Upcoming Activities:
30 June-05 July 2024: We are gearing up to attend the 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE) in Milan, Italy. We are going to have an exciting week filled with awesome presentations, exploring the beautiful Milan, and enjoying delicious Italian cuisine. Can't wait to see familiar faces and meet new friends there!
Past News:
09 November 2023: Our new Book chapter is now available online: Bayesian Modelling in Engineering Seismology: Spatial Earthquake Magnitude Model. Thanks to Birgir Hrafnkelsson and Benedikt Halldorsson for their invaluable contributions.
03 May 2023: Visiting professor Fabrice Cotton at the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)- Helmholtz Centre Potsdam in Germany, Topic: " Short-term aftershock forecasting accounting for site effect"
November 2022: Welcome Hamed Davari, who joined our team as a PhD student to work on the GeoSiteEff2Haz project. Hamed will pursue a PhD under the supervision of me, Benedikt Halldorsson and Sahar Rahpeyma.
October 2022: My paper entitled: "Calibration of a Bayesian spatio-temporal ETAS Model to the June 2000 South Iceland seismic sequence " was accepted for publication in Geophysical Journal International
August 2022: My paper entitled: "Short-term Bayesian ETAS Spatiotemporal Forecasting of the Ölfus 2008 Earthquake Sequence in Iceland " was accepted for publication in Tectonophysics
March 2022: My paper entitled: "High spatial-resolution loss estimation using dense array strong-motion near-fault records. Case study for Hveragerði and the Mw6.3 Ölfus earthquake, South Iceland" was accepted for publication in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.
20 October 2022: Giving a presentation entitled: "High spatial resolution loss estimation using new vulnerability models for Iceland" at the 4th International Workshop on Earthquakes in North Iceland, Húsavík (NorthQuake)
18 October 2022: Giving a presentation entitled: "A new Bayesian epidemiological spatiotemporal aftershock sequence model: The case studies of the 2000 and 2008 aftershock sequences" at the 4th International Workshop on Earthquakes in North Iceland, Húsavík (NorthQuake)
January 2022: The GeoSiteEff2Haz research project is granted by the Icelandic Centre for Research (RANNIS). Role: Co-proposer and beneficiary, Topic: ‘’The Comprehensive Quantification of Earthquake Site-effects in Iceland and their Incorporation and Influence on a New Short-term Seismic Hazard Assessment (GEOSITEFF2HAZ project)‘’, PI: Benedikt Halldorsson
19 October 2021: Giving a presentation entitled: "Improving short-term seismicity forecasting following strong earthquakes" at 52nd Nordic Seismology Seminar.
22 September 2021: Giving a presentation entitled: "Ground Motion Variability across a Small-Aperture Urban Array during the 2008 M6.3 Ölfus Earthquake in South Iceland and its Impact on Seismic Loss Estimation" at 37th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission (37ESC), Session 15: Earthquake hazard assessment towards seismic risk mitigation in Urban Areas (PART 5). YouTube link
21 September 2021: Giving a presentation entitled: "Exploring the Variability of ETAS Parameters for Potential Operational Earthquake Forecasting system in Southwestern Iceland" at 37th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission (37ESC), Session 18: Towards operational forecasting of earthquakes and early warning capacity for more resilient societies (PART 4). YouTube link
January 2021: Awarded a two-year postdoctoral fellowship (#218255) by the Icelandic Centre for Research (RANNIS). Role: Principal Investigator and beneficiary, Scientific collaborator: Benedikt Halldorsson, see here
November 2020: "Incorporation of strong-motion duration in incremental-based seismic assessments", a publication by MR Mashayekhi that I contributed to was published in Engineering Structures
15 January 2020: Visiting Dr Sergio Molina at the Universidad de Alicante (University of Alicante), Faculty of Sciences, funded by Erasmus+, Topic: “Towards establishing an Iceland-specific earthquake risk assessment software for buildings”
October 2019: Joined Dr Benedikt Halldorsson's team at the Haskoli Islands in Reykjavik, Iceland, to work on the European H2020 TURNkey project
10 June 2019: My paper entitled: "A Prediction Model for Vertical-to-Horizontal Ratios of PGA, PGV and 5%-damped" was published in the Journal of Seismology
07 May 2019: My paper entitled: "Ground-Motion Models for Predicting Vertical Components of PGA, PGV and 5%-damped Spectral Acceleration (0.01-10 s) in Iran" was published in Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
02 April 2019: My paper entitled: "An Empirical Ground Motion Model for Horizontal PGV, PGA and 5%-Damped Elastic Response Spectra (0.01-10 s) in Iran" was published in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
01 April 2019: My paper entitled: "An Automatic Procedure to Determine the Fundamental Site Resonance: Application to the Iranian Strong Motion Network" was published in Pure and Applied Geophysics
December 2018: Defending my PhD with Excellence
Oct-Nov 2016: Visiting Professor Donat Fäh at the Swiss Seismological Service (SED), ETH Zürich for 9 months, funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran