Panayotis_Varotsos

Panayiotis Varotsos

Panayiotis Varotsos

Greek physicist

Panayiotis Varotsos (Greek: Παναγιώτης Βαρώτσος; born November 28, 1947, in Patras) is a Greek physicist and former professor in the Department of Physics of the University of Athens, notable for his VAN method to predict earthquakes.[1]

P. Varotsos attending a lecture at University Of Athens, Greece (2008)

His group claims the ability to identify electromagnetic signals that are precursors to earthquakes. They suggest the precursors are generated by electricity from piezo-stimulated effects in rocks being stressed just prior to the earthquake rupture. Onassis Foundation Laureate for the Environment (1995). Also awarded by the Academy of Athens (1978) and Empeirikion Foundation (1986). In 2016 the Union of Greek Physicists honoured him for his work with a prize delivered by the President of Greece.[2][3]

Works

  • P.A. Varotsos & K.D. Alexopoulos (1985). Thermodynamics of Point Defects and their relation with the bulk properties. Elsevier Science Ltd (North Holland). ISBN 0444869441.
  • P. Varotsos (2005). The Physics of Seismic Electric Signals. Tokyo: TerraPub. ISBN 4887041365.
  • P. Varotsos; N. Sarlis & E. Skordas (2011). Natural time analysis : the new view of time ; Precursory seismic electric signals, earthquakes and other complex time series. Springer Praxis. ISBN 978-364216448-4.

References

  1. [1]
    Mary S. Lazaridou-Varotsos (2013). Earthquake Prediction by Seismic Electric Signals: The Success of the VAN method over thirty years. Springer-Praxis. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-24406-3. ISBN 978-3-642-24405-6. S2CID 127712703.
  2. [2]
    "Προεδρία της Δημοκρατίας » Χαιρετισμός του Προέδρου της Δημοκρατίας κ.Προκόπιου Παυλόπουλου στην εκδήλωση που διοργάνωσε η Ένωση Ελλήνων Φυσικών με θέμα: "Οι μαθητές συναντούν την Φυσική και η Φυσική μαγεύει" στο Τ.Ε.Ι. Αθηνών". www.presidency.gr. Archived from the original on 2016-12-26. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
  3. [3]
    "Prof. P. Varotsos got Greek President awards". EMSEN IUGG Inter-Association - Electromagnetic Studies of Earthquakes and Volcanoes. 2017. Retrieved 2021-02-08.

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