Born on January 10 1963 in Prague, Czechoslovakia
Married, 2 children
Education:
1981-1986: Study in Geophysics, Faculty of Math. and Phys., Charles University, Prague
1986: Graduated from Charles Univ., Prague, in Geophysics (degree equivalent to MSc)
1986: RNDr. degree (Rerum naturalium doctoris); from Charles University, Prague
1997: Ph.D. degree; from Charles University, Prague, in Geophysics
Experience:
1987 – 1993: Institute of Geology and Geotechnics of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences,
Prague, research worker
1993 – 1997: GEMI s.r.o. company, head of the geophysical division
1997 – present: Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
2003 – 2013: Head of the Department of Seismology
2016 – now: Head of the Department of Seismotectonics
Ademovič, N., Demir V., Cvijič-Amulič S., Málek J., Prachař I. Vackář J. (2021): Compilation of the seismic hazard maps in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Soil dynamics and earthquake engineering 141. DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2020.106500
Brokešová J., Málek J., Vackář J., Bernauer F., Wassermann J., Igel H. (2021): Rotaphone-CY: The Newest Rotaphone Model Design and Preliminary Results from Performance Tests with Active Seismic Sources. Sensors 21. DOI: 10.3390/s21020562
Bernauer F., Behnen K., Wassermann J., Egdorf S., Igel H., Donner S., Stammler K., Hoffman M., Edme P., Sollberger D., Schmelzbach C., Robertsson J., Paitz P., Igel J., Smolinski K., Fichtner A., Rossi Y., Izgi G., Vollmer D., Eibl E., Buske S., Veress C., Guattari F., Laudat T., Mattio L., Sebe O., Olivier S., Lallemand C., Brunner B., Kurzych A., Dudek M., Jaroszewicz L. R., Kowalski J., Bonkowski P. A., Bobra P., Zembaty Z. Vackář J., Málek J., Brokešová J. (2021): Rotation, Strain, and Translation Sensors Performance Tests with Active Seismic Sources. Sensors 21. DOI: 10.3390/s21010264
Brokešová J., Málek J. (2020): Comparative Measurements of Local Seismic Rotations by Three Independent Methods. Sensors 20. DOI: 10.3390/s20195679
Zábranová E., Matyska C., Stemberk J., Málek J. (2020): Eigenoscillations and Stability of Rocking Stones: The Case Study of "The Hus Pulpit" in The Central Bohemian Pluton. Pure and applied geophysics, 177. DOI: 10.1007/s00024-019-02296-z
Lukešová R., Fojtíková L., Málek J., Kolínský P. (2019): Seismic waves velocities inferred from the surface waves dispersion in the Malé Karpaty Mountains, Slovakia. Acta geodynamica et geomaterialia, 16, pp. 451-464. DOI: 10.13168/AGG.2019.0038
Málek J. and Vackář J. (2019): Site-specific probabilistic seismic hazard of Prague (Czech Republic). J. Seismol., 23, pp. 1223-1232. DOI: 10.1007/s10950-019-09859-6
Málek J., Brokešová J., and Novotný O., (2019): Seismic structure beneath the Reykjanes Peninsula, southwest Iceland, inferred from array-derived Rayleigh wave dispersion. Tectonophysics 753, pp. 1 – 14, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2018.12.020
Brokešová J. and Málek J. (2018): Small-aperture seismic array data processing using a representation of seismograms at zero-crossing points. Phys. Earth. Planet. Inter. 280, pp. 53 – 68, DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2018.04.010
Málek J., Brokešová J., and Vackář J., (2017): Mid-European seismic attenuation anomaly. Tectonophysics, 712-713, pp. 557-577, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.06.003
Entler, S, Málek, J.,and Brokešová, J. (2017): Moderní trendy seismického zabezpečení jaderných elektráren. Bezpečnosť jadrovej energie, 63 (7), 218-224 (in Czech).
Brokešová, J., and Málek, J. (2017): Opticko-mechanický senzorový systém pro měření seismických pohybů půdy a způsob seismického měření s použitím tohoto systému. Patent CZ 306566, Věstník Úřadu průmyslového vlastnictví, 10-2017
Jechumtálová Z., Šílený J., Málek J. (2017): The Mechanism of Microearthquakes Related to a Gas Storage Using Differently Constrained Source Models: A Case Study of the Háje Location, Czech Republic. Pure and applied geophysics, 174, 177-195 DOI 10.1007/s00024-016-1405-x
Novotný O., Málek J., Boušková A. (2016): Wadati method as a simple tool to study seismically active fault zones: a case study from the West-Bohemia/Vogtland region, central Europe. Stud. Geophys. Geod. 60, DOI: 10.1007/s11200-015-1206-1
Brokešová J. and Málek J. (2016), Small-aperture-array translational and rotational seismograms from distant sources – An example of the Jan Mayen Mw 6.8 of 30 August 2012 earthquake. Phys. Earth. Planet. Inter. 256, 1 – 12, DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2016.03.013
Fojtikova L., Kristekova M., Malek J., Sokos E., Csicsay K., Zahradník J. (2016): Quantifying capability of a local seismic network in terms of locations and focal mechanism solutions of weak earthquakes. J. Seismol. 20, 93-106, DOI: 10.1007/s10950-015-9512-1
Brokešová J. and Málek J. (2015), Six-degree-of-freedom near-source seismic motions I: Rotation-to-translation relations and synthetic examples. J. Seismol. 19, 491-509 DOI: 10.1007/s10950-015-9479-y
Brokešová J.,and Málek J. (2015), Six-degree-of-freedom near-source seismic motions II: Examples of real seismogram analysis and S-wave velocity retrieval. J. Seismol. 19, 511-539, DOI: 10.1007/s10950-015-9480-5
Coubal M., Adamovič J., Málek J., Prouza V. (2015), Architecture of thrust faults with alongstrike variations in fault‐plane dip: Anatomy of the Lusatian Fault, Bohemian Massif. Journal of Geosciences 59, 183–208, DOI: 10.3190/jgeosci.174.
Kolínský P., Valenta J., Málek J. (2014), Velocity model of the Hronov-Poříčí Fault Zone from Rayleigh wave dispersion. J.Seismol. 18, 617–635. DOI: 10.1007/s10950-014-9433-4
Benetatos C., Málek J., Verga F. (2013), Moment tensor inversion for two micro-earthquakes occurring inside the Háje gas storage facilities, Czech Republic. J. Seismol. 17, 557–577, DOI: 10.1007/s10950-012-9337-0
Novotný O., Málek J., Žanda L. (2013), Verification of the shallow seismic crustal structure of the western Krušné Hory crystalline unit, Czech Republic, Studia Geophysica Et Geodaetica 57, 507-519, DOI: 10.1007/s11200-012-0215-6
Brokešová J., Málek J (2013), Rotaphone, a Self-Calibrated Six-Degree-of-Freedom Seismic Sensor and Its Strong-Motion Records, Seismol. Res. Let. 84, 737-744, DOI: 10.1785/0220120189.
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