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Dr Vassilis K. Karastathis |
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Research Director |
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Physicist, Geophysicist M.Sc, Ph.D |
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Last
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Scientific Interests |
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Dr.
V.K Karastathis is a Research Director at the Institute of Geodynamics at the
National Observatory of Athens (NOA). Since 2020 serves as the Deputy
Director at the Institute of Geodynamics. He studied Physics in the
University of Athens and he holds M.Sc. and Ph.D degrees in “Applied Geophysics” (University of
Birmingham and University of Athens). At the Institute of Geodynamics, he was
first elected in 1999 as Researcher having the the
subject of knowledge "Seismology - Physics of the Earth's Interior with
emphasis on the seismic survey methodologies and interpretation" and
after three successive promotions with a unanimous positive decision, in 2010
he was elected to the highest rank of Research Director. His
current research interests have mainly focused on local earthquake tomography
investigations with microseismicity monitoring, the
development of earthquake early warning systems, seismic exploration,
borehole seismic surveys as well as engineering geophysics to study the
dynamic parameters of foundation soil, earthquake precursors by studying
geophysical parameters and radon emission. He has extensively worked in the
study of active tectonic structures with application of geophysical
methodologies, in the fields of archaeological prospecting, in energy
resources, geothermal fields, foundations and non-destructive testing of
large constructions, dams, etc. He has also coordinated significant research
projects on geothermal and energy deposits, non-destructive testing of large
structures, the foundations of dams, hospitals, skyscrapers, gas networks,
the extension of the Metro, archaeometry, etc. The non-destructive testing of dams in the
year 2000 was a pioneer of the method established in the future. He has also
contributed in algorithm building for acoustic surveillance of small surface
vessels with passive acoustic methods (small boat detection, tracking and
classification). He has coordinated more than 40 research projects (Principal
Investigator) for the Institute of Geodynamics (European, national and
third-party projects) with significant funding for the Institute. He was also
involved in another 50 other projects, in several of which he had central
responsibility in the project. In
2002 he received the first award of the Academy of Athens for a publication
related to the identification of the Ancient Xerxes Canal. This work was
widely reported in the international press (New York Times, Times,
International Herald Tribune, Die Zeit, a special feature in World
archaeology, etc.). During
2016-2020 he served as Associate Editor in the international scientific
journal “Journal of Applied Geophysics” published by Elsevier. He has coordinated international scientific
workshops in Europe and America and has participated multiple times as
invited speaker in IUGG, AGU and jPGU conferences.
He has more than 80 published papers in International Journals (48) and
Conference Proceedings and together with published abstracts he has 180
papers. The number of references in his papers exceeds 1500 (https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=9YZr2BYAAAAJ&hl=el).
He has been invited to more than 30 popular lectures in open audiences or
educational institutions. Beyond
his administrative position as Deputy Director, he has been continuously
elected since 2010 until today, for 15 consecutive years, as a member of the
advisory and scientific councils, important administrative bodies of the
Institute of Geodynamics. He
currently chairs the three-member Scientific Board of the NOA-AEGIS major
Research Infrastructure of NOA and is a member of its four-member Steering
Committee. He is an officially assigned regular
member of the monitoring committee of the National Programme
"Civil Protection 2021-2027" for the reconstruction of Civil
Protection in Greece. He also participates in permanent committees of the
EPPO on "Social Earthquake Defence" (full
member from 2006 to date) and "Earthquake Risk Assessment and Earthquake
Risk Reduction" (2022-present). Finally, he has supervised a significant
number of PhD and postgraduate students. |
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Background |
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Degree on
Physics (University of Athens), M.Sc
on Applied Geophysics (University of Birmingham), Ph.D
on Geophysics (University of Athens) |
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Projects |
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Principal
investigator (scientific responsible in NOA) |
More than 40 research projects |
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Publications |
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International refereed
journal |
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Conference
Proceedings |
53 articles |
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Total with the
Conference Abstracts |
180 articles |
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Awards - Distinctions |
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2002. Academy of Athens 1st award. For the publication "2-D Velocity structure of
the buried ancient canal of Xerxes: an application of seismic methods in
archaeology". Awarded:
V. K. Karastathis and S. Papamarinopoulos. |
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Photos from fieldwork |
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Nafplio (A friend eager for learning about our triaxial geophones) |
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Atalanti (Preperation of the OBSs with the team of Geopro GmbH) |
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Parnassos |
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In a dam evaluation
study |
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In a dam
foundation study |
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Study
of Sparta’s fault |
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