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Nikos Kalligeris is a Principal Researcher at the Institute of Geodynamics of the National Observatory of Athens (NOA). He holds a Ph.D. (2017) in Civil Engineering from the University of Southern California (USA) and the primary focus of his research is in the fields of nearshore hydrodynamics and tsunami hazard assessment. Before joining NOA, he was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles (USA).

His primary research interests include nearshore hydrodynamics; coastal engineering; tsunami hazard assessment; tsunami field surveys; experiments in fluid mechanics; coastal flood modeling; harbor resonance.

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Selected Publications All Publications»

h-index: 18   Citations: 1657   Google Scholar   ORCID   ResearcherID

• Journal Paper Kalligeris, N, Skanavis, V, Melis, NS, Okal, EA, Dimitroulia, A, Charalampakis, M, Lynett, PJ, Synolakis, CE (2022). The Mw = 6.6 earthquake and tsunami of south Crete on 2020 May 2, Geophys. J. Int., 230, 480-506.
• Journal Paper Kalligeris, N, Skanavis, V, Charalampakis, M, Melis, NS, Voukouvalas, E, Annunziato, A, Synolakis, CE (2021). Field survey of the 30 October 2020 Samos (Aegean Sea) tsunami in the Greek islands, Bull. Earthquake Eng..
• Journal Paper Kalligeris, N, Kim, Y, Lynett, PJ (2021). Wave-induced shallow-water monopolar vortex: large-scale experiments, J. Fluid Mech., 910, A17.
• Journal Paper Kalligeris, N, Smit, P, Ludka, BC, Guza, RT, Gallien, TW (2020). Calibration and assessment of process-based numerical models for beach profile evolution in southern California, Coast. Eng., 158, 103650.
• Journal Paper Gallien, TW, Kalligeris, N, Delisle, M-PC, Tang, BX, Lucey, JTD, Winters, MA (2018). Coastal flood modeling challenges in defended urban backshores, Geosciences, 89, 233-253.
• Journal Paper Kalligeris, N, Montoya, L, Ayca, A, Lynett, P (2017). An approach for estimating the largest probable tsunami from far-field subduction zone earthquakes, Nat. Hazards, 8(12), 450.
• Journal Paper Kalligeris, N, Skanavis, V, Tavakkol, S, Ayca, A, Safty, HE, Lynett, P, Synolakis, CE (2016). Lagrangian flow measurements and observations of the 2015 Chilean tsunami in Ventura, CA, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43(10), 5217-5224.
• Journal Paper Borrero, JC, Lynett, PJ, Kalligeris N (2015). Tsunami currents in ports, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 373(10), 20140372.
• Journal Paper Okal, EA, Synolakis, CE, Kalligeris, N (2011). Tsunami simulations for regional sources in the South China and adjoining seas, Pure Appl. Geophys., 168(6-7), 1153-1173.
• Journal Paper Okal, EA, Synolakis, CE, Uslu, B, Kalligeris, N, Voukouvalas E (2009). The 1956 earthquake and tsunami in Amorgos, Greece, Geophys. J. Intl., 178(3), 1533-1554.

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Awards and Honors

• CEE USC University of Southern California, Best Ph.D. dissertation in Civil and Environmental Engineering (2017).
• Myronis USC University of Southern California, Myronis Endowed Ph.D. Fellowship.
• Viterbi USC University of Southern California, Viterbi School of Engineering Ph.D. Fellowship.

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Post-tsunami field surveys

Participation as member of the post-tsunami international reconanissance team

• The 2020 Samos-Aegean earthquake and tsunami

• The 2020 Ierapetra (Greece) earthquake and tsunami

• The 2018 Palu (Indonesia) earthquake and tsunami

• The 2011 Tohoku (Japan) earthquake and tsunami

• The 2010 Maule (Chile) earthquake and tsunami

• The 2010 Solomon Islands earthquake and tsunami

• The 2007 Peru earthquake and tsunami

• The 2007 Solomon Islands earthquake and tsunami

• The 2006 Java (Indonesia) earthquake and tsunami

• The 1956 Amorgos (Greece) earthquake and tsunami

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Selected talks, seminars and webinars

Invited conference talks

• Lynett, PJ, Kalligeris, N, Ayca, A, Large-Scale Physical Modelling of Complex Tsunami Generated Currents, AGU Fall Meeting, 15-19 December, San Francisco 2014, abstract No.S13E-07.

Invited webinars

• Invited webinar for the DesignSafe-CI web-based research platform of the NHERI Network (NSF-funded) with title Tsunami-induced turbulent coherent structures: large-scale experimental observations and interpretations, Feb. 2018.

• NEAMTWS World Tsunami Awareness Day 2020 Webinar: Preparing for the next Tsunami (link), 4 November 2020.

• Presentation at the Joint webinar on the M7.0 Samos island (Aegean Sea) Earthquake organized by TDV/EEAT (Turkey), HAEE (Greece) and GEER (link) with title "Field survey of the 2020 Samos - Aegean tsunami", 30 January 2021.

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Professional Service

Tsunami warning operational duties

• Operational Head of the Hellenic National Tsunami Warning Center that operates in the Institute of Geodynamics, National Observatory of Athens (2019-2022).
• UNESCO/IOC NEAMTWS Tsunami National Contact representing Greece and the National Observatory of Athens (2019-2022).
• UNESCO/IOC NEAMTWS co-chair of Task Team on Documentation (2021-today).

Journal and Magazine Referee

• Journal Referee: Nature Scientific Reports (1), Wiley GRL (1), Wiley JGR-Earth (1), Wiley Int. J. Numer. Meth. Fl. (1), EGU Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. (1), Taylor & Francis N. Z. J. Geol. Geophys. (1), Cambridge Uni. Press J. Fluid Mech. (1), ASCE J. Waterw. Port Coast (1), Springer Pageoph (5), MDPI Geosciences (2), MDPI Water (1), Elsevier Eur. J. Mech. B Fluids. (1). Elsevier Ocean Eng. (1).

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Useful Links

• HL-NTWC The website of the Hellenic National Tsunami Warning Center.
• NEAMTIC The NEAM Tsunami Information Center website.
• ITIC Website of the International Tsunami Information Center.
• IOC-SLMF Website of the IOC Sea Level Monitoring Facility hosted by VLIZ.
• CTR-NOAA Website of the Center for Tsunami Research of NOAA (USA).
• TRC-USC Link to USC's Tsunami Research Center.
• CEL-USC Link to USC's Coastal Engineering Lab.
• CFL-UCLA Link to UCLA's Coastal Flood Lab.
• CELERIS Link to a free interactive Boussinesq simulator!

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Contact

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