Blažej Bucha

Blažej Bucha is a Lecturer at the Department of Theoretical Geodesy and Geoinformatics, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. His research focuses on high-degree spherical harmonic synthesis, gravity field modeling of celestial bodies, and computational geodesy.

• Developed open-source software packages: GrafLab (gravity field visualization), CHarm (spherical harmonic transforms), and SRBF (regional gravity modeling).
• Key research areas include planetary geodesy (Moon, asteroid Bennu), divergence-free spherical harmonic expansions, and high-resolution gravitational mapping at scales down to 2 arc-seconds.

Highest academic contributions involve ultra-high-degree harmonics (n=21600) and 256-digit precision calculations for resolving divergence effects. His work has applications in geoid determination, gravitational tensor analysis, and geophysical interpretation.

• Co-authored 15+ peer-reviewed papers in Journal of Geodesy, Geophysical Research Letters, and Computers & Geosciences.
• Developed grav-sr-2arcsec (Slovak Republic's gravitational maps) and GMSQ2019 (gravimetric quasigeoid at 2" resolution).

Teaching activities include co-authoring the textbook Fyzikálna geodézia (2023) and delivering lectures on Physical Geodesy.