Environmental Geo-sciences

He has completed Master's studies in Geological Technologies (Environment, Geological Hazards and Georesources). Polytechnic University of Madrid. 2005. Geologist graduated from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.  1979. Currently work at the University of El Salvador as technical coordinator of the Master of Science in Geology. He has worked on natural hazards in assessment and mitigation measures for landslides. Volcanological studies in the Ilopango Caldera: monogenetic volcanism and explosive eruptions and volcanic stratigraphy. In geothermal as a well geologist of vertical and directional geothermal wells. Also, in high and low enthalpy geothermal survey studies in Guatemala, Jamaica, Honduras and El Salvador.

Dr. Farouk El-Baz participated in NASA’s Apollo program (from 1967 to 1972) as secretary of lunar landing site selection, and chair of astronaut training in visual observations and photography. In 1973-82 he established and directed the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies at National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. He later served as Vice President of Itek Optical Systems until he joined Boston University in 1986 to establish and direct the Center for Remote Sensing. He served as Science Advisor to the late President Anwar Sadat, and presently serves on the Advisory Council of President El-Sisi of Egypt. He is the recipient of Egypt’s Order of Merit – First Class, NASA’s Apollo Achievement Award, and is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, Royal Astronomical Society, African Academy of Sciences, and the Moroccan Academy of Science and Technology

Franco Pirajno, has a Doctoral degree in Geological Sciences from the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory, University Federico II (Naples). He has considerable experience in tectonics, ore deposit geology and mineral exploration in many parts of the world. Following a spell as a post-doctoral research scientist at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory, he worked for the AngloAmerican Corporation of South Africa Ltd, in southern Africa for many years, then as Exploration Manager of the Corporation’s activities in the South West Pacific. In 1983 he was appointed to the Chair of Exploration Geology at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. In 1993 joined the Geological Survey of Western Australia till October 2015. Currently, Franco is Adjunct Professor at The University of Western Australia, Honorary Professor at China University of Geosciences, Honorary Research Fellow at CERCAMS Natural History Museum, London. He was nominated as a top 1% Highly Cited Researcher in 2019.

Dr. Sarah Jones obtained her BSc and MSc (Geology) from the University of Otago, New Zealand. After 2 years working as an exploration geologist in Western Australia, she completed her PhD (Geology) from CODES, University of Tasmania. This was followed by 5 years at the Geological Survey of Western Australia. Since 2006 she has worked as a structural geologist for mining and exploration companies and has worked in Australia, Zambia, Ghana, Canada, Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea. She currently runs her own consultancy business based in New Zealand as a structural geologist. She has published various papers in peer reviewed journals on structural aspects of VMS, manganese, and gold deposits

Dr. Jerry Miller obtained his BS and PhD (Geology) from the Southern Illinois University, and his MS (Geology) from the University of New Mexico. He is currently the Blanton J. Whitmire Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science at Western Carolina University. During the past 25 years he has studied the transport and fate of toxic trace metals and other contaminants within rivers and lakes, and the restoration and management of riparian ecosystem.  Dr. Miller’s research has been published in over 75 refereed articles, and he is the co-author of several books. 

Dr. Korte obtained his Diplom (Geology) and his PhD (Geology) from the Ruhr-University Bochum. He worked on several research projects at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, the Universität Innsbruck and the University of Oxford, and he acquired his “Habilitation” (Geology) from the Freie Universität Berlin. His research focuses on climate and climate changes of the geological past and its impacts on palaeo­environments. He investigates long- and short-term geological timescales – including mass extinction events – by using modern geochemical, sedimentological and palaeontological approaches. Dr. Korte currently lectures Geology and Palaeoclimate at the University of Copenhagen. He has published numerous papers in peer reviewed journals.

Dr. Juan Antonio García Aragón obtained his Civil Engineer title from the Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá-Colombia, his M.Sc title from Univerté Laval, Quebec and his PhD (Civil Engineering) from McGill University, Montreal. His PhD research was about Fluid Mechanics of mudflows with application to the Nevado del Ruiz 1985 lahar in Colombia. He currently lectures River Hydraulics and cohesive sediment transport at Instituto Interamericano de Tecnología y Ciencias del Agua-Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. He has been invited research at University of California Berkeley and at CCIW-Environment and Climate Change Canada in Burlington-Ontario.

Dr. Maria Eugênia Souza is an Associated Professor at Federal University of Ouro Preto, in Brazil. She obtained his BSc (Geology) and his MSc and PhD (Natural Sciences, focused on Tectonics, Petrogenesis and Natural Resources) from the Federal University of Ouro Preto. She specializes in the architecture of rift basin systems, integrating magmatism, sedimentation, and tectonics through stratigraphic and structural surveys, as well as geochronology and petrogenesis using isotopic and geochemical methods. She is particularly interested in the role of tectonic inheritance and magmatism in the evolution of rifts and, later, the breakup of the lithosphere. Her current research focuses on the role of Tonian Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) in the paleocontinent lithosphere stretching through continental rifts, as well as their role in failure lithosphere breakup. She also employs data analysis to identify possible links between magmatism and other rift basin features.

Samuel Frimpong holds PhD from University of Alberta, Canada. His professional experience includes over 30 years of research and teaching, over 20 years of university leadership and administration, and several years of industry practice. His research areas include advanced surface mining, mine automation and intelligent mining systems, formation excavation, machine dynamics and fatigue modeling, synthetic and renewable energy, and mine safety and health. Frimpong has been recognized with the 2018 Faculty External Recognition Award by S&T; 2018 Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award by Sigma Chi Fraternity at S&T; 2017 Daniel C. Jackling Award by Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME); 2010 S&T Chancellor’s Leadership Award; Robert H. Quenon Endowed Chair by S&T, MO (2004-Date); Distinguished Lecturer Award by Canadian Petroleum Institute (1998-04); 1997 Award of Distinction by World Mining Congress; University of Alberta/CIDA PhD Scholar (1989-92); Life Patron of George Grant Univ. of Mines and Tech. Alumni Association (2001-Date); 1989 Grand Award by the NW Mining Assoc., UNESCO Research Fellow (1986-88) and State Gold Mining Corporation Gold Scholar (1981 – 1986).

Dr. Benbow obtained her B.S. (Biology) from St. Mary’s College and her M.S. (Science Teacher Education) and Ph.D. (Curriculum and Instruction) from the University of Maryland College Park. A science teacher, teacher educator, and curriculum designer, she has held positions in the education departments of the American Chemical Society and the American Geosciences Institute,. She was Executive Director of the Archaeological Institute of America and is currently Executive Director of the Mineralogical Society of America. Dr. Benbow has directed many national science teacher education programs and authored numerous science education publications for K-16 audiences.

Dr. Massimiliano Schiavo obtained his Ph. D. in Stochastic Groundwater at the Politecnico di Milano (Italy). He previously obtained his MSc in Hydraulic Engineering at the University of Padova (Italy), where he currently serves as a Post-Doc within the Forestry and Agricultural Hydrology Group. His research interests span a wide variety of topics within the hydrological sciences, focusing on (i) stochastic groundwater hydrology, (ii) subsurface connectivity, and (iii) geostatistical methods for hydrogeology and earth sciences. He authored several scientific publications in international peer-reviewed journals, and serves as a reviewer for top-ranked hydrology sciences journals.

MSc Paula Serrano obtained her BSc (Geology) and her master’s degree from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Geosciences). Currently she is a PhD student at Federal University of Ouro Preto in the Tectonics and Structural area. She is previously worked for the Minas Gerais State Foundation for the Environment and for the National Agency of Mining (linked to the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Brazil) as a technical analyst of tailing dams. Currently she is a consultant in the geological and geotechnical area, focused on tailing dams, rock mechanics and slope stability

Dr Mourice Czerewko is an associate engineering geologist with AECOM. He graduated from Plymouth Polytechnic in applied geology then completed an MSc in Marine Geotechnics at Bangor University, and a PhD on the Engineering Geology of Mudrocks at Sheffield University. He spent over six years working for various ground investigation contractors. After completing his PhD he spent over five years as a research associate at the University of Sheffield. His research included projects on mudrocks; groundwater contamination; restoration blasting in limestone quarries; and aggressive ground conditions caused by pyrite. He has subsequently spent over twenty years working for various geotechnical and geoenvironmental consultancies on UK 

Prof. Shoshany obtained his BA and MA (Social & Mathematical Sciences) from the University of Haifa and his PhD from the University of Tasmania, Australia. Last 30 years he is working on monitoring, mapping and modelling vegetation and soil properties change across desert fringe zones in the context of climate change and desertification using remote sensing data. He develops multiple and hyper-spectral analysis techniques for this purpose, as well as methods integrating spectral, spatial and temporal information. By linking such spectral-spatial and temporal information to rainfall along climatic gradients he contributed to the understanding short-term, seasonal and yearly responses of desert-fringe ecosystems to climate change.  He is currently Prof. Emeritus in the field of Geo-Information, teaching and leading research in Remote Sensing and GIS. He supervised more than 55 research students and published more than 100 articles in professional journals. 

Dr. Najeeb Aladwani obtained his BSc (Geology) from the Kuwait University, his master’s degree and PhD (Geophysics) from the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. He is previously worked for Kuwait Gulf Oil Company in Saudi Arabia as exploration geologist. His PhD research was based on the application of Marine Geophysics on hydrocarbon reservoir characterization. He currently lectures structural geology and geochemistry at the University of Fort Hare. His area of interest is Computational geoscience, rock physics modelling, seismo-acoustic, electrical and geotechnical properties of marine sediments, seismic and electrical properties of hydrocarbon reservoir rocks, seismic attenuation, and anisotropy and carbonates. She has published various papers in peer reviewed journals.

Dr. Jonas Vanardois obtained his BSc, MSc (Geology) and PhD from the University of Bourgogne - Franche-Comté (Besançon, France). His PhD research was based on the relationships between strain partitioning, partial melting and melt migration in the orogenic crust, using the Variscan Pyrenees and the Variscan External Crystalline Massifs of the Alps as examples. He is currently a postdoc associate at the University of Minnesota where he works on the flow of the molten crust. His area of interest is structural geology, metamorphic petrology, magmatism, tectonics and geodynamics. He has published various papers in peer reviewed journals.

Dr. Edwin THM Peeters obtained his MSc and PhD (both Environmental Sciences) from Wageningen University and his BSc of Philosophy from  Radboud University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. In the past, he developed ecological water quality assessment systems for different types of surface waters. He works as an associate professor at Wageningen University in the field of aquatic ecology. His area of interest is disentangling and quantifying the effects of multiple stressors on ecosystems, populations and individuals by analyzing datasets and performing (laboratory) experiments. He has published over 100 peer reviewed papers.

Geo-technical Engineering

Mag. MSc Ulrich Burger obtained his Mag. (Geology) from the University of Innsbruck (A) and his MSc. (Hydrogeology) from the University of Birmingham (UK). He has previously worked for different consulting companies in Italy and Austria as applied geologist and from 1999 as applied hydrogeologist. From 2007 he leads the department of geology, hydrogeology and monitoring of water resources at the European infrastructure project Brenner Base Tunnel BBT SE. Since 2004 he is lecture of applied hydrogeology at the department of Geology at the University of Innsbruck (A).

Walter Daesslé studied Oceanology at the University of Baja California (UABC) and was awarded his PhD in the area of geosciences by the University of London´s Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine in 1998. Since then, he works as a researcher and professor at UABC, where he has worked on the geochemistry and sedimentology of the lower Colorado River and the Upper Gulf of California, as well as pioneering studies on groundwater hydrogeochemistry in Baja California. He has collaborated with various scientific committees in Mexico and Germany, especially with CONACYT and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. A member of the National Researchers System in México (level III), he is currently the director of the Institute for Oceanological Research.

Bianca Carvalho Vieira is an Associate Professor at the Department of Geography of the University of São Paulo where currently lectures Geomorphology and Mass Movements: Concepts, Conditioning Factors, and Forecasting Methods. She obtained her BSc (Geography) and Ph.D. (Geography) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Her research interests include landslide inventories, physically based landslide susceptibility models, and statistical models. Her is previously worked for the Institute for Technological Research and São Paulo State University. In 2009 she was awarded the Jean Tricart Scholarship by the French Geomorphology Group and the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG). She was Co-opted member of the Executive Committee of the IAG (2009-2013) and Chair of IAGeomhaz Working Group (2015-2022). She has published various papers in peer-reviewed journals (Geomorphology, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Environmental Earth Sciences, Landslides).

Marek Vach received his MSc diploma (Physical Chemistry) from Comenius University in Bratislava and his Ph.D. (Environmental Modeling) from the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. His research is focused on developing mathematical models of various types (deterministic transport models, stochastic data evaluation models) in the field of environment. He is currently working on a stochastic model using game theory to calculate equilibrium and optimality measures in localized datasets in spatial environmental data. He is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences CULS Prague, Department of Water Resources and Environmental Modeling. He lectures several courses focused on mathematical modeling in the environment and physical chemistry.

The circulation of small coastal bays that are wide open to a much larger body of water can be quite complex and also unpredictable. The strong variability of oceanographic conditions leads to very complex dynamics of the Gulf of Trieste, a marginal, semi-enclosed basin in the northern Adriatic.

The application of a physics-based earthquake simulation algorithm to the Nankai mega-thrust fault system allowed the compilation of a synthetic seismic catalog lasting 1000 years

Environmental Geo-sciences

Environmental Geo-sciences

Environmental Geo-sciences

Geo-technical Engineering

The academic publication ecosystem is in mutation. Researchers, universities, and funding agencies are realizing that traditional publication platform do not offer reasonable solutions for reproducible research, and in particular computational research that require data, software or code to be available. 

Geological Disasters and Management

Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Geophysics & Geochemistry

Geophysics & Geochemistry

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 

Dr. Do obtained her BSc of Computer Science from VietNam National University, Ha Noi and her PhD (Computer Science) from University of Massachusetts, Boston. Her PhD research interest is to find and solve optimization problems in decentralized computing environment with a focus on the intersection of optimization, machine learning, and edge computing. She currently is an assistant professor of Computer Science at Luther College. She has published various papers in peer reviewed conferences and journals.

Geophysics & Geochemistry

Geo-technical Engineering

Water: sea, surface and subsurface

Geophysics & Geochemistry

Geophysics & Geochemistry

Structural Geology & Rock Mechanics

Water: sea, surface and subsurface

Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Environmental Geo-sciences

Geological Disasters and Management

Geological Data Collection & Analysis

The global freshwater water crisis is based on inadequate water to meet the ever-growing water needs while pollution expands, damaging ecological systems. Because groundwater makes up 99% of all liquid freshwater, it is at the heart of the crisis. Hydrogeology is the key scientific discipline underpinning decisions about freshwater, but the profession is declining in developed countries and hardly exists in other countries. The decline includes diminishing numbers of educated hydrogeologists and the inadequacy in current education to teach problem solving skills relevant to complex groundwater regimes. But the trend in diminishing numbers of hydrogeologists is part of an overall trend in students choosing not to study geosciences 

Geo-technical Engineering

The aim of this study was to develop a methodology for long-term geophysical observations of landslide activity using Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT), meteorological data, and archival drilling data. Geophysical investigations focused on the 'Bachledzki Wierch' active landslide area in Podhale. This ongoing active landslide poses a risk to nearby residential buildings, power and gas lines, and notably, the Krakow-Zakopane railway line. Consequently, it was decided to monitor the colluvium structure of the landslide over the long term using the ERT method to better understand the causes of its activity and predict potential further movements.

Environmental Geo-sciences

Geophysics & Geochemistry

Environmental Geo-sciences

New Technologies and Applications of Earth Science

Remote sensing and GIS

Environmental Geo-sciences

Water: sea, surface and subsurface

Sedimentology & Stratigraphy

The present study is carried out to examine the vertical and oblique pull out capacity of pile groups. Model tests were conducted in a model box of size 1.5m*1.2m*0.75m. The diameter of shaft to that of bell employed is equal to 2. It is found that the belled pile groups exhibit the maximum pullout capacity than when compared to monopile with and without bell.

Genetic gain is an annualized term used by plant breeders to measure breeding progress over time due to repeated selection of important traits across multiple breeding cycles. In the present study, agronomic data collected from 1959 to 2021 from the USDA-ARS coordinated Northern Regional Performance Nurseries (NRPN) planted in the Great Plains region of the United States were used to estimate both absolute and relative genetic gain (loss) of the long-standing check variety ‘Kharkof’ for winter wheats bred and adapted to this region. Regression analyses revealed significant relative grain yield increases of 0.67% Kharkof yr^-1 or 39.2 kg ha^-1 yr^-1 for the NRPN over the 62 yr period. From 2008 to 2021, however, negative linear relationships were observed for relative grain yield for all NRPN entries and the five highest yielding NRPN lines each year, with genetic grain yield losses estimated at -0.95 and -0.79% Kharkof yr^-1, respectively

Applied Research Center for Environment & Marine Studies

Structural Geology & Rock Mechanics

Geo-technical Engineering

Geological Hazards & Geological Risk Assessment

Geophysics & Geochemistry

Environmental Geo-sciences

Geological Data Collection & Analysis

Geological Hazards & Geological Risk Assessment

Environmental Geo-sciences

Environmental Geo-sciences

Seismology