Education:
- 1986 – MSc, Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University (Gravitational waves in the Universe filled with massive, noninteracting particles)
- 1993 – PhD, Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences (Fault zone dynamics. Evolution patterns)
- 2005 – Post-doctoral degree (habilitation), Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences (Interactive dynamics of a heterogeneous seismic source. A model with the slip-dependent friction)
Employment
- 1988 till present at the Instititute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences;
- 1994 – assistant professor;
- 2005 – associate professor;
- 2008 – head of the Earth Interior’s Dynamics Laboratory.
Experience
- January 1998 – December 1999: at Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, JSPS fellowship.
- August 1991 – August 1992: at Institute of Theoretical Physics, Stuttgart University, DAAD fellowship.
Research interests
- physics of earthquakes,
- seismic source models,
- computer simulations of earthquakes,
- earthquake statistic,
- seismic parameters,
- earthquake scaling,
- seismic forecasts and hazard.
Selected publications
- Kambala, V.G.R., Senatorski, P., 2026. Patches of low b values in the Japan subduction zone before m > 8 earthquakes, Acta Geophys., 74, 26, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-025-01740-0
- Piotr Senatorski, 2023. Physicist in Search of the Theory of Earthquakes, Publications of the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Geophysical Data Bases, Processing and Instrumentation, 446 (A-32), 35-41
- Piotr Senatorski, 2023. Sejsmiczność, trzęsienia ziemi i lingwistyka (Seismicity, earthquakes and linguistics), Przegląd Geofizyczny, 68 (3-4), 185-197, https://doi.org/10.32045/PG-2023-042
- Piotr Senatorski, 2023. Patrzymy na trzęsienia ziemi jak na element naturalnego procesu kształtującego Ziemię, Wywiad dla Polska Press (Anita Czupryn)
- Piotr Senatorski, 2020. Gutenberg-Richter’s b Value and Earthquake Asperity Models, Pure Appl. Geophys., 177, 1891–1905, doi.org/10.1007/s00024-019-02385-z
- Piotr Senatorski, 2019. Effect of Slip-Weakening Distance on Seismic–Aseismic Slip Patterns, Pure Appl. Geophys., 176, 3975–3992, doi:10.1007/s00024-019-02094-7
- Piotr Senatorski, 2017. Effect of slip-area scaling on the earthquakefrequency-magnitude relationship, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 267, 41-52, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2017.04.004
- Piotr Senatorski, 2014. Radiated energy estimations from finite-fault earthquake slip models, Geophysical Research Letters, 41 (10), 3431-3437, https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL060013
- Piotr Senatorski, 2012. Effect of seismic moment-area scaling on apparent stress-seismic moment relationship, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, vol. 196-197, 14-22
- Piotr Senatorski, 2008. Apparent stress scaling for tectonic and induced seismicity: Model and observations, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 167 (1-2), 98-109, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2008.02.006
- Piotr Senatorski, 2007. Apparent stress scaling and statistical trends, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 160, 230-244, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2006.11.007
- Piotr Senatorski, 2006. Fluctuations, trends, and scaling of the energy radiated by heterogeneous seismic sources, Geophys. J. Int, 166 (1), 267-276, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02942.x
- Piotr Senatorski, 2005. A macroscopic approach towards earthquake physics: the meaning of the apparent stress, Physica A 358, 551-574, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2005.07.002
- Piotr Senatorski, 2004. Interactive dynamics of an heterogeneous seismic source. A model with the slip dependent friction, Publ.Inst.Geophys. Pol.Acad.Sci., A-27, (354) pp. 153, Warszawa 2004 (rozprawa habilitacyjna)
- Piotr Senatorski, 2004. Złożoność trzęsień ziemi i ich prognozowanie, Przegląd Geofizyczny, XLIX, 3-4, 131-146 (in Polish)
- Piotr Senatorski, 2003. Scaling and statistical trends of the apparent stress for heterogeneous seismic sources, Acta Geophys. Pol. 51, 125-134
- Piotr Senatorski, 2003. Random fluctuations of the apparent stress among heterogeneous seismic sources, Acta Geophys. Pol 51, 23-36
- Piotr Senatorski, 2002. Slip-weakening and interactive dynamics of an heterogeneous seismic source, Tectonophysics, 344, 37-60
- Piotr Senatorski, 2001. Slip weakening and energy-moment scaling relations, Acta Geophys. Pol., 49, 75-93
- Piotr Senatorski, 2001. Trzęsienia ziemi: obserwacje i modele, in: Publ. Inst. Geophys. Pol. Acad.Sci., Wybrane problemy geofizyki współczesnej, Stanisław Kramsztyk (1841-1906) In memoriam, M-25 (347), 261-284 (in Polish)
- Piotr Senatorski, 2000. Model of earthquake cycles with a slip dependent constitutive law. Part II – Simulations, Acta Geophys. Pol., 48, 423-453
- Piotr Senatorski, 2000. Model of earthquake cycles with a slip dependent constitutive law. Part I – Theory, Acta Geophysica Polonica, 48, 299-316
- Piotr Senatorski, 1997. Interactive dynamics of faults, Tectonophysics, 277, 199-207
- Piotr Senatorski, 1995. Dynamics of a zone of four parallel faults: a deterministic model, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 24111-24120
- Piotr Senatorski, 1994. Spatio-temporal evolution of faults: deterministic model, Physica D, 76, 420-435
- Piotr Senatorski, 1993. Fault zone dynamice. Evolution patterns, Publ. Inst. Geophys. Pol. Acad. Sci., A-21 (261), pp. 84. Warszawa 1993
