Kiratzi Anastasia
Professor of Seismology-
Κατηγορία Προσωπικού: Scientific Staff Βιογραφικό: Full CV Βαθμίδα: Professor Επάγγελμα: Professor of Seismology E-mail: kiratzi@geo.auth.gr Τηλέφωνο: +30 2310998486 -
Participation in National and International Committees:
- Member of the National Committee for the Estimation of Seismic Hazard in Greece .
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization of Greece (OASP) [2002-2005].
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology (ITSAK) [2003-2005].
- Member of the Management Committee of the European COST Project (Action 625: 3D monitoring of Active Tectonic Structures).
- Leader of the Working Group on “Active Tectonics” of COST Action 625
Supervision of MSc theses and PhD theses Member of the:
- European Union of Geosciences
- European Geophysical Society
- Seismological Society of America
- American Geophysical Union
- Hellenic Association of Geologists
- Geological Society of Greece
- Geotechnical Chamber of Greece
- Hellenic Geophysical Union
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Positions held:Field Experience:
2001- Professor of Seismology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1994-2001 Assoc. Prof. of Seismology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1997-1998 Director of the Department of Geophysics 1989-1994 Assist. Prof. of Seismology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1985-1989 Lecturer of Seismology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1982-1985 Research assistant, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - 1981 - Present: Participation in the operation and data processing of waveforms collected by the telemetry network of the Dept of Geophysics of the University of Thessaloniki , which covers central and northern Greece .
- 1980 - Present: Participation in many field experiments with seismological and geophysical targets, conducted in cooperation with other European Universities.
- 1985 - up to present: Courses taught to graduate of the School of Geology and of the Dept of Mathematics which include- "Introduction to Seismology", "Mechanical vibrations and propagation of Elastic Waves",
- and to post-graduate students "Geophysics in Greece ", "Advanced Geodynamics", "Advanced Applied Seismology"
- Education:
Languages spoken: Greek, English, French
1999 Visiting research scientist, University of Cambridge , United Kingdom 1994 Visiting research scientist, CNRS, University of Nice , Sophia- Antipolis, France 1987 Post doctoral research scientist, Pennstate University , USA 1985 Visiting research scientist, University of Cambridge , United Kingdom 1984 PhD thesis in Seismology, Dept of Geophysics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1980 BSc in Geology, School of Geology , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Main Fields of Research:
- Simulation of strong ground motion using advanced techniques
- Rupture propagation and slip distribution of strong earthquakes
- Seismic source studies – moment tensor inversion
- Regional Tectonics in the Aegean Sea and the surrounding lands
- Crustal Deformation
- Quantification of earthquakes
- Attenuation structure of the Aegean and surrounding area
- Finite element modeling of subduction zones
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Participation in Conferences:
- Presentation of papers in more than 50 conferences held in Greece and abroad, in many of those as an invited speaker and in a lot, as a member of the Organizing Committee.