Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
prof. RNDr. Peter Moczo, 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
Moczo
I.2 - Name
Peter
I.3 - Degrees
prof. RNDr., DrSc.
I.4 - Year of birth
1956
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
profesor / Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
moczo@fmph.uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4667
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
fyzika / Physics
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/ 0000-0001-5276-9311

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
Matematicko-fyzikální fakulta, Univerzita Karlova, Praha / Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague
II.b - Year
1980
II.c - Study field and programme
fyzika, geofyzika / Physics, Geophysics
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Matematicko-fyzikální fakulta, Univerzita Karlova, Praha / Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague
II.b - Year
1988
II.c - Study field and programme
fyzika, geofyzika / Physics, Geophysics
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave / Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
1996
II.c - Study field and programme
geofyzika / Geophysics
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave / Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2002
II.c - Study field and programme
fyzika / Physics
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Matematicko-fyzikální fakulta, Univerzita Karlova, Praha / Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague
II.b - Year
1999
II.c - Study field and programme
geofyzika / Geophysics

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
odborný pracovník /assistant researcher Geofyzikálny ústav SAV / Geophysical Institute SAS 1980-1987
samostatný vedecký pracovník / researcher Geofyzikálny ústav SAV / Geophysical Institute SAS 1987-1996
vedúci vedecký pracovník / senior researcher Ústav vied o Zemi SAV / Earth Sciences Institute SAS 1999-súčasnosť / 1999-present
docent / Associate professor Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave / Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava 2001-2002
profesor / Professor Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave / Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava 2002-súčasnosť / 2002-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
Seismic waves and physics of earthquakes (1) Physics of the Earth II fyzika/Physics
Seismic waves and physics of earthquakes (2) Physics of the Earth II fyzika/Physics
Continuum mechanics and rheology Physics of the Earth II fyzika/Physics
Physics of the Earth seminar (1) Physics of the Earth II fyzika/Physics
Master seminar 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.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Physics of the Earth II fyzika/Physics
Theoretical Physics and Mathematical Physics III fyzika/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.3.a - Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure V.3.b - Study field to which it is assigned
fyzika / Physics fyzika / Physics
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
6
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
17
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
11
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
Fyzika planéty Zem / Physics of planet Earth Fyzika / Physics I fyzika/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
323
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
46
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
67
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
10
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
7608
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2718
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
4177
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1883
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
more than 30
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Moczo, P., Kristek, J., Vavryčuk, V., Archuleta, R. J., Halada, L., 2002. 3D heterogeneous staggered-grid finite-difference modeling of seismic motion with volume harmonic and arithmetic averaging of elastic moduli and densities. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 92(8), 3042-3066. WOS Core Collection: 370 citations

2

Moczo, P., Robertsson, J. O. A., Eisner, L., 2007. The Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method for Modelling of Seismic Wave Propagation. In Advances in Wave Propagation in Heterogeneous Earth, 421-516, Wu, R.-S., Maupin, V., eds., Advances in Geophysics 48, Dmowska, R., ed., Elsevier – Academic Press. WOS Core Collection: 247 citations

3

Moczo, P., Kristek, J., Galis, M., 2014. The Finite-Difference Modelling of Earthquake Motions: Waves and Ruptures Cambridge University Press, 365 pp. WOS Core Collection: 231 citations

4

Moczo, P., Kristek, J., Halada, L., 2000. 3D 4th-order staggered-grid finite-difference schemes: stability and grid dispersion. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 90(3), 587-603. WOS Core Collection: 198 citations

5

Moczo, P., Bystrický, E., Kristek, J., Carcione, J.M., Bouchon, M., 1997. Hybrid modeling of P-SV seismic motion at inhomogeneous viscoelastic topographic structures. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 87(5), 1305-1323. WOS Core Collection: 182 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), 2287-2309.

2

Gregor, D., Moczo, P., Kristek, J., Mesgouez, A., Lefeuve-Mesgouez, G., Morency, C., Diaz, J., Kristekova, M. 2022. Seismic waves in medium with poroelastic/elastic interfaces: a two-dimensional P-SV finite-difference modelling, Geophys. J. Int., 228(1), 551–588.

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.

4

Gregor, D., Moczo, P., Kristek, J., Mesgouez, A., Lefeuve-Mesgouez, G., Kristekova, M., 2021. Subcell-resolution finite-difference modelling of seismic waves in Biot and JKD poroelastic media. Geophys. J. Int., 224, 760-794.

5

Moczo, P., Gregor, D., Kristek, J., de la Puente, J., 2019. A discrete representation of material heterogeneity for the finite-difference modelling of seismic wave propagation in a poroelastic medium. Geophys. J. Int., 216, 1072-1099.

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

[o1] 2015 Chen, P. - Lee, E. J.: Full-3d Seismic Waveform Inversion: Theory, Software and Practice : Springer Geophysics. Berlin : Springer, 2015, 513 s. - BKCI-S

[Citovaná práca/Cited publication] Moczo, P., Kristek, J., Vavryčuk, V., Archuleta, R. J., Halada, L., 2002. 3D heterogeneous staggered-grid finite-difference modeling of seismic motion with volume harmonic and arithmetic averaging of elastic moduli and densities. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 92(8), 3042-3066.

2

[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] Moczo, P., Robertsson, J. O. A., Eisner, L., 2007. The Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method for Modelling of Seismic Wave Propagation. In Advances in Wave Propagation in Heterogeneous Earth, 421-516, Wu, R.-S., Maupin, V., eds., Advances in Geophysics 48, Dmowska, R., ed., Elsevier – Academic Press.

3

[o1] 2009 Tromp, J.: Theory and observations - Forward modeling and synthetic seismograms: 3-D numerical methods. In: Seismology and structure of the Earth. San Diego : Elsevier, 2009, S. 191-217 - BKCI-S

[Citovaná práca/Cited publication] Moczo, P., Bystrický, E., Kristek, J., Carcione, J.M., Bouchon, M., 1997. Hybrid modeling of P-SV seismic motion at inhomogeneous viscoelastic topographic structures. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 87(5), 1305-1323.

4

[o1] 2002 Hong, T. K. - Kennett, B. L. N.: On a wavelet-based method for the numerical simulation of wave propagation. In: Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 183, No. 2, 2002, s. 577-622 - SCI ; SCOPUS

[Citovaná práca/Cited publication] Moczo, P., Kristek, J., Halada, L., 2000. 3D 4th-order staggered-grid finite-difference schemes: stability and grid dispersion. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 90(3), 587-603

5

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

[Citovaná práca/Cited publication] Moczo, P., Kristek, J., Galis, M., 2014. The Finite-Difference Modelling of Earthquake Motions: Waves and Ruptures Cambridge University Press, 365 pp.

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

2

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

Výpočtové určenie seizmického ohrozenia lokalít objektov kritickej infraštruktúry EBO a EMO

zodpovedná osoba za plnenie zmluvy / Computational determination of seismic hazard at sites of objects of the critical infrastructure of EBO and EMO, responsible person

3

Contract No. 2019-0827

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

kontaktná osoba / contact person

4

Contract No. 2021-0797

Services to Analyse Seismic Ambient Noise and Earthquake Recordings

kontaktná osoba / contact person

5

Contract No. 40000975065-P5P20

Multidimensional numerical simulation of the propagation of seismic waves for the study of the site effects of the Cadarache and Marcoule centers

kontaktná osoba a principal investigator 2 / contact person and 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
Prorektor pre vedecko-výskumnú činnosť a doktorandské štúdium / Vice-Rector for science, research and doctoral studies Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave / Comenius University in Bratislava 2015-2019
Predseda Slovenskej komisie pre vedecké hodnosti / Chairman of the Slovak Commission for Scientific Degrees MŠVVaŠ SR / Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic 2015-2021
Predseda Učenej spoločnosti Slovenska / President of the Learned Society of Slovakia SAV Slovak Academy of Sciences 2017-2021
Predseda komisie pre obhajoby doktorských dizertačných prác (DrSc.) v odboroch Geofyzika a Meteorológia a klimatológia / Chairman of the commission for defending DrSc. Thesis in Geophysics ann Meteorology and Climatology MŠVVaŠ SR / Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic 2010-2024
Člen Akreditačnej komisie SR / Member of the Accreditation Commission of the Slovak Republic Poradný orgán Vlády SR /Advisory Board of the Government of the Slovak Republic 2012-2015
Member of the Presidium of SRDA SRDA 2022-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)
Department of Physics, University of Alberta Edmonton, Kanada / Edmonton, Canada 1990-1992, 2 roky / 2 years Visiting scientist
Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Program promoting the COE (Center of Excellence) research on natural disaster science Kyoto, Japonsko / Kyoto, Japan 1997-1998, 4 mesiace / 4 months Visiting Professor
Institute for Crustal Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, USA 2000, 4 mesiace / 4 months Visiting Scientist
Laboratoire de Geophysique Interne et Tectonophysique, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble, Franzúzsko / Grenoble, France 2004, 4 mesiace / 4 months Professeur invité
ITSAK Thessaloniki, Grécko / Thessaloniki, Greece 2007, 1 mesiac / 1 month more experienced researcher MC ToK
ITSAK Thessaloniki, Grécko / Thessaloniki, Greece 2008, 1 mesiac / 1 month more experienced researcher MC ToK

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.sk/citations?user=OF5iXJQAAAAJ&hl=sk

Počet citácií / Number of Citations : 7608

h index /h index : 40

Publons: https://publons.com/researcher/2963089/peter-moczo/

Total times cited: 4177

H-index: 32

Verified reviews: 145

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: 2010, 2012, 2015-2025

Hodnotiteľ niekoľkých návrhov medzinárodných a národných projektov vrátane ERC / Reviewer of several international and national project proposals including ERC project proposal

Date of last update
2025-05-23