Dr. Lorraine Tighe (Sher/Her) obtained her Ph.D. (Earth Sciences - Physics) from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a graduate diploma in Remote Sensing (Geology) from the Nova Scotia Community College, and a B.Sc. (Physics and Geology) from Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. She currently works at Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) as the Director of Earth Sciences Solutions; Dr. Tighe oversees expanding the use of Esri software and technologies across six Earth sciences disciplines (geoscience, environmental monitoring, sustainable energy, climate science, GIS weather, and marine science). She has lectured on extracting geological information from interferometric SAR (InSAR) and optical data using GIS. Her graduate thesis focused on the extraction of mineralization along a fault zone using remotely sensed data in a GIS. She has published various papers in journals.

Dr Alvarez obtained MsC and PhD degrees from University of California at Berkeley in 1970 and 1972, respectively. He has spent 48 years at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) as a Professor and Researcher at the Institute of Applied Mathematics (IIMAS) and the Institute of Geophysics. In the 1989-1977 period he was director of the Institute of Geography. Between 1975-1977 he was Principal Investigator in NASA’s Lunar Sample Program. He has done research in electrical properties of rocks, Tectonics, and volcanic structures. 

Raffaele Persico is Associate Professor at the Department of Environmental Engineering of the University of Calabria. He has been Researcher at the Consortium for Advanced Research on Remote Sensing Systems CO.RI.S.T.A. at the Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment IREA-CNR, at the Institute for Archaeological and Monumental Heritage IBAM-CNR and at the Institute of Science Applied to Cultural Heritage ISPC-CNR. His main interests are GPR, TDR, inverse scattering, cultural heritage and remote sensing. He has been General Chair of the 13^th International GPR Conference (Lecce, Italy, 2010), Publication Chair of the 15^th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (Lecce, Italy, 2015) and Vice-Chair at the 11^th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar IWAGPR (Valletta, Malta, December 1-4 2021). He has won the Christiaan Huygens Medal acknowledged by EGU in 2020. He is Associated Editor of Near Surface Geophysics and Geophysical Prospecting and Sensors. He has been President of the Italian Association of GPR (www.gpritalia.it) from 2016 up to July 2023.

Geological Hazards & Geological Risk Assessment

Soil Science and Soil Biodiversity

Seismology

Dr Lawrence Haar is a Senior Lecturer in Finance with Brighton University School of Business and Law. Preceding his academic career, Dr Haar had a twenty-five-year career which included BP North America, Rand Mines in South Africa and the German energy group, RWE and major banks where he applied his knowledge of commodity markets to risk management. As a Risk Officer for commodities, he was a Director and Managing Director with the following institutions: Bear Stearns-JPM, Credit Suisse and UniCredit.  He has as well worked in Saudi Arabia for ARAMCO and been a Director in Audit Assurance for Deloitte.  

Through his peer-reviewed research, he regularly appears in academic journals, such as International Review of Financial Analysis, Risks, Energy Policy, Energy Strategy Review and publications of the Institute for Economic Affairs as well as the CATO Institute. He also appears in the financial press, including the Petroleum Economist. He was on the Editorial Board for the Journal Energy Policy and is presently an Editor for the journal Economic Affairs published by the Institute for Economic Affairs and Wiley.  He has appeared numerous times on various BBC stations, France24, Capital FM and GBTV discussing energy markets and energy policies. On occasion he is involved in consultancy work, most recently for Ezz Steel in Cairo, Egypt and as well been an expert witness for the UK’s Crown Prosecution Services He has a PhD in Financial Economics from the University of Surrey, a Masters from Brown University and a Bachelors from New York University.

Prof. Krzysztof Wozniak obtained his PhD (Chemistry) from the University of Warsaw (Poland). Postdoc and sabbatical stay at Cambridge University. 1992 - PhD: “On Influence of H-Bonding on Properties of Molecules”; 1998 – Habilitation: “On Weak Interactions in Organic Solids. Head of: Crystallographic Lab., Structural Research Laboratory both at Chem. Deptm. Univ. of Warsaw (UW) and Lab. for Structural and Biochemical Research at the UW Bio. Chem. Centre and CryoEM and Electron Diffraction Facility at the UW Center for New Techn. Since 2002 Full professor. Fellow of the Chemistry Europe. Scientific interests: Quantum Crystallography such as Hirshfeld Atom Refinement (HAR), experimental wavefunction fitting, experimental charge density investigations, in particular applications of these approaches in high pressure research of minerals, ices, phase transitions in minerals under pressure and VT, hydrogen storage materials and superconductivity.

Researcher from 2003 he is senior scientist at ENEA. Expert at the Ministry of the Environment from 2004-2008, he is Temporary Professor at the University of Sassari and other Institutions since 2003. Author of several publications (H index: 13; patents: 2), he has participated and coordinated national and international research projects. After obtaining his Laurea at “La Sapienza” the University of Rome on the design of pipeline on Sable Island Bank (Canada) and his Ph.D. at the University of Southampton (UK) on Venice Lagoon, He obtained a Master on Waste Management (2019), a MSc (II Academic level) on Environmental Law (2021) and the habilitation as Associate Professor of Applied Geology and Geomorphology (2023). He is investigating the Anthropocene, the sustainable development and related environmental issues on management of biomasses.

Researcher from 2003 he is senior scientist at ENEA. Expert at the Ministry of the Environment from 2004-2008, he is Temporary Professor at the University of Sassari and other Institutions since 2003. Author of several publications (H index: 13; patents: 2), he has participated and coordinated national and international research projects. After obtaining his Laurea at “La Sapienza” the University of Rome on the design of pipeline on Sable Island Bank (Canada) and his Ph.D. at the University of Southampton (UK) on Venice Lagoon, He obtained a Master on Waste Management (2019), a MSc (II Academic level) on Environmental Law (2021) and the habilitation as Associate Professor of Applied Geology and Geomorphology (2023). He is investigating the Anthropocene, the sustainable development and related environmental issues on management of biomasses.

Dr. Lorraine Tighe is a geoscientist and thought leader with over 20 years of experience advancing Earth science through innovative mapping technologies. As Director of Earth Sciences Solutions at Esri, she leads national initiatives that integrate geologic, topographic, and natural resource data using GIS and Earth observation tools. With a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences (Physics), an M.Sc. in Remote Sensing, and a B.Sc. in Physics and Geology, Dr. Tighe brings deep scientific expertise to her mission of promoting sustainability through geospatial thinking. She is internationally recognized for her expertise in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), 3D terrain modeling, and the application of GIS in open science. Dr. Tighe is co-editor of Addressing Earth’s Challenges: GIS for Earth Scientists and a contributing author to the ASPRS DEM User’s Manual. Her work empowers geologists, researchers, and policymakers to better understand and manage Earth’s dynamic systems through cutting-edge geospatial solutions.