Jamšek Rupnik – Podiplomska šola ZRC SAZU

Asst. Prof. Petra Jamšek Rupnik, PhD

Senior Research Fellow at the Geological Survey of Slovenia, Assistant Professor in Geology at the Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU, and 4D Earth module coordinator at the doctoral study program Environmental and regional studies.

+386 1 2809 779
petra.jamsek-rupnik@geo-zs.si

Education:

2013: Ph.D. in Geology. Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy & Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana.
2009: B.SC. in Geology. Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana.

Scientific fields:

active tectonics, seismotectonics, geomorphology, paleoseismology, seismic hazard, Quaternary geology, Earth surface processes, regional geology, wine terroir.

International experience:

2024: 1 month research visit at the Croatian Geological Survey (HGI-CGS)
2010/2011: winter semester of study and research at the CEREGE, University Aix-Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, France.
Continuous work in international teams.

Mentorship to young researchers/Ph.D. students:

Eva Mencin Gale (2016-2021): Pliocene to Quaternary sedimentary evolution of intramountain basins at the junction of Alps, Dinarides and Pannonian Basin.
Josipa Maslač (2022-): Neotectonic investigations of active faults in the area of Vukomeričke Gorice and Žumberak-Samobor Hills.

Awards:

2024 Lipold’s plaquette by GeoZS.
2023 Excellence in Science Award in Geology, ARIS.
2023 Nominated for The Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal For Outstanding Young Quaternary Scientists, INQUA.

Expert committees:

Member of the Steering Committee of the EuQuaGe – European Earthquake Geology Task Force (2023 –).
INQUA Slovenian national committee (2014 -).
Scientific Committee of the 7th Regional Scientific Meeting on Quaternary Geology (2024, Zagreb, Croatia).
Scientific Advisory Committee of the INQUA Congress (2023, Rome, Italy).
7th Croatian Geological Congress Scientific Committee (2023, Poreč, Croatia).
Chair of the 6th Regional Scientific Meeting on Quaternary Geology (2021, Ljubljana, Slovenia).
Organizing and Scientific Committee of the 5th Regional Scientific Meeting on Quaternary Geology (2017, Starigrad-Paklenica, Croatia).

Editorial work:

Geologija (Editorial Board, 2024 – ), ISSN 0016-7789.
Frontiers in Earth Science (Editorial Board, 2023 – ), ISSN 2296-6463.
GeoHazards (Topical Advisory Panel, 2023 – ), ISSN 2624-795X.
Quaternary (Topical Advisory Panel, 2023 – , Guest Editor 2023), ISSN 2571-550X.

Selected Publications:

Jamšek Rupnik, P., Atanackov, J., Horn, B., Mušič, B., Zajc, M., Grützner, C., Ustaszewski, K., Tsukamoto, S., Novak, M., Milanič, B., Markelj, A., Ivančič, K., Novak, A., Jež, J., Žebre, M., Bavec, M., Vrabec, M. Revealing subtle active tectonic deformation: integrating lidar, photogrammetry, field mapping, and geophysical surveys to assess the Late Quaternary activity of the Sava Fault (Southern Alps, Slovenia). Remote sensing. 2024, 16, 9, 33 p. DOI: 10.3390/rs16091490.
Mencin Gale, E., Jamšek Rupnik, P., Akçar, N., Christl, M., Vockenhuber, C., Anselmetti, F. S., Šmuc, A. The onset of Pliocene – Early Pleistocene fluvial aggradation in the Southeastern Alpine Foreland (Velenje Basin, Slovenia) and its paleoenvironmental implications. Journal of Quaternary science. 2024, 39, 5, 691–709. DOI: 10.1002/jqs.3623.
Basili, R., Danciu, L., Beauval, C., Sesetyan, K., Vilanova, S., Adamia, S., Atanackov, J., Jamšek Rupnik, P., Šket Motnikar, B., Zupančič, P., et al. The European Fault-Source Model 2020 (EFSM20) : geologic input data for the European Seismic Hazard Model 2020. Natural hazards and Earth system sciences. 2024, 24, 11, 3945-3976. DOI: 10.5194/nhess-24-3945-2024.
Zupančič, P., Šket Motnikar, B., Carafa, M. M. C., Jamšek Rupnik, P., Živčić, M., Kastelic, V., Rajh, G., Čarman, M., Atanackov, J., Gosar, A. Seismogenic depth and seismic coupling estimation in the transition zone between Alps, Dinarides and Pannonian Basin for the new Slovenian seismic hazard model. Natural hazards and Earth system sciences. 2024, 24, 2, 651-672. DOI: 10.5194/nhess-24-651-2024.
Kázmér, M., Jamšek Rupnik, P., Gaidzik, K. Seismic activity in the Celje Basin (Slovenia) in Roman times – archaeoseismological evidence from Celeia. Quaternary. 2023, 6, 1, 13 p. DOI: 10.3390/quat6010010.
Šket Motnikar, B., Zupančič, P., Živčić, M., Atanackov, J., Jamšek Rupnik, P., Čarman, M., Danciu, L., Gosar, A. The 2021 seismic hazard model for Slovenia (SHMS21) : overview and results. Bulletin of earthquake engineering. 2022, 20, 10, 4865–4894. DOI: 10.1007/s10518-022-01399-8.
Jamšek Rupnik, P., Žebre, M., Jež, J., Zajc, M., Preusser, F., Monegato, G. Deciphering the deformation mechanism in Quaternary deposits along the Idrija Fault in the formerly glaciated Soča Valley, southeast European Alps. Engineering geology. 2022, 297, 25 p. DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2021.106515.
Baize, S., Amoroso, S., Belić, N., Benedetti, L., Boncio, P., Budić, M., Cinti, F. R., Henriquet, M., Jamšek Rupnik, P., Kordić, B., et al. Environmental effects and seismogenic source characterization of the December 2020 earthquake sequence near Petrinja, Croatia. Geophysical journal international. 2022, 230, 2, 1394–1418. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggac123.
Atanackov, J., Jamšek Rupnik, P., Jež, J., Celarc, B., Novak, M., Milanič, B., Markelj, A., Bavec, M., Kastelic, V. Database of active faults in Slovenia: compiling a new active fault database at the junction between the Alps, the Dinarides and the Pannonian Basin tectonic domains. Frontiers in earth science. 2021, 9, 21 p. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2021.604388.
Grützner, C., Aschenbrenner, S., Jamšek Rupnik, P., Reicherter, K., Saifelislam, N., Vičič, B., Vrabec, M., Welte, J., Ustaszewski, K. Holocene surface-rupturing earthquakes on the Dinaric Fault System, western Slovenia. Solid earth. 2021, 12, 10, 2211-2234. DOI: 10.5194/se-12-2211-2021.
Jamšek Rupnik, P., Žebre, M., Monegato, G. Late Quaternary evolution of the sedimentary environment in Modrejce near Most na Soči (Soča Valley, Julian Alps). Geologija. 2020, 63, 2, 295-309. DOI: 10.5474/geologija.2020.022.
Mencin Gale, E., Jamšek Rupnik, P., Trajanova, M., Bavec, M., Anselmetti, F. S., Šmuc, A. Morphostratigraphy and provenance of Plio-Pleistocene terraces in the south-eastern Alpine foreland : the Mislinja and Upper Savinja valleys, northern Slovenia. Journal of Quaternary science. 2019, 34, 8, 633-649. DOI: 10.1002/jqs.3156.
Jamšek Rupnik, P., Čuš, F., Šmuc, A. Geomorphology and wine : the case of Malvasia in the Vipava valley, Slovenia Acta geographica Slovenica. 2016, 56, 1, 7-23. DOI: 10.3986/AGS.905.
Moulin, A., Benedetti, L., Rizza, M., Jamšek Rupnik, P., Gosar, A., Bourlès, D., Keddadouche, K., Aumaître, G., Arnold, M., Guillou, V., Ritz, J.-F. The Dinaric Fault System: large-scale structure, rates of slip and Plio-Pleistocene evolution of the transpressive northeastern boundary of the Adria microplate. Tectonics. 2016, 10, 35, 2258-2292. DOI: 10.1002/2016TC004188.
Jamšek Rupnik, P., Benedetti, L., Preusser, F., Bavec, M., Vrabec, M. Geomorphic evidence of recent activity along the Vodice thrust fault in the Ljubljana Basin (Slovenia), a preliminary study. Annals of geophysics. 2013, 56, 6, 8 p. DOI: 10.4401/ag-6252.