Jiri Zahradnik

Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague
Mail address: KG MFF UK, V Holesovickach 2, 180 00 Praha 8, Czech Republic
Phone: (+420-2) 2191 2546
FAX: (+420-2) 2191 2555
E-mail:

Personal data and positions held:

  • Born June 11, 1947 in Prague; Czech nationality
  • 1966-1970: Studies at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University Prague
  • 1970: RNDr degree (equivalent to MSc)
  • 1976: CSc degree (equivalent to PhD)
  • 2001: DrSc degree
  • 1970: Research assistant
  • 1975: Assistant professor
  • 1992: Associate professor
  • 2006: Professor of Geophysics
  • 1993-2006: Head of the Department of Geophysics
  • 2006-2010: Vice-Head of the Department of Geophysics

Visits abroad:

  • Soviet Union 1976, Peru 1982, Canada 1984, 1989, 1991, Sweden, Costa Rica, Greece

Membership:

  • Seismological Society of America
  • Member of the Scientific Council of the Geophys. Inst. Acad. Sci. Czech Rep. (1993-2001)
  • Member of the Institution Council of the Geophys. Inst. Acad. Sci. Czech Rep. (since 2008)
  • Member of the Evaluation panel P210 of the Grant Agency of the Czech Rep. (since 2009)
  • Member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics (since 2005)
  • Remote referee of the European Research Council (since 2007)
  • Associate Editor of the Journal of Seismology (Springer) (since 2002)
  • Vice-President of the European Seismological Commission (2004-2006)

Teaching:

  • Till 2002: Introduction to geophysics. Internal constitution of the Earth. Numerical methods in geophysics. Seismology. Physics of the seismic source. Numerical prediction of earthquake ground motions. Physics of the Earth (for the Faculty of Science). Seismic seminar.
  • 2002-present: Seismology I and II, Seismic seminar
  • Supervisor: 25 MSc students and 8 PhD students (3 defended, 2 continuing)
  • Vice chairman of the commission for PhD defenses in geophysics
  • Chairman of the commission for MSc state examinations in geophysics

Research interests:

Numerical methods in seismic wave propagation (the finite-difference method). Seismic site effects, international blind prediction experiments. Seismic source parameter retrieval. Modeling finite-extent seismic sources. Strong-ground motion simulation. Operation of seismic stations and data analysis.

Research projects:

  • 1995-1998 NATO, GR-COAL project (leader of the Prague team)
  • 1997-1999 Inco-Copernicus ISMOD project (leader of the Prague team)
  • 2000-2003 EC project PRESAP (responsible for a work package and leader of the Prague team)
  • 2005-2006 EC project 3HAZ-CORINTH (leader of the Prague team)
  • 2003-2005 EC FP6 project MAGMA, Prague Centre of Mathematical Geophysics, Meteorology, and their Applications, (project coordinator)
  • A number of national projects of various grant agencies: GACR, GAUK, MSMT
  • 1997-present building seismic stations of the Charles University in Greece (in co-operation with the University of Patras)

Publications:

  • 57 papers in reviewed journals (according WoS)
  • of about 90 papers in conference proceedings and reports
  • 230 citations (according WoS, without self-citations)
  • H-index: 11

Software:

  • ISOLA code to calculate centroid moment tensors and slip inversion (

Recent papers (after 2005):

  • Zahradník, J., Gallovič, F. (2010): Toward understanding slip-inversion uncertainty and artifacts. J. Geophys. Res.115, B09310, 2010. PDF
  • Zahradník, J., Plešinger, A. (2010). Toward understanding subtle instrumentation effects associated with weak seismic events in the near field. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 100, 59-73. PDF
  • Serpetsidaki, A., Sokos, E., Tselentis, G.-A., Zahradnik, J. (2010). Seismic sequence near Zakynthos Island, Greece, April 2006: Identification of the activated fault plane. Tectonophysics 480, 23-32.PDF
  • Gallovič, F., Zahradník, J., Křížová, D., Plicka, V., Sokos, E., Serpetsidaki, A., Tselentis, G-A. (2009). From Earthquake Centroid to Spatial-Temporal Rupture Evolution: Mw 6.3 Movri Mountain earthquake, June 8, 2008, Greece. Geoph. Res. Lett.36, L21310.PDF; AppendixPDF
  • Janský, J,, Zahradník, J., Plicka, V. (2009). Efficiency of individual CRL stations in seismic monitoring of the Western Gulf of Corinth. Acta Geodyn. Geomater., 6, 1-8, 2009. PDF
  • Janský, J., Zahradník, J., Plicka, V. (2009). Shallow earthquakes: shallower than expected? Stud. Geophys. Geod., 53 (2009), 261-268 (a non-reviewed article). PDF
  • Adamová, P., Sokos E., Zahradník, J. (2009). Problematic non-double-couple mechanism of the Amfilochia Mw5 earthquake, Western Greece, J. Seismology., 13, 1-12. PDF
  • Zahradník, J., Gallovič, F., Sokos, E., Serpetsidaki, A., Tselentis, G-A. (2008). Quick fault-plane identification by a geometrical method: application to the Mw6.2 Leonidio earthquake, January 6, 2008, Greece. Seismol. Res. Letters 79, 653-662. PDF
  • Zahradník, J., Sokos, E., Tselentis, G.-A., Martakis, N. (2008). Non-double-couple mechanism of moderate earthquakes near Zakynthos, April 2006, explanation in terms of complexity, Geophys. Prosp. 56, 341-356. PDF
  • Zahradník J., Janský J., Plicka V. (2008). Detailed waveform inversion for moment tensors of M~4 events; examples from the Corinth Gulf, Greece, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 98, 2756-2771. PDF
  • Sokos, E. Zahradník, J., (2008). ISOLA a Fortran code and a Matlab GUI to perform multiple-point source inversion of seismic data, Computers and Geosciences, 34, 967-977.PDF
  • Burjánek, J., Zahradník, J. (2007). Dynamic stress field of a kinematic earthquake source model with k-squared slip distribution, Geophys. J. Int. 171, 1082-1097. PDF
  • Bernard P., Lyon-Caen H., Briole P., Deschamps A., Boudin F., Makropoulos K., Papadimitriou P., Lemeille F., Patau L., Billiris J., Paradissis D., Papazissi K., Castarède H., Charade O., Nercessian A., Avallone A., Pacchiani F., Zahradnik J., Sacks S., Linde A. (2006). Seismicity, deformation and seismic hazard in the western rift of Corinth: New insights from the Corinth Rift Laboratory (CRL). Tectonophysics, 426, 7-30. PDF
  • Zahradník, J., Plešinger, A., (2005). Long-period pulses in broadband records of near earthquakes Bul. Seism. Soc. Am., Vol. 95, No. 5, 1928-1939. PDF
  • Zahradník, J., Serpetsidaki, A., Sokos, E., Tselentis, G-A., (2005). Iterative deconvolution of regional waveforms and a double-event interpretation of the 2003 Lefkada earthquake, Greece. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., Vol. 95, No. 1, 159-172. PDF