Panayotis Varotsos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Panayotis Varotsos

Greek physicist

Date of Birth: 28-Nov-1947

Place of Birth: Patras, West Greece Region, Greece

Profession: physicist, seismologist

Nationality: Greece

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Panayiotis Varotsos (Greek: ?a?a???t?? ?a??ts??, born November 28, 1947 in Patras) is a Greek physicist and former professor in the Department of Physics of the University of Athens, notable for his VAN method to predict earthquakes.
His group claims the ability to identify electromagnetic signals that are precursors to earthquakes.
They suggest the precursors are generated by electricity from piezo-stimulated effects in rocks being stressed just prior to the earthquake rupture.
Onassis Foundation Laureate for the Environment (1995).
Also awarded by the Academy of Athens (1978) and Empeirikion Foundation (1986).
In 2016 the Union of Greek Physicists honoured him for his work with a prize awarded by the President of Greece.