Griechische Wissenschaftler

Gerassimos A. Papadopoulos was born in Piraeus, Greece, on 1951.

Studies and Professional Positions Held He received a graduate degree in Physical Sciences (1975) and a doctoral degree in Geophysics (1982) from the University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

In 1984 he was a post-doctoral researcher at the Seismological Laboratory, Department of the Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Boston, USA. From 1982 up to the present he is an Adjunct Professor of Geophysics, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Air Force Academy, Athens, Greece. From 1985 to 1994 he was with the Earthquake Planning and Protection Organisation, Athens , and Head of its Department of Seismotectonics (1990-1994). In 1993 he was visiting researcher at the Seismological Laboratory, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Japan.

Since 1995 he is with the Institute of Geodynamics, National Observatory of Athens, where currently holds the position of Research Director.

Positions Held in Scientific Societies
President of the Hellenic Geophysical Union (1986-1987).
Chairman of the Working Group on Earthquake Statistics , European Seismological Commission, ESC (1990- 2000).
Vice-Chairman of the European Advisory Evaluation Committee for Earthquake Prediction, Council of Europe (1994 - 2001).
President of the International Natural Hazards Society (2000-present).
Chairman of the Subcommission on Earthquake Prediction, ESC (2002-present ).

Research Interests
The research interests of G. A. Papadopoulos falls mainly in the fields of earthquake prediction, seismotectonics, seismicity, geodynamics, historical seismology and tsunamis. He has been the coordinator of many national and international research projects, has published more than 70 reviewed papers and has organized several international workshops and conferences.

Awards

December 2002: Special Prize given after open competition by the Academy of Athens jointly to G.A. Papadopoulos, S. Pavlides and A. Ganas for their set of four joint publications about the Earthquake of 7th September, 1999, in Athens.

May 1998: Award presented by the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards Society as a recognition of the overall scientific contribution.

October 1995: After open competition one of the Special Ipektsi Awards was given , in recognition of promoting the Greek-Turkish scientific cooperation (Ipektsi Awards are under the auspices of the United Nations Organization).

August 1993: Award presented by the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards Society for the paper Tsunami Impact in Greece (by G.A. Papadopoulos) as the best tsunami paper presented at the International Conference HAZARDS - 93, August 1993, Chingdao China.

Editorial Contribution

Reviewer in many international geophysical and seismological journals and editor of the following special issues:

Principal Editor, Journal "Natural Hazards", Special Issue " Natural Hazards: State - of - the - Art at the End of the Second Millenium" , Natural Hazards , 21 , 101 - 398 , 2000 (Editors: G.A. Papadopoulos , T. Murty , S. Venkatesh and R. Blong ).

Managing Co-Editor, Book " Tsunamis in the Mediterranean Sea 2000 B.C. - 2000 A. D." , by S.L. Soloviev, O.N. Solovieva, C.N. Go, K.S. Kim and N.A. Shchetnikov, Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 236 pages ( Managing Editors: J. Bonnin, B.W. Levin, S. Tinti and G.A. Papadopoulos).

Principal Editor, Journal "Natural Hazards", Special Issue "The Catastrophic Athens (Greece) Earthquake of 7 September 1999 : An Unexpected Event in a Low Seismicity Region" , Natural Hazards , 27, 1-199, 2002 (Editors: G.A. Papadopoulos , P. Burton).

Co - Editor, Journal "Natural Hazards", Special Issue " HAZARDS-2000" , 2003 , in press (Editors:R. Blong , Y. Kawata, G.A. Papadopoulos ).

Co - Editor, Special Issue, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Title " Integration of Earth Sciences Research on the 1999 Turkish and Greek Earthquakes and Needs for Future Cooperative Research" , 1 - 207, 2002 , (Editors: N. Gorur , G.A. Papadopoulos and Nilgun Okay).

2002 Rammal Award

Greek Seismologist Wins Rammal Award 2002

On June 6 2003 President Jean-Patrick Connerade announced that Professor Gerassimos Papadopoulos, a distinguished seismologist of Greek origin, became the recipient of the Rammal Award for 2002. Besides his important publications on seismicity and on the possibility of earthquake prediction (particularly in the inner Aegean seismic zone), Gerassimos Papadopoulos has led several international groups of seismologists and was responsible for establishing successful collaborations between groups of Greek and Turkish researchers. He is also leader of the Greek group that is involved in a large collaborative project, sponsored by the European Union DGXII programme, together with research institutes from France, Italy, Greece and Spain. Professor Papadopoulos, who is 52, is currently Research Director at the Institute of Geodynamics, National Observatory of Athens, Greece. Specializing in seismology and geodynamics, he obtained his Ph D degree at the University of Thessaloniki, and trained as a post-doctoral scientist at the Massachussets Institute of Technology, the Institute of Theoretical Physics (NITP) in Trieste and at the National Institute for Earth Sciences and Disaster Prevention (NIED) in Tsukuban, Japan.

EUROSCIENCE has been responsible since 1999 for the attribution of the Rammal Award created in memory of the great Lebanese physicist, Rammal RAMMAL (1951-1991).

The medal is awarded each year to an outstanding personality of strong scientific stature from one of the Mediterranean countries, who, through his life and activity (whether in fundamental or applied research, teaching, or the integration of knowledge), has elevated scientific exchanges in this part of the world, rich with ancient tradition. The Award can also be shared by several recipients, and/or awarded to an organization.