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                                  Prof. Dr. Ioannis Papanikolaou

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Professor of Structural Geology, Geoenvironment and Natural Hazards, A.U.A.
Deputy Head Department of Natural Resources and Agricultural Engineering
Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London (U.C.L.)
Msc Director of the Postgraduate Program «Environmental Planning for Infrastructure Works and Prevention  of  Natural  Hazards»  of  the  Department  of  Natural  Resources  and  Agricultural Engineering.
Leader of the INQUA Focus Group on "Earthquake Geology and Seismic Hazards" (2016-2019)
Academic Member and Topic Owner of Catastrophe Risk of the  Insurance and Reinsurance  Stakeholder  Group  at  EIOPA  (European  Insurance  and Occupational Pensions Authority) based in Frankfurt (served during 2013-2018). 
Member of the advisory committee in seismotectonics of the Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization in Greece
Member of the INQUA TERPRO Advisory Board 2012-2015 (Commission on Terrestrial Processes, Deposits, and History (TERPRO),  International Union for Quaternary Research

​Research Output
100  peer reviewed Full publications (65 in Journals of the Citation index), >1200 citations, h-index: 20, (ISI Web of Science citations 1368: h-Index: 20, Google Scholar:  citations: 1844, h-index: 24)​
Supervision
2 post-docs, 6 PhDs (2 main supervisor, 4 co-supervisor), 40 Msc students (19 main supervisor)
E-mail:           i.pap@aua.gr,
Tel:       +30 210 529 4151
Fax:      +30 210 529 4161
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Full Papers


  1. Alexiou, S., Efthimiou, N., Karamesouti, M., Papanikolaou, I., Psomiadis, E., Charizopoulos, N. (2023). Measuring Annual Sedimentation through High Accuracy UAV Photogrammetry Data and Comparison with RUSLE and PESERA Erosion Models. Remote Sensing 2023, 15, 1339. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15051339
  2. Papanikolaou, I., Dafnis, P., Deligiannakis, G., Hinges, J., Panagopoulos, A. (2023). Active Faults, Paleoseismological trenching and seismic hazard assessment in the Northern Mygdonia Basin, Northern Greece: The Assiros-Krithia fault and the Drimos fault zone. Quaternary International 651, 92-107. doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2022.02.001. 
  3. Grützner, C., Baize, S., Papanikolaou, I. (2023). Earthquake Geology and Seismic Hazards: from Earthquake Mapping of historical and prehistoric earthquakes to paleoseismology. Quaternary International 651, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2023.02.011. 
  4. Mechernich, S., Reicherter, K., Deligiannakis, G., Papanikolaou, I. (2023). Tectonic geomorphology of active faults in Eastern Crete (Greece) with slip rates and earthquake history from cosmogenic 36Cl dating of the Lastros and Orno faults. Quaternary International 651, 77-91. doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2022.04.007
  5. Mildon, Z., Roberts, G., Faure Walker, J., Beck, J., Papanikolaou, I., Michetti, A., Toda, S., Iezzi, F., Campbell, L., McCaffrey, K., Shanks, R., Sgambato, C., Robertson, J., Meschis, M., Vittori, E. (2022). Surface faulting earthquake clustering controlled by fault and shear-zone interactions. (2022) Nature Communications 13, 7126. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34821-5. 
  6. Lazos, I., Papanikolaou, I., Sboras, S., Foumelis, M., Pikridas, C. (2022). Geodetic Upper Crust Deformation Based on Primary GNSS and INSAR Data in the Strymon Basin, Northern Greece—Correlation with Active Faults. Applied Sciences 2022, 12, 9391. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12189391. 
  7. Efthimiou, N., Psomiadis, E., Papanikolaou, I., Soulis, K., Borrelli, P. and Panagos, P. (2022). A new high resolution object-oriented approach to define the spatiotemporal dynamics of the cover-management factor in soil erosion modelling. Catena 213, 106149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2022.106149
  8. Deligiannakis, G., Zimbidis, A. and Papanikolaou, I. (2022). Earthquake loss and Solvency Capital Requirement calculation using a fault-specific catastrophe model. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41288-021-00259-x
  9. Efthimiou, N., Psomiadis, E., Papanikolaou, I., Soulis, K., Borrelli, P. and Panagos, P. (2022). Developing a high-resolution Land Use/Land Cover map by upgrading CORINE’s agricultural components using detailed national and pan-European datasets. Geocarto International doi: 10.1080/10106049.2022.2041107 
  10. Iezzi, F., Roberts, G., Faure Walker, J., Papanikolaou, I., Ganas, A., Deligiannakis, G., Beck, J., Wolfers, S., and Gheorghiu, D. (2021). Temporal and spatial earthquake clustering revealed through comparison of millennial strain-rates from 36Cl cosmogenic exposure dating and decadal GPS strain-rate. Nature Scientific Reports 11, 23320.
  11. Deligiannakis, G., Pallikarakis, A., Papanikolaou, I., Alexiou, S., Reicherter, K. (2021). Detecting and Monitoring Early Post-Fire Sliding Phenomena Using UAV–SfM Photogrammetry and t-LiDAR-Derived Point Clouds. Fire 4(4):87. 
  12. Ζευγώλη, Ε., Ξανθόπουλος, Γ., Ψωμιάδης, Ε., Παπανικολάου, Ι. (2021). Εκτίμηση της σφοδρότητας πυρκαγιάς μέσω έρευνας πεδίου και μεθόδων δορυφορικής τηλεπισκόπησης και συσχέτιση των αποτελεσμάτων τους. Πρακτικά 20ου Πανελλήνιου Δασολογικού Συνεδρίου, σελ. 333-344.
  13. Athanassas, C.D., Papanikolaou, D.I., Falkowski, S., Papanikolaou, I.D., Ntokos, D. (2021). Thermotectonic constraints on the geodynamic evolution of the Pindos fold-and-thrust-belt by low-temperature (U–Th)/He thermochronometry. Geological Journal 56, 5311–5328.
  14. Alexiou, S., Deligiannakis, G., Pallikarakis, A., Papanikolaou, I., Psomiadis, E., Reicherter, K. (2021). Comparing High Accuracy t-LiDAR and UAV-SfM Derived Point Clouds for Geomorphological Change Detection. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 10(6), 367.
  15. Louka, P.; Papanikolaou, I., Petropoulos, G.P.; Kalogeropoulos, K.; Stathopoulos, N. (2020). Identifying Spatially Correlated Patterns between Surface Water and Frost Risk Using EO Data and Geospatial Indices. Water 12, 700.
  16. Obrocki, L.L., Vött, A., Wilken, D., Fischer, P., Willershäuser, T., Koster, B., Lang, F., Papanikolaou, I., Rabbel, W., Reicherter, K. (2020). Tracing tsunami signatures of the AD 551 and AD 1303 tsunamis at the Gulf of Kyparissia (Peloponnese, Greece) using direct push in situ sensing techniques combined with geophysical studies. Sedimentology 67, 1274–1308.
  17. Iezzi, F., Roberts, G., Faure Walker, J., Papanikolaou, I. (2019). Occurrence of partial and total coseismic ruptures of segmented normal fault systems: Insights from the Central Apennines, Italy. Journal of Structural Geology 126, 83–99. 4.
  18. Mathes-Schmidt, M., Papanikolaou, I., Reicherter, K., Pallikarakis, A., (2019). Event deposits in the Eastern Thermaikos Gulf and Kassandra Peninsula (Northern Greece): evidence of the 479 BC "Herodotus tsunami". Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie 62, 101-125.
  19. Papanikolaou, D., Nomikou, P., Papanikolaou, I., Lampridou, D., Rousakis, G., and Alexandri, M. (2019). Active tectonics and seismic hazard in Skyros Basin, North Aegean Sea, Greece. Marine Geology 407, 94-110. 
  20. Werner V., Baika K., Tzigounaki A., Reicherter K., Papanikolaou I., Emde K., Fischer P., Vött A. (2019). Mid-Holocene tectonic geomorphology of northern Crete deduced from a coastal sedimentary archive near Rethymnon and a Late Bronze Age Santorini tsunamite candidate. Geomorphology 326, 167-189.
  21. Pallikarakis, A., Papanikolaou, I., Reicherter, K., Triantaphyllou, M., Dimiza, M., Koukousioura, O. (2019). Constraining the regional uplift rate of the Corinth Isthmus area (Greece), through biostratigraphic and tectonic data. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie 62, 127-142.
  22. Reicherter, K., Vött, A., Mathes-Schmidt, M., Papanikolaou, I., Schneiderwind, S., (2019). Editorial: Signatures of extreme events recorded in geological archives of the Mediterranean. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie 62, 63-100. 
  23. Werner, V., Baika, K., Tzigounaki, A., Reicherter, K., Papanikolaou, I., Emde, K., Fischer, P., Vött, A. (2019). Extreme wave events recorded in sedimentary archives of the Geropotamos River (north-central Crete, Greece). Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie 62, 63-100.
  24. Deligiannakis, G., Papanikolaou, I.D., Roberts, G. (2018). Fault Specific GIS Based Seismic Hazard Maps for the Attica Region, Greece. Geomorphology 306, 264-282. 
  25. Pallikarakis, A., Triantaphyllou, M., Papanikolaou, I., Dimiza, M., Reicherter, K., Migiros, G., (2018). Age Constraints and Paleoenvironmental Interpretation of a Borehole Sedimentary Sequence at the Eastern Part of Corinth Isthmus, Greece. Journal of Coastal research​ 34, 602-617.
  26. Mechernich, S., Schneiderwind, S., Mason, J., Papanikolaou, I.D., Deligiannakis, G., Pallikarakis, A., Binnie, S.A., Dunai, T.J., Reicherter, K. (2018). The Seismic History of the Pisia Fault (Eastern Corinth Rift, Greece) From Fault Plane Weathering Features and Cosmogenic 36Cl Dating. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 123, 4266-4284.
  27. Werner, V., Baika, K., Fischer P., Tzigounaki, A., Tsigkou, A., Klaus Reicherter, K., Papanikolaou, I., Vött, A. (2018). Palaeotsunami imprint of southwestern Crete (Greece) – examples from the ancient harbour of Sougia and the Palaiochora coastal plain. Quaternary International 473, 66-90. 
  28. Papanikolaou, I., Melaki, M. (2017). The Environmental Seismic Intensity Scale (ESI 2007) in Greece, addition of new events and its relationship with magnitude in Greece and the Mediterranean; preliminary attenuation relationships. Quaternary International 451, 37-55.
  29. Schneiderwind, S., Boulton, S.J.,  Papanikolaou, I., Reicherter, K. (2017). Innovative tidal notch detection using TLS and fuzzy logic: Implications for palaeo-shorelines from compressional (Crete) and extensional (Gulf of Corinth) tectonic settings. Geomorphology 283, 189-200.
  30. Cowie P. A., Phillips, R. J., Roberts, G. P., McCaffrey, K., Zijerveld, L. J. J., Gregory, L. C. , Faure Walker, J.,  Wedmore, L., Dunai, T. J., Binnie, S. A., Freeman, S.P., Wilcken, K., Shanks, R P.,  Huismans, R. S., Papanikolaou, I., Michetti, A. M., Wilkinson, M. (2017). Orogen-scale uplift in the central Italian Apennines drives episodic behaviour of earthquake faults. Nature Scientific Reports 7, 44858 (link)
  31. Mason, J., Schneiderwind, S., Pallikarakis, A., Mechernich, S., Papanikolaou, I., & Reicherter, K. (2017). Hanging-wall colluvial cementation along active normal faults. Quaternary Research 88, 39-59.
  32. Schneiderwind, S., Boulton, S.J., Papanikolaou, I., Kázmér, M., Reicherter, K. (2017). Numerical modeling of tidal notch sequences on rocky coasts of the Mediterranean Basin. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 122, 1154-1181.
  33. Grutzner C., Schneiderwind S., Papanikolaou I., Deligiannakis G., Pallikarakis A., Reicherter K. (2016). New constraints on extensional tectonics and seismic hazard in northern Attica, Greece: the case of the Milesi Fault. Geophysical Journal International, 204, 180–199.
  34. Schneiderwind, S., Mason, J., Wiatr, T., Papanikolaou, I., and Reicherter, K. (2016). 3-D visualisation of palaeoseismic trench stratigraphy and trench logging using terrestrial remote sensing and GPR – a multiparametric interpretation. Solid Earth 7, 323–340 (link)
  35. Karamesouti, Μ., Petropoulos, G.P., Papanikolaou, I.P., Kairis, O., Kosmas, K. (2016). Erosion rate predictions from PESERA and RUSLE at a Mediterranean site before and after a wildfire: Comparison & implications. Geoderma 261, 44–58. 
  36. Grutzner, C. Schneiderwind S., Papanikolaou, I., Deligiannakis, G., Pallikarakis, A., and Reicherter, K.. (2016). New constraints on extensional tectonics and seismic hazard in northern Attica, Greece: the case of the Milesi Fault. Geophysical Journal International 204, 180–199.
  37. Mason, J., Schneiderwind S., Pallikarakis, A., Wiatr T., Mechernich, S., Papanikolaou, I., and K. Reicherter (2016). Fault structure and deformation rates at the Lastros-Sfaka Graben, Crete. Tectonophysics 683, 216–232. 
  38. Louka, P., Papanikolaou, I., Petropoulos, G.P., and Stathopoulos, N. (2016). A Deterministic Model to Predict Frost Hazard in Agricultural Land. Book Chapter 13 In Geospatial Technology for Water Resource Applications. Srivastava, P.K., Pandey, P.C., Kumar, P., Raghubanshi, A.S., Han, D. (Eds). ISBN: 978-149-871-968-1, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, 197-225.
  39. Papanikolaοu, I.D., Van Balen, R., Silva, P.G., Reicherter, K. (2015). Geomorphology of Active Faulting and seismic hazard assessment: New tools and future challenges. Geomorphology 237, 1-13.
  40. Wilkinson, M., Roberts, G.P., McCaffrey, Cowie, P.A., Faure Walker, J.P, Papanikolaou, I., Phillips, R. J., Michetti, A.M., Vittori, E., Gregory, L., Wedmore, L. and Watson, Z. (2015). Slip distributions on active normal faults measured from LiDAR and field mapping of geomorphic offsets: an example from L'Aquila, Italy, and implications for modelling seismic moment release. Geomorphology 237, 130-141.
  41. Papanikolaοu, I.D., Triantaphyllou M., Pallikarakis, A., Migiros, G. (2015). Active faulting at the Corinth Canal based on surface observations, borehole data and paleoenvironmental interpretations. Passive rupture during the 1981 earthquake sequence?. Geomorphology 237, 65-78.
  42. Wiatr, T., Papanikolaou, I.,  Fernández-Steeger, T., Reicherter K. (2015). Bedrock fault scarp history: Insight from t-LiDAR backscatter behavior and analysis of structure changes. Geomorphology 228, 421–431.
  43. Alexiou D.S, Papanikolaou I., Kairis O., Tsiros I. (2014). Meteorological characteristics, postfire effects and soil erosion risk in the lake Marathon basin (Attica, Greece), using the PESERA model. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics, COMECAP 2014, Heraklion, 28 May – 31 May 2014, Crete, ISBN: 978-960-524-430-9, 38-43.
  44. Grützner, C., Barba, S., Papanikolaou, I., Pérez-López, R. (2013). Earthquake geology: science, society and critical facilities. Annals of Geophysics 56, S0683, 1-6.
  45. Foumelis, M., Fountoulis, I., Papanikolaou, I.D., Papanikolaou, D. (2013). Geodetic evidence for passive control of a major Miocene tectonic boundary on the contemporary deformation field of Athens (Greece). Annals of Geophysics 56, S0674, 1-9.
  46. Mavroulis, S.D., Fountoulis, I.G., Skourtsos, E.N., Lekkas, E.L. and Papanikolaou, I.D. (2013). Seismic intensity assignments for the 2008 Andravida (NW Peloponnese, Greece) strike-slip event (June 8, Mw=6.4) based on the application of the Environmental Seismic Intensity scale (ESI 2007) and the European Macroseismic scale (EMS-98). Geological structure, active tectonics, earthquake environmental effects and damage pattern. Annals of Geophysics 56, S0681, 1-27.
  47. Wiatr Τ., Reicherter Κ., Papanikolaou Ι., Fernández-Steeger Τ., Mason J. (2013). Slip vector analysis with high resolution t-LiDAR scanning. Tectonophysics 608, 947-957.
  48. Mathes-Schmidt, M., Schwarzbauer, J., Papanikolaou, I., Syberberg, F., Thiele, A., Wittkopp, F. and Klaus Reicherter, K. (2013). Geochemical and micropaleontological investigations of tsunamigenic layers along the Thracian Coast (Northern Aegean Sea, Greece). Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie 57, Suppl. 4, 5–27.
  49. Vött, A. Reicherter, K., and Papanikolaou, I. (2013). Reconstructing and modeling palaeotsunami events by multi-proxy geoscientific analyses. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie 57, Suppl. 4, 1–4.
  50. Papanikolaοu, I.D., Roberts, G., Deligiannakis G., Sakellariou, A. and Vassilakis E. (2013). The Sparta Fault, Southern Greece: From segmentation and tectonic geomorphology to seismic hazard mapping and time dependent probabilities. Tectonophysics 597-598, 85-105.
  51. Faure Walker, J.P., Roberts, G.P., Cowie, P.A., Papanikolaou, I., Michetti, A.M., Sammonds, P., Wilkinson, M., McCaffrey, K.J.W. and Phillips, R. (2012). Relationship between topography, rates of extension and mantle dynamics in the actively-extending Italian Apennines. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 325-326, 76–84.
  52. Papanikolaou, I.D. (2011). Uncertainty in intensity assignment and attenuation relationships: how seismic hazard maps can benefit from the implementation of the Environmental Seismic Intensity scale (ESI 2007). Quaternary International 242, 42-51.
  53. Papanikolaou, I., Lekkas, E., Fountoulis, I., Parcharidis, Is. and M. Foumelis (2010). Damage pattern and bedrock geology, primary and secondary surface ruptures of the 2009 (Mw=6.3) L’ Aquila event and implications for seismic hazard planning. Proceedings of the 11th International Association of Engineering Geology 2010, Auckland, New Zealand, paper ID No. 068, 579-586.
  54. Reicherter, K., Papanikolaou, I., Roger, J., Mathes-Schmidt, M., Papanikolaou, D., Rössler, S., Grützner, C. and Stamatis, G. (2010). Holocene tsunamigenic sediments and tsunami modeling in the Thermaikos Gulf area (northern Greece). Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie 54, Suppl 3, 99-126.
  55. Papanikolaou, I.D., Foumelis, M., Parcharidis, I., Lekkas, E.L. and Fountoulis, I. (2010). Deformation pattern of the 6 and 7 April 2009, Mw=6.3 and Mw=5.6 earthquakes in L’ Aquila (central Italy) revealed by ground and space based observations. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 10, 73-87.
  56. Migiros, G., Antoniou, Vas., Papanikolaou, I. and Antoniou Var. (2010). Tectonic setting and deformation of the Kallidromo Mt, central Greece. Proceedings of the 12th International Congress in Patras. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, XLIII 320-330.
  57. Papanikolaou, I.D.,  Papanikolaou, D.I, and Lekkas, E.L. (2009). Advances and limitations of the Environmental Seismic Intensity scale (ESI 2007) regarding near-field and far-field effects from recent earthquakes in Greece. Implications for the seismic hazard assessment. The Geological Society, London, Special Publications 316, 11–30.
  58. Roberts, G. P., S. L. Houghton, C. Underwood, I. Papanikolaou, P. A. Cowie, P. van Calsteren, T. Wigley, F. J. Cooper, and J. M. McArthur (2009). Localization of Quaternary slip rates in an active rift in 105 years: An example from central Greece constrained by 234U-230Th coral dates from uplifted paleoshorelines. Journal of Geophysical Research 114, B10406, doi:10.1029/2008JB005818.
  59. Faure-Walker J.P., Roberts, G.P., Cowie, P.A., Papanikolaou, I.D., Sammonds, P.R., Michetti, A.M. and Phillips, R.J. (2009). Horizontal strain-rates and throw-rates across breached relay-zones: an example from active normal faults in the Apennines, Italy. Journal of Structural Geology 31, 1145-1160.
  60. Papanikolaou, I. and Migiros, G. (2008). Brittle deformation and hydrogeological pattern of the Eastern Pelion area (Tsangarada). Proceedings of the 8th International Hydrogeological Congress of Greece – 3rd MEM Workshop on Fissured Rocks Hydrology, V.1, 347-360.
  61. Migiros, G., Psomiadis, E., Papanikolaou, I., Karamousalis, T., and Stamatis, G. (2008). Groundwater coastal discharge of the karstic system of the Mani peninsula, southern Peloponnesus-Greece. Proceedings of the 8th International Hydrogeological Congress of Greece – 3rd MEM Workshop on Fissured Rocks Hydrology, V.1, 317-326.
  62. Lekkas, E.L., Papanikolaou, I.D., Papanikolaou, D.I. and Danamos G. (2008). Correlating the damage pattern and the geological structure. Local site effects from the 2006 Mw=6.7 Kythira island intermediate depth event, SW Greece. Proceedings of the 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering October 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China (8 pages).
  63. Papanikolaou, I.D., Papanikolaou, D.I. and Lekkas, E.L. (2008). Low slip-rate faults around big cities: A challenging threat. The Afidnai fault as a case study for the city of Athens. Proceedings of the 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering October 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China (8 pages).
  64. Papanikolaou, I.D. and Lekkas, E.L. (2008). Lithostratigraphic differentiation of the Gavrovo and Ionian flysch in the Southern Akarnania and the role of the Evinos and Agrilia transverse fault zones. Hellenic Journal of Geosciences (former Ann. Geol. Pays Hellen.) 43, 41-55.
  65. Papanikolaou, I.D. and Roberts G.P. (2007). Geometry, kinematics and deformation rates along the active normal fault system in the Southern Apennines: implications for fault growth. Journal of Structural Geology 29, 166-188.
  66. Papanikolaou, D. and Papanikolaou, I. (2007). Geological, geomorphological and tectonic structure of NE Attica and seismic hazard implications for the northern edge of the Athens Plain. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece 40, 425-438.
  67. Papanikolaou, I.D. and Papanikolaou, D.I. (2007). Seismic hazard scenarios from the longest geologically constrained active fault of the Aegean. Quaternary International 171-172, 31-44.
  68. Papanikolaou, I.D., Roberts, G.P., and Michetti, A.M. (2005). Fault scarps and deformation rates in Lazio-Abruzzo, Central Italy: Comparison between geological fault slip-rate and GPS data. Tectonophysics 408, 147-176.
  69. Roberts, G.P., Cowie, P., Papanikolaou, I. and Michetti, A.M. (2004). Fault scaling relationships, deformation rates and seismic hazards: An example from the Lazio-Abruzzo Apennines, central Italy. Journal of Structural Geology 26, 377-398.
  70. Houghton, S.L., Roberts, G.P., Papanikolaou, I.D., McArthur, J.M. and Gilmour, M.A. (2003). New 234U-230Th coral dates from the western Gulf of Corinth: Implication for extensional tectonics. Geophysical Research Letters 29, 10.1029/2003GL018112.
  71. Roberts, G.P., Michetti, A.M., Cowie, P., Morewood, N.C. and Papanikolaou, I. (2002). Fault slip-rate variations during crustal-scale strain localisation, central Italy. Geophysical Research Letters 29, 10.1029/2001GL13529.
  72. Papanikolaou, I.D., and Lekkas, E.L. (2001). Syn-sedimentary tectonics in the Ionian Unit during the transition from carbonate to clastic sedimentation. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece 34, 191-198. (In Greek)
  73. Papanikolaou, D., Lekkas, E., Sideris, C., Fountoulis, I., Danamos, G., Kranis, C., Lozios, S., Antoniou, I.,. Vassilakis, E., Vasilopoulou S., Nomikou, P., Papanikolaou, I., Skourtsos, E., and K. Soukis, (1999). Geology and tectonics of Western Attica in relation to the 7-9-99 earthquake. Newsletter of E.C.P.F.E., Council of Europe, Issue No 3, 30-34

Educational Programs

​Undergraduate

  • «Geology – Geomorphology» - Department of Natural Resources Development and Agricultural Engineering (Course director 2013- Today), 4th Semester Core/obligatory Module
  • «Quaternary Geology» - Department of Natural Resources Development and Agricultural Engineering (Course director 2018- Today), 6th Semester Core/obligatory Module for the Soil Science degree
  • «Environmental Geology – Natural Hazards» - Department of Natural Resources Development and Agricultural Engineering (Course director 2019- Today), 7th Semester optional Module for the Water management degree
  • «Geology – Mineralogy» -Department of Crop Sciences, (Course director 2016- Today, co-lecturer 2012-2016) 3rd semester optional module
  • «Hydrogeology» - Department of Natural Resources Development and Agricultural Engineering (Course director 2019- Today), 7th Semester Core/obligatory Module for the Water management degree
  • «Topography – Remote Sensing» - Department of Natural Resources Development and Agricultural Engineering, 2nd Semester Core/Obligatory Module and Department of Crop Sciences, 3rd Semester Optional course (Course director 2019-2021, co-lecturer in 2016-2018)
  • «Soil Mechanics – Erosion Processes» - Department of Natural Resources Development and Agricultural Engineering (co-lecturer responsible for the Soil Mechanics part 2018-today), 7st semester Core/obligatory Module


Postgraduate Msc Courses
  • «Natural Hazards and Catastrophes» Course director (2018-Today) Core module for the MSc on «Environmental Planning for Public Works and Prevention of Natural Hazards» in the Agricultural University of Athens,
  • «Geoenvironment and Public Works» Course director (2018-Today) Core module for the MSc on «Environmental Planning for Public Works and Prevention of Natural Hazards» in the Agricultural University of Athens,
  • «Active Tectonics – Seismic Hazard Assessment» Course director (2018-Today) optional module for the MSc on «Environmental Planning for Public Works and Prevention of Natural Hazards» in the Agricultural University of Athens,
  • «Applied Geomorphology – Long term geological processes» co-lecturer (2016- Today) optional module for the MSc on «Environmental Planning for Public Works and Prevention of Natural Hazards» in the Agricultural University of Athens,
  • «Biodiversity of Greece» co-lecturer (2018-Today) Core module for the MSc on «Ecology and Biodiversity Management» in the Biology department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • «Remote Sensing» co-lecturer (2018-Today) optional module for the MSc on  «Environmental Planning for Public Works and Prevention of Natural Hazards» in the Agricultural University of Athens  

PhD and Postgraduate Dissertations' Supervision

Completed PhD Theses
  1. Thomas Wiatr (2015). "t-LiDAR (Terrestrial-Light Detection And Ranging) applications of active normal bedrock scarps". RWTH Aachen (Co-Supervisor)
  2. Sascha Schneiderwind (2017). "Visualising the seismic landscape". RWTH Aachen. (Co-Supervisor)
  3. Jack Mason  (2017). "Active fault investigations in the western Peloponnese and eastern Crete, Greece". RWTH Aachen (Co-Supervisor)
  4. Aggelos Pallikarakis (2018). “Quaternary multi-proxy analysis of the paleoenvironment, paleogeography and active tectonics of the Corinth Isthmus, Greece”. Agricultural University Athens. (Main Supervisor)
  5. Chariclia Karageorgiou (2018). “Safe Hospitals and impacts on the National Health System from natural catastrophes”. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine. (Co-Supervisor)
  6. Georgios Deligiannakis (2021). “Seismic hazard assessment and development of earthquake catastrophe model based on geological data and tectonic geomorphology”. Agricultural University Athens. (Main Supervisor)
PhD Students
  1. Despoina-Simoni Alexiou. "Erosion and sedimentation processes in the Geoenvironment- Adjustment and evaluation of soil erosion models in Greece" Agricultural University Athens. (Main Supervisor)
  2. Panagiota Louka. “Frost hazard and risk mapping based on geomophological indices, GIS models and Remote Sensing Techniques”. Agricultural University Athens. (Main Supervisor)
  3. Maria Melaki. “Active faulting and seismic hazard in infrastructure works”. Agricultural University Athens. (Main Supervisor)
  4. Konstantina Mastrodimou. “Assessing the spatial distribution of seismic risk based on mapped active faults for characteristic building types in the Greek territory”. National Technical University of Athens, School of Civil Engineering. (Co-Supervisor)
  5. Vasilis Vathrakogiannis. “Methods and action plan for natural catastrophes. The case study of Archeological sites within a major city, like Athens”. University of Western Attica. (Co-Supervisor).  
  6. Varvara Katranidou. “Tectonic deformation and biostratirgraphic analysis of the flysch deposits in the Geotectonic Units of the External Hellenides”. Agricultural University Athens (Main Supervisor)
  7. Petros Mecaj. "Anthropogenic effects in karstic and fissured rocks hydrogeological systems with emphasis on microplastics and their use as tracers". Agricultural University Athens. (Main Supervisor)
  8. Christos-Chrisovalantis Salmas. “Human induced effects in the natural resources and the geoenvironment due to intense agricultural activities with focus on microplastics and nitrate pollution”. Agricultural University Athens. (Main Supervisor)

Positions of Responsibility - Appointed Memberships – Awards​

  • Msc Director of the Postgraduate Program «Environmental Planning for Public Works and Prevention of Natural Hazards» of the Department of Natural Resources Development and Agricultural Engineering (2018- today).
  • Deputy Head of the Department of Natural Resources and Agricultural Engineering
  • Member of the Internal Evaluation Team of the University
  • Member of the Internal evaluation Team of the Department of Natural Resources and Agricultural Engineering (2013-today).
  • Served as member of the Management Committee of the Special Research Funds Account of the Agricultural University of Athens (2018-2021).
  • Appointed as a member of the advisory committee in seismotectonics of the Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization in Greece since 2014. (Government Gazette 103/27-2-2014). Re-appointed in May 2020 (Government Gazette 388/28.05.2020).
  • Appointed (in April of 2017) from the Chair of EIOPA (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority) as an academic member of the Catastrophe Risk Workstream for the SCR (Solvency Capital Requirement) review Project and the recalibration of the Standard Formula.
  • Leader of the International Focus Group “Earthquake Geology and Seismic hazards (EGSHaz) of INQUA (International Union for Quaternary Research, founded in 1928) from 2016 up to 2019. The focus group has 625 members from 57 countries worldwide. It formed part of the Terrestrial Processes, Deposits & History (TERPRO) INQUA Commission.
  • Appointed in October 2013 and reappointed in April of 2016 as an Academic Member of the Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholder Group at EIOPA (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority) (served from October 2013- September 2018). Appointed (February 2014) as Lead of the Strategic Areas subgroup and Topic Owner of Catastrophe Risk of the Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholder Group (IRSG) by the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) based in Frankfurt. The IRSG serves as the official advisory body of the EIOPA and 5 of its members are well established academics. This was the first appointment of a Greek member in the IRSG group since its establishment.
  • In 12-15 April 2016 I have been invited as Distinguished Lecturer in Earth Sciences from the Department of Earth, Environmental and Natural Resources from the University of Naples Federico II, (Dipartmento di Scienze della Terra, dell’ Ambiente e delle Risorse, Universita Degli Studi Di Napoli Federico II) for a series of seminars regarding the Seismic Landscape, Earthquake Geology, Seismic Hazard Assessment and Catastrophe Models. 
  • Since the academic Year 2015-2016, I have been appointed as the Msc Director of the Postgraduate Program «Geoenvironment and Modern Technology Applications for Infrastructure Works» of the Department of Natural Resources Development and Agricultural Engineering.
  • Served as a member of the INQUA TERPRO Advisory Board 2012-2015 (Commission on Terrestrial Processes, Deposits, and History (TERPRO). TERPRO comprises and coordinates 7 focus groups (http://www.terpro.org.ar/focus-areas.htm).
  • Announced as Top reviewer for the year 2008 from the scientific Journal of the Citation Index Tectonophysics (established in 1964 (2009JCR 5-year Impact Factor: 2.8), (2015JCR Impact Factor 2.7, 5-year Impact Factor: 3.1).
  • Appointed as Honorary Research Fellow (15/02/2005) from the Department of Earth Sciences at University College London (U.C.L.). UCL is the third oldest university in the U.K., has been awarded 30 Nobel prizes to former students and staff members and scores among the top universities in the world. According to Times Higher Education –QS World University Rankings (www.topuniversities.com) UCL is ranked within the top 10 worldwide over the last 15 years.
  • 1998 Prize for excellence from the University of Athens
  • Prize for excellence from the Institution of State Scholarships (for each year of study) in the Department of Geology 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1996-1997, 1997-1998 

Prizes- Scholarships

  • Announced as “Top reviewer” for the year 2008 from the scientific Journal of the Citation Index Tectonophysics (established in 1964, 2010 Impact Factor: 2.5 and 5-year Impact Factor 2.6 by Thomson Reuters Journal Citation reports 2011).
  • 2/2006 Appointed as Honorary Research Fellow from the Department of Earth Sciences at University College London (U.C.L.). UCL is the third oldest university in the U.K., has been awarded 21 Nobel prizes and scores among the top universities in the world. According to Times Higher Education –QS World University Rankings (www.topuniversities.com) UCL ranked 4th in 2009 and 2010.
  • 11/2005 Obtained a Postdoctoral Research Grant from the Institution of State Scholarships. Grant Title: Generation of a hi-resolution seismic hazard map from geological data – Calculating Poissonian and time dependent probabilities. Study area: Town of Sparta.
  • 05/1999 After examinations obtained a scholarship from the Institution of State Scholarships (subject: Geoenvironment-Natural Hazards), which funded the PhD at U.C.L.
  • 03/1999 After examinations obtained a scholarship from the Academy of Athens (subject: Geodynamics) (Quit)
  • 1998 Prize for excellence from the University of Athens
  • 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1996-1997, 1997-1998 Prize for excellence from the Institution of State Scholarships (for each year of study)


Citations

>1200, h-index: 20, (ISI Web of Science citations 1331: h-Index: 20, Google Scholar:  citations: 1850, h-index: 24)​