We would like to invite you to Robert Moucha’s course. Not only students are welcome, but also anyone interested from the Academy’s institutes.
Geodynamics of Basins
This course is being offered as part of Rob Moucha’s Fulbright Fellowship awarded for a combined research/teaching project in September – December 2025. The primary host in Czechia is the Institute of Geophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences where the research part of the fellowship is taking place; the Institute of Geology and Paleontology at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, hosts his course focused on principles of geodynamic evolution of sedimentary basins and their modelling.
About the Instructor
Robert Moucha is currently an Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the Department of Earth Sciences at Syracuse University, New York. Born in former Czechoslovakia, Rob has lived for most of his life in North America; he received his PhD degree in 2003 from the University of Toronto.
His research interests have been focused on the dynamics of the Earth’s mantle and crustal processes and their effects on the surface of our planet. Current areas of Rob’s research include: landscape evolution in response to tectonics, changes in climate and sea level; development of density models for the mantle by integrating seismic tomography and mantle convection modeling; melt generation and extraction during continental rifting; carbon cycle of the Hadean-Archean Earth; and surface deformation in response to flat-slab subduction.
About the Course
The course is recommended mainly to Master’s and PhD – level students in Earth and other physical sciences including Physical Geography or applied geoscience programs, but in general all students interested in geodynamic processes and their modelling are welcome. ERASMUS students are welcome. The language of the course in English only. Principal SIS information: 3 e-credits, 3 hours/week; code MG420P18. (On the SIS page, see Annotation and other information in English version please.)
Preliminary schedule as follows:
5PM Wednesdays (practicals, Computer room, door S01), 5PM Thursdays (lectures, PP room, door 203), at Albertov 6; first class on Thursday, Oct. 1
For further information visit website https://natur.cuni.cz/en/geology/institutes-and-work-places/institute-of-geology-and-paleontology/study/visiting-lecturer-course
If you have any questions please contact David Uličný ulicny@ig.cas.cz.