Giorgi (Gia) Khazaradze

In 1990, after graduating in Geophysical Engineering from Tbilisi State University, I continued my scientific career at the same university, at the Laboratory of Geophysical Archaeology, where I worked with electromagnetic and seismic data from different archaeological sites in Georgia.

In September 1992 I moved the University of Washington (UW), in Seattle (USA), where I stayed for 6 years doing my PhD. During those years, together with my thesis advisor Tony Qamar, we managed to launch a network of permanent and field GPS stations in the state of Washington (PANGA) that allowed us to draw up the map of cortical deformations on an unprecedented scale (Khazaradze et al, 1999).

In April 1999, I continued my scientific career as a postdoctoral researcher at the GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) in Potsdam (Germany), where I focused my work on modelling and interpreting crustal deformations in the Andes. As part of my responsibilities, I coordinated two GPS campaigns in Argentina. These results have been published in internationally recognized journals (JGR, GRL, EPSL).

In summer of 2002 I moved to Barcelona, ​​where I joined the Department of Geophysics and Geodynamics. During my first year at the UB I was part of the EU project: 'Avalanche Studies and Model Validation in Europe' (IP: E. Suriñach). Through innovative data analysis techniques, we managed to increase our knowledge about the dynamics of avalanche propagation. I was also responsible for the installation of seismic equipment at an experimental site in Ryggfonn, Norway.

In 2003, obtaining a Ramón y Cajal research position allowed me to return to my main line of specialization and actively participate in various GPS projects. In June 2006 I was responsible for planning and executing the GPS campaign in the Eastern Pyrenees in collaboration with the Cartographic Institute of Catalonia. In September 2006 I exercised similar responsibilities during the measurement campaign of the CuaTeNeo network in Almería and Murcia (project in collaboration with the Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada). Both tasks, in addition to the field work, included recruitment and training of students, as well as organizing logistics.

From December 2007 I obtained a position as Associate Professor in the Department of Geodynamics and Geophysics of the UB within the area of ​​knowledge of Earth Physics. Since then I have been responsible for the GPS activities of the Consolider-Ingenio 2010 Topo-Iberia project, which included the installation of 25 permanent GPS stations in the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa. I have actively participated in several I-D projects: DALMASES (IP: E. Suriñach); EVENT (IP: E. Masana) and PREVENT (IPs: E. Masana and R. Pallas). Since 2014 I have been the IP of the project funded by the Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia where we are addressing the challenge of detecting earthquake precursors using low frequency electromagnetic observations. I am also responsible for the GPS activities in the CHARMA project (2014-2017) and PROMONTEC (2018-2020) led by E. Suriñach and G. Furdada and dedicated to the characterization and control of mass movements.

In 1990, after graduating in Geophysical Engineering from Tbilisi State University, I continued my scientific career at the same university, at the Laboratory of Geophysical Archaeology, where I worked with electromagnetic and seismic data from different archaeological sites in Georgia.

In September 1992 I moved the University of Washington (UW), in Seattle (USA), where I stayed for 6 years doing my PhD. During those years, together with my thesis advisor Tony Qamar, we managed to launch a network of permanent and field GPS stations in the state of Washington (PANGA) that allowed us to draw up the map of cortical deformations on an unprecedented scale (Khazaradze et al, 1999).

In April 1999, I continued my scientific career as a postdoctoral researcher at the GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) in Potsdam (Germany), where I focused my work on modelling and interpreting crustal deformations in the Andes. As part of my responsibilities, I coordinated two GPS campaigns in Argentina. These results have been published in internationally recognized journals (JGR, GRL, EPSL).

In summer of 2002 I moved to Barcelona, ​​where I joined the Department of Geophysics and Geodynamics. During my first year at the UB I was part of the EU project: 'Avalanche Studies and Model Validation in Europe' (IP: E. Suriñach). Through innovative data analysis techniques, we managed to increase our knowledge about the dynamics of avalanche propagation. I was also responsible for the installation of seismic equipment at an experimental site in Ryggfonn, Norway.

In 2003, obtaining a Ramón y Cajal research position allowed me to return to my main line of specialization and actively participate in various GPS projects. In June 2006 I was responsible for planning and executing the GPS campaign in the Eastern Pyrenees in collaboration with the Cartographic Institute of Catalonia. In September 2006 I exercised similar responsibilities during the measurement campaign of the CuaTeNeo network in Almería and Murcia (project in collaboration with the Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada). Both tasks, in addition to the field work, included recruitment and training of students, as well as organizing logistics.
From December 2007 I obtained a position as Associate Professor in the Department of Geodynamics and Geophysics of the UB within the area of ​​knowledge of Earth Physics. Since then I have been responsible for the GPS activities of the Consolider-Ingenio 2010 Topo-Iberia project, which included the installation of 25 permanent GPS stations in the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa. I have actively participated in several I-D projects: DALMASES (IP: E. Suriñach); EVENT (IP: E. Masana) and PREVENT (IPs: E. Masana and R. Pallas). Since 2014 I have been the IP of the project funded by the Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia where we are addressing the challenge of detecting earthquake precursors using low frequency electromagnetic observations. I am also responsible for the GPS activities in the CHARMA project (2014-2017) and PROMONTEC (2018-2020) led by E. Suriñach and G. Furdada and dedicated to the characterization and control of mass movements.