Building Knowledge for Geohazard Assessment and Management in the Caucasus and other Orogenic Regions / NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security (PDF)

Environmental Protection Agency in Rome, where his research was focused on environmental protection, geohazard mitigation and risk communication.




His current research deals with the relations between tectonics and volcanism in both active and extinct volcanic regions. Another focus is on Earth Science communication, on the use of museology for communicating Earth Sciences and on the study of media coverage of geo-related risks and disasters. He published 45 scientific papers in international, peer-reviewed journals, based on the structural-geological work he has carried out in several geological areas, such as Iceland, southern Italy, Argentina, Scotland, the Republic of Georgia, Armenia, the Azores, Mexico, Hawaii, Greece, the Philippines, Kyrgyzstan. With financial support provided by NATO, he led the international project titled "Volcanic hazards and countermeasures for Georgian section of Caspian pipelines (2007-2009)"; he also took part in two more NATO-funded projects, entitled "Geo-environmental security of the Toktogul hydroelectric power station region, central Asia (2008-2012)", and "Security against geohazards at the major Enguri hydroelectric scheme in Georgia (2015-2018)".



He has co-authored two books, respectively dealing with the structural geology of active tectonic areas and volcanic regions, and the communication of seismic, volcanic and climate risks. He is President of GeoSocial - Science & Media, a Switzerland-based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising public awareness of geo-related threats and climate hazards.



Nino Tsereteli is chief researcher and head of the sector of seismology, seismic hazard and disaster risks at the M. Nodia Institute of Geophysics of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (Tbilisi, Georgia). Her main research is focused on seismology, seismotectonics, seismic hazard and seismic risk assessment. She also worked, in the capacity of visiting scientist,at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Institute of Geophysics), Germany; Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK; Earth and Marine Sciences Institute, TUBITAK Marmara Research Center, Turkey. At the M. Nodia Institute of Geophysics, she developed the field of research centred on microzonation and earthquake engineering. She published 25 papers in international, peer-reviewed journals with a focus on earthquake, ground motion prediction equations, seismic sources, seismic hazard and risk, and multiple risk assessment. She has been involved in many international and national projects, and was Partner Country Director in the NATO Project G4934 - Science for Peace and Security Programme"Security against geohazards at the major Enguri hydroelectric scheme in Georgia". She has also provided a relevant contribution to the improvement of seismic hazard knowledge, through the publication of "GeoInt: the first macroseismic intensity database for the Republic of Georgia". She is ad-hoc professor at The Agricultural University of Georgia and at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, where she teaches "Earthquake engineering and seismic hazard" and "Seismology".