocou robustného numerického modelovania seizmického pohybu, riešiteľ /

Identification and characterization of a potential of site effects using robust numerical modelling of earthquake ground motion, investigator

2

Zmluva o dielo Z/2020/1724/I/RUK/OCOZ

Výpočtové určenie seizmického ohrozenia lokalít objektov kritickej infraštruktúry EBO a EMO, riešiteľ /

Computational determination of seismic hazard at sites of objects of the critical infrastructure of EBO and EMO, investigator

3

Contract No. 2019-0827

Numerical Modeling Sensitivity Study and Concept of Operation for Resonance Seismometry for CTBT OSI

riešiteľ / investigator

4

Contract No. 2021-0797

Services to Analyse Seismic Ambient Noise and Earthquake Recordings

riešiteľ / investigator

5

2020 – 2023 VEGA (2/0046/20)

Analýza robustnosti vybraných štrukturálnych parametrov vo vzťahu k seizmickému pohybu v lokálnych povrchových štruktúrach so stochastickými perturbáciami materiálových parametrov, zodpovedný riešiteľ /

An analysis of robustness of selected structural parameters in relation to earthquake ground motion in local near-surface structures with stochastic perturbations of material parameters, principal investigator

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
člen / member Slovenský národný komitét pre geodéziu a geofyziku IUGG / Slovak National Committee for the Internationational Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 2008-2014, 2022 - súčasnosť/present
člen / member Komisia č. 2 pre vedy o Zemi a vesmíre, environmentálne vedy (aj zemské zdroje) Vedeckej grantovej agentúy MŠVVaŠ SR a SAV / Committee no. 2 for Earth, space and environmental sciences (including Earth resources) of Scientific grant agency of Ministry of Education and Slovak Academy of Sciences 2021 - súčasnosť / present
člen / member Odborová komisia pre doktorandské štúdium Geofyzika / Joint subject commision for doctoral studies in Geophysics 2021 - súčasnosť / present

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
KAUST - King Abdullah University for Science and Technology Thuwal, Saudská Arábia / Thuwal, Saudi Arabia 3 týždne / 3 weeks 2018 spolupráca / colaboration
Stanford University Stanford, USA 3 týždne / 3 weeks 2014 spolupráca / colaboration
Matematicko-fyzikálna fakulta, Univerzita Karlova / Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University Praha, Česká republka / Prague, Czech republic 4 mesiace / 4 months 2007 Experienced researcher vrámci projektu 6RP EK SPICE / Experienced researcher of 6FP EC project SPICE
Matematicko-fyzikálna fakulta, Univerzita Karlova / Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University Praha, Česká republka / Prague, Czech republic 2 x 3-mesiace v rokoch 2005 a 2006 / 2 times 3 months in 2005 and 2006 Early stage researcher vrámci projektu 6RP EK SPICE / Early stage researcher of 6FP EC project SPICE
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia di Bologna Bologna, Taliansko / Bologna, Italy 3 x 1 týždeň v rokoch 2005 - 2007 / 3 times 1 week in 2005 - 2007 bilaterálny projekt / bilateral project
Laboratoire Géophysique Interne et Tectonophysique, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble Grenoble, Francúzsko / Grenoble, France 2 týždne / 2 weeks 2004 spolupráca / colaboration

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rXCnuJRJTPcC&hl=en

Počet citácií / Number of citations: 1949

h-index : 17

Publons: https://publons.com/researcher/1349163/martin-galis/

Total times cited: 1265

H-index: 14

Verified reviews: 69

Associate Editor of BSSA - Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (since Feb 2025)

Spoluorganizátor sekcie o numerickom modelovaní na výročných mítingoch Seizmologickej spoločnosti Ameriky v rokoch /

Co-convenor of session on numerical modeling at annual meetings of the Seismological Society of America in years: 2020 - 2025

Date of last update
2024-05-15