Site effect estimation, earthquake microzonation, magnitude estimation, source parameter estimation, seismic noise analysis, surface wave inversion, spectral inversion to simultaneously calculate source spectra, quality factor Q and site responses, seismic hazard and risk, vulnerability, attenuation relationships, earthquake locations, seismic tomography, time-frequency analysis of seismograms.

• Projektcoordinator of the Earthquake Global Model Central Asia (EMCA) project
• Responsible for the task IT1b within the GEM-Inventory data capture tools coordinated by ImageCAT..
• Responsible for the work package “Single type risk assessment and comparability” in the “New Multi Hazard and MulTi-RIsK Assessment MethodS for Europe” (MATRIX) EU Project.
• Co-Responsible of the work package “Cross-border landslide risk assessment” in the “Geodynamics-climate interactions and resulting geohazards in Central Asia” project submitted to BMBF.
• Responsible for the work package “Entwicklung und Test der drahtlosen Sensoren und Software” in the “Monitoring and Imaging auf der Grundlage interferometrischer Konzepte” MIIC project BMBF/DFG).
• Participant to the PROGRESS project.
• Project Director for the “A strong motion network for earthquake rapid response in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)” project submitted to Volkswagen Stiftung.

1. Parolai, S.; Orunbaev, S.; Bindi, D.; Strollo, A.; Usupaev, S.; Picozzi, M.; Di Giacomo, D.; Augliera, P.; D'Alema, E.; Milkereit, C.; Moldobekov, B.; Zschau, J. (2010) )
   Site Effects Assessment in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) Using Earthquake and Noise Recording Data. )
   Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 100, 6, 3068-3082
2. Bindi, D.; Mayfield, M.; Parolai, S.; Tyagunov, S.; Begaliev, U. T.; Abdrakhmatov, K.; Moldobekov, B.; Zschau, J. (2010) )
   Towards an improved seismic risk scenario for Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic.)
   Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 31, 3, 521-525.
3. Parolai, S.; Bindi, D.; Ansal, A.; Kurtulus, A.; Strollo, A.; Zschau, J. (2010))
   Determination of shallow S-wave attenuation by down-hole waveform deconvolution: a case study in Istanbul (Turkey). )
   Geophysical Journal International, 181, 2, 1147-1158.
4. Picozzi, M.; Ditommaso, R.; Parolai, S.; Mucciarelli, M.; Milkereit, C.; Sobiesiak, M.; Di Giacomo, D.; Gallipoli, M. R.; Pilz, M.; Vona, M.; Zschau, J.(2010))
   Real time monitoring of structures in task force missions: the example of the Mw=6.3 Central Italy Earthquake, April 6, 2009.)
   Natural Hazards, 52, 2, 253-256.
5. Di Giacomo, D.; Parolai, S.; Bormann, P.; Grosser, H.; Saul, J.; Wang, R.; Zschau, J. (2010))
   Suitability of rapid energy magnitude determinations for emergency response purposes.)
   Geophysical Journal International, 180, 1, 361-374.
6. Picozzi, M.; Milkereit, C.; Parolai, S.; Jäckel, K. - H.; Veit, I.; Fischer, J.; Zschau, J. (2010) )
   GFZ Wireless Seismic Array (GFZ-WISE), a Wireless Mesh Network of Seismic Sensors: New Perspectives for Seismic Noise Array Investigations and Site Monitoring Sensors
7. S. Parolai, A. Ansal, A. Kurtulus, A. Strollo, R. Wang, and J. Zschau. (2009 )
   )The Ataköy vertical array (Turkey): insights into seismic wave propagation in the shallow-most crustal layers by waveform deconvolution.)
   Geophys. J. Int., doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04257
8. S. Parola i(2009))
   De-noising of seismograms using the S-transform)
   Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 99, 226-234.
9. S. Parolai, G. Grünthal, R. Wahlström (2007))
   Site-specific response spectra from the combination of microzonation with probabilistic seismic hazard assessment - an example for the Cologne (Germany) area.)
   Soil Dynamic and Earthquake Engineering, 27,49-50.
10. S. Parolai, M. Picozzi, S.M. Richwalski, C. Milkereit. (2005)
    Joint inversion of phase velocity dispersion and H/V ratio curves from seismic noise recordings using a genetic algorithm, considering higher modes.
    Geophys. Res. Letters,32, L01303, doi:10.1029/2004GL021115.
11. Picozzi M., S. Parolai, S. M. Richwalski. (2005)
    Joint inversion of H/V ratios and dispersion curves from seismic noise: estimating the S-wave velocity of bedrock.
    Geophys. Res. Letters,32, L11308, doi:10.1029/2005GL022878.
12. S. Parolai, S.M. Richwalski, C. Milkereit and P. Bormann. (2004)
    Assessment of the stability of H/V spectral ratios and comparison with earthquake data in the Cologne area (Germany).
    Tectonophysics, special issue on “Strong Ground Motion, Earthquake Hazard and Risk in Alpine-Himalayan and Pacific Regions”, 390, 57-73.
13. S. Parolai, P. Bormann, C. Milkereit. (2002)
    New relationship between Vs, thickness of the sediments and resonance frequency calculated by means of H/V spectral ratio of seismic noise for the Cologne area (Germany).
    Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 92, 6, 2521-2527.
14. Parolai S., P. Bormann, C. Milkereit. (2001)
    Assessment of the natural frequency of the sedimentary cover in the Cologne area (Germany) using noise measurements.
    Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 5,4, 541-564.
15. S. Parolai, D. Bindi, P. Augliera. (2000)
    Application of the Generalized Inversion Technique (GIT) to a microzonation study: numerical simulations and comparison with different site estimation techniques.
    Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 90,2,286-297.
16. Parolai S., Spallarossa D., Eva C. (1997)
    Lateral variations of Pn wave velocity in northwestern Italy..
    JGeophys. Res., Vol. 102, 8369-8379.