Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
MSc. Jaroslav Valovčan, 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
Valovčan
I.2 - Name
Jaroslav
I.3 - Degrees
MSc., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1995
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, CU in Bratislava, DAPEM
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Mlynská dolina F1, 84248 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
university teacher - assistant professor
I.8 - E-mail address
jaroslav.valovcan@fmph.uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/58598
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Physics
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-7728-2064

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First 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
2017
II.c - Study field and programme
Physics; Physics
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics; University of Vienna, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy
II.b - Year
2019
II.c - Study field and programme
Physics; Physics of the Earth
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
2023
II.c - Study field and programme
Physics; Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
II.4 - Associate professor
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
university teacher - assistant professor Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics 1. 9. 2024 -
university teacher - assistant professor (95%) Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics 1. 9. 2023 - 31. 8. 2024

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.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.4.2 - 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
Physics of the Planet Earth 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
10
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
10
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
3
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
26
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
26
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
19
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
19
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
0
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
0
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
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, doi: 10.1785/0120240049

2

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, 1924-1937, doi: 10.1785/0120230037

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

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, doi: 10.1785/0120240049

2

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, 1924-1937, doi: 10.1785/0120230037

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

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

Xu, J., Hu, H., & Han, B. (2023). 3-D simulation of wave propagation in the fractured porous media for subsurface sensing: a rotated staggered Finite-Difference algorithm based on equivalent medium theory. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 61, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1109/tgrs.2023.3326615

2

Petrov, I. B., Golubev, V. I., Shevchenko, A. V., & Nikitin, I. S. (2023). Approximation of boundary condition in higher Order Grid-Characteristic schemes. Doklady Mathematics, 108(3), 466–471. https://doi.org/10.1134/s1064562423701375

3

Masson, Y., Lyu, C., Moczo, P., Capdeville, Y., Romanowicz, B., & Virieux, J. (2024). 2-D seismic wave propagation using the distributional finite-difference method: further developments and potential for global seismology. Geophysical Journal International, 237(1), 339–363. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae025

4

Jiang, L., & Zhang, W. (2024). Efficient implementation of equivalent medium parameterization in finite-difference seismic wave simulation methods. Geophysical Journal International, 239(1), 675–693. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae286

5

Sun, W., Zhang, W., Wang, W., & Chen, X. (2024). Multidomain finite-difference and Chebyshev pseudospectral hybrid method for elastic wave simulation: two-dimensional case. Geophysical Journal International. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae395

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

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

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

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2025-05-20