Ľubica Valentová

Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University.
V Holešovičkách 2, 180 00 Prague 8. Czech Republic.

Skills: Fortran, Gnuplot, Latex, GMT. Ultimate frisbee.
Currently working on: Python and basics of HTML. And softball.

CV

1985: Born in Bratislava, Slovakia.

2007: Bachelor degree at Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic. Specialization: Physics. Thesis (in Slovak): Global lithoshperic rotation: Myth or reality? Supervisor: Ondřej Čadek.

2009: Master degree at Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Geophysics, Prague, Czech Republic. Specialization: Geophysics. Thesis (in Slovak): Mantle convection: Numerical models and observed data. Supervisor: Hana Čížková.

2018: Ph.D. degree at Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Geophysics, Prague, Czech Republic. Specialization: Geophysics. Thesis: Three-dimensional ambient noise tomography of the Bohemian Massif. Supervisor: František Gallovič.

Employment and stays

since 2022: postdoc at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Department of Geophysics, Prague.

2021-2022: Research assistant at National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Milan, Italy. Supervisor: Francesca Pacor, Paola Morasca.

2017-2021: Researcher at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Department of Geophysics, Prague. Within:

• INGV – CUP project: Inversion of accelerometric waveforms and generation of seismic scenarios: Application to case studies in Central Italy. Supervisor: František Gallovič
• 2018-2020: Bilateral project of GAČR and DFG: BAIES - Bayesian Inference of Earthquake Source parameters: kinematic and dynamic finite fault models. Supervisor: František Gallovič.
• Projects GAČR and ESA Swarm DISC project. Supervisor: Jakub Velímský.

2010-2013: Early-stage researcher at Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Bratislava within QUEST-ITN project. Topic: Numerical modeling of seismic wave propagation in heterogeneous structures. Supervisor: Peter Moczo.

2010: 6 weeks stay at Centre Mediterrani d'Investigacions Marines i Ambientals (CMIMA) of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) or Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona within HPC-Europa2 project. Supervisor: Josep de la Puente.

2009-2010: part-time employment at Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Supervisor: Jiří Málek.

Publications

Čejka, F., Sgobba, S., Pacor, F., Valentová, Ľ., Gallovič, F. (2024). Constraining between‐event variability of kinematic rupture scenarios by empirical ground‐motion model: A case study in Central Italy, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., doi:10.1785/0120230251.

Gallovič, F., Valentová, Ľ. (2023). Broadband strong ground motion modeling using planar dynamic rupture with fractal parameters, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth , 128, e2023JB026506, doi:10.1029/2023JB026506.

Taufiqurrahman, Gabriel, A.-A., Ulrich, T., Valentová, L. , Gallovič, F. (2022). Broadband Dynamic Rupture Modeling With Fractal Fault Roughness, Frictional Heterogeneity, Viscoelasticity and Topography: The 2016 Mw 6.2 Amatrice, Italy Earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett. 49, e2022GL098872, doi: 10.1029/2022GL098872.

Valentová, Ľ. , Gallovič, F., Hok, S. (2021). Near‐source ground motions and their variability derived from dynamic rupture simulations constrained by NGA‐West2 GMPEs, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 111 (5), 2559-2573, doi: 10.1785/0120210073.

Gallovič, F., Valentová, Ľ. (2020). Earthquake stress drops from dynamic rupture simulations constrained by observed ground motions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, doi:10.1029/2019GL085880.

Gallovič, F., Valentová, Ľ., Ampuero, J.-P., Gabriel, A.-A. (2019). Bayesian Dynamic Finite-Fault Inversion: 1. Method and Synthetic Test, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth 124, 6949-6969, doi: 10.1029/2019jb017510.

Gallovič, F., Valentová, Ľ., Ampuero, J.-P., Gabriel, A.-A. (2019). Bayesian Dynamic Finite-Fault Inversion: 2. Application to the 2016 Mw6.2 Amatrice, Italy, Earthquake, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth 124, 6970-6988, doi: 10.1029/2019jb017512.

Valentová, Ľ., Gallovič, F., Maierová, P. (2017). Three-dimensional S-wave velocity model of the Bohemian Massif from Bayesian ambient noise tomography, Tectonophysics, 717, 484-498, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.08.033.

Růžek, B., Valentová, Ľ., Gallovič, F. (2016). Significance of geological units of the Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic, as seen by ambient noise interferometry, Pure Appl. Geophys. 173, 1663-1682, doi: 10.1007/s00024-015-1191-x.

Valentová, Ľ., Gallovič, F., Růžek, B., de la Puente, J., Moczo, P. (2015). Choice of regularization in adjoint tomography based on 2D synthetic tests, Geophys. J. Int. 202, 787-799, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv183.