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Mgr. Ján Šašak, PhD.   SK

Email:
jan.sasak@upjs.sk
Homepage:
https://www.upjs.sk/PF/zamestnanec/jan.sasak
Faculty:
PF UPJŠ - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Science
Department:
ÚGE - Institute of Geography
Office:
SJ2O22
Phone:
+421 55 234 2459
ORCID ID:
0000-0002-5331-1078

Higher education and further qualification growth
First degree of higher education:
Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, 2014, Geography, Geography
Second degree of higher education:
Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, 2016, Geography, Geography and Geoinformatics
Third degree of higher education:
Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, 2021, Earth Sciences, Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing

Research /art/ teacher profile

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Profile courses
Airborne laser and hyperspectral scanning - Geography and Geoinformatics, II. degree
Geospatial data collection methods - Geography and Geoinformatics, first degree
Selected publications

Hofierka, J., Gallay, M., Šašak, J., Bandura, P. (2018). Identification of karst sinkholes in a forested karst landscape using airborne laser MD, A., Rusnák, M., Kaňuk, J., Šašak, J. (2025). Coarse sediment grain size variability along gravel-bed rivers via automatic grain size detection (a case study of the Ondava River, Slovakia). Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 16(1).

WITEK, M., WALUSIAK, G., HALICKI, M., REMISZ, J., BOROWICZ, D., PARZÓCH, K., KASPRZAK, Ł., LANGHAMMER, J., GALLAY, M. (10%), MIŘIJOVSKÝ, J., ŠAŠAK, J. (10%). KAŇUK, J. (10%), LENDZIOCH, T., MINAŘÍK, R., POPELKA, S., NIEDZIELSKI, T. 2024: Reconstructing bed topography of a shallow river from close-range aerial imagery: Multi-UAV experimental campaign in the Izera river (SW Poland/N Czechia). Geomorphology, 471.

Rusnák, M., Kaňuk, J., Kidová, A., Šašak, J., Lehotský, J., Pöppl, R., Šupinský, J. (2020). Channel and cut-bluff failure connectivity in a river system: Case study of the braided-wandering Belá River, Western Carpathians, Slovakia. Science of The Total Environment.

ŠAŠAK, J. (35%), KAŇUK, J. (35%), RUSNÁK, M. (15%), ŠUPINSKÝ, J. (15%) 2024: Impact of data structure types and spatial resolution on landslide volumetric change measurements. Geodesy & Cartography, 50(4), 179-197.

Selected projects

APVV-23-0265: 3D technologies and machine learning methods for environmental monitoring and assessment of river ecological status

HUSKROUA/1702/8.1/0065 Extension of the operational "Space Emergency System" towards monitoring of dangerous natural and man-made geo-processes in the HU-SK-RO-UA cross-border region (GeoSES)

VEGA 1/0780/24 Combination of LiDAR and hyperspectral data with machine learning methods for improving land-cover classification

KEGA 023UPJŠ-4/2025: Education in remote sensing focused on satellite and unmanned aerial platforms – creation of a textbook and online study materials

VEGA 1/0085/23: Modeling urban heat islands using geospatial tools.

ESA ENEUM (4000140187/23/NL/SC/rp): Enhancing Earth Observation Curriculum with a Focus on ESA Sensors

International mobilities and visits
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI CAGLIARI, Via Università 40, 09124, Cagliari, 15. 07. 2023 - 23. 07. 2023, Erasmus + Staff Mobility For Teaching
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI CAGLIARI, Via Università 40, 09124, Cagliari, 15. 09. 2024 - 21. 09. 2024, Erasmus + Staff Mobility For Teaching
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI CAGLIARI, Via Università 40, 09124, Cagliari, 18. 07. 2025 - 26. 07. 2025, Erasmus + Staff Mobility For Teaching
University of Wroclaw, plac Uniwersytecki 1, 50-137 Wrocław, Poľsko, 11. 10. 2023 - 15. 10. 2023, Erasmus + Staff Mobility For Teaching

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