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Career Summary
university of bristol
National Technical University of Athens

Seismic Innovation for inclusive Resilience

Anastasios Sextos is a Professor of Earthquake Engineering and the Director of the UKCRIC National Facility for Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction at the University of Bristol, UK. He holds a dual appointment at the National Technical University of Athens in Greece.

Anastasios utilizes large-scale experimental methods and high-performance computational tools to enhance the seismic resilience of infrastructure and communities. During the years his work has evolved into a quest to device interdisciplinary and disruptive ideas that can reduce the cost and complexity of seismic design across the globe.

Current roles

  • Management Board, UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities (UKCRIC)
  • National Delegate of Greece at the European Association of Earthquake Engineering, (E.A.E.E.)
  • President, National Committee for the Pre-earthquake Assessment of Public Buildings in Greece, Earthquake Planning & Protection Organization.
  • Member, European Project Team for the Evolution of Structural Eurocodes (SC8.T6/Eurocode 8, PT6 – bridges

Past roles

  • President, Hellenic Association of Earthquake Engineering (ETAM, 2016-2022)
  • Founding Director, MSc in Earthquake Engineering and Infrastructure Resilience, University of Bristol (2017-2023)
  • Board of Directors, Alexander Innovation Zone of the city of Thessaloniki S.A., Greece (2013-2018)
  • Board of Directors, Earthquake Planning & Protection Organization, Greece (ΟΑΣΠ, 2013-2018)

Featured Projects

Advocacy for Inclusive Resilience

Technical Reports

 
DateEventLocation
Dec 14, 2025Plenary lecture, 11th Kwang-Hua ForumShanghai
Dec 07, 2025Keynote Lecture, 6th International Forum of NFEESTianjin
Sep 18, 2025Design & construction, PVC-sand systemUC Berkeley
Sep 01, 202530 years from Kobe Earthquake WorkshopKobe, Japan
Aug 16, 2025Keynote Lecture, Int. Conference (Lanzhou)China
Jan 27, 2025International Symposium: Earthquake Risk ReductionHimalayas
Nov 08, 2024Invited Lecture, 19th Hellenic Concrete ConferenceThessaloniki
Oct 14, 2024Keynote Speaker, LNEC Lisbon ConferencePortugal
Aug 13, 2024Keynote Speaker, 1st Int. Conf. Safety & ResilienceTianjin
Jul 24, 2024Keynote Speaker, Eurasian OpenSees DaysBeijing

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Anastasios G. Sextos