NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS
Dr Sotiris Sboras
RESEARCH SCIENTIST C
RESEARCH
INTERESTS

Seismotectonics, active tectonics, geodynamics, tectonic geomorphology, palaeoseismology, stress transfer modelling, tectonic geodesy, geological mapping 

EDUCATION

2012: PhD in Earth Sciences, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Italy 

2005: MSc in Tectonics & Stratigraphy, Geology Department, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki 

2002: BSc in Geology, Geology Department, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki 

CAREER

2023 – today: Staff Research Scientist, Institute of Geodynamics, National Observatory of Athens 

2014 – 2023: Research assistant, Institute of Geodynamics, National Observatory of Athens 

2014 – 2023: Fixedterm Geologist, Hellenic Survey of Geology & Mineral Exploration 

2013: Postdoctoral research fellow, Geology Department, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki 

2012: Postdoctoral research fellow, Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Italy 

2003 – 2011: Research assistant, Geology Department, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki 

RESEARCH

Selected publications: 

  • Sboras, S., Mouzakiotis, E., Chousianitis, K., Karastathis, V., Evangelidis, C., Lazos, I., Papageorgiou, A., Liakopoulos, S. & Iordanidou, K. (2025). Where does the active North Aegean Sea shear stop? Geodynamic and seismotectonic implications from recent strike-slip earthquake occurrences and GPS-based geodetic analysis in Euboea, Phthiotis and Boeotia, Central Greece. Tectonophysics, 914, 230917. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2025.230917
  • Lazos, I., Sboras, S., Kokkalas, S., Karastathis, V., Xiroudakis, G., Iordanidou, K., … & Pavlides, S. (2025). Seismotectonic implications for the Peloponnese (SW Greece) region based on geodetic crustal deformation analysis. Tectonophysics, 918, 230969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2025.230969
  • Chousianitis, K., Sboras, S., Mouslopoulou, V., Chouliaras, G., & Hristopulos, D. T. (2024). The upper crustal deformation field of Greece inferred from GPS data and its correlation with earthquake occurrence. J. Geophys. Res.: Solid Earth, 129(4), e2023JB028004. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JB028004
  • Kanellopoulos, C., Sboras, S., Voudouris, P., Soukis, K., & Moritz, R. (2024). Antimony’s significance as a critical metal: The global perspective and the Greek deposits. Minerals, 14(2), 121.
  • Sboras, S., Pavlides, S., Kilias, A., Galanakis, D., Chatziioannou, A., & Chatzipetros, A. (2022). The geological structure and tectonic complexity of northern Thessaly that hosted the March 2021 seismic crisis. Geotechnics2(4), 935-960. https://doi.org/10.3390/geotechnics2040044
  • Sboras, S., Lazos, I., Bitharis, S., Pikridas, C., Galanakis, D., Fotiou, A., Chatzipetros, A. & Pavlides, S. (2021). Source modelling and stress transfer scenarios of the October 30, 2020 Samos earthquake: seismotectonic implications. Turkish J. Earth Sci., 30(8), 699-717. https://doi.org/10.3906/yer-2107-25  
  • Pavlides, S., & Sboras, S. (2021). Recent earthquake activity of March 2021 in northern Thessaly unlocks new scepticism on Faults. Turkish J. Earth Sci., 30(8), 851-861. https://doi.org/10.3906/yer-2110-6 
  • Sboras, S., Lazos, I., Mouzakiotis, E., Karastathis, V., Pavlides, S., & Chatzipetros, A. (2020). Fault modelling, seismic sequence evolution and stress transfer scenarios for the July 20, 2017 (MW 6.6) Kos–Gökova Gulf earthquake, SE Aegean. Acta Geophysica, 68(5), 1245-1261. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-020-00471-8
  • Sboras, S., Chatzipetros, A., & Pavlides, S. (2017). North Aegean active fault pattern and the 24 May 2014, Mw 6.9 earthquake. In: I. Çemen & Y. Yilmaz (Eds), Active global seismology: Neotectonics and earthquake potential of the eastern Mediterranean region, Geophysical Monograph 225, 239-272. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118944998.ch9
  • Sboras, S., Dourakopoulos, G. A., Mouzakiotis, E., Dafnis, P., Palantzas, T., Karastathis, V. K., Voulgaris, N. & Tselentis, G.-A. (2017). Seismic Hazard Assessment for the protection of Cultural Heritage in Greece: Methodological approaches for National and Local Scale assessment (pilot areas of Aighio, Kalamata and Heraklion). Ann. Geophys., 60(4), S0440. (doi:10.4401/ag-7154
  • Caputo R., Sboras S., Pavlides S., Chatzipetros A. (2015): Comparison between single-event effects and cumulative effects for the purpose of seismic hazard assessment. A review from Greece. Earth Sci. Rev., 148, 94-120. (doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.05.004)  
  • Sboras S., Pavlides S., Caputo R., Chatzipetros A., Michailidou A., Valkaniotis S., Papathanasiou G. (2014): The use of geological data to improve SHA estimates in Greece. Boll. Geofis. Teor. Appl., 55(1), 55-67. https://doi: 10.4430/bgta0101