research interests

* physical geodesy - earth's gravity field
* geophysics - gravimetry
* geodynamics - volcano geodesy - interpretation of spatiotemporal gravity changes
* geophysics - paleomagnetism

projects

09/2025–08/2029 (PI)
Complex geophysical research in the northeastern part of Slovakia affected by earthquakes (acronym GEOPHSEIS)
(Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV) project APVV-24-0445)

06/2024–12/2024 (PI)
Gravimetric 3D structural model of Etna summit (acronym ETNAGRAV) (ID: C1_TA3-83-1_1 )
Trans-National Access project of Geo-INQUIRE project funded by Horizon Europe scheme under grant agreement No 101058518

2023--2026 (PI)
Application of modern gravimetric and other geophysical methods to selected problems of geological structure of the earth crust and lithosphere and of its geodynamic processes
(VEGA national agency, project 2/0002/23)

12/2020–11/2023 (investigator)
Deposit-to-Regional Scale Exploration (acronym D-Rex) program ERA.Net
(ERA-MIN 2)

07/2020–06/2024 (investigator)
New Bouguer anomaly map of the Alpine-Carpathian area: a tool for gravity and tectonic applications (acronym ALCABA)
(Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV) project APVV-19-0150)

03/2020–11/2021 (PI)
Gravimetric investigation of the structure of the Etna summit craters system (acronym G-ET-SUMMIT)
Trans-National Access project granted under EUROVOLC project that received funding from EU Horizon 2020 research and innovation actions under grant agreement No 731070

2019--2022 (PI)
Integration of latest findings and approaches of gravimetry, geothermics and deep seismics for determining lithospheric structure and tectonics focusing on Western Carpathians
(VEGA national agency, project 2/0006/19)

2017– 2021 (deputy PI / group leader)
Geophysical multi-parametric modelling of the Earth's crust and upper mantle in Slovakia (acronym LITHORES)
(Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV) project APVV-16-0482)

2016–2018 (Scientist in Charge)
Multi-dimensional integrated geophysical-petrological modelling of the crust, and uppermost mantle for central Europe region by structural joint inversion
(SASPRO 1497/03/01/ CRITHON3D)

2015–2018 (PI)
Implementation of recent innovations in potential fields interpretation methodology
(VEGA national agency, project 2/0042/15)

2015–2018 (deputy PI / coordinator for Earth Science Institute)
Geophysical model of the lithosphere of the Western Carpathians
(VEGA national agency, project 1/0141/15)

2012–2015 (PI Vajda/Majcin)
Structure and thermal state of the West Carpathian lithosphere: hot dry rock energy sources potential of Slovakia (acronym THERMES)
(Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV) project APVV-0724-11)

2011–2014 (deputy PI / coordinator for Geophysical Inst.SAS)
Bouguer anomalies of new generation and the gravimetric model of the Western Carpathians
(Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV) project APVV-0194-10)

2012–2014 (PI)
Integration of geothermal modeling into the gravimetric inverse problem solving
(VEGA national agency, project 2/0067/12)

2012–2014 (deputy PI)
Interpretation of the geophysical field anomalous sources with the aim to improve the knowledge on the structure and dynamics of the Carpathian orogen
(VEGA national agency, project 1/0095/12)

2009–2011 (PI)
Robustness analysis of selected gravimetric and geodynamic interpretation methods in geophysical inverse problems
(VEGA national agency, project 2/0107/09)

2009–2011 (deputy PI)
Parallel and regularized modelling of potential fields in Carpathian-Pannonian region
(VEGA national agency, project 1/0461/09)

2006–2008 (PI)
Development of modern methods for the interpretation of the earth’s gravity field and their integration for studying the lithosphere properties
(VEGA 2/6019/26)  

2006–2008 (deputy PI)
Regularized solutions to the direct and inverse gravimetric problems with the goal of enhancing the geophysical interpretation of lithosphere of the Western Carpathians and their surrounding tectonic units
(VEGA national agency, project 1/3066/06)

2005–2007 (investigator)
Development, enhancement and application of progressive 2D and 3D methods of interpreting the gravity field in geophysics and geology
(Slovak Research and Technology Agency (APVT) project APVT-51-002804)  

1996–2005 (investigator) 6 Vega projects (VEGA 2/3057/23, VEGA 2/3004/23, VEGA 2/7059/20, VEGA 2/7060/20, VEGA 2/4047/99, VEGA 95/5305/418)  

1996–2006 (investigator)
Development of the Truncation Filtering Methodology for Geophysical Applications. (Geophys.Inst. SAS Bratislava, Slovakia, in collaboration with The Earth Gravity Field project of the Geodesy Group of the GGE UNB, Canada)  

1992–1995 (investigator)
Precise regional geoid determination
(GGE UNB, Canada, contract of the Geodetic Survey Division, Geomatics Sector, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa)

1991–1995 (research assistant)
Truncated Geoid and the Gravimetric Inverse Problem. (GGE UNB, Fredericton, Canada)

gravimetric campaign, Etna, July 2024

gravimetric campaign, Etna, July 2018

North-East crater, Etna 2018

field work, June 2016, Tenerife
(volcano gravimetry)

Lomnicky peak 2015, High Tatras, Slovakia, (alpine gravimetry)

SVEOCC 2014, Fiji, South Pacific