Dr. Gerassimos A. Papadopoulos is an earthquake and tsunami scientist with a BSc (Physical Sciences, 1975) and a PhD (Geophysics, 1982), both from the University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He was a post-doc researcher at MIT (USA, 1984), visiting researcher at HIED (Japan, 1993), and visiting professor at Tohoku University (Japan, 2004). He was a researcher (1995–2002) and research director (2002–2018) with the National Observatory of Athens. He is the author of more than 120 reviewed papers and one monograph book with Elsevier, and is a PI in many national and EU-supported projects. Other positions held include Chair, ICG/NEAMTWS/UNESCO (2017–2020); Vice-Chair, European Seismological Commission (2006–2008). He was awarded by the Academy of Athens (2002) and EuroScience (2003).