Dr. George Kaviris is Associate Professor of Seismology and Seismic Anisotropy in the Geophysics–Geothermics section of the Department of Geology and Geoenvironment of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). In 1994, he received his BSc in Physics and in 2003 his PhD in Seismology, both from NKUA. He has been at NKUA since 2006 as researcher, lecturer and assistant professor. His research is focused on the upper crust by studying seismic anisotropy and shear-wave splitting. He also has a great deal of experience in earthquake catalogue compilation, seismotectonics, seismic hazard assessment and seismic risk. He is the author of 152 publications in journals and congresses, among which are 38 in peer-reviewed journals. His publications have been cited 782 times (h-index 14) according to Scopus, and 1375 times (h-index 17) according to Google Scholar.