We study the geophysical interactions between the lithosphere, atmosphere and biosphere domains. Our expertise spans the fields of geomorphology, sedimentology and geodynamics on Earth and other planets:
- Analogue & computational modelling (e.g. sea level, geodynamics, landscape evolution)
- Archaeology of the Pleistocene
- Cryosphere (e.g. glacial, periglacial & postglacial landscapes)
- Extraterrestrial surface processes (e.g. igneous & sedimentary volcanism, cryovolcanism)
- Extreme events (e.g. catastrophic floods & landslides)
- Geochronology (e.g. cosmogenic nuclides, luminescence dating)
- Human impacts on Earth surface processes
- Long-term evolution of landscapes in response to climate & tectonics
- Sedimentary archives of environmental change (e.g. fluvial, lacustrine & aeolian)
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John Jansen | PhD | Senior researcher & team leader | geomorphology, cosmogenic nuclides, Quaternary geology |
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Petr Brož | Mgr, PhD | Researcher | extraterrestrial volcanic & magmatic processes, sedimentary volcanism |
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Filip Havlíček | BSc | MSc student | analogue modeling, structural geology, extensional tectonics |
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Jiří Laurin | PhD | Researcher | sedimentary geology, palaeoclimate, Milanković cycles |
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Greg Ruetenik | PhD | Researcher | surface process modelling, geodynamics |
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Lenka Špičáková | PhD | Researcher | clastic sedimentology |
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David Uličný | RNDr, CSc | Senior researcher | sedimentology, sequence & stable isotope stratigraphy, sedimentary basins |
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Tomáš Uxa | RNDr, PhD | Researcher | cryosphere, palaeoclimate, geothermics |
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Kaleb Wagner | MSc | PhD student | geomorphology, Quaternary stratigraphy, geochronometry |
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Lotta Ylä-Mella | MSc | PhD student | numerical modelling, geochronometry |
Currently funded projects
- Reconstructing the subglacial erosional history of the first Eurasian Ice Sheets (GAUK 2023–25: K. Wagner PI, J. Jansen Co-PI)
- Interplay between relative sea-level & surface processes: comparing responses across tectonically active & inactive terrains (GAČR 2023–25, G. Ruetenik PI, J. Jansen Co-PI)
- Dynamics of the periglacial environment in the Antarctic Peninsula region under ongoing climate change (GAČR Junior Star 2022–26, T. Uxa Co-PI)
- Effusive Cryovolcanism: the battle of phases in a water table freezing under reduced atmospheric pressure (GAČR 2025–27, P. Brož PI)
- Tropical climate & vegetation response during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age; an integrated study of spatial & temporal variability (GAČR 2025–27, J. Laurin Co-PI)
- Unravelling the influence of frost heave & thaw settlement on thermal regime of permafrost & seasonally frozen ground & its implementation in freeze-thaw models (GAČR 2025–27, T. Uxa PI)
Cutting rock samples for cosmogenic nuclide analysis, Hellheim Fjord, East Greenland (photo—DL Egholm, 2018)
Performing analogue experiments in a low pressure chamber (Open University, UK) to investigate the behaviour of mud flows on Mars (photo—P Brož, 2019)
Sampling cryoturbation structures, Brno–Černovice, Czechia (photo—M Křížek, 2020)
Setting up weather stations and dust traps at Mt San Jacinto, California, to investigate the influence of altitude-driven climate variations on soil weathering (photo—K Hu, 2020)
Installation of air-ground-bedrock temperature monitoring devices in Évora, Portugal (photo—J Šafanda, 2017)
Temperature logging a 2 km-deep borehole at Litoměřice, Czechia (photo—P Dědeček, 2020)