Jan Premus

Department of Geophysics
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Charles University

V Holešovičkách 2
182 00 Praha 8
Czech Republic

phone (office): (+420) 95155 2515
email: jan.premus at domain matfyz.cuni.cz
ORCID: 0000-0002-7964-2668

Teaching

• Inverse Problems II, lecture and exercise


• Continuum Mechanics I, exercise


• Seismology I, exercise


• Machine Learning for Geophysics


• Programming for physicists, page


• Available student projects (ask me for details and for available Bc/Mgr theses)
  Reorientation of planetary bodies with an internal liquid layer: coupling of the core
  Effusive cryovolcanic activity in low pressure environment


• Seminar about Seismological Software, current program

Peer-reviewed publications

• Premus, J., Gallovič, F., Hanyk, L., Gabriel, A.-A. (2020): FD3D_TSN: Fast and simple code for dynamic rupture simulations with GPU acceleration, Seism. Res. Lett., 91, 2881-2889.


• Premus, J., Gallovič, F., Ampuero, J.-P. (2022): Bridging time scales of faulting: From coseismic to postseismic slip of the Mw 6.0 2014 South Napa, California earthquake, Sci. Adv., 8, eabq2536.


• Klocek, A., Premus, J., Řiháček, T. (2023): Applying dynamic systems theory and complexity theory methods in psychotherapy research: A systematic literature review, Psychotherapy Research, 34(6), 828–844.


• Ding, X., Xu, S., Xie, Y., van den Ende, M., Premus, J., Ampuero, J.-P. (2023): The sharp turn: Backward rupture branching during the 2023 Mw 7.8 Kahramanmaraş (Türkiye) earthquake, Seismica, 2(3).


• Schliwa, N., Gabriel, A.-A., Premus, J., Gallovič, F. (2024): The Linked Complexity of Coseismic and Postseismic Faulting Revealed by Seismo-Geodetic Dynamic Inversion of the 2004 Parkfield Earthquake, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 129, e2024JB029410.


• Premus, J., & Ampuero, J. P. (2026): Dynamic earthquake source inversion with generative adversarial network priors, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 131, e2025JB033232.

Selected presentations

• Premus, J., and F. Gallovič (2019). Efficient finite difference code for dynamic inversions. Poster presented at: Numerical Modeling of Earthquake Motions: Waves and Ruptures; Smolenice 2019 30.6.-4.7.


• Premus J., and J.-P. Ampuero (2024). Generative adversarial network priors in Bayesian dynamic earthquake inversion. Invited Talk presented at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego 2024, 13.9.


• Premus, J., F. Gallovič and J.-P. Ampuero (2022). Bayesian Dynamic Source Inversion With Rate-and-state Friction – Unified Seismic and Postseismic Rupture of the 2014 South Napa Earthquake. Oral presentation presented at: SSA Annual Meeting; Bellevue 2022 19.-23.4.


• Premus J. (2024) Friction driven seismic and postseismic slip of the 2014 South Napa earthquake. Invited Talk presented at USGS Northern California Earthquake Hazards Workshop 2024 30.1.-1.2.


• Premus J., and J.-P. Ampuero (2024). Multi-Stage Dynamic Earthquake Source Inversion of the 2023 Mw 7.8 Kahramanmaras, Turkey Earthquake . Talk at: Numerical Modeling of Earthquake Motions: Waves and Ruptures, Smolenice 2024, 23.-27.6.

Personal data

• EDUCATION
  2014-2017: Bachelor Degree - General Physics
  Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
  Thesis: Theoretical description and simulation of polymer network formation
  Supervisor: Ján Šomvársky
  
  2017-2019: Masters Degree - Geophysics
  Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
  Thesis: Development of effective code for earthquake dynamic source simulations
  Supervisor: František Gallovič
  
  2019-2023: Ph.D Degree - Physics of Earth and Planets
  Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
  Thesis: Inverse modeling of earthquakes using dynamic source models
  Supervisor: František Gallovič


• EMPLOYMENT
  2023-2025: Postdoctoral Researcher
  Université Côte d’Azur, Geoazur Laboratory
  Postdoctoral fellowship : AI for large inverse problems in earthquake science
  Supervisor: Jean-Paul Ampuero
  
  June 2025: Academic Assistant
  Charles University, Department of Geophysics

Theses

Bachelor Thesis (2026): Jakub Mikáč – Dynamic model of the onset of the 2024 Noto earthquake in Japan

Grant projects

• 2026-2028 ESA Living Planet Fellowship (Principal Investigator): Inverse Modelling of Geodetic Observations – Uncovering fault physics through machine learning.


• 2023-2025: Institute 3IA Côte d’Azur (principal investigator): Postdoctoral fellowship under Research Axis 4 AI for Smart and Secure Territories Project: AI for large inverse problems in earthquake science.


• 2020-2022: Grant Agency of the Charles University (principal investigator): Project n. 570120: Dynamic earthquake inversion with realistic model of friction.