Odysseus Galanis
LightNews LightNews
banner
ogalanis.webpages.auth.gr
Odysseus Galanis
@ogalanis.webpages.auth.gr
97 followers 230 following 3.7K posts
Seismological data, science, football, politics, other stuff. Mostly other stuff. I know how to exit vi.
Posts Replies Media Videos
ogalanis.webpages.auth.gr
This is what the Aristotle University Seismological Network (HT) recorded. Created with ObsPy. Data: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. (1981). Hellenic Unified Seismological Network [Data set]. International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks. doi.org/10.7914/SN/HT
Seismograms of an earthquake recorded at multiple stations
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Reposted by Odysseus Galanis
theonion.com
Study Finds Most Americans Can't Find Where They Are Being Deported On Map
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Reposted by Odysseus Galanis
fikgm.bsky.social
The underwater seismometer network is so great, as evidenced from yesterday's EQ off-Tohoku.
Reposting unofficial visualization by x.com/kotoho76/sta...
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Reposted by Odysseus Galanis
xkcd-bot.bsky.social
Earthquake Prediction Flowchart
https://xkcd.com/3165/

At least people who make religious predictions of the apocalypse have an answer to the question 'Why didn't you predict any of the other ones that happened recently?'

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3165

At least people who make religious predictions of the apocalypse have an answer to the question 'Why didn't you predict any of the other ones that happened recently?'
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Reposted by Odysseus Galanis
lamont.columbia.edu
📣 Postdoc opportunity alert! Join our dynamic community of Earth, environmental, and climate scientists as LDEO postdoctoral fellow. Principal criteria: scientific excellence + clear plan to investigate problems at forefront of Earth science. ➡️ Apply by Nov 7: https://bit.ly/3WRD6xT
LDEO postdocs traversing a volcanic dike on the Olomana Trail in Oahu. Credit: Brandon Shuck
October 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM
ogalanis.webpages.auth.gr
Cumbre Vieja. Cone of the 2021 eruption, tephra and bombs.
Cone of the 2021 Cumbre Vieja eruption. Tephra and bombs Cone of the 2021 Cumbre Vieja eruption Tephra and burnt trees
October 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
ogalanis.webpages.auth.gr
Το Τμήμα Γεωλογίας του Α.Π.Θ., για το ακαδημαϊκό έτος 2025-2026προκηρύσσει 50 (πενήντα) θέσειςσυνολικά στο Πρόγραμμα Μεταπτυχιακών Σπουδών (Π.Μ.Σ.), με τίτλο «Εφαρμοσμένη και ΠεριβαλλοντικήΓεωλογία και Γεωκίνδυνοι [Applied and Environmental Geology and Geohazards]»
master.geo.auth.gr/prokiryxi-pm...
Προκήρυξη ΠΜΣ Ε.Π.Γ. ΚΑΙ ΓΕΩΚΙΝΔΥΝΟΙ 2025-2026
Εξερ. 17-10-2025 - 15123 - ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ ΠΜΣ Ε.Π.Γ. ΚΑΙ ΓΕΩΚΙΝΔΥΝΟΙ 2025-2026-ΔΙΑΥΓΕΙΑ
master.geo.auth.gr
October 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ogalanis.webpages.auth.gr
First time above 3000m (3555), first time S of 30° N, first time on the African plate and first time on an active volcano.
Summit of Mt Teide, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain View of the cable of the aerial lift at Mt Teide, with a volcanic caldera in the background View of one of the volcanic calderas next to Mt Teide. View above the clouds from Mt Teide
October 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
ogalanis.webpages.auth.gr
Postdoctoral Research Scientist position at @lamont.columbia.edu

academic.careers.columbia.edu#!/164144
Academic Search and Recruiting
academic.careers.columbia.edu
July 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
ogalanis.webpages.auth.gr
Why you should write your PhD thesis backwards - by Leonardo da Vinci. No, actually it's by some other person. And it has some very solid advice.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Why you should write your PhD thesis backwards
By considering the central statement of your entire PhD, you can structure your writing around it, says Tuuli Toivonen.
www.nature.com
May 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Reposted by Odysseus Galanis
geohenning.bsky.social
This is truly mind-blowing. At first I only looked at the crack appearing in the foreground in the pavement, then I saw the sudden and fast movement of the earth in the distance and on the right. 🤯🧪⚒️

youtu.be/77ubC4bcgRM?...
First fault rupture ever filmed. M7.9 surface rupture filmed near Thazi, Myanmar
YouTube video by 2025 Sagaing Earthquake Archive
youtu.be
May 12, 2025 at 5:10 AM
ogalanis.webpages.auth.gr
Τον "Ελ Πέπε" θα τον μαυρίζατε επειδή δεν θα έκανε τα μικρορουσφέτια σας. Πάμε παρακάτω.
May 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
ogalanis.webpages.auth.gr
Ph.D. at @cnrs.fr Geoazur lab:
“Seismic body-wave tomography with data from the oceans”

Details:
doctorat.campusfrance.org/en/CF202543477
PhD in France - CF202543477 Seismic body-wave tomography with data from the oceans
doctorat.campusfrance.org
May 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Reposted by Odysseus Galanis
speleojacek.bsky.social
#FridayJob📢 We're hiring! 2-year #PostDoc in #speleothem #seismic vulnerability from FEM modeling to enhance paleoseismological record of Hellenides (Greece)
Part of @ncn.gov.pl SonataBIS project at the University of Silesia, Poland
Deadline: 25th May 2025
Details 👇
skk.erecruiter.pl/Offer.aspx?o...
Assistant Professor in the group of research staff (post-doc) 51/2024/NA/WNP/INoZ/pd/01, Uniwersytet Śląski, Sosnowiec
Job offer Assistant Professor in the group of research staff (post-doc) 51/2024/NA/WNP/INoZ/pd/01, Uniwersytet Śląski, Sosnowiec
skk.erecruiter.pl
March 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
ogalanis.webpages.auth.gr
IT Expert for Seismological Data and Services Management at @ethzurich.bsky.social

jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

#job
IT Expert for Seismological Data and Services Management
jobs.ethz.ch
April 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
ogalanis.webpages.auth.gr
I put zeros and ones in the right order, to help my partners and clients figure out what their planet looks like.
"Poorly explain what you do for a job"
December 31, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Reposted by Odysseus Galanis
geophysichick.bsky.social
Starting my first #MisconceptionMonday with a common one in seismology: do small earthquakes relieve the pressure on faults? Are small quakes a good thing?

🧵. Long 🧵. But hopefully worth it.
December 30, 2024 at 7:34 PM
ogalanis.webpages.auth.gr
This is the first time that the chess world champion comes from the world's most populous country.
December 12, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Reposted by Odysseus Galanis
chess.com
CONGRATULATIONS TO GUKESH, THE NEW WORLD CHAMPION 🏆

The 18-year-old Indian star has defeated the reigning champion, Ding Liren, to become the youngest-ever undisputed classical chess world champion. Wow! 🇮🇳
December 12, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Reposted by Odysseus Galanis
xkcd.com
Seismologists xkcd.com/3021
December 6, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Reposted by Odysseus Galanis
eth-eaps.bsky.social
#postdoc #jobalert
The Swiss Seismological Service and its Real-Time Seismology group are looking for a Postdoc researcher with strong programming skills to support and expand the Earthquake Early Warning software infrastructure.

Apply until 8 January 2025:
Postdoctoral Researcher – Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) and Software Development
The Swiss Seismological Service (SED) at ETH Zurich is a global leader in geoscientific research. The Real-Time Seismology group at the SED focuses on the development of cutting-edge technologies and…
www.jobs.ethz.ch
December 6, 2024 at 10:32 AM
ogalanis.webpages.auth.gr
Internship (with possibility of PhD) at ISTerre (Grenoble, France): www.osug.fr/missions/for...
Deep learning seismic waveforms in sea ice to understand its dynamics - 5 to 6 months, starting between January and March 2025, followed by a PhD (ANR funding) - OSUG, Observatoire des Sciences de l’...
Internship at ISTerre with Ludovic Moreau M2 internship, experience with Python. Background in geophysics, signal processing or deep learning Mots clés (…)
www.osug.fr
December 3, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Reposted by Odysseus Galanis
chess.com
3 games in and it hasn't moved once!
November 27, 2024 at 6:00 PM
ogalanis.webpages.auth.gr
Job: Science Communicator at IDL, Lisbon @cienciasulisboa (with PhD Degree, equated to Assistant Researcher)
November 19, 2024 at 11:43 AM
ogalanis.webpages.auth.gr
The month’s sharpest science shots — selected by Nature’s photo team.
November 19, 2024 at 11:43 AM