Zoltán Wéber (Mr.)
Kövesligethy Radó Seismological Observatory
Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science (EPSS)
Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH)
Address: Meredek u. 18., H-1112 Budapest, Hungary
Telefax: +36-12482301
E-mail:
Born on February 21, 1961 in Lengyeltóti, Hungary - Hungarian nationality.
2021 - present: Senior researcher, Kövesligethy Radó Seismological Observatory, ELKH EPSS
2012 - 2021: Senior researcher, Kövesligethy Radó Seismological Observatory, MTA CSFK GGI
2011: Head of observatory, Seismological Observatory, Geodetic and Geophysical Research Institute
1999 - 2011: Head of department, Theoretical Department, Seismological Observatory, Geodetic and Geophysical Research Institute
1996 - 2011: Senior researcher, Seismological Observatory, Geodetic and Geophysical Research Institute
1993 - 96: Senior researcher, Geophysical Research Group of the HAS, Department of Geophysics, Eötvös University.
1991: CSc degree (Candidate of Science: this degree was given by the HAS and approximately equivalent to - or a slightly better than - PhD)
1990 - 93: Research Fellow, Geophysical Research Group of the HAS, Department of Geophysics, Eötvös University.
1988 - 90: Research Assistant, Geophysical Research Group of the HAS, Department of Geophysics, Eötvös University.
1985 - 88: Scholarship holder of the HAS, Department of Geophysics, Eötvös University.
1985: MSc in geophysics, Department of Geophysics, Eötvös University.
2008: Egyed László Medal, issued by the Association of Hungarian Geophysicists for outstanding research activities in geophysics.
2003: Bolyai Plaque, issued for the outstanding research activity performed as a scholarship holder of the Bolyai János Research Scholarship.
1999: Szádeczky-Kardoss Elemér Award, 3rd place, issued for the research paper entitled "Seismic traveltime tomography: a simulated annealing approach" (Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 119, 149-159.)
1998: Research Paper of the Year, issued by the Association of Hungarian Geophysicists for the research paper entitled "VSP inversion - A new method using edge detection" (Geophysical Transactions 40, 155-174.)
1992: Research Paper of the Year, issued by the Association of Hungarian Geophysicists for the research paper entitled "Deriving velocity estimates from VSP data: A novel approach using edge detection" (Acta Geod. Geoph. Hung. 26, 301-322.)
1999 - 2002: Bolyai János Research Scholarship
Research topic: Full waveform inversion of Hungarian earthquake data for hypocenter location and source mechanism.
August 9 - September 3, 1988: Summer school on Geophysical Tomography, École d'été de physique théorique, Les Houches, France.
February 15 - June 15,1988: Norwegian Government Scholarship, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
March 14 - 23, 1987: Summer school on Digital Seismology and Fine Modelling of the Lithosphere, "Ettore Majorana" Centre for Scientific Culture, Sicily, Italy.
Development of software algorithms for seismic tomography, simulated annealing optimization, waveform inversion, and other tasks.
Familiar with algorithm optimization, data structures, and object-oriented design.
Experienced in C, C++ and Qt programming.
Software development on Linux/UNIX platforms.
2015 - present: AlpArray Science Council
2009 - present: Editor of Open Geosciences (formerly Central European Journal of Geosciences).
2008 - present: Scientific Committee on Geophysics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2008 - 2011: Earth Science - Panel 1, Hungarian Scientific Research Fund.
1999 - 2015: IUGG Hungarian National Committee.
1999 - 2015: IASPEI National Correspondent of Hungary.
1999 - 2018: ESC Titular Member of Hungary.
1985 - present: Association of Hungarian Geophysicists
2009 - 2010: Lecture on Inverse problem theory, Geophysical Department, Eötvös University
2004 - 2008: Lecture on Geophysical Inversion, Geophysical Department, Eötvös University
1993 - 1999: Lecture on Geophysical Data Processing, Geophysical Department, Eötvös University
2019-2021: Creating and analyzing the seismomectonic model of Hungary. National Research, Development and Innovation Fund (No. 2018-1.2.1-NKP-2018-00007)
2017 - 2021: Structure and geodynamics of the Eastern Alps - Pannonian Basin transition using AlpArray Seismic Network data. National Research, Development and Innovation Fund (No. K124241)
2007 - 2011: Detailed investigation of source parameters for Hungarian earthquakes. Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (No. K68308)
2003 - 2006: Full waveform inversion of local earthquake data for hypocenter coordinates and focal mechanism. Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (No. T042572)
1999 - 2002: Full waveform inversion of Hungarian earthquake data for hypocenter location and source mechanism. Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (No. T029076)
1996 - 1999: Reflection seismic tomography. Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (No. F019277)
1992 - 1994: Seismic tomography. Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (No. F4237)
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