Karakostas Vassilios

Professor of Seismology

Κατηγορία Προσωπικού:	Scientific Staff
Βιογραφικό:	Full Currucilum Vitae
Βαθμίδα:	Professor
Επάγγελμα:	Professor of Seismology
E-mail:	vkarak@geo.auth.gr
Τηλέφωνο:	+30 2310991412

MEMBER:
- Hellenic Association of Geologists
- Geological Society of Greece
- Geotechnical Chamber of Greece
- Hellenic Geophysical Union
FORMER CAREER:
- Researcher of the Geophysics Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1988 – 1991)
- Seismologist of the Central Seismological Station of Thessaloniki of the same Department (1991 – 1999)
- Lecturer of the same Department (1999–2003)
- Assistant Professor (2003–2009)
- Associate Professor (2009–2014)
PRESENT POSITION:
- Professor of Seismology, Geophysics Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2009-)
FIELD EXPERIENCE:
- Participation in several field experiments concerning seismotectonic studies and studies of earthquake sequences
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
- “ Introduction to Seismology ” and “ Physics of the Earth ' s Interior ” to the undergraduate students of the School of Geology, School of Physics and School of Mathematics.
- “ Philoshophy of Science ” to the undergraduate students of the School of Geology
- “ Applied Seismology ” , “ Generation, propagation and recordings of seismic waves ” and “ seismological networks ” to the postgraduate students of the School of Geology.
EDUCATION:
- B. Sc. In Geology – University of Thessaloniki, Greece (1981)
- Ph. D. Thesis in Seismology – University of Thessaloniki, Greece (1988)
LANGUAGES:
- Greek, English and Russian
SABBATICALS:
- Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, NY (USA)
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:
1. Long – term earthquake prediction in the broader area of Greece on the basis of seismicity and probabilistic models
2. Studies of seismic sequences
3. Seismotectonics of the broader area of Greece
4. Fault plane solutions and stress patterns
5. Tsunamis and tsunami hazard
6. Fractal analysis of the global seismicity and the seismicity of the broader area of Greece
7. Stress evolution by the use of Coulomb Failure Function changes
8. Statistical Seismology
9. Seismic Hazard Assessment
VISITS AND COOPERATIONS WITH INSTITUTES:
1. Laboratory of Geophysics of the Earth ' s Interior of the University of Grenoble ( France )
2. Institute of Geophysics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia ( Bulgaria )
3. National Institute of Geophysics of Rome ( Italy )
4. Institute of Geophysics , ETH Z u rich ( Switzerland )
5. Institute of Geophysics of the Shanxi Province ( China )
6. Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University , NY ( USA )
7. Seismological Bureau of Shanghai CSB ( Shanghai – China )
8. Seismological Bureau of Shaanxi Province CSB (Xian – China )
9. Seismological Bureau of Hebei Province CSB (Shijazhuang – China )
10. Analysis and Prediction Center , CSB ( Beijing – China )
11. Geophysical Institute, CSB ( Beijing – China )
12. Department of Geophysics, University of Bologna ( Bologna – Italy )
13. Institute of Geophysics , University of Mining and Metallurgy (Krakow – Poland )
14. Seismological Bureau of Sichuan Province ( Chengdu – China )
15. Seismological Bureau of Tangshan ( China )

Karakostas Vassilios

Seismological Station of Thessaloniki

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