My research field is geomorphology, focused mostly on karstology, speleology, and palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. I am regularly involved in project work on national and international level. I contributed to several projects targeting applied research in geomorphology and natural hazards and published several scientific papers and books.
Main visiting appointments
- Invited lecture (The use of remote sensing methods in geomorphology: examples from Slovenia and Australia) at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Department of Geography, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States of America, 5. 12. 2019
- Invited lecture (Remote sensing in geomorphology: examples from Australia) at the Institut für Geographie und Raumforschung, University of Graz, Graz, Austria, 12. 6. 2019
- Invited lecture (Karst and Caves in Slovenia) at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Department of Geography, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States of America, 24. 8. 2018
- Invited lecture (Palaeofloods on Karst Poljes, Slovenia) at the Department of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, 15. 2. 2012
Selected scientific publications
- Ferk, M., Ciglič, R., Komac, B., Loczy, D. 2020: Management of small retention ponds and their impact on flood hazard prevention in the Slovenske Gorice Hills. Acta geographica Slovenica 60-1.
- Ferk, M., Lipar, M., Šmuc, A., Drysdale, R. N., Zhao, J. 2019: Chronology of heterogeneous deposits in the side entrance of Postojna Cave, Slovenia. Acta geographica Slovenica 59-1.
- Lipar, M., Stepišnik, U., Ferk, M. 2019: Multiphase breakdown sequence of collapse doline morphogenesis : an example from Quaternary aeolianites in Western Australia. Geomorphology 327.
- Lipar, M., Ferk, M., Lojen, S., Barham, M. 2019: Sulfur (34S/32S) isotope composition of gypsum and implications for deep cave formation on the Nullarbor Plain, Australia. International journal of speleology 48-1.
- Ticar, J., Komac, B., Zorn, M., Ferk, M., Hrvatin, M., Ciglič, R. 2017: From urban geodiversity to geoheritage : the case of Ljubljana (Slovenia). Quaestiones Geographicae 36-3.
- Ferk, M., Gabrovec, M., Komac, B., Zorn, M., Stepišnik, U. 2017: Pleistocene glaciation in Mediterranean Slovenia. Special publication of the Geological Society of London 433.
- Ferk, M. 2016: Palaeofloods in karstic Ljubljanica River Catchment. Geografija Slovenije 33. Ljubljana, 187 p.
- Ferk, M., Zorn, M. 2015: Kras – A polysemous term with international recognition. Kronika 63-3.
- Lipar, M., Ferk, M. 2015: Karst pocket valleys and their implications on Pliocene-Quaternary hydrology and climate: examples from the Nullarbor Plain, southern Australia. Earth-Science Reviews 150.
- Ferk, M., Lipar, M. 2012: Eogenetic caves in Pleistocene carbonate in Slovenia. Acta geographica Slovenica 52-1.
- Ferk, M., Stepišnik, U. 2011: Geomorphological Characteristics of Rakov Škocjan. Georitem 17.
- Stepišnik, U., Ferk, M., Kodelja, B., Medenjak, G., Mihevc, A., Natek, K., Žebre, M. 2009: Glaciokarst of western Orjen, Montenegro. Cave and karst science 36-1.
- Stepišnik, U., Ferk, M., Gostinčar, P., Černuta, L., Peternelj, K., Štembergar, T., Ilič, U. 2007: Alluvial fans on contact karst: an example from Matarsko Podolje, Slovenia. Acta carsologica 36-2.