Fascinated by nature! Associate Professor for Geology at the University of Salzburg with special interest in landscape evolution, geodynamics and numerical modelling. www.geodynamics.athttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3mtjb7hvb722r🏔️ PhD Alert! Join us @ Uni Salzburg Doctorate School - DynamitE Vol. 2 3D stress modeling meets multiscale monitoring to predict alpine geohazards (CRAG project). 💻 HPC • Monitoring • Fieldwork 📅 Deadline: 09.09.2026 📩 joerg.robl@plus.ac.at Apply now: https://karriere.plus.ac.at/en/jobs/81ada7ce-9436-49cb-913b-23e5682a95c7?preview=true20 Aug 2026 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjb7hvb722rhttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3lyubyxn7bk2g🔥🔥🔥 Old orogens – young topography 🔥🔥🔥 How do low mountain ranges evolve far away from active plate boundaries, and how do their topography and erosion patterns differ from collisional orogens such as the Alps? @unisalzburg.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X2500411815 Sep 2025 07:31 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyubyxn7bk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3lx7vsqycfk2jLithological contrasts control relief evolution and erosion rate at the transition of the alpine foreland basin and the Bohemian Massif https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/13/745/2025/ Great cooperation 🤩: @unisalzburg.bsky.social, @uni-graz.at, ‪@uni-freiburg.de, @uofglasgow.bsky.social, @oeaw.bsky.social25 Aug 2025 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lx7vsqycfk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3lx2lxgv5is2w🌶️ Paper alert 🌶️ The recent publication of our PhD student Nicolas Villamizar-Escalante shows links between slab dynamics and the pattern of exhumation in the Calabrian Arc. Great job Nicolas! @unisalzburg.bsky.social @strucgeology.bsky.social https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825225002168?via%3Dihub23 Aug 2025 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lx2lxgv5is2whttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3lvnw7wueqk2pBeautiful Asturias Beach pebbles at the Atlantic coast of northern Spain - artwork by nature!05 Aug 2025 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvnw7wueqk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3lrujwag4o22wWhat a fantastic day in my backyard with Benjamin Campforts and highly motivated students from the University of Amsterdam. Triassic reefs, Pleistocene glaciations, retreating waterfalls, rockfalls, and costs for protective measure in a nutshell. @bcampforts.bsky.social @unisalzburg.bsky.social18 Jun 2025 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrujwag4o22whttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3lr3nkmtogk2yWhat might the northern Calcareous Alps have looked like in the LGM? - and what are the links between glaciations and landslides? Here is an ice flow simulation for the Hochschwab massif (hosting the Wildalpen landslide) with the new code from: @hergarten.bsky.social # @unisalzburg.bsky.social08 Jun 2025 10:25 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr3nkmtogk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3lnsrvvzs5c2lAre you interested in the evolution of high mountain peaks? Visit me at my talk tomorrow at the EGU in room G2, Session TS 4.2 (17:10 - 17:20). Hope to CU there !27 Apr 2025 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnsrvvzs5c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3lkv4qvzkys2j:-) :-) :-) 10 fully-funded PhD positions :-) ::-) :-) Please forward to anyone who might be interested. We offer 10 PhD positions at the interface of geology, ecology and geography. In particular, I would like to promote subproject 6 (see figure). https://www.plus.ac.at/doctorate-school-plus/doctorate-school-plus-2/kollegs-der-doctorate-school-plus-2022-2025/dynamic-mountain-environments-society-vol-2/doc-funds/21 Mar 2025 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkv4qvzkys2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3le4i7kdim22xOur doctoral program is now also in the public eye :⁠-⁠) https://salzburg.orf.at/stories/3286652/25 Dec 2024 07:54 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3le4i7kdim22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3lcv44kqg7k2vIn today's tectonic geomorphology course we discussed Davis' Cycle of Erosion (and differences to the models of Penck & Hack) and computed the hypsometric curves of catchments in the Sierra Nevada (Spain) following the recipe of Strahler, 1953. New ingredients: DEMs, GIS & Matlab! Old but gold!09 Dec 2024 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcv44kqg7k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3lcnnacxqfs2fHow does relief evolve in intracontinental mountains, how quickly do they erode and what role does lithology play? Old orogen – young topography: lithological contrasts controlling erosion and relief formation in the Bohemian Massif https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2024/egusphere-2024-3256/ @egu-esurf.bsky.social06 Dec 2024 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcnnacxqfs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3lckk4wd4222mhttps://www.plus.ac.at/news/alpschange-ein-interdisziplinaeres-tor-zur-zukunft-der-alpen/?pgrp=218&is_paged=105 Dec 2024 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lckk4wd4222mhttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3lchzulrhps2uLast week's rollercoaster ride started with endless classes despite a cold, but took a very positive turn with the announcement that our €2.5 million doctoral program had been funded. Back to full health, Salzburg never disappoints on weekends with its great outdoor options!04 Dec 2024 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lchzulrhps2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3lb3gwzd2pc2hJust grateful...16 Nov 2024 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb3gwzd2pc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3l6uxl6qi7h26What would the world be without mushrooms? Most of the year they are almost invisibly hidden in the ground, but in the autumn forest they reveal their many shapes and colors. Many species are dependent on the substrate, resulting in an exciting relationship between fungi, soil types and bedrock.19 Oct 2024 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6uxl6qi7h26https://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3kskeu6g2mc2aWhy is geology important to understand the climate of the past and the future and to mitigate the consequences of climate change? I had great hours discussing these and other questions with students from St. Rupert Gymnasium (Bischofshofen). Thanks for the photos Paul @pamoe.bsky.social15 May 2024 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3kskeu6g2mc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3kn456ckbe22hOn invitation of the Rotary Club Bischofshofen, I was given the opportunity to speak to a great audience about global links in the climate system, about different time scales of climate change and their impacts on the Alps. Thanks to @pamoe.bsky.social for this enjoyable evening and the photographs.07 Mar 2024 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3kn456ckbe22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3klammsp55l2sOne of my favorite views of the Dachstein. Rock climbing in my backyard 🤩.12 Feb 2024 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3klammsp55l2shttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3kh36khhoi32vThe Eastern Alps are not the Himalayas, but anyone who claims they are a small mountain range only knows them from maps. A few big turns on the white gold in the middle of nowhere - simply the best! 🤩🤩🤩21 Dec 2023 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3kh36khhoi32vhttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3kgboqrmmpn2lToday's lecture: Equations are the best friends of geologists. In combination with a few cookies, the diffusion (heat) equation was quite easy to digest for our students 😁. ⚒️11 Dec 2023 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3kgboqrmmpn2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3kg25xn77uw2jI managed to escape the office and went skiing in my backward 🤩. Being alone in the mountains is always great for generating new ideas and thinking about future projects.08 Dec 2023 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3kg25xn77uw2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3kerg3ncyqc27Benchmarking codes is essential to find weaknesses and correct bugs. Finding a setup that works for all codes is difficult because even grids are structured differently (in the picture you can see the quadtree grid from Gerris and our extension for rapid mass movements).22 Nov 2023 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3kerg3ncyqc27https://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3kdrlrkmgdq2v⚒️ 😁 #geology [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Nov 2023 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdrlrkmgdq2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/joergrobl.bsky.social/post/3kdrjqpl5bd2eI defended my PhD almost 20 years ago. Today, my former PhD supervisor (Kurt Stüwe) visited me and we moved the project meeting to my beloved backyard :-). 20 years later we still enjoy working on projects together as friends - that's what good mentoring is all about.09 Nov 2023 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:imevtzlr4t6c2iyn4blly33d/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdrjqpl5bd2e