Prof. Costas Synolakis

Prof. Costas Synolakis

Speaker Member, Academy of Athens
President, Athens College
Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering - ΝΑΕ
Professor, University of Southern California

Academician Costas Synolakis graduated from Athens College in 1975. He holds a B.Sc. in Engineering and Applied Science, an M.Sc. in Civil Engineering and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1986. In 2016 he was elected a regular member of the Academy of Athens and is currently Secretary of the Division of Natural Sciences.

In 1985 he was appointed Professor of Civil, Environmental and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Southern California (U.S.C.) Viterbi School of Engineering where, in 1996, he founded the USC Tsunami Center. Following his appointment as Professor of Natural Hazards and Environmental Hydraulics at the Technical University of Crete and election by the National Research and Technology Council, he served as President of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research. In 2019 he was elected Chairman of the newly established Special Scientific Committee on Climate Change in Greece, where he serves pro bono. He is also a member of the Governing Board of the Hellenic Space Center. In July 2020, he assumed the Office of President of Athens College.

He has authored a large number of publications, studies, and articles in scientific journals and has conducted dozens of field missions around the world. Among the numerous academic accolades and other distinctions, he has received both in Greece and abroad is the Presidential Young Investigator Award bestowed upon him in 1989 by U.S. President George Bush and the prestigious 2019 International Coastal Engineering Award bestowed by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). In 2020 he received the Hamaguchi Award bestowed upon individuals or organizations that have made significant scientific or pragmatic contributions to the enhancement of coastal resilience against tsunami, storm surge and other coastal disasters, thus raising people’s awareness of disaster resilience. He is an internationally renowned pioneer in the field of tsunami research and other natural hazards.

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MINISTRY OF MARITIME AFFAIRS & INSULAR POLICY
Ministry of Environment & Energy
HELLENIC CHAMBER OF SHIPPING
MARITIME HELLAS
SEEN
IEEE Standards Association
EUROMAR
COSMOTE
Crossworld Marine Services
δesfa
HEDNO
ISLAND OIL
Marine Tours
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp.
United Maritime Corporation
Telematic Medical Applications – TMA
Self Balance
Reina Marine SA
IRI / The Marshall Islands Registry
ShipMoney
V.Group / V.Ships Greece
FORTUNE TECHNOLOGIES
THEO V. SIOUFAS & CO. LAW OFFICES
isalos.net
NAFTIKA CHRONIKA
EFOPLISTIS
ELNAVI
All About Shipping
Maritimes
Efoplistesnews.gr
Piraeus365.gr
AI IA Artificial Intelligence In Action
A.M.M.I.T.E.C.
Association of Banking & Financial Executives of Hellenic Shipping
H.I.M.T. – Hellenic Institute of Marine Technology
Hellenic Shipbrokers’ Association (H.S.A)
HELLENIC PORTS ASSOCIATION
HELMEPA
IBIA – International Bunker Industry
ICC Hellas
ICC Hellas WOMEN
International Maritime Union (DNE)
MARTECMA
WISTA Hellas

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