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Ara Avagyan
Skill and Research interest: active tectonics– geodynamic– geological hazard
Affiliation: IGS: Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
Official Website: https://geology.am/
Address: NAS RA Institute of Geological Sciences- 24A M. Baghramyan Ave. 0019, Yerevan, Armenia
Tel: +374 10 52 44 26
Email: avagn1064@gmail.com
Rick J Bailey
Skill and Research interest: Tsunami (risk, warning, preparedness, education, training)- Ocean monitoring and forecasting- Intergovernmental and inter-agency liaison- Governance- Leadership in science and service management- Business and Business Case development- Project management- Risk management- Performance management- Legal and contract management- Business relationship and Key Account management- Strategic and operational planning- Capacity assessment and development- Training
Affiliation: IOC-UNESCO Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System/ UNESCO
Official Website: https://oceanexpert.org/
Address: UNESCO IOC Perth Regional Programme Office Level 3, 1 Ord Street / PO Box 1370
West Perth, Western Australia 6872 Australia
Tel: +61 408027594
Email: r.bailey@unesco.org
Aram Fathian Baneh
Skill and Research interest: active tectonics– geodynamic– geological hazard
Affiliation: University of Calgary
Official Website: https:// ucalgary.ca/
Address: University of Calgary 2500 University NW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
Email: aram.fathianbaneh@ucalgary.ca
Wenjiao Xiao
Skill and Research interest: Tethyan orogenic belt and the Central Asian orogenic and mineralization
Affiliation: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Official Website: https:// igg.cas.cn/
Address: No. 19 Beitucheng West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, China
Tel: 86 010 82998524
Email: wj-xiao@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
Constantin D. Athanassas
Skill and Research interest: Structural Geology, Geochronology, Tectonics, Geodynamics, Geomorphology, Geological Remote Sensing
Affiliation: Laboratory of Geology, School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece
Official Website: http://eng.metal.ntua.gr/?team_member=constantin_athanassas
Address: Laboratory of Geology, School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece
Tel: +30-210-772-2103/+30-6949-078-692
Email: constathanassas@metal.ntua.gr
Katerina Theodorakopoulou, Adjunct Professor
Skill and Research interest: Prehistoric Archaeology, Geoarchaeology, Archaeometry, Coastal geomorphology
Affiliation: Hellenic Open University-School of Applied Arts and Sustainable Design / Ministry of Tourism- School of Tourist guides
Official Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Katerina-Theodorakopoulou
Address: 15 Tzavella str, 15231, Athens, Greece
Tel: +30 6974867817
Email: ktheodorakopoulou@hotmail.com
Philippe Agard
Skill and Research interest: Regional-scale tectonics and lithosphere dynamics, metamorphic petrology and rheology – with a focus on convergent plate margins (subduction, obduction)
Affiliation: University of Sorbonne
Official Website: https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/
Address: Sorbonne University, 21, rue de l’Ecole de Medicine, 75006 Paris, France
Email: philippe.agard@upmc.fr
Alice Aureli
Skill and Research interest: Groundwater Resources and Aquifer Systems
Affiliation: UNESCO Water Sciences Division (Retired)
Official Website: https://www.landsubsidence-unesco.org/
Address: UNESCO Representative, 1, rue Miollis, 75732 Paris Cedex 15, France
Tel: (+52) 442 2381104 ext. 112
Email: a.aureli@unesco.org
Eric Barrier
Skill and Research interest: tectonics, earth sciences, structural geology, field geology, geological mapping, active tectonics, sedimentary basins, neotectonics and basin analysis
Affiliation: University of Sorbonne (Retired)
Official Website: https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/
Address: Sorbonne University, 21, rue de l’Ecole de Medicine, 75006 Paris
Email: eric.barrier@sorbonne-universite.fr
Jean Chery
Skill and Research interest: Geophysics, Instrumentation, Energy, Researcher at CNRS
Affiliation: University of Montpellier
Official Website: https://www.le-monde-des-non-c.org/
Address: Montpellier Geosciences Laboratory (UMR 5243), University of Montpellier – CNRS, Montpellier, France
Email: jean.chery@umontpellier.fr
Magdi Guirguis
Affiliation: Institut français d’archéologie orientale du Caire
French University Archaeologist with Egyptian Origins
Fax: (OO2)01003384971
Tel: (202)27900255(661)
Email: mguirguis@ifao.egnet.net , mguirguis@aucegypt.edu
Jean-François Ritz
Skill and Research interest: active tectonics– geodynamic– geological hazard
Affiliation: University of Montpellier
Official Website: http://www.gm.univ-montp2.fr/
Address: Géosciences Montpellier -Université de Montpellier- Campus Triolet cc060- Place Eugène Bataillon
34095 Montpellier Cedex05- France
Tel: (33) 4 67 14 39 07
Email: jean-francois.ritz@umontpellier.fr
Klaus Reicherter
Skill and Research interest: Active faults, palaeoseismicity and historical seismicity, Secondary earthquake effects, tsunami, landslides and Palaeoclimatology of the Late Pleistocene and Holocene and tectonics
Affiliation: Aachen University
Official Website: http://www.nug.rwth-aachen.de/
Address: Gebäude: Haus Bour,Raum: 307, Lochnerstr. 4 – 20, 52064 Aachen
Tel: +49 241 80 95722
Email: k.reicherter@nug.rwth-aachen.de
Judith Thomalsky
Skill and Research interest: Archeology
Affiliation: German Archaeological Institute
Official Website: https://www.dainst.org/
Address: Central Station, Podbielskiallee, 69-71
14195 Berlin- Germany
Tel. +49 030 187711-0
EMail: info@dainst.de and judith.thomalsky@dainst.de
Iraj Abdollahie Fard
Affiliation: Exploration Directorate of NIOC (Retired)
Address: No. 26, Azadi St., Heravi District, Tehran, Iran, Postal Code 1669617318
Tel: +989125212271
Email: iabdollahie@gmail.com
Behrooz Abtahi
Affiliation: Faculty Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University
Official Website: https://facultymembers.sbu.ac.ir/abtahi/
Address: Shahid Beheshti University
Email: b_abtahi@sbu.ac.ir
Hamid Alizadeh Lahijani
Skill and Research interest: Sedimentology
Affiliation: Iran.ian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science
Official Website: http://www.inio.ac.ir/
Address: No.3, Etemad Zadeh St., Fatemi Ave., Tehran, IR. Iran.
Tel : (+98)21- 66944873-5
Email: lahijani@inio.ac.ir
Abbas Banj Shafiei
Affiliation: Urmia University
E-mail : a.banjshafiei@urmia.ac.ir
Website: http://urmia.ac.ir/
Tell: +98 44 32750555
Yahya Djamour
Skill and Research interest: Satellite PositionningGeodetic SurveyingCrustal Deformation MonitoringGeometrical Geodesy
Affiliation: Shahid Beheshti University (SBU)
Official Website: https://cwe.sbu.ac.ir/
Address: Shahid Beheshti University, Shahid Shahriari Square, Evin, Tehran, Iran.
Tel: (+98)21-73932449
Email: y_djamour@sbu.ac.ir
Dariush Esmaili
Skill and Research interest: Geology, Mineralogy, Petrology, Economic Resources, Geochemistry, Petrogenesis,
Affiliation: Geological Survey of Iran.
Official Website: http://gsi.ir
Address: Geological Survey of Iran., Meraj St., Azadi Sq., Tehran, Iran.
Tel: (+98)21-66070500
Email: dsmaeili@ut.ac.ir
Hassan Fazeli Nashli
Skill and Research interest: Archaeology
Affiliation: University of Tehran
Official Website: http://ut.ac.ir/
Address: Literature and Human Sciences Faculty of Tehran University, Enqelab Ave, Tehran,Iran.
Tel: +982161112561
Email: hfazelin@ut.ac.ir
Razyeh Lak
Skill and Research interest: Environmental Geology, Climate Change, Holocene Paleoclimate, Marine and Coastal Sedimentology, Lake and Playa Environments
Affiliation: Research Institute for Earth Sciences
Official Website: http://ries.ac.ir/
Address: Research Institute for Earth Sciences, Geological Survey of Iran, Meraj St., Azadi Sq., Tehran, Iran.
Tel: +98-21- 64592301
Email: lak_ir@yahoo.com
Mohammad Mokhtari
Skill and Research interest: analysis and processing the seismic data, Geophysical data acquisition, processing and interpretation (seismic reflection, refraction, gravity and magnetic) and interpretation of 3D seismic data
Affiliation: International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (Retired)
Official Website: http://www.iiees.ac.ir/
Address: No. 21, Arghavan St., North Dibajee, Farmanieh. Tehran-Iran.
P.O.Box: 19537-14453
Tel: +98 21 22830830
Email: m7mokhtari@gmail.com
Hamid Nazari
Skill and Research interest: Paleoseismology, Tectonic, Active Tectonic
Affiliation: Research Institute for Earth Sciences
Official Website: http://ries.ac.ir/ and http://unescoiran.com/
Address: Research Institute for Earth Sciences, Geological Survey of Iran, Meraj St., Azadi Sq., Tehran, Iran.
Tel:+98 21 64592427
Email: h.nazari@gsi.ir, h.nazari@riec.ac.ir , uchair.cgha@ries.ac.ir, hamidnazarii@gmail.com
Jafar Omrani
Skill and Research interest: Petrology and Geodynamic
Affiliation: CGMW- Geological Survey of Iran. (Retired)
Official Website: http://gsi.ir/
Address: Geological Survey of Iran, Meraj St., Azadi Sq., Tehran, Iran.
Tel: +98 2164592271
Email: j.omrani@gmail.com
Morteza Talebian
Skill and Research interest: Seismotectonics, active fault, earthquake hazard analysis
Affiliation: Research Institute for Earth Sciences
Official Website: http://ries.ac.ir/
Address: Research Institute for Earth Sciences, Geological Survey of Iran, Meraj St., Azadi Sq., Tehran, Iran.
Tel: +982164592404
Email: morteza.talebian@gmail.com
Mohammad Tatar
Skill and Research interest: Tectonic, Active Tectonic
Affiliation: International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology
Official Website: http://www.iiees.ac.ir/
Address: No. 21, Arghavan St., North Dibajee, Farmanieh. Tehran-Iran. P.O.Box: 19537-14453
Tel: +98 21 22830830
Email: mtatar@iiees.ac.ir
Alireza Zarasvandi
Affiliation: Department of Geology Industrial Research Organization of Iran.
Official Website: https://earth.scu.ac.ir/
Address: Shahid Chamran University
Email: Zarvasvandi_a@scu.ac.ir
Mahdi Zare
Skill and Research interest: Seismic Hazard Analysis, Seismotectonic, Crisis Management
Affiliation: International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology
Official Website: http://www.iiees.ac.ir/
Address: No. 21, Arghavan St., North Dibajee, Farmanieh. Tehran-Iran.
P.O.Box: 19537-14453
Tel: +98 21 22830830
Email: mehdi.zare.Iran.@gmail.com, talebian@ries.ac.ir
Stefano Salvi
Skill and Research interest: GEO Geohazard
Affiliation: National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV)
Official Website: https://www.ingv.it/
Address: Via di Vigna Murata 605 -00143 Roma
Tel: +39 06518601
Email: stefano.salvi@ingv.it
Ryo Anma
Skill and Research interest: Tectonics and Geodynamics
Affiliation: Tokushima University
Official Website: https://www.tokushima-u.ac.jp/
Address: Minami-josanjima 2-1, Tokushima, 770-8506 Japan
Tel: 088-656-7240
Email: anma@tokushima-u.ac.jp
Yeong Bae Seong
Affiliation: Korea University
Official website: www. korea.edu
Email: ybseong@korea.ac.kr
Address: 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Korea (02841)
Tel: +82232902367
John Lambert
Skill and Research interest: geohydrology, Civil Engineering
Affiliation: Deltares, UNESCO (Retired)
Official Website: https://www.deltares.nl/
Address: 2600 MH Delft, the Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)88 335 8273
Email: John.Lambert@deltares.nl
Ekkehard Holzbecher
Affiliation: German University of Technology in Oman
Official website: www.gutech.edu.om
Email: ekkard.holzbecher@gutech.edu.om
Address: GUTech, P.O. Box 1816, Athaiba 130, Sultanate of Oman
Tel:+96822061177
Issa El-Hussain
Skill and Research interest: Geophysics
Affiliation: Sultan Qaboos University
Official Website: https://www.squ.edu.om/
Address: Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 50, P.C. 123, Al-khod, Sultanate of Oman
Tel: (+ 968) 2414 1511
Email: elhussain@squ.edu.om
Richard Walker
Skill and Research interest: remote sensing, detailed field investigation, earthquake studies, and Quaternary dating methods
Affiliation: University of Oxford
Official Website: https://www.ox.ac.uk/
Address: University of Oxford-University Offices-Wellington Square-Oxford- OX1 2JD- United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1865 270000
Email: richard.walker@earth.ox.ac.uk
Egor Krasinskii
Skill and Research interest: ground water
Affiliation: Academician I.S. Gramberg All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the Ocean
Official Website: www.vniio.ru
Address: 1, Angliysky prospekt 190121, St. Petersburg Russia
Tel: +7 921 777 62 62
Email: e.krasinskii@vniio.ru
Franck A Audemard
Affiliation: Department of Geology, Central University of Venezuela (Retired)
Official Website: http://www.ucv.ve/
Address: University City of Caracas, Los Chaguaramos Caracas, Venezuela
Email: faudemard@gmail.com
