VASSILIS SAKKAS

Vassilis Sakkas

Position: Faculty Member
Rank: Assist. Professor

Section of: Geophysics and Geothermy
Scientific Topic: Geophysics

Tel: +30 2107274914
e-mail: vsakkas@geol.uoa.gr
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Research Interests

Geophysics, EM and magnetotelluric techniques, satellite geodesy GNSS and Radar Interferometry, processing, analysis, interpretation and modelling of satellite, geophysical and seismological data εδομένων

Indicative Teaching Topics (Teaching Project Co-Assistance)  

Undegraguate Program

• Space Techniques and GIS in Geosciences (Ε7202)
• Geophysics Υ4202 (Magnetic and Magnetotelluric method)
• Applied Geophysics Υ7203 (Electromagnetic methods)

Postgraguate Program

• EGG-Y03 Geologically Applied Geophysics
• EGG-E01 Technical and Environmental Geophysics
• EGG-Y04 Geoinformatics – Mapping
• Space Techniques in Geophysics

Awards & Distinctions

• 2017: Academy of Athens, the "Dimitrios Lampadarios" Prize was awarded for a research paper in the field of geodesy entitled “Fault modelling of the early-2014 ~M6 Earthquakes in Cephalonia Island (W. Greece) based on GPS measurements” [Tectonophysics, Vol. 644-645 (2015) pp. 184-196].

Indicative Publications

Sakkas, V., Kapetanidis, V., Kaviris, G., Spingos, I., Mavroulis, S., Diakakis, M., Alexopoulos, J. D., Kazantzidou-Firtinidou, D., Kassaras, I., Dilalos, S. 2022. "Seismological and Ground Deformation Study of the Ionian Islands (W. Greece) during 2014–2018, a Period of Intense Seismic Activity", Applied Sciences, 12, 5, 2331, MDPI. DOI: 10.3390/app12052331

Sakkas, V. 2021. “Ground deformation modelling of the 2020 Mw6. 9 Samos earthquake (Greece) based on InSAR and GNSS data” Remote Sensing, 13, 9, 1665, MDPI. DOI: 10.3390/rs13091665

Vallianatos, F., Sakkas, V. 2021. “Multiscale Post-Seismic Deformation Based on cGNSS Time Series Following the 2015 Lefkas (W. Greece) Mw6.5 Earthquake” Applied Sciences, 11, 11, 4817, MDPI. DOI: 10.3390/app11114817

Tzanis, A., Chailas, S., Sakkas, V., Lagios, E., 2020. “Tectonic deformation in the Santorini Volcanic Complex (Greece) as inferred by joint analysis of gravity, magnetotelluric and DGPS observations” Geophysical Journal International 220, 461–489. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggz461

Gatsios, T., Cigna, F., Tapete, D., Sakkas, V., Pavlou, K., Parcharidis, I. 2020 "Copernicus sentinel-1 MT-InSAR, GNSS and seismic monitoring of deformation patterns and trends at the Methana Volcano, Greece", Applied Sciences, 10, 18, 6445, MDPI. DOI: 10.3390/APP10186445

Sakkas, V., Lagios, E. 2017 "Ground deformation effects from the ~M6 earthquakes (2014–2015) on Cephalonia–Ithaca Islands (Western Greece) deduced by GPS observations” Acta Geophysica, 65, 1, 207-222, Springer International Publishing, DOI: 10.1007/s11600-017-0017-x).

Sakkas, V., Lagios, E., 2015 "Fault modelling of the early-2014 ~M6 Earthquakes in Cephalonia Island (W. Greece) based on GPS measurements” Tectonophysics, 644, 184-196, Elsevier. DOI 10.1016/j.tecto.2015.01.010.

Lagios, E., Sakkas, V., Papadimitriou, P., Parcharidis, I., Damiata, B.N., Chousianitis, K., Vassilopoulou, S. 2007 “Crustal deformation in the Central Ionian Islands (Greece): Results from DGPS and DInSAR analyses (1995-2006)“ Tectonophysics, 444 (1-4), pp. 119-145. DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.08.018

Meju, M.A., Sakkas, V. 2007 “Heterogeneous crust and upper mantle across southern Kenya and the ralationship to surface deformation as inferred from magnetotelluric imaging” Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 112 (4), art. no. B04103. DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004028

Sakkas, V., Meju, M.A., Khan, M.A., Haak, V., Simpson, F. 2002 “Magnetotelluric images of the crustal structure of Chyulu Hills volcanic field, Kenya” Tectonophysics, 346 (3-4), 169-185. DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00276-1