Deputy head of the Department of Applied Mathematics for scientific work, responsible for international cooperation of the department.
Education, Scientific Degrees, Academic Ranks
2004
Professor,
Specialty 05.13.06 – Information technologies,
State Science and Research Institute of Information Infrastructure, Lviv, Ukraine
1996
Habilitation,
Specialty 01.05.02 – Mathematical Modeling and Methods of Calculations,
Institute of Physics and Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine,
Dissertation: “Mathematical modeling of the dynamics of physical processes based on differential equations of higher orders”
1992
Senior Research Fellow,
Specialty 01.05.02 – Mathematical Modeling and Methods of Calculations,
Institute of Physics and Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine
1986
PhD in Engineering Science,
Specialty 05.09.05 – Theoretical Electrical Engineering,
Institute of Electrodynamics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine,
Dissertation: “Macromodeling of electrical circuits by the method of subcircuits”
1978
Specialty ‘Radio Physics and Electronics’,
Lviv State University by Ivan Franko, Lviv, Ukraine
Educational Work
• Teaches the disciplines "Algorithms for information safety in information networks", "Spatial modeling of ecological processes", "Mathematical models of ecological processes" for BSc and MSc students of the Department of Applied Mathematics at the Lviv Polytechnic National University;
• Supervises Master's and Bachelor’s thesis projects as well as PhD theses.
Geoinformation technologies for spatial modeling of environmental processes using satellite monitoring data and a cloud platform; methods and software tools for mathematical modeling and prognosis of complex natural processes and phenomena; geoinformation technologies for spatial analysis of greenhouse gases emission and absorption in various sectors of human activity.
Projects, Grants, Participation in Research Works
2019 - 2020
Scientific leader of the Joint Ukrainian-Austrian R&D Project “Retrospective analysis of Austria’s and Ukraine’s greenhouse gas emission inventories: Supporting compliance with mid-term climate agreements”;
2015 - 2016
Leader of the Joint Ukrainian-Austrian R&D Project “Spatio-temporal uncertainty assessment of GHG emission inventories with the specific focus on Austria and Ukraine: Learning in space and time and into the future”;
2013 - 2014
Scientific leader of the Joint Ukrainian-Chinese R&D Project “Spatial inventory of greenhouse gases in residential sector for Chinese and Ukrainian regions to support the effective economic and administrative decision making”;
2010 - 2014
Leader of the Joint Ukrainian-Polish-Austrian Grant of the 7th FP EU “Geoinformation technologies, spatio-temporal approaches, and full carbon account for improving accuracy of GHG inventories”;
2011 - 2012
Leader of the Joint Ukrainian-Austrian R&D Project “Regional spatial inventory of greenhouse gas emissions taking into account the uncertainties of input data”;
2009 - 2010
Leader of the Joint Ukrainian-Austrian R&D Project “Methods of spatial inventory of greenhouse gas emissions of the Kyoto Protocol, taking into account their uncertainties”.
Awards and Honors
• Knight's Cross of the Order "For Merit of the Republic of Poland" (President of Poland, 2013);
• Award "Excellent in Education of Ukraine" (Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, 2015);
• Award ‘Honorary citizen of Nadvirna city’, Ivano-Frankivsk region (2017) .
Member of editorial boards of scientific and technical journals
• Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change (Springer);
• Mathematical Modeling and Computation;
• Information Systems and Circuits;
• Вісник Львівського державного університету безпеки життєдіяльності.
Scientific supervisor/consultant of defended theses
Habilitation: Gusti M. PhD: Halushchak M., Danylo O., Striamets O., Liubinsky B., Charkovska N., Topylko P., Lesiv M., Hamal Kh., Kachmar V., Gusti M., Dachuk V.
Main Scientific Publications
Bun R., Marland G., Oda T., et al. Estimating greenhouse gas emissions in a politically unstable world: A war in Ukraine and new challenges for emissions monitoring. SSRN, 2023, 23 p.
Jonas M., Bun R., Ryzha I., Zebrowski P. Quantifying memory and persistence in the atmosphere–land and ocean carbon system. Earth System Dynamics, 2022, Vol. 13, is. 1, 439-455.
Roten D., Marland G., Bun R., et al. CO2 emissions from energy systems and industrial processes: Inventories from data- and proxy-driven approaches / Balancing Greenhouse Gas Budgets: Accounting for Natural and Anthropogenic Flows of CO2 and other Trace Gases / Benjamin Poulter, Joseph Canadell, Daniel Hayes, Rona Thompson, Eds. Elsevier, 2022, 30-58.
Maksyutov S., Brunner D., Turner A.J., Zavala-Araiza D., Janardanan R., Bun R., Oda T., Patra P.K. Applications of top-down methods to anthropogenic GHG emission estimation / Balancing Greenhouse Gas Budgets: Accounting for Natural and Anthropogenic Flows of CO2 and other Trace Gases / Benjamin Poulter, Joseph Canadell, Daniel Hayes, Rona Thompson, Eds. Elsevier, 2022, 455-482.
Yavorska O., Bun R. Spatial analysis of COVID-19 spread in Europe using ‘center of gravity’ concept. Mathematical Modeling and Computing, 2022, Vol. 9, Is. 1, 130-142.
Oda T., Román M.O., Wang Z., Stokes E.C., Sun Q., Thretha R., Feng S., Lauvaux T., Bun R., et al. US Cities in the Dark: Mapping Man-Made Carbon Dioxide Emissions Over the Contiguous US Using NASA's Black Marble Nighttime Lights Product. Urban Remote Sensing: Monitoring, Synthesis, and Modeling in the Urban Environment, Second Edition, Xiaojun Yang Editor. Wiley-Blackwell, 2022, 337-367.
Main Books, Monographs, Educational and Methodical works
Bun R., Charkovska N., Danylo O., Topylko P., Halushchak M., Nahorski Z., Horabik-Pyzel J. Spatial modeling of greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources. Lviv, PP Soroka, 2016, 480 p. ISBN 978-966-2598-74-2
Ometto J.P., Bun R., Jonas M., Nahorski Z. (Eds.) Uncertainties in Greenhouse Gas Inventories - Expanding Our Perspective. Springer 2015, 239 p. ISBN 978-3-319-15900-3.
Bun R., Boychuk Kh., Bun A., Lesiv M. Інформаційні технології просторової інвентаризації парникових газів у енергетичному секторі та аналіз невизначеності. Lviv, PP Soroka, 2012, 464 p. ISBN 9789662598001
Main International Conferences
Bun R. GHG emissions high-resolution spatial estimates: Uncertainty quantification. Workshop: Development of a Framework for Evaluating Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Information for Decision Making. June 27-28, 2022, Washington, US.
Oda T., Bun R., Wang Z., et al. Gridded Fossil fuel CO2 emissions in support of the UNFCCC inventory reporting framework. AGU Fall Meeting, 13-17 December, 2021, New Orleans, US.
Oda T., Gensheimer J., Haga C., Hosomi K., Matsui T., Bun R., et al. Errors and uncertainties associated with mobility and traffic activity data for estimating fossil fuel CO2 emissions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Atmospheric Chemistry from a Distance: Real Progress through Virtual Interaction: 16th IGAC Science Conference, September 12-20, 2021, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
Oda T., Haga C., Hosomi K., Matsui T., Bun R. Assessing errors and biases in proxy-based low latency traffic CO2 emission estimates. Virtual Global Monitoring Annual Conference (eGMAC), May 24-28, 2021, Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder, CO, US.
Bun R. Transport sector and environmental impact: spatial analysis of greenhouse gas emissions in Poland. Proceedings of the 35th International Business Information Management Association Conference (IBIMA-2020), 1-2 April 2020, Seville, Spain.
Oda T., Bun R., Feng S., et al. Assessing errors and uncertainties in downscaled subnational fossil fuel CO2 emission estimates. 7th North American Carbon Program (NACP) Open Science Meeting, NACP’2020, March 23-26, 2020, Hilton McLean Tysons Corner, McLean, Virginia, US.
Hobbies
Sports: swimming, tourism.
Technology: solar energy.