Gribovszki, Katalin Eszter

Publications:

• MTMT: https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10012595
• ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2577-0127
• Researchgate:  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Katalin-Gribovszki
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#speleoseismology #seismic_hazard #deterministic_seismic_hazard_computations #GIS

Career:

She obtained a degree in environmental engineering at the University of Sopron in 1998. In 1999, she received a young researcher scholarship at the MTA Geodetic and Geophysical Research Institute, where she expanded her GIS knowledge and became involved in the development of a domestic seismotectonic GIS system at the Seismological Department, as well as assisting with GIS tasks at the Geodetic Department. Between 2000 and 2002, she studied geoinformatics and consequently obtained a postgraduate degree in geoinformatics at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. In 2002, 2003, and 2004, she spent a total of nearly one year (under an EU Marie Curie Fellowship) at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Trieste, where, working alongside the local research group, she was engaged in deterministic seismic hazard analysis and seismic microzonation. In autumn 2004, she participated in a six-week international seismological training course at the GeoForschungsZentrum in Potsdam. In 2006, she successfully defended her PhD dissertation at the Kitaibel Pál Environmental Doctoral School of the University of West Hungary. Her doctoral research topic was: "GIS-based investigation of the geo-environment of low-to-moderately active areas in Hungary for the identification of potential earthquake sources, and deterministic seismic hazard and risk analysis for the city of Debrecen." In the years following her doctoral defence, she worked on estimating the strength of palaeoearthquakes by studying intact but vulnerable stalagmites (speleoseismology) in Hungary, Bulgaria, and Slovakia, and also prepared a seismic hazard map of Budapest using a hybrid variant of the deterministic hazard computation method. Between 2013 and 2019, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Geophysics, University of Vienna, where she was engaged in measuring the vibrations of slender stalagmites in karst caves and determining their natural frequencies using analytical and numerical methods. She estimated upper bounds for the strength of earthquakes predating historical records using the parameters of intact stalagmites found in caves in the Little Carpathians in Slovakia and in Austria. She carried out measurements of the natural frequencies of stalagmites in karst caves using horizontal geophones (SM-6 and LF-24) and introduced laser vibrometer (Polytec PDV-100) measurements of stalagmites in the Central-Eastern European region. Between 2020 and 2024, she worked at the Kövesligethy Radó Seismological Observatory processing macroseismic questionnaires (public reports on sensations experienced during earthquakes) and participated in the on-duty operations of the National Seismological Network. She also modelled the vibration and fracture of slender, vulnerable stalagmites under the effect of seismic waves using a finite element numerical method with real seismic waveforms, taking into account a robust 3D FEM stalagmite model. She teaches technical subjects at the Faculty of Forestry, University of Sopron.

Research projects and Grants:

• Bolyai János Research Scholarship (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) and Bolyai+ (ÚNKP-19-4, New National Excellence Program, Ministry for Innovation and Technology) – Long-term seismic hazard information from intact vulnerable stalagmites – PI and project coordinator – 2018–2020
• Speleo-Seismological Investigations in the Carpathian basin (PI: Prof. Götz Bokelmann, University of Vienna) – Estimation of an upper limit on prehistoric peak ground acceleration using the parameters of intact stalagmites in karstic caves – PI and project coordinator – 2014–2019
• Scholarship of the Scholarship Foundation of the Republic of Austria for Post-docs (Dokument ID: 32698) – Estimation of an upper limit on prehistoric peak ground acceleration using the parameters of intact stalagmites in Austrian caves – PI, postdoctoral research fellow – 2013–2014
• OTKA K105399 (PI: Dr. Erzsébet Győri) – Seismic hazard and microzonation of Budapest – participant researcher – 2013–2016
• OTKA K109060 (PI: Prof. Gyula Mentes, Geodetic and Geophysical Institute, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Science, Hungarian Academy of Sciences) – Global and regional deformation spaces – participant researcher – 2013–2018
• Bilateral projects between Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Slovak Academy of Sciences (Host colleague: Dr. Ladislav Brimic; PI in Hungary: Prof. Péter Varga) – Assessment of the peak ground horizontal acceleration generated by paleoearthquakes from failure tensile stress of speleothems. Study of seismicity of the remote past with the use of engineering seismology. – project coordinator – 2010–2012
• OTKA K78332 (PI: Prof. László Bányai) – Kinematic and dynamic models of landslides by means of geodetic observations along the high bank of the Danube at Dunaszekcső, Hungary – participant researcher, lead researcher of project subtask – 2009–2012
• Research contract between Allianz Hungária Insurance Ltd. and the MTA Geodetic and Geophysical Research Institute – Investigation of seismic hazard of Budapest and its immediate surroundings based on specific soil conditions – participant researcher – 2010
• CEI project 1202.038-09 (PI: Prof. G.F. Panza, University of Trieste) – Unified Seismic Hazard Mapping for the Territory of Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Republic of Macedonia – participant researcher – 2010–2011
• Research contract between Generali-Providencia Insurance Ltd. and the MTA Geodetic and Geophysical Research Institute – Investigation of seismic risk of downtown Budapest (deterministic method) – PI – 2008
• Hungarian-Bulgarian bilateral project between Academies of Sciences (No. 42) (Host colleague: Prof. Ivanka Paskaleva; PI in Hungary: Dr. Győző Szeidovitz) – Assessment of the peak ground horizontal acceleration generated by paleo-earthquakes from failure tensile stress of speleothems. Study of seismicity of the remote past with the use of engineering seismology. – project coordinator – 2006–2007
• IKTA5-142/2002 (PI in GGRI of HAS: Prof. József Závoti) – Intelligent miner data analysis centre (analysing earthquake epicenters data as well) – project coordinator – 2003–2005
• OTKA T043413 (PI: Dr. Gábor Papp, MTA GGKI) – New forward and inverse methods for the synthetic modelling of the gravity field – participant researcher – 2003–2006
• OTKA T038099 (PI: Dr. Győző Szeidovitz, MTA GGKI) – Integrated study of recent earthquakes and paleoearthquakes in the Carpathian basin – participant researcher – 2002–2005
• EVG1-2001-00061 OASYS (PI: Dr. Gyula Mentes, MTA GGKI) – Integrated Optimization of Landslide Alert Systems, EU5 – participant researcher – 2003–2004
• Unknown project ID (PI: Dr. László Bányai, MTA GGKI) – Regular geodynamical study of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant 5km surroundings – participant researcher – 2000–2008
• European Union, Marie Curie fellowship, EVK2-CT-2000-57002 (PI: Prof. G.F. Panza, University of Trieste) – Deterministic seismic hazard computations for Debrecen, Hungary by applying hybrid method and seismic microzonation of Debrecen – project coordinator paid by PhD scholarship – 2003
• European Union, Marie Curie fellowship, EVK2-CT-2000-57002 (PI: Prof. G.F. Panza, University of Trieste) – Modelling of seismic ground motion and its amplification along some profiles in the city of Debrecen – project coordinator paid by PhD scholarship – 2001–2002
• Final dumping of small and middle intensity radioactive waste from power plant; local geodynamical investigation of Mecsekalja fault line by geodetic methods surrounding Ófalu (PI: Dr. Gyula Mentes, MTA GGKI; Employer: Hungarian Geological Institute, MÁFI)  – participant researcher – 2001–2004
• OTKA T025318 (PI: Dr. Gábor Papp, MTA GGKI) – Modeling of gravity field of Carpathian Basin – participant researcher – 2000–2002
• AKP 98-68 2,5 (PI: Dr. László Bányai, MTA GGKI) – Integral study of geodetic environmental analysis methods on the Sóskut network – participant researcher – 1999–2000
• INCO-COPERNICUS PROGRAMME, Contract N°ERBIC15-CT96-0203 (Principal coordinator: Prof. Mauro Dolce; PI in Hungary: Dr. Győző Szeidovitz, MTA GGKI) – European Network on Seismic Risk, Vulnerability and Earthquake Scenarios (ENSeRVES) – participant researcher – 1997–2000
• PHARE project/OSS No. ZZ9524 0106 L001 (PI: Dr. István Márkus, University of Sopron) – Development of GIS of Fertő-Hanság National Park and Szigetköz Landscape-protection Area – participant researcher – 1998–2000

Memberships / Professional communities:

• Association of Hungarian Geophysicists – member – 1999-
• Association of Hungarian Geologists – member – 2017-
• Hungarian Society for Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing – member – 2006-ig
• Section of Earth Sciences of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Scientific Committee on Geodetic – member – 2006-
• European Geophysical Union (EGU) – member – 2013-

Awards / Recognition:

• BSc, Matematika – Savaria Egyetemi Központ, Nyugat-magyarországi Egyetem – 2010
• PhD – Geo-környezettudományi Program, Kitaibel Pál Környezettudományi Doktori Iskola, Nyugat-magyarországi Egyetem – Disszertáció címe: Földrengések geofizikai és földtani környezetének, valamint Debrecen város determinisztikus szeizmikus veszélyeztetettségének vizsgálata Geographic Information System eszközökkel – 2006
• MSc, Geoinformatika – Alkalmazott geoinformatika posztgraduális szak, Építőmérnöki Kar, Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem – 2002
• MSc, Környezetmérnök – Környezetmérnöki szak, Erdőmérnöki Kar, Nyugat-magyarországi Egyetem – 1998

University lectures:

• 2019-2026: “Geodesy” lecture course at the University of Sopron, Sopron, Hungary
• 1997-2006: Practice and lecture courses in “Geographical Information System”, “Monitoring and modelling”, “Environmental Informatics”; “Descriptive geometry” at the University of Sopron (former University of West Hungary), Sopron, Hungary

Extended international research visits and professional training:

• Postdoc research worker (fellowship and part-time job) – Seismological Group, Department of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Vienna, Austria – Estimation of the upper limit of prehistoric earthquakes using the parameters of intact speleothems in Austria, in Hungary and in the Small Carpathians, Slovakia (in-situ measurements in karstic caves) – 2013-2019 (for 6 years)
• Visiting scientist – Seismological Group, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Trieste, Italy, Financed by Generali project  – Modelling seismic wave propagation by hybrid method and producing seismic hazard and risk maps for the territory of the capital of Hungary (Budapest) – Seismic microzonation of Budapest – 2008 (for 2 months, April-May)
• Visiting PhD. Student – Seismological Group, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Trieste, Italy, Fellow financed by European Union Marie Curie Fellowship, Research Programme: ESD – Contract Number: EVK2-CT-2000-57002 – Modelling seismic wave propagation by hybrid method and producing seismic hazard and risk maps for the territory of Debrecen city Hungary; Seismic microzonation of Debrecen. – 2001, 2002 (for 4 months between 2001 Nov. and 2002 Febr) and 2003 (for 4 months from March to July)