GeodLab - Personnel

Education

1982-1992, University of Athens, Geology Dept., PhD.

1971-1976, National Technical University of Athens, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, Diploma in Surveying Engineering.

Academic Activities

1997- Patras University (Greece), Dept. of Civil Engineering, Assistant Professor (1997-2007), Associate Professor (2007-2011) and Professor (2011-)

1979-1997 Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration (IGME), Surveyor, and

since 1983 head of the Surveying Dept. and leader of Research Projects

1977-1979 Military Service

1974-1977 Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration (IGME), Athens, surveying assistant and surveyor

Invited Professor, Ecole Normale Superieure Paris (2008, 2009), Strasbourg University (2009)

Teaching: in the Dept. of Civil Engineering, Patras University in undergraduate (lectures, field training, projects) and post-graduate level. Topics: Geodesy and Surveying, Theory of Errors and of Measurements, Applications of Geodesy in Earth Sciences/ Engineering, Signal processing.

Occasional teaching in other Departments and Universities.

Supervision of PhD theses in the Patras University (three completed, 2005, 2007, 2009 two in progress), Messina (Italy) University (co-supervised, one completed, 2003), supervision of numerous MSc theses and >50 Diploma degree theses. External examinator in PhD theses in Italy (5), France (1).

Member, Officer and head of Working Groups in International Scientific Unions

Convenor, co-convenor or session organizer in >10 international Symposia

Participation in >80 international conferences, in some invited speaker

Guest co-editor in Special Volumes of International Journals: (Marine Geology, Journal of Seismology, Engineering Geology (completed), Quaternary Int (in progress) and of one book (Archaeoseismology, Book Series of the British School of Archaeology at Athens)

Reviewer in >30 scientific journals and Institutions for funding scientific research (Greece, USA, UK, Israel)

Research Interests

Measurement and modeling of deformations in various scales, from tectonics and volcanoes to engineering structures (tunnels, dams etc.) using geodetic, especially satellite techniques

Measurement and modeling of small scale oscillations of structures using geodetic technology, including GNSS Seismology

Accuracy assessment and improvement of the tolerance of geodetic instruments

Signal processing and error properties of various signals, especially of high rate GNSS signals, geodetic spectral analysis

100Hz GNSS instruments

Sea-Surface Topography using GPS-on-boat

Numerical, full-scale adjustment

Coastal changes and related tectonic processes

Archaeoseismology

Ancient engineering technology

Distinguished academic activities

Distinctions and Prizes

2009 Academy of Athens, Lampadarios Prize for research in Geodesy (shared)

1995 Academy of Athens, Ktenas Prize for research in Geology (shared)

1990 Academy of Athens, Ktenas Prize for research in Geology

1985 British School of Archaeology, 1st Bursary for the study of Archaeoseismology in Cambridge University

Research Projects

Participation in various international and Greek projects, some EU-funded, mostly as Principal Investigator.

Publications