Aggeliki Barberopoulou, Ph.D.

Tsunami Research Center, Biegler Hall, B12 Email: barberop@usc.edu

Viterbi School of Engineering, Phone: +1-213-740-5129
University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, CA 90089

RE S E A RC H I NT E RE S T S
Earthquake ground motions, computer modeling of Earth processes, earthquake and
tsunami hazards and mitigation, seismically induced water waves.

EMPLOYMENT
Research Assistant Professor, Tsunami Research Center, Viterbi School of Engineering,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (since May 2009).
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Tsunami Research Center, Viterbi School of
Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. Supervisor:
Professor C.E. Synolakis. Project: Tsunami inundation mapping of California.
Other duties: Co-supervise PhD student Burak Uslu, conduct field surveys to
document tsunami damage and help in the administration of the tsunami
research center at USC (October 2006 to May 2009).

E D U C AT I O N
Ph.D. Geophysics, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington (August 2006). Supervisors: Anthony Qamar and Thomas
Pratt. Dissertation title: Investigating the damage potential of seismic seiches: A
case study of the Puget Lowland, Washington State.
M.S., Applied Mathematics, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of
Washington, Seattle, Washington (2001).
M.Sc., Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos, University College London, London, U.K
(September 1996).
B.Sc. Honours in Mathematics and Computing, University of East London, London, U.K
(June 1995)

RE S E A RC H A ND T E A C H I NG E X P E RI E NC E
Assistant Instructor, CE525b Engineering Analysis, Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles,
California (Fall 2007, 2008 and Spring 2009),
Research Assistant, P-phase picking for travel time estimation for IRIS consortium
(Spring 2006).
Teaching Assistant, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington (2005-2006). Classes: Introduction to Geological Sciences
Lab (ESS 101), Dinosaurs (ESS 100) and Geomechanics grader (ESS 311).
Research Assistant, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington (2005). P picking for travel time estimation for IRIS
consortium.
Research Assistant, Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, Department of Earth and Space
Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (Summer 2002).
Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics and Department of Earth and Space
Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (1999-2003).
A WA RD S A ND G RA NT S
2010 High resolution modeling for Catalina Island and Newport Beach, CA.
Funding Agency: California Emergency Management Agency, Amount:
$110,000 pending (co-PI: Professor Synolakis).
2008 Revision, Review and Finalization of Tsunami Inundation maps- Tsunami
Hazard Analysis for Port and Harbor Facilities in the State of California.
Funding Agency: California Governors Office of Emergency Services,
Amount: $134,000 (PI: Professor C.E. Synolakis).
2007 ,2009 Travel grant award, WISE group, University of Southern California, Los
Angeles California.
2006 Peter Misch Fellowship, Department of Earth and Space Sciences,
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
2004, 2005, Outstanding Poster awards, Northwest Geological Society.
and 2006
2006 Student Travel award, Seismological Society of America.
2005 Kerry Kelts Research award, Limnogeology Division, Geological Society of
America.
2004, 2005 Graduate Student Research awards, Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences,
University of Washington.
2003, 2004 Coombs Fellowships, Department of Earth & Space Sciences, University of
Washington.

P U B L I C S E RVI C E A ND O U T RE A C H

5/31/2009 Venice Expo: Are you prepared?, Venice CA, Invited presenter
May 2009 Science Tech Day, University of Southern California
April 2009 Interview about the tsunami inundation mapping,for California provided to
local news station Channel 22.
June 2007 Panelist, Venice Beach Community meeting on High Waves, Flooding, and
Tsunami, Los Angeles, California broadcasted by local channel 35.
2003-present Reviewer and contributor for the Washington State Emergency
Management Report.
1999-2003 Main organizer of cultural events and President of the Hellenic Students
Association Argo at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
2005 Poster Judge for the Sigma Xi conference in Seattle, Washington.
2004 Volunteer for the Pen Pal program of FIUTS (Foundation for International
Understanding through students) that connects international students to
elementary school children of poor areas.
2004 Volunteer for the Olympic Games in Athens, 2004. Helped handle press at
the water sports venue.

F I E L D A ND T E C H N I C A L E X P E RI E NC E
Post-Tsunami Field Survey of the Mw8.8 Chile earthquake of February 27, 2010
coordinated by UNESCO (March 2010).
Field surveying of 20 coastal counties in California as part of the tsunami inundation
mapping project with the State (2006-2009)
Documenting damage to Crescent City harbor, CA, from the November 15, 2006 Kuril
Islands earthquake (November 2007)
Numerical modeling of seismically generated waves using the MOST code. Modified code
for simulating water waves in Lake Union under strong ground shaking
(2001present)
Seismic analyst for travel time curve estimation for the IRIS Consortium (Summer 2005
and Spring 2006)
Seismic reflection experiment for the mapping of parts of the Seattle fault, Seattle,
Washington (Summer 2004)
Deployed and maintained a 12-station seismic array for a site amplification study of the
Tacoma sedimentary basin, Tacoma, Washington (Summer 2003)

P RO F E S S I O NA L M E M B E R S H I P S
Ame rican Geophysi cal Unio n (200 3-pres ent)
Sei smolog ical S ociety of Am erica (2003- presen t)
Sig ma Xi

PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
2010 A. Barberopoulou, J.C.Borrero, B.Uslu, M.R. Legg and C. E. Synolakis, Second
generation of maps for the State of California, Pure and Applied Geophysics, in
review.
2009 J. Wijetunge, E. Okal, A. Barberopoulou,N. Kalligeris and C. Synolakis,
Assessment of tsunami hazard to Sri Lanka from mega-thrust earthquakes in
the Indian Ocean, Journal of Natural Hazards, in preparation.
2009 A. Barberopoulou, Mark Legg, B. Uslu, C.E. Synolakis, Reassessing the
tsunami risk in major ports and harbors of California I: San Diego Harbor,
Journal of Natural Hazards, in review.
2009 A. Barberopoulou, J.C. Borrero, B. Uslu, N. Kalligeris, J.D. Goltz, C.E. Synolakis
and R.I. Wilson, New Maps Promise Improved Tsunami Preparedness for
Californias Coast, invited feature article, EOS Transactions AGU, 90 (16), 137-
138.
2009 L. Dengler, B. Uslu and A. Barberopoulou, S. C. Yim and A. Kelley, Tsunami
damage in Crescent City, California from the November 15, 2006 Kuril event,
Pure and Applied Geophysics (Pageoph), 166 (1).
2008 L. Dengler, B. Uslu, A. Barberopoulou, J.C. Borrero and C.E. Synolakis, The
vulnerability of Crescent City, California to tsunamis generated by earthquakes
in the Kuril Islands region of the Northwestern Pacific, Seismological Research
Letters 79(5).
2008 Barberopoulou, A., A seiche hazard study for Lake Union, Seattle,
Washington , Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 98(4), 1837-
1848.
2006 Annabel, Kelly, L.A. Dengler, B. Uslu, A. Barberopoulou, S.C. Yim, K.J. Bergen,
Recent tsunami highlights need for awareness of tsunami duration, E O S
Transactions AGU 87(50), 566-567.
2006 Barberopoulou, A, A. Qamar, T. Pratt, W. P. Steele, Long-period effects of the
Denali earthquake on Water Bodies in the Puget Lowland: Observations and
 Modeling, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 96(2), 519-535, doi:
10.1785/0120050090.
2004 Barberopoulou, A., Qamar, A., Pratt, T.L., Creager, K.C., and Steele, W.P., Local
amplification of seismic waves from the Denali Earthquake and damaging
seiches in Lake Union, Seattle, Washington, Geophysical Research Letters 31,
L03607, doi:10.1029/2003GL018569.

Peer-reviewed Full Length Papers in Conference Proceedings

2008 B. Uslu, J.C. Borrero L. Dengler, C.E. Synolakis and A. Barberopoulou, Tsunami
inundation from great earthquakes on the Cascadia Subduction Zone along the
Northern coast, ASCE in Proceedings of Solutions to Coastal Disasters:
Tsunamis, 204-214.
2008 A. Barberopoulou, L. Dengler, B. Uslu and, Lessons for California from the
November 2006 tsunami in Crescent City, California, ASCE in Proceedings of
Solutions to Coastal Disasters: Tsunamis, 192-203.

Technical reports, books and recent abstracts

2009 R. I. Wilson; A. Barberopoulou; J. C. Borrero; W. A. Bryant; L. A. Dengler; J. D.
Goltz; M. Legg; T. McGuire; K. M. Miller; C. R. Real; C. Synolakis; B. Uslu,
Development Of New Databases For Tsunami Hazard Analysis In California, Eos
Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract
2009 Barberopoulou, A., B. Uslu, J. Borrero and C. Synolakis, Tsunami Modeling
and Inundation Mapping for the State of California, Technical Report to
California Emergency Management Agency.
2008 Wilson, R. I., Barberopoulou, A., Miller, K. M., Goltz, J. D., Synolakis, C. E., New
Maximum Tsunami Inundation Maps for Use by Local Emergency Planners in
the State of California, USA, EOS Transactions AGU, Fall Meeting Supplement.
2007 Uslu, B., J.C. Borrero, A. Barberopoulou and C.E. Synolakis (2007), Tsunami
Hazard Assessment and Inundation Maps for Crescent City, EOS Transactions
AGU, Fall Meeting Supplement, S53A-1013.
2007 Legg, M.R., A. Barberopoulou, Complex Faulting in the Pacific-North America
Transform Offshore Southern California And Implications on Plate Boundary
Tectonics and Tsunamigenesis, EOS Transactions AGU, F all Meeting
Supplement, G21C-0684.
2005 Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN) as part of ANSS, G. Thomas, A.
Qamar, A. Barberopoulou, P.C. Lindquist, S.D. Malone, Seismological Research
Letters 76(2), 229.

Contributor: Washington State Emergency Management reports (2003 and 2007)

Contributor to section on seiches in: Yeats, R.S., Living with Earthquakes in the
Pacific Northwest: A Survivor_s Guide: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded:
Corvallis, Oregon State University Press, 390 p., 2004.

PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

Tsunami Hazards in San Diego Bay, California, Barberopoulou, A.; Legg, M.; Uslu, B.;
Synolakis, C. E., American Geophysical Union, Fall meeting 2008.
Lessons for California from the November 2006 tsunami in Crescent City, California, A.
Barberopoulou, B. Uslu, L. Dengler, Solutions to Coastal Disasters: Tsunamis 2008,
Hawaii, April 2008.

Complex faulting in the Pacific North America transform offshore southern California
and implications on plate boundary tectonics and tsunamigenesis, M. R. Legg and A.
Barberopoulou, American Geophysical Union, Fall meeting 2007.

Tsunami Hazard assessment and inundation maps for Crescent City, California, B. Uslu,
J.C. Borrero, A.E. Synolakis, A. Barberopoulou, American Geophysical Union, Fall
meeting 2007.

Tsunami Hazard in Crescent City, California from Kuril Islands earthquakes, L. Dengler,
B. Uslu, A. Barberopoulou, American Geophysical Union, Fall meeting 2007.

Tsunami Modeling and Mapping, A. Barberopoulou, California Tsunami Stakeholders

Meeting, San Francisco International Airport Emergency Operations Center, June 26,
2007, California.

Earthquake induced water waves in Washington state: Observations and Modeling, A.

Barberopoulou, A. Qamar, T. Pratt, W. Steele, American Geophysical Union, Fall meeting
2003.

Local Amplification of seismic waves from the Mw7.9 Alaska earthquake and damaging
water waves in Lake Union, Seattle, Washington, A. Barberopoulou, A. Qamar, K.
Creager, T. Pratt, W. Steele, H. Mofjeld, Geological Society of America, Fall meeting 2003.

Local Amplification of Seismic Waves from the Mw 7.9 Alaska Earthquake and a
Damaging Seiche in Lake Union, Seattle, Washington, A. Barberopoulou, A. Qamar, T.
Pratt, W. Steele, Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Juan Puerto
Rico, APRIL 28 MAY 2, 2003.

Compartmental Models, Nonlinear Dynamics: Complexity and Chaos (poster), A.

Barberopoulou Livadeia, Greece JULY 13 - 25, 1998 11th Summer School & Panhellenic
Conference.

Nonlinear Oscillators subjected to simple models of Earthquake Forcing, A.

Barberopoulou, Complexity and Chaotic Dynamics of Nonlinear Systems, 5th
Panhellenic Conference and 10th Summer School Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
Thessaloniki, Greece, JULY 14 - 25, 1997.

Bi-harmonic Forcing of Nonlinear Oscillators, A. Barberopoulou Complexity and Chaotic

Dynamics of Nonlinear Systems, 4th Panhellenic Conference and 9th Summer School
University of Patras, Rio - Patras, Greece, JULY 22 - AUGUST 2, 1996.

Binomial coefficients and Cellular Automata, Complexity and Chaotic Dynamics of Nonlinear
Systems, A. Barberopoulou, 3rd Panhellenic Conference and 8th Summer School, Democritus
University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece July 18-25, 1995.
W O R KS H O P S A ND O T H E R P RE S E NT AT I O NS

April, 2010 Invited Seminar Presenter, Earthquajke and tsunami hazard

research for California and beyond, Department of Geological Sciences,
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
February, 2010 Invited participant, joint Tsunami Source Working Group-Multi-
Hazard Demonstration Project workshop, discuss Shumagin/Eastern
Aleutian subduction zone source issues, Menlo Park, CA.
September, 2009 Invited presenter, Dealing with tsunamis in California, Orange County
Regional meeting of Mensa group, Costa Mesa, CA.
June, 2009 Invited Presenter, Release of new maps, California Tsunami Steering
Committee, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA.
May, 2009 Invited Presenter, Tsunami hazard of the State of California, Annual
Meeting of the Pacific Section of the American Association of
Petroleum Geologists, Ventura, California.
February 2009 Seminar Presenter, Hydrodynamic Modeling for California Ports and
Harbors: Past, Present and Future, University of Southern California
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Los Angeles CA
90089
September 2008 Invited Presenter, State of California Tsunami Modeling and
Mapping Activities, National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program
(NTHMP) Mapping and Modeling subcommittee meeting, Boulder
Colorado.
6-7 March 2008 Participant, SCEC Lithospheric Architecture and Dynamics workshop,
UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
October 2007 State of California Representative, National Tsunami Hazard
Mitigation Program, Honolulu, Hawaii
7-9 March 2007 Invited Participant, Earthquake and Tsunami workshop: From source
to hazard, Singapore
Fall 2004 Presenter, Improving Earthquake Hazard Preparedness in the Pacific
Northwest: Understanding Seismic Seiches , Hyperbolic Problems
Seminar, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of
Washington, Seattle, Washington.

O T H E R P RO F E S S I O NA L A C T I VI T I E S - J O U RNA L RE VI E W S
Elsevier, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 1 review since 2008
USGS internal, 1 review since 2009
Alaska Department of Natural Resources, 1 review since 2009
Washington State Emergency Management Report, 2 reviews since 2003

C O M P U T I NG E X P E RI E NC E
Programming: Matlab, Fortran, Java and Perl.
Specific Packages: Latex, SAC (Seismic Analysis Code), FPFIT (for focal mechanism
estimation), Transform (for bathymetric/topographic grid manipulation), MOST
(Method of Splitting Tsunami)
Environments: Unix, Windows and Mac.
O T H E R I NT E RE S T S
Semi-Professional singer of both traditional and modern Greek music, reading,
environmental awareness, volunteering