Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. Mgr. Jozef Kristek, DrSc.
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
Kristek
I.2 - Name
Jozef
I.3 - Degrees
doc. Mgr., DrSc.
I.4 - Year of birth
1970
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Department of Astronomy, Physics of the Earth and Meteorology, Mlynská dolina, 842 48 Bratislava, Slovakia
I.7 - Position
Associate professor
I.8 - E-mail address
kristek@fmph.uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4625
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Physics
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2332-541X

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
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of mathematics and physics
II.b - Year
1993
II.c - Study field and programme
physics of frontier subjects
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
II.b - Year
2002
II.c - Study field and programme
geophysics
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
II.b - Year
2008
II.c - Study field and programme
physics
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
II.b - Year
2021
II.c - Study field and programme
geophysics

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
asistent Geophysical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences 1993-2002
researcher Geophysical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences 2002-2003
senior researcher Geophysical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences 2003-present
senior researcher Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics 2004-2014
associate professor Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics 2014-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
Analysis of measurement errors - statistics for physicists Physics I. Physics
Numerical Methods Physics of the Earth II. Physics
Mathematical methods in geophysics theoretical physics and mathematical physics III. Physics
Physical principles and probabilistic methods of seismic hazard analysis theoretical physics and mathematical physics III. 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.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Physics I. physics
Physisc of the Earth II. Physics
Theoretical physics and mathematical physics III. Physics
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.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
0
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
5
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
6
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
4
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
Physics Seminar (1) Physics I. Physics
Physics Seminar (2) Physics I. Physics
Bachelor Thesis Seminar Physics I. Physics
High-performance computing for physicists Physics I. Physics
Advanced Numerical Methods Physics of the Earth II. 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
238
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
37
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
57
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
13
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
6360
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2447
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
3551
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1453
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
13
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
5
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Kristek, J., Moczo, P., 2003. Seismic wave propagation in viscoelastic media with material discontinuities – a 3D 4th-order staggered-grid finite-difference modeling. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 93(5), 2273-2280. WOS Core Collection: 143 citations

2

Kristek, J., Moczo, P., Archuleta, R. J., 2002. Efficient methods to simulate planar free surface in the 3D 4th-order staggered-grid finite-difference schemes. Studia Geophys. Geod., 46, 355-381. WOS Core Collection: 69 citations

3

Kristek, J., Moczo, P., Galis, M., 2010. Stable discontinuous staggered grid in the finite-difference modeling of seismic motion. Geophys. J. Int., 183 (3), 1401-1407. WOS Core Collection: 65 citations

4

Moczo, P., Kristek, J., Galis, M., Pazak, P., Balazovjech, M., 2007. The Finite-Difference and Finite-Element Modeling of Seismic Wave Propagation and Earthquake Motion. Acta Physica Slovaca 57(2), 177-406. WOS Core Collection: 142 citations

5

Kristekova, M., Kristek, J., Moczo, P., Day, S. M., 2006. Misfit Criteria for Quantitative Comparison of Seismograms. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 96(5), 1836-1850. WOS Core Collection: 154 citations

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

Valovcan, J., Moczo, P., Kristek, J., Galis, M., Kristekova, M., 2024. How Accurate Numerical Simulation of Seismic Waves in a Heterogeneous Medium Can Be? Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. , 114 (5), 2387-2309

2

Moczo, P., Kristek, J., Kristekova, M., Valovcan, J., Galis, M., Gregor, D. 2023. Material Interface in the Finite-Difference Modeling: A Fundamental View. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 113, 281-296

3

Valovcan, J., Moczo, P., Kristek, J., Galis, M., Kristekova, M., 2023. Can Higher-order Finite-difference Operators be Applied Across a Material Interface? Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 114, 965-981

4

Kristekova, M., Kristek, J., Moczo, P., Labak, P., 2021. The finite-interval spectral power method for detecting underground cavities using seismic ambient noise. Geophys. J. Int., 224, 945-960.

5

Kristek, J., Moczo, P., Chaljub, E., Kristekova, M., 2019. A discrete representation of a heterogeneous viscoelastic medium for the finite-difference modelling of seismic wave propagation. Geophys. J. Int., 217, 2021-2034

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

[o1] 2011 Fichtner, A.: Full seismic waveform modelling and inversion : Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics. Berlin : Springer, 2011, S. 1+ - BKCI-S

[Citovaná práca/Cited publication] Kristek, J., Moczo, P., 2003. Seismic wave propagation in viscoelastic media with material discontinuities – a 3D 4th-order staggered-grid finite-difference modeling. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 93(5), 2273-2280

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] Kristek, J., Moczo, P., Archuleta, R. J., 2002. Efficient methods to simulate planar free surface in the 3D 4th-order staggered-grid finite-difference schemes. Studia Geophys. Geod., 46, 355-381

3

[o1] 2020 Seriani, G. Oliveira, S.P.: Numerical modeling of mechanical wave propagation. In: Rivista Del Nuovo Cimento, Vol. 43, No. 9, 2020, s. 459-514 - SCI ; SCOPUS

[Citovaná práca/Cited publication] Kristek, J., Moczo, P., Galis, M., 2010. Stable discontinuous staggered grid in the finite-difference modeling of seismic motion. Geophys. J. Int., 183 (3), 1401-1407. 

4

[o1] 2009 Cui, Y. - Olsen, K. - Chourasia, A. - Moore, R. - Jordan, T. - Maechling, P.: 7. The TeraShake computational platform for large-scale earthquake simulations. In: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, Vol. 119, 2009

[Citovaná práca/Cited publication] Moczo, P., Kristek, J., Galis, M., Pazak, P., Balazovjech, M., 2007. The Finite-Difference and Finite-Element Modeling of Seismic Wave Propagation and Earthquake Motion. Acta Physica Slovaca 57(2), 177-406. 

5

[o1] 2015 De Basabe, J. D. - Sen, M. K.: A comparison of finite-difference and spectral-element methods for elastic wave propagation in media with a fluid-solid interface. In: Geophysical Journal International, Vol. 200, No. 1, 2015, s.278-298 - SCI ; SCOPUS

[Citovaná práca/Cited publication] Kristekova, M., Kristek, J., Moczo, P., Day, S. M., 2006. Misfit Criteria for Quantitative Comparison of Seismograms. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 96(5), 1836-1850.

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

2

2020-2022, Zmluva o dielo Z/2020/1724/I/RUK/OCOZ s ÚJD, Výpočtové určenie seizmického ohrozenia lokalít objektov kritickej infraštruktúry EBO a EMO

3

2023, CTBTO Contract No. 2023-1402, Services to Analyse Seismic Ambient Noise Data

4

2019, CTBTO Contract No. 2019-0827, Numerical Modeling Sensitivity Study and Concept of Operation for Resonance Seismometry for CTBT OSI

5

2021, CTBTO Contract No. 2021-0797, Services to Analyse Seismic Ambient Noise and Earthquake Recordings

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
member Slovak National Comittee to IUGG 2008-2016, 2024-present
chairman Slovak National Comittee to IUGG 2016-2024
member Joint subject commission for doctoral studies in Geophysics 2008-present
member Disciplinary Committee of FMFI UK 2023-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)
Instituto de Ingeniería UNAM, Mexiko Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico 2 weeks, October 1993 invited research stay
Laboratoire Géophysique Interne et Tectonophysique, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble Grenoble, France 3 weeks, January 1999 research stay
Institute for Crustal Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, USA 1 month, May 2000 research stay
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Volcanologia Roma, Italy 1 week, May 2003 invited research stay
Laboratoire Géophysique Interne et Tectonophysique, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble Grenoble, France 1 week, May 2003 invited research stay
ITSAK Thessaloniki Greece 1 month, May-June 2007 MC ToK, more experienced researcher
ITSAK Thessaloniki Greece 1 month, May-June 2008 MC ToK, more experienced researcher

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CgbiV4EAAAAJ&hl=sk

Počet citácií / Number of Citations : 6360

h index /h index : 36

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/1010036

Total times cited: 3551

H-index: 29

Verified reviews:98

Organizátor a konvenor sekcie o numerickom modelovaní na výročných mítingoch Seizmologickej spoločnosti Ameriky v rokoch / Organizer and convenor of session on numerical modeling at annual meetings of the Seismological Society of America in years: 2012, 2015-2025

Date of last update
2025-05-28