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Photo by Vaclav Drabek 20.6.2012
Ludek Klimes
Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics,
Charles University
Office: KG MFF UK, Room T 035, V Holesovickach 2, 180 00 Praha 8, Czech Republic
Mail address: Na rozhledu 18, 147 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic
Phone: (+420) 511144551
E-mail:
klimes@seis.karlov.mff.cuni.cz
Born:
February 24, 1958
Degrees:
- Graduated from Charles University, Prague, 1982, in Theoretical physics,
diploma thesis on Gaussian beams, degree corresponding to MSc.
- RNDr degree, Charles University, Prague, 1983, in Geophysics.
- PhD degree, Charles University, Prague, 1997, in Geophysics,
PhD thesis on seismic waves in complex 3-D structures.
- DrSc degree, Charles University, Prague, 1998, in Geophysics.
Employment:
- 1982-1985: Postgraduate stay at the Institute of Geophysics, Charles
University, Prague. Research in the field of theoretical
seismology.
- 1985-1993: Research worker at the Institute of Geology and
Geotechnics, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague.
- since 1993: Research geophysicist at the
Department of Geophysics, Charles University, Prague.
Long-term visits:
- 1989-1990 (1 year): Visiting fellowship in Canadian Government
Laboratories, with Department of Energy, Mines and Resources,
at the Geological Survey of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario.
- 1992-1993 (3 months): Visiting professor at the Fredericiana University,
Karlsruhe.
- 1995 (2 months): Visiting researcher at the Institute Francais du
Petrole, Pau.
- 2005-2007 (10 months): Visiting researcher at the Schlumberger
Cambridge Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Areas of research interests:
Seismic wave propagation, electromagnetic wave propagation,
computational and theoretical physics,
in particular theoretical development and accuracy
estimation of computational methods. The main attention is devoted
to the properties of wave fields in 3-D models at high-frequencies
and to asymptotic methods, especially to the computation of travel times,
paraxial ray approximations, summation of Gaussian beams and packets,
and to their applications.
Work experience:
Summation of Gaussian beams and packets,
generalization of the Maslov asymptotic method using
the linear canonical transform,
coupling ray theory,
ray tracing and dynamic ray tracing
in 3-D heterogeneous anisotropic structures,
paraxial ray methods,
higher-order derivatives and perturbations of travel time,
chaotic behaviour of rays,
velocity models,
sensitivity of waves to the structure,
stochastic inversion of travel times and of wave fields,
accuracy estimation of various approximate methods.
Lectures at the Department of Geophysics:
SW3D
- main page of consortium Seismic Waves in Complex 3-D Structures .