Christodoulos Kyriakopoulos
Center for Earthquake Research and Information (CERI)
University of Memphis
University of Memphis
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Numerical modeling of the earthquake cycle
About Me
Publications
Dr. Christodoulos Kyriakopoulos is an Assistant Professor at the Center for Earthquake Research and Information (CERI) at the University of Memphis. His current research focuses on numerical models and rupture dynamics of continental multi-fault systems. In addition to his numerical work, Dr. Kyriakopoulos runs a state-of-the-art visualization Lab dedicated to visualizing earthquake processes using Virtual Reality and 3D printers.
SCEC Participation
Current Roles
SCEC Board of Directors, Core Institution Member (2019 - Present)Past Roles
SCEC Mentor (2020, 2022)Baraggiotta, K. M., Carranza, K. M., & Kyriakopoulos, C. (2024, 09). An Immersive Experience of the Brawley Seismic Zone Using Virtual Reality. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13934
Carranza, K., Baraggiotta, K. M., & Kyriakopoulos, C. (2024, 09). A Virtual Reality Experience Combining the California Fault System with Elements of Urban Environment. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13928
Kyriakopoulos, C., Goebel, T. H., Thapa, N., Abbasi, Z., Hosain, A., Islam, A., Nadimi, K., Rinti, S., Sarker, K., & Shali, H. (2023, 09). Highlights from the Second CERI Annual Field Trip to Southern California, May 15-19, 2023. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13240
Bazán Flores, L. I., Kyriakopoulos, C., Oglesby, D. D., Meltzner, A. J., Rockwell, T. K., Fletcher, J. M., & Brothers, D. S. (2023, 09). Normal Fault Displacement History Provides Clues on Ruptures Along the Southern San Andreas Fault . Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12988
Margolis, A., Oglesby, D. D., Wu, B., Kyriakopoulos, C., & Ryan, K. J. (2023, 09). Quantifying the Effects of Absolute Friction on Thrust Fault Rupture. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12921
Bazán Flores, L. I., Kyriakopoulos, C., Oglesby, D. D., Meltzner, A. J., Rockwell, T. K., Fletcher, J. M., & Brothers, D. S. (2022, 09). Exploring the Dynamic Interactions Between the Southern San Andreas Fault and Normal Faults under the Salton Sea. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12565
Oglesby, D. D., Kyriakopoulos, C., Tarnowski, J. M., & Cooke, M. L. (2022, 09). The effects of pre-stress assumptions on dynamic rupture with complex fault geometry in the San Gorgonio Pass, California, region . Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12490
Diaz, S., & Kyriakopoulos, C. (2022, 09). Integration of the California faults into virtual reality: preliminary results using the gaming engine Unity. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12448
Kyriakopoulos, C., Goebel, T. H., Bhattarai, R. R., Pandey, K., Koirala, R., & Bazán Flores, L. I. (2022, 09). From Bombay Beach to Carrizo Plain: Highlights from the first CERI San Andreas Field Trip, July 25-29, 2022. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12269
Tarnowski, J. M., Kyriakopoulos, C., Oglesby, D. D., Cooke, M. L., & Stern, A. (2022). The effects of pre-stress assumptions on dynamic rupture with complex fault geometry in the San Gorgonio Pass, California, region. Geosphere, 18(6), 1710-1725. doi: 10.1130/GES02511.1. SCEC Contribution 11873
Kyriakopoulos, C., Wu, B., & Oglesby, D. D. (2021). Asymmetric Topography Causes Normal Stress Perturbations at the Rupture Front: The Case of the Cajon Pass. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(20). doi: 10.1029/2021GL095397. SCEC Contribution 11750
Oglesby, D. D., Wu, B., Kyriakopoulos, C., & Ryan, K. J. (2021, 08). The effects of Absolute Friction Level on Shallow Fault Dynamics. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11658
Methvin, M. R., Pham, D. D., Kyriakopoulos, C., & Webb, A. (2021, 08). Engaging students using virtual reality for earthquake science: first-impressions from in-person and remote collaboration. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11643
Wu, B., Oglesby, D. D., Kyriakopoulos, C., & Tarnowski, J. M. (2021, 08). Scaling of the solution in an elastodynamic rupture problem: an analytical proof. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11470
BAZAN FLORES, L. I., Kyriakopoulos, C., Oglesby, D. D., Meltzner, A. J., Rockwell, T. K., & Fletcher, J. M. (2021, 08). Dynamic Interactions Between the Southern San Andreas Fault and Normal Faults in the Brawley Seismic Zone . Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11420
Cortez, J., Kyriakopoulos, C., Wu, B., Oglesby, D. D., Douilly, R., Chadhuri, K., & Ghosh, A. (2021, 08). Stress transfer and fault geometry's influence on the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake slip distribution. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11379
Harris, R. A., Barall, M., Lockner, D. A., Moore, D. E., Ponce, D. A., Graymer, R. W., Funning, G., Morrow, C. A., Kyriakopoulos, C., & Eberhart-Phillips, D. (2021). A geology and geodesy based model of dynamic earthquake rupture on the Rodgers Creek‐Hayward‐Calaveras fault system, California. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126. doi: 10.1029/2020JB020577. SCEC Contribution 10916
Cortez, J. T., Oglesby, D. D., Kyriakopoulos, C., Wu, B., Chaudhuri, K., Ghosh, A., & Douilly, R. (2021). On the Rupture Propagation of the 2019 M6.4 Searles Valley, California, Earthquake, and the Lack of Immediate Triggering of the M7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(4). doi: 10.1029/2020GL090659. SCEC Contribution 10884
Kyriakopoulos, C., Wu, B., & Oglesby, D. D. (2020, 08). The Cajon pass earthquake gate: clues from synthetic and realistic topography dynamic rupture models . Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10758
Wu, B., Oglesby, D. D., Kyriakopoulos, C., & Ryan, K. J. (2020, 08). How do inertia, free surface interaction, and absolute friction coefficient level affect the final slip amplitude in a theoretical thrust fault rupture model? . Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10721
Cortez, J., Oglesby, D. D., Kyriakopoulos, C., Wu, B., Ghosh, A., & Douilly, R. (2020, 08). Stress analysis and rupture dynamics of the 2019 Ridgecrest Sequence. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10707
Pham, D. D., Methvin, M. R., & Kyriakopoulos, C. (2020, 08). A Virtual Reality Experience of the California Faults. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10532
Kyriakopoulos, C., Wu, B., & Oglesby, D. D. (2019, 08). The Cajon Pass Earthquake Gate: the effect of topography on dynamic rupture models. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9836
Cortez, J., Kyriakopoulos, C., Wu, B., Oglesby, D. D., Douilly, R., Funning, G., & Ghosh, A. (2019, 08). Modeling the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9818
Wu, B., Oglesby, D. D., Cortez, J., & Kyriakopoulos, C. (2019, 08). Dynamic stress perturbation on the M7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake fault from the preceding M6.4 event: a theoretical study with dynamic rupture models. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9788
Kyriakopoulos, C. (2019). 3D Printing: A Remedy to Common Misconceptions about Earthquakes. Seismological Research Letters,. doi: 10.1785/0220190121. SCEC Contribution 9225
Kyriakopoulos, C., Oglesby, D. D., Rockwell, T. K., Meltzner, A. J., Barall, M., Fletcher, J. M., & Tulanowski, D. (2019). Dynamic rupture scenarios in the Brawley seismic zone, Salton Trough, southern California.. Journal of Geophysical Research, Solid Earth,. SCEC Contribution 8889
Kyriakopoulos, C., & Oglesby, D. D. (2018, 08). Combining 3D printing and virtual reality goggles in outreach and communication events . Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8829
Oglesby, D. D., Kyriakopoulos, C., Rockwell, T. K., Meltzner, A. J., Barall, M., & Fletcher, J. (2018, 08). Dynamic rupture and cross-fault activation: the effect of high pre-stress contrast. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8784
Kyriakopoulos, C., Oglesby, D. D., Funning, G., & Ryan, K. J. (2017). Dynamic Rupture Modeling of the M7.2 2010 El Mayor‐Cucapah Earthquake: Comparison With a Geodetic Model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122(12), 10,263-10,279. doi: 10.1002/2017JB014294. SCEC Contribution 9206
Kyriakopoulos, C., Oglesby, D. D., Rockwell, T. K., & Meltzner, A. J. (2017). Multi-Fault Rupture Scenarios in the Brawley Seismic Zone . Oral Presentation at AGU2017. SCEC Contribution 8124
Kyriakopoulos, C., Oglesby, D. D., Meltzner, A. J., Rockwell, T. K., & Barall, M. (2017, 08). Can the Southern San Andreas Fault be Triggered by Cross-Fault Earthquakes?. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7795
Kyriakopoulos, C., Richards-Dinger, K. B., & Dieterich, J. H. (2016, 08). Exploring the sensitivity of multiscale seismic cycle simulations to material heterogeneities.. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6996
Oglesby, D. D., Kyriakopoulos, C., Meltzner, A. J., & Rockwell, T. K. (2016, 08). A possible joint San Andreas-Imperial fault rupture in the Salton Trough region. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6984
Tulanowski, D., Kyriakopoulos, C., Meltzner, A. J., Rockwell, T. K., & Oglesby, D. D. (2015). The Brawley Seismic Zone: Geologic, Seismic, and Dynamic Constraints on Possible Through-going Rupture Scenarios. Poster Presentation at 2015 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7077
Kyriakopoulos, C., Funning, G. J., Oglesby, D. D., Fletcher, J. M., & Ryan, K. J. (2015). Dealing With The Complexity of The M7.2 2010 El - Mayor Cucapah Earthquake. Poster Presentation at 2015 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7076
Last updated Sep 20, 2024.
