Permanent staff
Kyriazis Pitilakis
Dr Civil Engineer
Professor, Director of the Research Unit
Professor, Director of the Research Unit
Geotechnical earthquake engineering; Engineering seismology; Numerical and stochastic methods; Soil dynamics; Microzoning studies; Protection of monuments and historical structures against natural hazards; Soil-foundation -structure interaction; Seismic design of technical projects
Dimitrios Raptakis
Physicist, Dr in Civil Engineering
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Engineering seismology; Seismic ground motion; Site effects; Geophysical methods for soil and site characterization; Microzonation studies
Tel +30 2310995808
raptakis@civil.auth.gr
raptakis@civil.auth.gr
Anastasios Anastasiadis
Dr Civil Engineer
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Laboratory and in-Situ Testing; Soil and site characterization in geotechnical and earthquake engineering; Site effects and microzoning studies; Soil dynamics; Soil mechanics; Seismic performance and design of geotechnical structures and infrastructures
Dimitris Pitilakis
Dr Civil Engineer
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Geotechnical earthquake engineering; Soil-foundation-structure interaction; Performance based design; Structural dynamics; Numerical analysis; Foundation design and analysis; Seismic behavior and rehabilitation of historical buildings and monuments; Soil dynamics; Soil mechanics
Maria Manakou
Geologist, Dr in Civil Engineering
Laboratory & Teaching Staff
Laboratory & Teaching Staff
Application of geophysical methods for soil and site characterization (CH, DH, microtremors, SWI, SASW, refraction); Experimental studies of site effects; Microzonation studies
Tel +30 2310995810
manakou@civil.auth.gr
manakou@civil.auth.gr
Anastasia Argyroudi
Secretariat
Administrative and financial management of projects
Research staff
Stavroula Fotopoulou
Dr Civil Engineer
Researcher
Researcher
Vulnerability assessment of buildings and infrastructures due to seismically induced landslides; Finite Element/Difference modeling; Time-ependent
seismic vulnerability assessment; Lifeline earthquake engineering; GIS applications
seismic vulnerability assessment; Lifeline earthquake engineering; GIS applications
Tel +30 2310995842
sfotopou@civil.auth.gr
sfotopou@civil.auth.gr
Evi Riga
Dr Civil Engineer
Researcher
Researcher
Soil and site classification; Soil amplification factors; Design response spectra; 2D numerical analyses of valleys; Aggravation factors; Applications for seismic code provisions
Tel +30 2310995842
eviriga@civil.auth.gr
eviriga@civil.auth.gr
Grigoris Tsinidis
Dr Civil Engineer
Researcher
Researcher
Seismic analysis and design of underground structures – tunnels; Physical and numerical studies of SSI systems; Finite element modeling; Sesmic behavior of structures
Tel +30 2310995842
gtsinidi@civil.auth.gr
gtsinidi@civil.auth.gr
Anna Karatzetzou
Dr Civil Engineer,
Researcher
Researcher
Numerical studies of soil-structure interaction; Earthquake engineering; Seismic response of structures
Tel +30 2310995813
akaratze@civil.auth.gr
akaratze@civil.auth.gr
Sotiria Karapetrou
Dr Civil Engineer
Researcher
Researcher
Time-dependent vulnerability assessement of RC buildings; Soil-foundationstructure-interaction; Aging effects; Vulnerability assessment based on field measurements; System identification
Tel +30 2310995842
gkarapet@civil.auth.gr
gkarapet@civil.auth.gr
Aggelos Tsinaris
Dr Civil Engineer,
Researcher
Researcher
Experimental soil dynamics; Laboratory investigation of the mechanical and dynamical properties of typical granural/volcanic coarse materials with granulated rubber derived from recycled used tires; Seismic analysis and design of retaining structures - walls
Tel +30 2310995648, +30 2310994347
tsinaris@civil.auth.gr
tsinaris@civil.auth.gr
Athanasios Vratsikidis
Civil Engineer, MSc
Researcher, PhD Candidate
Researcher, PhD Candidate
Geotechnical earthquake engineering,-soil foundation structure interaction, experimental geotechnical earthquake engineering -numerical analysis
Tel +30 2310995692
avratsik@civil.auth.gr
Stella Karafagka
Dr Civil Engineer
Researcher
Researcher
Vulnerability assessment of buildings and infrastructures due to natural hazards; Numerical analyses; Seismic behavior and rehabilitation of monuments
Tel +30 2310995692
stellak@civil.auth.gr
stellak@civil.auth.gr
Christos Petridis
Civil Engineer, MSc
Researcher, PhD Candidate
Researcher, PhD Candidate
Earthquake engineering; Soil-foundation-structure interaction; Performance-based design; Structural dynamics; Seismic behavior and rehabilitation of existing buildings and monuments
Tel +30 2310995692
cpetridi@civil.auth.gr
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External collaborators
Konstantia Makra
Dr Civil Engineer
Head of Soil Dynamic Division, EPPO/ITSAK
Head of Soil Dynamic Division, EPPO/ITSAK
Soil dynamics; Strong motion site characterization and soil categorization; Empirical and theoretical studies on strong ground motion; Site effects; Microzonation studies; Soil structure interaction; Seismic behavior and design of geotechnical structures; Numerical and analytical methodsand analytical methods
Zafeiria Roumelioti
Geologist, Dr in Seismology
Laboratory & Teaching Staff
Laboratory & Teaching Staff
Kinematic modeling of earthquake sources; Simulation of strong ground motion; Near-fault effects on strong ground motion; Variability of strong ground motion due to source and site effects; Moment tensor determination; Study of non-linear site response; Seismicity studies; Real-time seismological applications
Manolis Rovithis
Dr Civil Engineer
Researcher, EPPO/ITSAK
Researcher, EPPO/ITSAK
Soil dynamics; Aseismic design of foundations and structures; Soil-structure interaction with emphasis to pile foundations; Numerical and analytical studies of soil seismic response; Numerical simulation of physical SSI experiments; Subsoil interventions; Rehabilitation of historical monuments and structures
Sotiris Argyroudis
Dr Civil Engineer
Laboratory & Teaching Staff
Laboratory & Teaching Staff
Lifeline earthquake engineering; Vulnerability assessment of infrastructures; Risk analysis; Numerical modeling of geostructures; Earthquake risk scenarios; GIS applications
Kalliopi Kakderi
Dr Civil Engineer
Technical Service, Hospital “G. Papanikolaou”
Technical Service, Hospital “G. Papanikolaou”
Lifeline earthquake engineering; Numerical modeling of utility and transportation infrastructures; Interconnectiveness between lifelines; Vulnerability; Liquefaction phenomena; GIS applications
Jacopo Selva
Dr Physicist
Researcher, INGV Italy
Researcher, INGV Italy
Uncertainty treatment in hazard and risk assessments; Multi-hazard and multi-risk; Bayesian Volcanic, Tsunami and Seismic hazard; Bayesian inferece on fragility analyses; Statistical analysis of earthquakes and eruption spatiotemporal distribution; Serviceability of systems; Precursory patterns of volcanic eruptions
Manolis Kirtas
Dr Civil Engineer
Assistant Professor, T.E.I of Serres
Assistant Professor, T.E.I of Serres
Structural seismic behavior and dynamic soil-foundation-structure interaction; Dynamic behavior of soil deposits under seismic loading; Contemporary methods of seismic design of structures; Structural analysis using the finite element method; Inelastic analysis of structures
Kostas Senetakis
Dr Civil Engineer
Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong
Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong
Experimental micromechanics of soils; Compression behavior of gap-graded and clayey soils; Transitional behavior in soils and particle breakage; Mechanics and dynamics of granular soil/ volcanic geo-materials/granulated tire rubber mixtures; Reinforced soils; Structures seismic response; Liquefaction of soils
Olga-Joan Ktenidou
Dr Civil Engineer
Senior Lecturer, University of Greenwich, UK
Senior Lecturer, University of Greenwich, UK
Engineering seismology; Seismic and noise record processing; Downhole arrays; Local (topographic & basin edge) site effects; 2D site response simulations; High-frequency attenuation effects (kappa); Ground motion uncertainty (sigma) and variability
Chiara Smerzini
Dr Environmental Engineer
Researcher, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Researcher, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
3D numerical simulation of seismic wave propagation in complex earth media; Spectral Element Method (SEM); High Performance Computing; Variability of earthquake-induced ground shaking due to source and site effects; Seismic hazard analysis; Seismic response of underground structures; Strong ground motion selection and scaling
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