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ORFEUS Structure

ORFEUS (Observatories and Research Facilities for EUropean Seismology) is a non-profit foundation under Dutch law and is governed by an international Board of Directors and an Executive Committee. The Board of Directors consists of representatives of the Core Participants and appoints members of the Executive Committee. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) in Paris is the European Center for seismological parameter data. There is a strong link between ORFEUS and EMSC, which is explicit in the ORFEUS-EMSC coordinating committee and a joint ORFEUS-EMSC Scientific Advisory Board. Both ORFEUS and EMSC have close links to the European Seismological Commission.

Board and Committee members

ORFEUS Executive Committee (ExeCom)
Susana Custódio Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal
Giovanni Lanzano INGV, Italy
Jarek Bienkowski KNMI, Netherlands
Christos Evangelidis NOA, Athens
Philippe Gueguen ISTerre, France
Stephane Rondenay University of Bergen, Norway
Sebastiano D'Amico University of Malta, Malta
Angelo Strollo GFZ, Germany

ORFEUS Secretary General (SG)
Carlo Cauzzi ETHZ, Switzerland
Contact the SG by e-mail

ORFEUS Board of directors
Lars Ottemöller (Chair) Norway
Anastasia Kiratzi (Vice-Chair) Greece (Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization)
Nikolaus Horn Austria
Brian Baptie UK
Björn Lund Sweden
Thomas Lecocq Belgium
Fernando Carrilho Portugal
Bernard Dost Netherlands
Frederik Tilmann Germany
Gregor Hillers Finland
Constantin Ionescu Romania
Claudio Satriano France
Alberto Michelini Italy
Murat Nurlu Turkey
Haluk Özener Turkey
Peter Voss Denmark
Stefan Wiemer Switzerland
Rémy Bossu (observer) EMSC
Stefano Parolai (observer) ESC
Dmitry Storchak (observer) ISC

Members of the EIDA SMC Management Board
Christos Evangelidis (Chair) NOA, Athens
Helle Pedersen RESIF, France
John Clinton SED/ETHZ, Switzerland
Angelo Strollo GFZ, Germany
Klaus Stammler BGR, Germany
Peter Danecek INGV, Italy
Didem Cambaz KOERI, Turkey
Alexandru Marmureanu NIEP, Romania
Reinoud Sleeman KNMI, Netherlands
Lars Ottemoller UIB-NORSAR, Norway
Jose Antonio Jara ICGC, Spain

Members of the SM SMC Management Board
L. Luzi (Chair; Italy, INGV IV & ESM)
R. Sleeman (Netherlands, ODC-KNMI & RRSM)
Dr. A. Michelini / Dr. C. Cauzzi - Dr. J. Clinton (Peak - Motions and ShakeMaps)
Dr. E Maufroy (France, RESIF-RA)
Dr. G. Weatherill (Germany, GFZ-GEOFON)
Dr. I. Kalog eras (Greece, NOA-HL)
Prof. K. Pitilakis (AUTH, Greece)
Dr. N. Theodoulidis (ITSAK, Greece)
Prof. R. Rupakhety (EERC, Iceland)
Dr. M. Shahvar (BHRC, Iran)
Dr. A. Marmureanu (Romania, NIEP-RO)
Dr. J. Clinton (Switzerland, SED@ETHZ-CH)
Prof. E. Çaktı / Dr. D . Kalafat (Turkey, KOERI-TU)
Dr. E. Tepeuğur (Turkey, AFAD-TK)

Members of the Users Advisory Group (UAG)
Prof. S. Rondenay (Chair, UiB)
Dr. D. Bindi (GFZ)
Prof. F. Gallovič (Charles Uni. Prague)
Dr. P. Kolinsky (formerly at Uni. Vienna)
Dr. O.-J. Ktenidou (NOA)
Prof. T. Meier (Chair, Uni. Kiel)
Dr. A. Schlömer (LMU)
Dr. L. Vecsey (IG-CAS)

Members of the Infrastructure Development Group (IDG) - EIDA component
J. Bienkowski, KNMI (Chair)
Dr. J. Quinteros, A. Heinloo, Dr. Peter Evans, GFZ
M. Hoffmann, B. Goebel, BGR
D. Armbruster, S. Heimers, P. Kästli, SED-ETHZ
M. Fares (lead), I. Carluccio, D. Franceschi, S. Pintore, INGV
M. Ozer, KOERI
Dr. C. Neagoe, L. Palangeanu, NIEP
G. Arneodo, J. Schaeffer, RESIF
N. Triantafyllis, K. Boukouras, NOA
J. Michalek, UIB-NORSAR
J. A. Jara, ICGC
Members of the Infrastructure Development Group (IDG) - SM component
Dr. R. Puglia - INGV
P. Kästli - SED-ETHZ
D. Senturk and T. Kiliç - AFAD
L. Manea - NIEP
Dr. G. Weatherill - GFZ
Dr. N. Melis - NOA
K . Konstantinidou - ITSAK