2025
Dr. Alessandro PetrocciaUniversity of Bologna, Italy
Exhuming low-grade shear zones in collisional frameworks: Weakening and pore pressure fluctuations during progressive shearing from subducted continental units of the Saih Hatat Window, NE Oman
Prof. Fritz FingerUniversity of Salzburg, Austria
The obscure southern side of the Variscan Orogen in the Alps
Prof. Claudia TrepmanLMU München
Transient high-stress crystal plasticity - coseismic off-fault damage at greenschist facies conditions
2024
Dr. Zoltán VáciIPSG, Charles University
Volcanism in the Early Solar System
Prof. Stanisław MazurPolish Academy of Science, Krakow
Where Peri-Gondwana Meets Baltica: Uncovering the Structure of the Variscan Belt’s Eastern Edge
Dr. Simon CouziniéUniversité de Lorraine, Nancy
Strontium diffusion in feldspar: a new method to unravel the timescales of regional metamorphism
Prof. Jiří KonopásekThe Arctic University of Norway
Arguments for the presence of two sutures in the Northern Norwegian Caledonides
Prof. Esther SchmädickeUniversität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Garnet - clue to H2O transport in subduction zones and origin of mantle rocks
Prof. Robert MouchaSyracuse University, USA
Investigating the role of inherited structures in continental rifting using coupled geodynamic and landscape evolution models
Dr. Christian SipplGeofyzikální ústav AVČR
Structure of the Northern Chile subduction zone from 15 years of seismic data
Prof. Lucie TajčmanováUniversität Heidelberg
Quantification of microscale processes in metamorphic rocks
Doc. Rastislav VojtkoUniverzita Komenského v Bratislavě
Low-temperature thermochronological techniques and applications in the study of the Western Carpathian basement rocks
2023
prof. Dušan Plašienka, DrSc.Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Geology and Paleontology, Comenius University in Bratislava
Inception, growth and demise of the West Carpathian orogenic wedge
Prof. Dr. Hartwig FrimmelBavarian Georesources Centre, Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Würzburg
Giant impacts and formation of ore deposits
Prof. Silvio FerreroUniversità degli studi di Cagliari
Nanogranitoids, nanorocks and other tiny droplets: how inclusions unravel crustal evolution
Prof. Juraj MajzlanFriedrich Schiller University Jena
The many sources of fluids of the Alpine ore mineralizations in the Western Carpathians
Prof. Rainer AbartDepartment of Lithospheric Research, Universität Wien
Oriented magnetite micro-inclusions in plagioclase from gabbroic rocks: genesis and implications for magnetic properities
Prof. Thorsten NagelInstitut für Geologie, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
Carboniferous UHP-metamorphism in NE Greenland and its tectonic significance
Dr. Hana ČížkováDepartment of Geophysics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague
Dynamic models of slabs in the extended transition zone
Dr. Marc PoujolGeosciences Rennes, Université Rennes 1
Dating fluid circulations: principles and applications to the dating of Cretaceous metasomatic events in the Pyrenees
2022
Dr. Vojtěch PatočkaFaculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University
Residence time of inertial particles in 3D thermal convection: implications for magma reservoirs
Dr. Philip GroßHeidelberg University
Rift-related Architecture of the European Margin in the Eastern Alps (Central Tauern Window)
Prof. Milan RiederCzech Republic
K-micas: A new treatment of data from the literature
Dr. Václav KunaGeophysical Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences
Development and feasibility testing of a low-cost earthquake early warning system in Nepal
Dr. Graham HillGeophysical Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences
Extreme Geophysics - Magnetotelluric studies of the Antarctic Interior: Mount Erebus and the Central Transantarctic Mountains
Dr. Stephen ColletCzech Geological Survey, Prague
Resolving the pre-orogenic architecture of the Bohemian Massif: Examples of zircon geochronological and geochemical fingerprinting
Prof. Holger StünitzUiT The Arctic University of Norway
What we know about quartz deformation today - a state-of-the-art-summary
Dr. Pavel PitraUniversité de Rennes 1, France
Complex zircon petrochronology in migmatite-hosted eclogites (Montagne Noire, France
2021
Jiří Konopásek, PhDDepartment of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Orogen-scale migration of deformation in the northern part of the Kaoko–Dom Feliciano–Gariep orogenic system
RNDr. Petra Maierová, Ph.D.Czech Geological Survey, Prague
Numerical models of tectonic processes – formation of UHP felsic rocks
2020
Prof. Milan RiederCzech Republic
Variation of physical properties across the mineralogical system
Prof. Brendan MurphySt. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Pannotia, its thermal legacy and significance in understanding the supercontinent cycle
Dr. Patrizia FiannaccaUniversity of Catania, Italy
Production of granitoid rocks at magmatic and subsolidus conditions - examples from a poly-orogenic mountain belt in southern Italy
Stephen Collet, PhDCzech Geological Survey, Prague
Resolving the pre-orogenic architecture of the Bohemian Massif: Examples of zircon geochronological and geochemical fingerprinting
2019
Prof. Shah Wali Faryad, CSc.IPSG, Faculty of Sciences, Prague
Compositional zoning in garnet and its modification by diffusion during pressure and temperature changes in metamorphic rocks
Prof. Holger StünitzUniversity of Tromsø, Norway & University of Orléans, France
Deformation and mineral reactions: Old and new ideas
RNDr. Jaroslav Lexa, CSc. & RNDr. Igor Broska, DrSc. & Rastislav Vojtko, PhD.Earth Science Institute of the SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia
Magmatic evolution of the Miocene Štiavnica stratovolcano
Hugues RaimbourgInstitut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orleans - UMR 7327, Universite d'Orleans
Fluids and deformation at seismogenic depths in subduction zones: insights from the Shimanto Belt (Japan) and the Alps
Dr. Annika SzameitatInstitute for Rock Structure and Mechanics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Investigating orogenic exhumation with thermochronology – an example from the Canadian Columbia and Rocky Mountains
Dr. Fabio ArzilliSchool of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester
A new vision of kinetic processes in geosciences: 3D and in situ 4D X-ray microtomography
Prof. Rainer AbartDepartment of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Austria
Reading petrogenetic history from the resorption of garnet in a mafic granulite; Gföhl unit, Lower Austria
Dr. Ameha Atnafu MulunehSchool of Earth Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Strong faults in magma dominated Main Ethiopian Rift
2018
Prof. Toru TakeshitaHokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Development of the Median Tectonic Line (MTL) fault zone in relation to exhumation of the high-P/T type Sambagawa metamorphic rocks: the processes of strain localization
Prof. Claudio RosenbergSorbonne Université, Paris, France
Relating orogen width to shortening, erosion, and exhumation during Alpine collision
Dr. Rüdiger KilianUniversity of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Quartz deformation microstructures and textures - new insights on old paradigms
Dr. Martin SchöpferUniversität Wien, Wien, Austria
Mechanical and geometric controls on the structural evolution of pit crater and caldera subsidence
Dr. Pavel PitraUniversité de Rennes, Géosciences Rennes, France
Variscan metamorphic evolution of the eastern Pyrenees (Canigou, Cap de Creus)
Dr. Petra ŠtěpančíkováDepartment of Neotectonics and Thermochronology, IRSM ASCR, Prague
Late Quaternary tectonic activity in Bohemian Massif: two comparative studies of paleoseismic trenching survey on the Sudetic Marginal Fault and on the Mariánské Lázně Fault
Prof. Philippe AgardUniversity Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris VI-CNRS, ISTeP - UMR 7193, France
From field to models: mechanical coupling along the subduction interface
Prof. Luca CaricchiDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Fractionation and ascent of magma in the Earth’s crust
2017
Dr. Prof. Fritz FingerDepartment of Materials Engineering and Physics, University of Salzburg, Austria
U-Th-Pb geochronometry on the submicron scale and possible geological applications
Dr. Rastislav VojtkoDepartment of Geology and Paleontology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
Low-temperature constraints on the Alpine thermal evolution of the Western Carpathian basement rock complexes
Dr. Lars HansenDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
When rocks push back: Residual stresses in mantle rocks and their role in geodynamics
Prof. Lutz NasdalaDepartment of Mineralogy and Crystallography, University of Vienna, Austria
Natural radiation damage in minerals: What can we learn?
Dr. Alessandro FabbrizioInstitute of Petrology and Structural Geology, Charles University, Prague
Evidences of the geological and geomorphological effects caused by the Central Italy earthquakes in the area of Monti Sibillini
Prof. Kamil UstaszewskiInstitute of Earth Sciences, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
The Adria-Problem: a tectonic 4D-puzzle approached from the Balkan
Misha BystrickyIRAP, UPS, Université de Toulouse
Rheology of the upper mantle - deforming polyphase rocks at very high pressure and temperature
Dr. Simon CouziniéÉcole Nationale Supérieure de Géologie, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy
Orogenic mantle dynamics encapsulated within the mafic igneous record, a case study from the Variscan Massif Central, France
Prof. Gianreto ManatschalIPGS_EOST, Université de Strasbourg, France
Formation and reactivation of rifted margins and development of mountain belts: the example of the Alpine-Pyrenean system in Western Europe
Prof. Rainer AbartDepartment of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Austria
Diffusion of Alkali cations in alkali feldspar: sounds simple is complicated
2016
Dr. Robert AnczkiewiczInstitute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
Origin of inverted regional metamorphism during continental collision: Sikkim Himalaya, India
Prof. Urs SchalteggerDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland
High-precision U-Pb geochronology - the state of the art, its limits and some applications
Dr. Stanislaw Mazur - Czech Tectonic Group eventGetech Group plc, Leeds, UK and Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, PL
Is the Teisseyre-Tornquist Zone a Palaeozoic plate boundary of Baltica?
Prof. Jiří KonopásekDepartment of Geosciences, University of Tromsø, Norway
Kaoko-Gariep-Dom Feliciano orogen (Namibia, Uruguay and Brazil) – an example of inverted post-Rodinian rift basin?
Dr. Alessandro FabrizzioInstitute of Petrology and Structural Geology, Charles University, Prague
Experimental determination of igneous minerals/silicate liquids Ra distribution coefficients, re-examination of 226Ra-230Th disequilibria and 226Ra/Ba-230Th/Ba isochrones
Dr. Ralf MilkeInstitute of Geological Sciences, Freie University, Berlin, Germany
How dry is dry? How wet is wet? - Mobility and interaction at grain boundaries
Dr. Jiří SlámaInstitute of Geology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Detrital zircon provenance, a powerful tool of geology - pros, cons and challenges
Dr. Fred GaidiesDepartment of Earth Sciences, Carleton Univertsity, Canada
Toward a quantitative understanding of metamorphic garnet crystallization
Prof. Gernold ZulaufInstitute of Geosciences, University of Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Frankfurt, Germany
Thermal Turnover, lower crustal flow and melt-related faulting: The Bohemian Massif in Carboniferous times
Dr. Marian Janák, DrScDepartment of Lithosphere and Geodynamic Processes, Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Republic
UHP metamorphism of allochthonous units in the Scandinavian Caledonides
Dr. Thomas GriffithsDepartment of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Austria
Enhanced diffusion due to dislocations in a plastic crack wake: inclusion re‑equilibration at healed fractures in garnet
2015
Prof. Dr. Rainer AbartDepartment of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Austria
Corona microstructures: process monitors for high grade metamorphism
Prof. Simon CuthbertSchool of Science and Sport, University of the West Scotland, United Kingdom
Subduction and eduction of a continental margin: The Scandinavian Caledonides
Prof. Milan NovákDepartment of Geological Sciences, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Precise crystal chemistry of minerals as an essential basis for petrological, geochemical and isotopic studies: examples from tourmaline-supergroup
Dr. Yingde JiangGuangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, China
Detrital provenance, thermal-tectonic evolution and granitoid petrogenesis of the Altai orogenic belt, central Asia
Prof. Theodoros NtaflosDepartment of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Austria
The puzzle of the Lithopsheric Mantle underneath Patagonia: a geochemical-petrological approach
Dr. Pavel PitraGeosciences Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, France
Metamorphic analysis of blueschist facies rocks - examples from Groix, Galicia and Syros
Dr. Luiz F. G. MoralesGerman Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
A three-dimensional microstructural and seismic properties study of an olivine-antigorite serpentinite
Dr. Richard WirthGerman Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Nano-inclusions in diamond as indicators for diamond genesis
Dr. Juergen KonzettInstitute of Mineralogy and Petrography, Faculty of Geo- and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Transport and storage of phosphorus and chlorine in the Earth’s upper mantle – the role of Ca-phosphates and silicates: an experimental study to 19 GPa