RNDr. Tomáš Uxa, Ph.D. (1986) has been working at the Institute of Geophysics CAS since 2016, and his main research interests are in periglacial geomorphology and investigations of temperature conditions inside the Earth. He particularly focuses on periglacial landforms and surveys past and present distribution and thermal regime of active layer and permafrost in the Czech Republic and abroad. His research builds on topographic, morphometric, temperature and pedological-sedimentological data collected in field or by remote sensing, which he analyses with (geo)statistical methods and mathematical modelling. He regularly publishes the research results in prestigious international peer-reviewed journals. Occasionally, he also publishes popular texts, in which he introduces the readers to his field of science.

He obtained his master’s (2009–2011) and Ph.D. (2011–2020) degree in Physical Geography and Geoecology at the Faculty of Science, Charles University.

In 2009, he won 3rd place in the national round of the competition for the best student scientific work in the field of geography where he was nominated after the shared 1st and 2nd place in the faculty round of the same competition. His map of Rock Glaciers in the Western and High Tatra Mountains, Western Carpathians, compiled in collaboration with Mgr. Peter Mida, was ranked among the top 10 maps published in Journal of Maps in 2017.

He is a member of the International Permafrost Association.

RNDr. Tomáš Uxa, Ph.D.

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Surface Processes & Palaeoclimate
uxa@ig.cas.cz
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Peer-reviewed

  • Kaplan Pastírková, Lucia, Filip Hrbáček, Tomáš Uxa a Kamil Láska. Permafrost table temperature and active layer thickness variability on James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula, in 2004-2021. Science of the Total Environment. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, 2023, roč. 869, April, s. 1-12. ISSN 0048-9697. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161690
  • Uxa, T., Křížek, M., Hrbáček, F. (2021): PERICLIMv1.0: a model deriving palaeo-air temperatures from thaw depth in past permafrost regions. Geoscientific Model Development 14, 1865–1884. doi: 10.5194/gmd-14-1865-2021
  • Engel Z., Křížek M., Braucher R., Uxa T., Krause D., AsterTeam (2021): 10Be exposure age for sorted polygons in the Sudetes Mountains. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 32(1), 154–168. doi: 10.1002/ppp.2091
  • Hrbáček F., Uxa T. (2020): The evolution of a near‐surface ground thermal regime and modeled active‐layer thickness on James Ross Island, Eastern Antarctic Peninsula, in 2006–2016. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 31(1), 141–155. doi: 10.1002/ppp.2018
  • Křížek M., Krause D., Uxa T., Engel Z., Treml V., Traczyk A. (2019): Patterned ground above the alpine timberline in the High Sudetes, Central Europe. Journal of Maps 15(2), 563–569. doi: 10.1080/17445647.2019.1636890
  • Uxa T., Křížek M., Krause D., Hartvich F., Tábořík P., Kasprzak M. (2019): Comment on ‘Geophysical approach to the study of a periglacial blockfield in a mountain area (Ztracené kameny, Eastern Sudetes, Czech Republic)’ by Stan et al. (2017). Geomorphology, 328, 231–237. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.10.010
  • Uxa T., Mida P. (2017): Rock Glaciers in the Western and High Tatra Mountains, Western Carpathians. Journal of Maps 13(2), 844–857. doi: 10.1080/17445647.2017.1378136
  • Uxa T., Mida P., Křížek M. (2017): Effect of Climate on Morphology and Development of Sorted Circles and Polygons. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 28(4), 663–674. doi: 10.1002/ppp.1949
  • Uxa T. (2017): Discussion on ‘Active Layer Thickness Prediction on the Western Antarctic Peninsula’ by Wilhelm et al. (2015). Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 28(2), 493–498. doi: 10.1002/ppp.1888
  • Hanáček M., Nývlt D., Flašar J., Stacke V., Mida P., Lehejček J., Tóthová G., Břežný M., Procházková B., Uxa T., Křenovská I. (2013): New methods to reconstruct clast transport history in different glacial sedimentary environments: Case study for Old Red sandstone clasts from polythermal Hørbyebreen and Bertilbreen valley glaciers, Central Svalbard. Czech Polar Reports 3(2), 107–129. doi: 10.5817/CPR2013-2-13
  • Křížek M., Uxa T. (2013): Morphology, Sorting and Microclimates of Relict Sorted Polygons, Krkonoše Mountains, Czech Republic. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 24(4), 313–321. doi: 10.1002/ppp.1789

Outreach

Books

  • Křížek M., Uxa T., Mida P. (2016): Praktikum morfometrických analýz reliéfu. Karolinum, Praha, 180 s. ISBN 9788024632445
  • GAČR 17-21612S (2017−2019): Patterned-Ground Development and its Implications for the Quaternary Environment in Central Europe (team member)
  • GAUK 1312214 (2014−2016): Spatial distribution, morphology and contemporary thermal regime of rock glaciers in the High Tatras (Slovakia) (co-investigator)
  • GAUK 674512 (2012−2014): Thermal Characteristics of Patterned Ground (main investigator)