supervised postdoc projects
(1) from 2024: David Rukavina, ETH Zurich
project title:
Quantifying the links between sedimentation, climatic variations and tectonics: 3D numerical modelling and comparison with observations from the Adriatic region
(co-)supervised PhD projects
(7) from 2023: Jorge Luis Sanhueza Soto, ETH Zurich
research output:
J. Sanhueza, A. Balazs et al. Slab window geodynamics: towards an integrated understanding of upper mantle dynamics and observations. EGU General Assembly
(6) from 2022: Sandrine Ritter, ETH Zurich
research output:
S. Ritter, A. Balazs et al. The influence of brittle and ductile weakening processes on strain localization during transform fault zone formation. AGU 2023
(5) from 2021: Eva Oravecz, ELTE, Budapest & ETH Zurich
research output:
Eva Oravecz, Attila Balazs, Taras Gerya, Dave May, Laszlo Fodor (2024). Competing effects of crustal shortening, thermal inheritance, and surface processes explain subsidence anomalies in inverted rift basins. Geology
(4) from 2021: Yuan Xie, ETH Zurich
PhD topic:
Understanding the links between subduction dynamics and orogenic plateau formation: insights from numerical modelling and observational data
(3) from 2020: Luuk van Agtmaal, ETH Zurich
research output:
Luuk van Agtmaal, Attila Balazs, Dave May, Taras Gerya (2021). Surface processes control on orogenic evolution: inferences from 3D coupled numerical models and observations from the India-Eurasia collision zone. EGU General Assembly
(2) 2020-2021: Daniel Kalmar, ELTE, Budapest
research output:
Daniel Kalmar, Gyorgy Hetenyi, Attila Balázs, István Bondar (2021). Crustal thinning from orogen to back-arc basin: the structure of the Pannonian Basin region revealed by P-to-S converted seismic waves. JGR: Solid Earth
(1) from 2019: Adam Kovacs, ELTE, Budapest
research output:
Adam Kovacs, Attila Balazs, Marko Spelic, Orsolya Sztano (2021). Forced or normal regression signals in a lacustrine basin? Insights from 3D stratigraphic forward modeling in the SW Pannonian Basin. Global and Planetary Change, 196, 103376.
(co-)supervised MSc projects
(7) from 2023: Barnabas Kover, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest
MSc thesis: "Slab roll-back and mantle delamination: numerical modelling of
Mediterranean-type subduction zones"
(6) from 2021: Ana Gomes, ETH Zurich
MSc thesis: "Subduction dynamics and melt induced weakening control on forearc deformation: inferences from 2D and 3D modelling"
(5) from 2021: Sandrine Ritter, ETH Zurich
MSc thesis: "Reconstructing the initiation of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana subduction zone - a numerical approach"
(4) from 2020: Thomas Schouten, ETH Zurich & Utrecht University
MSc thesis: "On the coupling of tectonics and surface processes at a continental corner collision zone:
a comparison with the eastern Himalayan syntaxis"
(3) 2017-2019: Adam Kovacs, ELTE, Budapest
research output:
Adam Kovacs, Marko Spelic, Attila Balazs, Imre Magyar, Orsolya Sztano (2019). Late Miocene variation of accommodation in the Drava Trough: stratigraphic forward modeling and field observations. – AAPG Vienna conference paper.
(2) 2016-2018: Zsofia Zalai, ELTE, Budapest
research output:
Zsófia Zalai, Attila Balázs, László Balázs, Lorenzo Cascone (2018). 3D geophysical model of the Danube Basin based on gravity modelling. EGU General Assembly
(1) 2016-2017: Youri Kickken, Utrecht Universiy
MSc thesis: "The effect of inversion tectonics on the Late Miocene sedimentary system in the western Pannonian Basin, Hungary:
A study based on seismic interpretation"
(co-)supervised BSc projects
(3) 2022-2023: Anna Hutter, ETH Zurich
(2) 2015: Zsofia Zalai, ELTE, Budapest
(1) 2014: Benjamin Hirschmann, ELTE, Budapest
(1) from 2024: David Rukavina, ETH Zurich
project title:
Quantifying the links between sedimentation, climatic variations and tectonics: 3D numerical modelling and comparison with observations from the Adriatic region
(co-)supervised PhD projects
(7) from 2023: Jorge Luis Sanhueza Soto, ETH Zurich
research output:
J. Sanhueza, A. Balazs et al. Slab window geodynamics: towards an integrated understanding of upper mantle dynamics and observations. EGU General Assembly
(6) from 2022: Sandrine Ritter, ETH Zurich
research output:
S. Ritter, A. Balazs et al. The influence of brittle and ductile weakening processes on strain localization during transform fault zone formation. AGU 2023
(5) from 2021: Eva Oravecz, ELTE, Budapest & ETH Zurich
research output:
Eva Oravecz, Attila Balazs, Taras Gerya, Dave May, Laszlo Fodor (2024). Competing effects of crustal shortening, thermal inheritance, and surface processes explain subsidence anomalies in inverted rift basins. Geology
(4) from 2021: Yuan Xie, ETH Zurich
PhD topic:
Understanding the links between subduction dynamics and orogenic plateau formation: insights from numerical modelling and observational data
(3) from 2020: Luuk van Agtmaal, ETH Zurich
research output:
Luuk van Agtmaal, Attila Balazs, Dave May, Taras Gerya (2021). Surface processes control on orogenic evolution: inferences from 3D coupled numerical models and observations from the India-Eurasia collision zone. EGU General Assembly
(2) 2020-2021: Daniel Kalmar, ELTE, Budapest
research output:
Daniel Kalmar, Gyorgy Hetenyi, Attila Balázs, István Bondar (2021). Crustal thinning from orogen to back-arc basin: the structure of the Pannonian Basin region revealed by P-to-S converted seismic waves. JGR: Solid Earth
(1) from 2019: Adam Kovacs, ELTE, Budapest
research output:
Adam Kovacs, Attila Balazs, Marko Spelic, Orsolya Sztano (2021). Forced or normal regression signals in a lacustrine basin? Insights from 3D stratigraphic forward modeling in the SW Pannonian Basin. Global and Planetary Change, 196, 103376.
(co-)supervised MSc projects
(7) from 2023: Barnabas Kover, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest
MSc thesis: "Slab roll-back and mantle delamination: numerical modelling of
Mediterranean-type subduction zones"
(6) from 2021: Ana Gomes, ETH Zurich
MSc thesis: "Subduction dynamics and melt induced weakening control on forearc deformation: inferences from 2D and 3D modelling"
(5) from 2021: Sandrine Ritter, ETH Zurich
MSc thesis: "Reconstructing the initiation of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana subduction zone - a numerical approach"
(4) from 2020: Thomas Schouten, ETH Zurich & Utrecht University
MSc thesis: "On the coupling of tectonics and surface processes at a continental corner collision zone:
a comparison with the eastern Himalayan syntaxis"
(3) 2017-2019: Adam Kovacs, ELTE, Budapest
research output:
Adam Kovacs, Marko Spelic, Attila Balazs, Imre Magyar, Orsolya Sztano (2019). Late Miocene variation of accommodation in the Drava Trough: stratigraphic forward modeling and field observations. – AAPG Vienna conference paper.
(2) 2016-2018: Zsofia Zalai, ELTE, Budapest
research output:
Zsófia Zalai, Attila Balázs, László Balázs, Lorenzo Cascone (2018). 3D geophysical model of the Danube Basin based on gravity modelling. EGU General Assembly
(1) 2016-2017: Youri Kickken, Utrecht Universiy
MSc thesis: "The effect of inversion tectonics on the Late Miocene sedimentary system in the western Pannonian Basin, Hungary:
A study based on seismic interpretation"
(co-)supervised BSc projects
(3) 2022-2023: Anna Hutter, ETH Zurich
(2) 2015: Zsofia Zalai, ELTE, Budapest
(1) 2014: Benjamin Hirschmann, ELTE, Budapest