Main research interests
· Developing state of the art sensors for near real time fracture monitoring
· Detecting rock strain induced electromagnetic signals in field data
· Characterising the behaviour of deep seated slope deformations
Data and analytics tools
· ArcGIS used for geospatial analysis and spatial statistics
· R used for time series forecasting in the temporal and frequency domains
· Python used for digital signal processing and machine learning
External grants awarded since 2015
Title: Integrating 3D contactless positioning systems into a comprehensive geophysical monitoring network in Taiwan
Provider: Czech Academy of Sciences and Academia Sinica
Period: 2025-2026
Role: Professional colleague
Title: 3D contactless magnetoresistive positioning system
Provider: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Period: 2021-2022
Role: Professional colleague
Title: 3D fracture behaviour monitoring presented online in real time using Spinterference
Provider: British Cave Research Association
Period: 2019-2020
Role: Principal Investigator
Title: The construction of a global database of giant landslides on oceanic island volcanoes
Provider: International Program on Landslides
Period: 2016-2023
Role: Principal Investigator
Title: El Hierro megalandslide dynamics analysed using big data to predict the future behaviour of megalandslides on other volcanic islands
Provider: Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
Period: 2016-2018
Role: Professional colleague
Title: The development and optimisation of a prototype for the automated monitoring of three dimensional fracture movements
Provider: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Period: 2015-2017
Role: Principal Investigator
Education
Postdoctoral research
2008-2009
School of Geosciences
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg
South Africa
Research topic: The tectonic and geomorphological evolution of southern Africa since the Mesozoic breakup of Gondwana
Host: Professor Terence McCarthy
Doctoral research
2003-2007
Geography & Earth Sciences
University of Wales
Aberystwyth
United Kingdom
Research topic: The tectonic and geomorphological evolution of Wales since the Cenozoic opening of the north Atlantic
Supervisor: Professor Mark Macklin
Undergraduate studies
1999-2003
Department of Geography
University of Liverpool
Liverpool
United Kingdom
BSc Geology and Physical Geography
First Class Honours
Dissertation topic: The influence of climate and tectonics on badland development in southern Spain
Supervisor: Professor Adrian Harvey
Research Publications
IF journals
Šuťjak, M., Melichar, R., Baroň, I., Chen, Y., Černý, J., Dong, J., Dušek, V., Hartvich, F., Klimeš, J., Kociánová, L., Nguyen, T., Opletal, V., Rowberry, M., Tseng, C., 2025. From oblique thrust to strike slip fault: progressive stages of an accretionary wedge development. Lithosphere, in print. https://doi.org/10.2113/2024/lithosphere_2024_182
Baroň, I., Koktavý, P., Trčka, T., Rowberry, M., Stemberk, J., Balek, J., Plan, L., Melichar, R., Diendorfer, G., Macků, R., Škarvada, P., 2022. Differentiating between artificial and natural sources of electromagnetic radiation at a seismogenic fault. Engineering Geology, v. 311, no. 106912. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2022.106912
Baroň, I., Plan, L., Grasemann, B., Melichar, R., Mitrović, I., Rowberry, M., Scholz, D., 2022. Three large prehistoric earthquakes in the Eastern Alps evidenced by cave rupture and speleothem damage. Geomorphology, v. 408, no. 108242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108242
Blahůt, J., Mitrovic-Woodell, I., Baroň, I., René, M., Rowberry, M., Blard, P., Hartvich, F., Meletlidis, S., 2020. Volcanic edifice slip events recorded on the fault plane of the San Andrés Landslide, El Hierro, Canary Islands. Tectonophysics, v. 776, no. 228317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2019.228317
Blahůt, J., Balek, J., Klimeš, J., Rowberry, M., Kusák, M., Kalina, J., 2019. A comprehensive global database of giant landslides on volcanic islands. Landslides, v. 16, p. 2045-2052. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-019-01275-8
Rowberry, M., Dubois, C., Kaufmann, O., Baele, J., Blahůt, J., 2018. Weathering by dolomite dissolution responsible for the formation of an important palaeontological locality in the Prague Synform. Acta Geodynamica et Geomaterialia, v. 15, p. 297-309. https://doi.org/10.13168/AGG.2018.0022
Blahůt, J., Baroň, I., Sokoľ, L., Meletlidis, S., Klimeš, J., Rowberry, M., Melichar, R., García-Cañada, L., Martí, X., 2018. Large landslide stress states calculated following extreme climatic and tectonic events on El Hierro, Canary Islands. Landslides, v. 15, p. 1801-1814. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-018-0993-1
Blahůt, J., Klimeš, J., Rowberry, M., Kusák, M., 2018. Database of giant landslides on volcanic islands - first results from the Atlantic Ocean. Landslides, v. 15, p. 823-827. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-018-0967-3
Rinaldi-Montes, N., Rowberry, M., Frontera, C., Garcés, J., Baroň, I., Blahůt, J., Pérez-López, R., Pennos, C., Martí, X., 2017. A contactless positioning system for monitoring discontinuities in three dimensions with geological and geotechnical applications. Review of Scientific Instruments, v. 88, no. 074501. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4993925
Rowberry, M., Kriegner, D., Holý, V., Frontera, C., Llull, M., Olejník, K., Martí, X., 2016. The instrumental resolution of a moiré extensometer in light of its recent automatisation. Measurement, v. 91, p. 258-265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2016.05.048
Rowberry, M., Martí, X., Frontera, C., Van De Wiel, M., Briestenský, M., 2016. Calculating flux to predict future cave radon concentrations. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, v. 157, p. 16-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2016.02.023
Dubois, C., Deceuster, J., Kaufmann, O., Rowberry, M., 2015. A new method to quantify carbonate rock weathering. Mathematical Geosciences, v. 47, p. 889-935. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11004-014-9581-7
Briestenský, M., Rowberry, M., Stemberk, J., Stefanov, P., Vozár, J., Šebela, S., Petro, L’., Bella, P., Gaal, L’., Ormukov, C., 2015. Evidence of a plate wide tectonic pressure pulse provided by extensometric monitoring in the Balkan Mountains. Geologica Carpathica, v. 66, p. 427-438. https://doi.org/10.1515/geoca-2015-0035
Briestenský, M., Thinová, L., Praksová, R., Stemberk, J., Rowberry, M., Knejflová, Z., 2014. Radon, carbon dioxide, and fault displacements in central Europe related to the Tōhoku Earthquake. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, v. 160, p. 78-82. https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncu090
Dubois, C., Quinif, Y., Baele, J., Barriquand, L., Bini, A., Bruxelles, L., Dandurand, G., Havron, C., Kaufmann, O., Lans, B., Maire, R., Martin, J., Rodet, J., Rowberry, M., Tognini, P., Vergari, A., 2014. The process of ghost rock karstification and its role in the formation of caves. Earth-Science Reviews, v. 131, p. 116-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2014.01.006
Tooth, S., McCarthy, T., Rodnight, H., Keen-Zebert, A., Rowberry, M., Brandt, D., 2014. Late Holocene development of a major fluvial discontinuity in floodplain wetlands of the Blood River, eastern South Africa. Geomorphology, v. 205, p. 128-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.12.045
Briestenský, M., Stemberk, J., Rowberry, M., 2014. The use of damaged speleothems and in situ fault displacement monitoring to characterise active tectonic structures: an example from Západní Cave, Czech Republic. Acta Carsologica, v. 43, p. 129-138. https://doi.org/10.3986/ac.v43i1.626
Rowberry, M., Battiau-Queney, Y., Walsh, P., Błażejowski, B., Bout-Roumazeilles, V., Trentesaux, A., Křížová, L., Griffiths, H., 2014. The weathered Carboniferous Limestone at Bullslaughter Bay, South Wales: the first example of ghost-rock recorded in the British Isles. Geologica Belgica, v. 17, p. 33-42.
Marti, X., Rowberry, M., Blahůt, J., 2013. A MATLAB code for counting the moiré interference fringes recorded by the optical mechanical crack gauge TM-71. Computers & Geosciences, v. 52, p. 164-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2012.09.029
Klimeš, J., Rowberry, M., Blahůt, J., Briestenský, M., Hartvich, F., Košťák, B., Rybář, J., Stemberk, J., Štěpančíková, P., 2012. The monitoring of slow moving landslides and assessment of stabilisation measures using an optical mechanical crack gauge. Landslides, v. 9, p. 407-415. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-011-0306-4
Rowberry, M., 2012. A comparison of three terrain parameters that may be used to identify denudation surfaces within a GIS: a case study from Wales, United Kingdom. Computers & Geosciences, v. 43, p. 147-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2011.09.016
Rowberry, M., McCarthy, T., Thompson, M., Nomnganga, A., Moyo, L., 2011. The spatial and temporal characterisation of flooding within the floodplain wetland of the Nyl River, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Water SA, v. 37, p. 445-452. https://doi.org/10.10520/EJC116815
Briestenský, M., Stemberk, J., Michalík, J., Bella, P., Rowberry, M., 2011. The use of a karstic cave system in a study of active tectonics: fault displacements recorded at Driny Cave, Malé Karpaty Mts (Slovakia). Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, v. 73, p. 114-123. https://doi.org/10.4311/jcks2010es0166
McCarthy, T., Tooth, S., Jacobs, Z., Rowberry, M., Thompson, M., Brandt, D., Hancox, P., Marren, P., Woodborne, S., Ellery, W., 2011. The origin and development of the Nyl River floodplain wetland: trunk-tributary river interactions in a dryland setting. South African Geographical Journal, v. 93, p. 172-190. https://doi.org/10.1080/03736245.2011.619324
Briestenský, M., Thinová, L., Stemberk, J., Rowberry, M., 2011. The use of caves as observatories for recent geodynamic activity and radon gas concentrations in the Western Carpathians and Bohemian Massif. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, v. 145, p. 166-172. https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncr080
Štěpančíková, P., Rowberry, M., 2008. Rock landforms that reflect differential relief development in the northeastern sector of the Rychlebské hory and the adjacent area of Žulovská pahorkatina (SE Sudeten Mts, Czech Republic). Acta Geodynamica et Geomaterialia, v. 5, p. 297-321.
Walsh, P., Battiau-Queney, Y., Howells, S., Ollier, C., Rowberry, M., 2008. The Gash Breccias of the Pembrokeshire Peninsula, SW Wales. Geology Today, v. 24, p. 137-145. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2451.2008.00676.x
Rowberry, M., Brewer, P., Macklin, M., 2007. The number, form, and origin of subhorizontal surfaces in north Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom. Norwegian Journal of Geology, v. 87, p. 207-222.
Other journals
Mikluš, V., Trčka, T., Rowberry, M., Rogerson, M., 2025. Searching for muons in caves. Cave Radio and Electronics Group Journal, v. 129, p. 22-24.
Rowberry, M., Trčka, T., Mikluš, V., 2023. Portable muon detectors tested at the British Cave Science Centre. Cave & Karst Science, v. 50, p. 113-118.
Rowberry, M., Gunn, J., 2022. Atmospheric pressure anomalies at the British Cave Science Centre triggered by catastrophic volcanic eruption in Tonga on 15 January 2022. Cave & Karst Science, v. 49, p. 14-18.
Gunn, J., Rowberry, M., Smith, A., 2021. Exploring the impact of tourists on cave air temperatures: a Covid-19 case study from Poole’s Cavern, Derbyshire, UK. Cave & Karst Science, v. 48, p. 121-128.
Rowberry, M., Frontera, C., Baroň, I., Kučera, J., Křivánek, L., Martí, X., 2020. A novel positioning system for three dimensional fracture displacement monitoring in the British Cave Science Centre, Poole’s Cavern, Buxton, Derbyshire. Cave & Karst Science, v. 47, p. 146-152.
Rowberry, M., 2008. Constraining the altitudinal range of elevated sub-horizontal denudation surfaces in Wales, U.K., using the elevation-relief ratio. Revista Geográfica Acadêmica, v. 2, p. 26-40.
Book chapters
Baroň, I., Melichar, R., Sokol, Ľ., Rowberry, M., Plan, L., Stemberk, J., 2024. 3D active fault kinematic behaviour reveals rapidly alternating near surface stress states in the Eastern Alps. In: Goteti, R., Finkbeiner, T., Rajabi, M., Ziegler, M., Massiot, C. (eds) Characterization, Prediction, and Modelling of the Crustal Present Day In Situ Stresses. Geological Society of London, Special Publication, v. 546, p. 119-133. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP546-2023-32
Blahůt, J., Klimeš, J., Meletlidis, S., Balek, J., Rowberry, M., Baroň, I., 2023. A decade of monitoring and research on the San Andrés Megalandslide on El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain. In: Malheiro, A., Fernandes, F., Chaminé, H. (eds) Advances in Natural Hazards and Volcanic Risks. Advances in Science, Technology, & Innovation. Springer, Cham, 65-70. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25042-2_12
Rowberry, M., Klimeš, J., Blahůt, J., Balek, J., Kusák, M., 2023. A global database of giant landslides on volcanic islands. In: Sassa, K., Konagai, K., Tiwari, B., Arbanas, Ž., Sassa, S. (eds.), Progress in Landslide Research and Technology, Vol. 1, Issue 1. Springer, Cham, 295-304. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16898-7_22
Blahůt, J., Rowberry, M., Balek, J., Klimeš, J., Baroň, I., Meletlidis, S., Martí, X., 2017. Monitoring giant landslide detachment planes in the era of big data analytics. In: Mikoš, M., Arbanas, Ž., Yin, Y., & Sassa, K. (eds.), Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides. Springer, Cham, 333-340. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53487-9_38
Conference Presentations
Nguyen, T., Baroň, I., Dong, J., Melichar, R., Hartvich, F., Klimeš, J., Černý, J., Šutjak, M., Kociánová, L., Dušek, V., Rowberry, M., Braucher, R., Goslar, T., Tseng, C., Chen, Y., Lin, C., Gao, J., 2025. Revealing hidden seismic histories: prehistoric landslides as indicators of palaeoearthquakes in the Outer Western Carpathians. European Geosciences Union Meeting, 27 April-2 May 2025, Vienna, Austria.
Baroň, I., Čejka, J., Trčka, T., Škarvada, P., Vassallo, R., Mertal, L., Frontera, C., Rowberry, M., Balek, J., Stemberk, J., Hartvich, F., Blahůt, J., 2024. Advances and challenges of a high resolution 3D contactless fracture monitoring at unstable rock slopes: Aiguilles Rouges, Chamonix, France. Conference on Slope Tectonics, 10-14 September 2024, Křtiny, Czech Republic.
Dušek, V., Melichar, R., Černý, J., Šutjak, M., Bárta, F., Baroň, I., Chen, Y., Dong, J., Hartvich, F., Hu, J., Klimeš, J., Kociánová, L., Nguyen, T., Rowberry, M., Tseng, C., 2024. Possibilities of utilising AMS in landslide accumulations. Conference on Slope Tectonics, 10-14 September 2024, Křtiny, Czech Republic.
Nguyen, T., Baroň, I., Dong, J., Melichar, R., Hartvich, F., Klimeš, J., Černý, J., Šutjak, M., Kociánová, L., Dušek, V., Rowberry, M., Braucher, R., Goslar, T., Tseng, C., Chen, Y., Lin, C., Gao, J., 2024. Studying the possible mechanisms of under-dip toppling in the Outer Western Carpathian Flysch Belt. Conference on Slope Tectonics, 10-14 September 2024, Křtiny, Czech Republic.
Šutjak, M., Melichar, R., Baroň, I., Chen, Y., Černý, J., Dong, J., Dušek, V., Hartvich, F., Klimeš, J., Kociánová, L., Nguyen, T., Rowberry, M., Svoboda, J., Tseng, C., 2024. Large scale gravitational slope deformations attributed to progressive development of an accretionary wedge margin (Mikulov-Falkenstein Fault, Outer Western Carpathians). Conference on Slope Tectonics, 10-14 September 2024, Křtiny, Czech Republic.
Baroň, I., Rowberry, M., Sokol Ľ., Melichar, R., Jelének, J., Grasemann, B., Plan, L., Mitrovic, I., Stemberk, J., 2024. What can we learn from active fault 3D microkinematic behaviour? Experience gained in the Eastern Alps in Europe. Taiwan-Czech Republic Workshop on Slope and Active Tectonics, 19 January 2024, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.
Melichar, R., Baroň, I., Rowberry, M., Jelének, J., Sokol, Ľ., Papí Isaba, M., Freudenthaler, C., Hausmann, H., Plan, L., Grasemann, B., Stemberk, J., Schultz, R., Bürgmann, R., 2024. Unusual fault kinematic behaviour and near surface crustal stress variations before and during an earthquake series in the Vienna Basin, Austria, in spring 2021. European Geosciences Union Meeting, 14-19 April 2024, Vienna, Austria.
Nguyen, T., Baroň, I., Dong, J., Melichar, R., Hartvich, F., Klimeš, J., Černý, J., Šutjak, M., Kociánová, L., Dušek, V., Rowberry, M., Braucher, R., Goslar, T., Hu, J., Tseng, C., Chen, Y., Lin, C., 2024. Under dip toppling in the Outer Western Carpathians: insight into investigation of slope failures and implication of paleoseismic activity. European Geosciences Union Meeting, 14-19 April 2024, Vienna, Austria.
Šutjak, M., Melichar, R., Baroň, I., Chen, Y., Černý, J., Dong, J., Dušek, V., Hartvich, F., Kociánová, L., Nguyen, T., Rowberry, M., Tseng, C., 2024. Progressive development of an accretionary wedge margin from oblique thrust to strike-slip fault (Mikulov Fault, Outer Western Carpathians). European Geosciences Union Meeting, 14-19 April 2024, Vienna, Austria.
Dušek, V., Melichar, R., Baroň, I., Chen, Y., Černý, J., Dong, J., Hartvich, F., Hu, J., Klimeš, J., Kociánová, L., Nguyen, T., Rowberry, M., Šutjak, M., Tseng, C., 2023. Unique under dip toppling predisposed by geological structures, Javorníky Mts., Outer Western Carpathians. Central European Tectonic Studies Group, 12-15 April, 2023, Kazincbarcika, Hungary.
Melichar, R., Baroň, I., Chan, W., Chen, Y., Chung, L., Černý, J., Dong, J., Dušek, V., Hartvich, F., Klimeš, J., Kociánová, L., Lin, A., Rowberry, M., Šutjak, M., Tseng, C., 2023. Validation of two methods for studying the geometry of fault deformation and fault kinematics on the Chelungpu active fault, Taiwan. Central European Tectonic Studies Group, 12-15 April, 2023, Kazincbarcika, Hungary.
Šutjak, M., Melichar, R., Baroň, I., Chen, Y., Černý, J., Dong, J., Dušek, V., Hartvich, F., Hu, J., Klimeš, J., Kociánová, L., Nguyen, T., Rowberry, M., Tseng, C., 2023. Geometry and kinematics of the Mikulov fault, Outer Western Carpathians, revealed by LiDAR, ERT, and deep seismic interpretation. Central European Tectonic Studies Group, 12-15 April, 2023, Kazincbarcika, Hungary.
Rowberry, M., Klimeš, J., Blahůt, J., Balek, J., Kusák, M., 2022. A global database of giant landslides on volcanic islands. ICL-KLC Conference, 22-25 November 2022, University of Kyoto, Japan.
Melichar, R., Baroň, I., Hartvich, F., Rowberry, M., Scholz, D., Bosák, P., Žák, K., Šutjak, M., Rajnoch, A., Černý, J., Kolařík, J., 2021. Stabilized accretion wedges - post-thrust processes: a case study of (sub)recent tectonics from the Mikulov region, Outer Western Carpathians. Active Tectonics & Dating, 14-16 September 2021, Praz-sur-Arly, France.
Rowberry, M., Martí, X., Frontera, C., Baroň, I., 2019. Cave stability monitoring and its significance for environmental protection. BCRA Cave Science Symposium, 19-20 October 2019, British Geological Survey, United Kingdom.
Mitrovič-Woodell, I., Blahůt, J., René, M., Baroň, I., Rowberry, M., Hartvich, F., 2019. Frictional silica gel and cataclasite microstructures from shallow earthquakes on El Hierro, Canary Islands. European Geosciences Union Meeting, 7-12 April 2019, Vienna, Austria.
Rowberry, M., 2018. Interdisciplinarity: a vision to move from nanomagnets to rocks. From Nano to Geo: Bridging Science and Industry, 15 November 2018, Prague, Czech Republic.
Rowberry, M., Baroň, I., Pérez-López, R., Garcés, J., Rinaldi-Montes, N., Frontera, C., Martí, X., 2018. Monitoring subterranean fault behaviour using a contactless positioning system. BCRA Cave Science Symposium, 13-14 October 2018, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Baroň, I., Sokoľ, L., Melichar, R., Blahůt, J., Rowberry, M., 2017. Deciphering large deep seated gravitational slope deformation stress states in active tectonic settings using contemporary three dimensional fault slip data. 4th Slope Tectonics Conference, 14-18 October 2017, Kyoto, Japan.
Blahůt, J., Rowberry, M., Rinaldi-Montes, N., Frontera, C., Klimeš, J., Balek, J., Kalinová, R., Kusák, M., Martí, X., 2017. Understanding the behaviour of megalandslide detachment planes in the era of big data processing. World Landslide Forum, 29 May-2 June 2017, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Hokr, M., Havlová, V., Rukavičková, L., Rowberry, M., Žanda, L., Dědeček, P., Bárta, J., Petružálek, M., 2016. Monitoring in the Bedrichov Water Supply Tunnel. Radioactive Waste Repository Authority Annual Seminar, 09-10 November 2016, Liblice, Czech Republic.
Rowberry, M., Rinaldi-Montes, N., Baroň, I., Pennos, C., Pérez-López, R., Martí, X., 2016. 3D magnetoresistive sensors as a new tool for measuring deformation across geological discontinuities. DGGV Annual Meeting, 25-28 September 2016, Innsbruck, Austria.
Rowberry, M., Martí, X., Frontera, C., Van De Wiel, M., Briestenský, M., 2016. Calculating flux to predict future cave radon concentrations and the significance of fault displacement monitoring. 8th International Conference on Protection against Radon at Home and Work, 12-16 September 2016, Prague, Czech Republic.
Baroň, I., Koktavý, P., Stemberk, J., Macků, R., Trčka, T., Škarvada, P., Lenhardt, L., Meuers, B., Rowberry, M., Marti, X., Plan, L., Grasemann, G., Mitrovič, I., 2016. Underground electromagnetic activity in two regions with contrasting seismicity. European Geosciences Union Meeting, 17-22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria.
Rowberry, M., Martí, X., Stemberk, J., 2015. Installation of an automated fault displacement monitoring system at a geological test site in northern Bohemia. Advances in Active Tectonics & Speleotectonics, 21-24 September 2015, Vienna, Austria.
Stemberk, J., Rowberry, M., 2015. Slow aseismic fault slip recorded across Europe. Advances in Active Tectonics & Speleotectonics, 21-24 September 2015, Vienna, Austria.
Briestenský, M., Stefanov, P., Rowberry, M., 2014. The first results from new underground extensometric laboratories established in caves in Bulgaria. 3rd International Conference on Geographical Sciences and Education, 12-13 September 2014, Shumen, Bulgaria.
Rowberry, M., Briestenský, M., Marti, X., Frontera, C., 2014. The quantitative prediction of radon emanation based on data recorded at Driny Cave, Malé Karpaty Mountains, Slovakia. 43rd Tectonic Studies Group Annual Meeting, 6-9 January 2014, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Rowberry, M., Hartvich, F., Blahůt, J., Marti, X., Briestenský, M., Valenta, J., Stemberk, J., Thinová, L., 2013. The study of microdisplacements in the shallow crust: results from a temporary subterranean geodynamic observatory in the Czech Republic. 18th International Conference of Deformation Mechanics, Rheology, and Tectonics, 16-18 September 2013, Leuven, Belgium.
Rowberry, M., Battiau-Queney, Y., Błażejowski, B., Walsh, P., 2012. The nature and origin of the ghost-rocks at Bullslaughter Bay, South Wales. Ghost-Rock Karst Symposium, 7-11 October 2012, Hans-sur-Lesse, Belgium.
Rowberry, M., 2012. Project Esblygiad Cymru: a reinterpretation of the erosion and uplift history of Wales, United Kingdom. Czech Association of Geomorphologists Annual Meeting, 18-20 April 2012, Sokolov, Czech Republic.
Tooth, S., McCarthy, T., Rodnight, H., Keen-Zebert, A., Rowberry, M., Brandt, D., 2010. Geomorphological dynamics of southern African floodplain wetlands: implications for land degradation assessment and management planning. Southern African Association of Geomorphologists Biennial Conference, 3-5 September 2010, Grahamstown, South Africa.
Rowberry, M., McCarthy, T., Tooth, S., 2010. The late Mesozoic and Cenozoic development of southern Africa: geological and geomorphological evidence for widespread denudation and epeirogenic uplift. European Geosciences Union Meeting, 3-7 May 2010, Vienna, Austria.
Tooth, S., McCarthy, T., Rodnight, H., Keen-Zebert, A., Rowberry, M., Brandt, D., 2010. Geomorphological dynamics of South African floodplain wetlands and the implications for management planning. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, 14-18 April 2010, Washington DC, United States of America.
Rowberry, M., McCarthy, T., Tooth, S., 2009. Widespread denudation and uplift within a passive continental margin: geological and geomorphological insights into the late Mesozoic and Cenozoic evolution of southern Africa. Out of Africa Meeting, 15-17 November 2009, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Rowberry, M., McCarthy, T., Tooth, S., 2009. Geomorphological insights into the post break-up morphogenic evolution of southern Africa. 7th International Conference on Geomorphology, 6-11 July 2009, Melbourne, Australia.
Tooth, S., McCarthy, T., Rodnight, H., Keen-Zebert, A., Rowberry, M., Brandt, D., 2009. Morphological and sedimentary dynamics of a South African floodplain wetland: from channelled to unchannelled and back to channelled? 9th International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology, 24-28 August 2009, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
Rowberry, M., Macklin, M., Brewer, P., 2006. Cainozoic inheritance and the significance of ancient landforms as indicators of the long-term geomorphic evolution of the Welsh Massif, United Kingdom. British Geomorphological Research Group Annual Conference, 28-30 June 2006, Loughborough, United Kingdom.
Rowberry, M., Macklin, M., Brewer, P., 2006. Combining geomorphology, geophysics and computational evidence to elucidate the evolution of Cenozoic Wales, U.K. 27th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting, 9-12 January 2006, Oulu, Finland.
Rowberry, M., Macklin, M., Brewer, P., 2005. Crustal heterogeneity and long-term landscape evolution: the Accumulative Geomorphic Evolution Model applied to Wales. “Recent Developments in the Geological History of the British Isles - A Tribute to W. Stuart McKerrow”, 14-16 January 2005, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Rowberry, M., Macklin, M., Brewer, P., 2004. Structural compartmentalisation and long-term geomorphological landscape evolution: results from a DEM analysis of Wales. “Earth’s Dynamic Surface: Catastrophe and Continuity in Landscape Evolution”, William Smith Meeting, 4-5 October 2004, London, United Kingdom.
Rowberry, M., Macklin, M., Brewer, P., 2004. Long-term landscape evolution and drainage network development in Wales. “Tectonics, Climate and Landscape Evolution in south-central England”, British Geological Survey Workshop, 5 April 2004, Keyworth, United Kingdom.
Fellowships and memberships
· Fellow of the Geological Society of London
· Member of the British Cave Research Association
Other results in R&D
Rowberry, M., Blahůt, J., Hartvich, F., Stemberk, J., Fučík, Z., Briestenský, M., Martí, X., Garcés, J., 2018. Prototype for the automatic monitoring of mutual displacements and angular rotations. Type of Result: Utility Model - No. 31 362 (RIV Identification Code: RIV/67985891:_____/18:00499818)
Rowberry, M., Martí, X., 2016. Software for the automatic processing of moiré interference patterns generated by the TM-71. Type of Result: Software (RIV Identification Code: RIV/67985891:_____/16:00470424)
Rowberry, M., Martí, X., 2015. Communication protocol between the ADAS and the GEMS. Type of Result Software (RIV Identification Code: RIV/67985891:_____/15:00457347)
Rowberry, M., Martí, X., 2015. Design of robust packaging for the ADAS and the GEMS. Type of Result: Functional Specimen (RIV Identification Code: RIV/67985891:_____/15:00457336)
Rowberry, M., Martí, X., 2015. Design and fabrication of a prototype Automatic Data Acquisition System. Type of Result: Prototype (RIV Identification Code: RIV/67985891:_____/15:00457297)
Rowberry, M., Martí, X., 2015. Design and fabrication of a prototype Geophysical & Environmental Monitoring Station. Type of Result: Prototype (RIV Identification Code: RIV/67985891:_____/15:00457344)
Peer review assignments
· Applied Radiation and Isotopes
· Earth-Science Reviews
· Engineering Geology
· Environmental Earth Sciences
· Environmental Science and Pollution Research
· Geomorphology
· Geological Magazine
· Global and Planetary Change
· Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
· Natural Hazards
· South African Journal of Geology
· Surveys in Geophysics
· Tectonophysics
Conference advisory boards
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the 5th International Conference on Slope Tectonics, 10-14 September 2024, Křtiny, Czech Republic.
Outreach activities
Rowberry, M., 2023. Searching for muons in the British Cave Science Centre. Published online 22 December 2023. https://www.cave-science.org.uk/post/searching-for-muons-in-the-british-cave-science-centre-by-dr-matt-rowberry
Baroň, I., Rowberry, M., 2022. Hellish forces in Vsetín. Česká televize, Regiony ČT24/i-vysílání, 17.09.2022.
Baroň, I., Rowberry, M., 2022. Earthquake research by geologists in Na Turoldu Cave in Mikulov. Česká televize, Události v regionech (Brno)/i-vysílání, 15.09.2022.
Rowberry, M., 2022. What is the true impact of visitors on cave climate? Blog for the British Cave Science Centre. Published online 14 February 2022. https://www.cave-science.org.uk/post/what-is-the-true-impact-of-visitors-on-cave-climate/
Rowberry, M., 2021. Cave vitals: is Poole’s Cavern breathing? 2021 International Year of Caves and Karst: BCRA Online Seminars: 6 - British Cave Science Centre. https://bcra.org.uk/seminars2021/
Martí, X., Jungwirth, Y., Pérez-López, R., Rowberry, M., 2018. From Nano to Geo: Scaffolds for Innovation. Meeting organised by the Spanish Embassy in Prague. https://www.avcr.cz/en/news-archive/from-nano-to-geo-scaffolds-for-innovation/
Martí, X., Catalan, G., Rowberry, M., Jungwirth, T., Veà, A., 2015. Internet of kings, internet of sinks - rethinking the massively sensorised society. Published by the Internet Society. https://www.isoc-es.org/noticias/social/internet-of-kings-internet-of-sinks/