Education

• B.Sc. In Geology, University of Thessaloniki , Greece (1982)
• Ph.D. Thesis in Seismology, University of Thessaloniki , Greece (1985)

Current position
Professor of Seismology - Department of Geophysics, School of Geology, A.U.TH

Former career

• Research Assistant, Dept. of Geophysics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1987-1989).
• Seismologist, Dept. of Geophysics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1989–1998)
• Lecturer, Dept. of Geophysics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1998–2003)
• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geophysics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2003–2009)
• Associate Professor, Dept. of Geophysics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2009–2014)

Field experience

• Installation and monitoring of portable, analog and digital, seismographic networks deployed to study seismotectonic properties and/or evolution of seismic sequences.
• Geophysical prospecting for geotechnical and archaeological exploration.
• Participation in the installation and operation of the Seismic Network of the Geophysical Laboratory of AUTH and the Hellenic Unified Seismic Network.

Research activity

• Seismotectonics
• Seismic sequences.
• Time dependent seismicity
• Earthquake prediction based on seismicity and probabilistic models.
• Magnitude scales – Compilation & homogenization of earthquake catalogs
• Intermediate term earthquake prediction

Cooperation

• Institute IRIGM, Joseph Fourier University , Grenoble , France
• School of Environmental Sciences, East Anglia University , Norwich , UK
• Seismological Institute, Academy of Sciences , Tirana , Albania
• Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Frankfurt , Germany
• Laboratory of Electronics, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Thrace , Greece .

Teaching experience

• Various courses to undergraduate students of the School of Geology and of the School of Civil Engineering which include:”Applied Geophysics I”, “Applied Seismology and Environment”, "Mechanical Oscillations and Elastic Waves", "Introduction to Seismology", "Engineering Seismology" and “Engineering Seismology and Soil Dynamics”.
• Various courses to the post-graduate students of the School of Geology and of the School of Civil Engineering which include: “Generation, Propagation and Recording of Seismic Waves”, "Advanced Applied Seismology", “Engineering Seismology and Soil Dynamics” and “Computer Applications in Solving Problems in Geophysics”.
• Supervision of 39 undergraduate theses (2 in progress), 10 MSc. theses (1 in progress) and 6 PhD theses.
• Tutor Greek rescue teams (under Civil Protection) in seismology issues

Publications

• Published more than 110 research papers in international journals and proceedings of international conferences.
• receiving more than 2000 references (self-references excluded).
• Co-author in 1 book and 2 special volumes.

Conferences

• Participated in 40 international and national conferences, in most of them with presentations.
• Invited speaker in 4 of them.
• Member of the Organizing Committee in 2 of them.

Membership

• Hellenic Association of Geologists
• Geological Society of Greece
• Geotechnical Chamber of Greece
• Hellenic Geophysical Union
• European Mediterranean Seismological Center, EMSC, (representative of Geophysical Laboratory of AUTH)

Research Projects

Participated in 73 projects of seismology and applied geophysics.