Jann-Yenq (Tiger) Liu 

0000-0002-1468-8358 

Center for Astronautical Physics and Engineering - National Central University - Taoyuan City 

Taiwan

Chair professor at the Department of Space Science and Engineering, National Central University (NCU), TAIWAN.  His research speciality is ionospheric pulsations, ionospheric radio sciences, GPS geoscience applications, ionospheric modeling, and lithosphere-atmosphere-ionospheric coupling.  He established a comprehensive university space center, Center for Astronautical Physics and Engineering (CAPE), at NCU in 2018, and served as Director to provide an array of services for space education, research, and mission supports during 2018-2026. He has published more than 360 referred journal papers since 1988.

    National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Institute of Physics of Earth’s Interior and Geohazards UNESCO Chair on Solid Earth Physics and Geohazards Risk Reduction, Hellenic Mediterranean University Research & Innovation Center, Chania

Greece

Professor of Geophysics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and at the Hellenic Mediterranean University, where he is the Director of the Institute of Physics of the Earth’s Interior & Geohazards, Crete, Greece. In recognition of his pioneering work, the UNESCO Chair on “Solid Earth Physics and Geohazards Risk Reduction established in 2015, and Dr. Vallianatos has been the director since then.

    French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), IPGP-Paris, OPGC (Clermont-Fd)

France

Director of Researches at the National Scientific Research Centre (CNRS, France) he is strongly involved in understanding, monitoring and analysis volcanic eruptions and, partly earthquakes. Expert in the Electromagnetic fields as well as in techniques and methodologies related to the analysis of fore-runners signals to volcanic eruptions.  Nominated by the French Academy of Sciences in 2014 for his researches in Volcanology. Between 2007 and 2014, he has chaired the International Inter-Association ‘Electromagnetic Studies of earthquakes and Volcanoes’ (EMSEV) 

    University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Sofia

Bulgaria

Hellenic Mediterranean University Research Center, Crete, Greece

 Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Rome, Italy 

Former NASA scientist Prof. Dimitar Ouzounov pioneers multi-sensor space-lithosphere coupling (LAIC) models for earthquake forecasting and natural hazards. Bridging Earth and space observations, he has authored 5 reference monographs and 200+ major scientific publications. 

 Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV-Napoli) 

Italy

Since 1997, she has been a researcher at the Vesuvius Observatory of the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV).

 Her activity has focused on the monitoring and surveillance of the Neapolitan volcanoes and Stromboli, with particular emphasis on assessing the state of activity of quiescent and persistently active volcanoes and on identifying possible precursory signals associated with changes in volcanic activity or with potentially more hazardous eruptive phases. 

She is the author of over 100 scientific publications.

   National Research Council, Institute of Integrated Methodologies for Earth Observation (CNR-IMIOT-Potenza) 

Italy

Physicist and research manager at CNR-IMIOT, leading the Satellite Remote Sensing Laboratory and the SAT4RISKS research group. Since 2016, he has been an adjunct professor at the University of Basilicata, teaching Satellite Remote sensing of natural and anthropic risks. He has authored more than 250 scientific publications (130 ISI journals). His main research interests are in the field of Earth Observation (EO) from space, with more than 25 years’ experience in advanced satellite data analysis methods, design and development for environmental research, natural hazards and security application fields. He is in charge of the Basilicata Copernicus Relay within the EU Space Ambassador network. Within the NEREUS network, he is a member of the EO/Copernicus Working Group and of the Standing Committee. He is a member of the EMSEV bureau and a CNR deputy within the Technical Committee of the National Aerospace Cluster. 

   National Research Council, Institute of Integrated Methodologies for Earth Observation (CNR-IMIOT-Potenza) 

Italy

Associate Senior at the Institute of Integrated Methodologies for Earth Observation of National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IMIOT). 

Past Director of the CNR-IMAA and Chair of CNR Research Area of Potenza. His activity has been focused on the study of electromagnetic methods for geo-hazard monitoring and near-surface tomography for geophysical exploration. The overall quality of its scientific research activities is certified by more than 170 papers published in ISI journals. He was included among the first 10 authors who published the highest number of scientific papers on the topic “Earthquakes” in the 2000-2010 period. He was a professor in courses in Applied Geophysics and Physics at the University of Basilicata during the 1989-2005 period,

  National Research Council, Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment    (IREA-CNR - Napoli)

Italy

Director of IREA-CNR from December 2010 to September 2021. For more than 35 years, he carried out research in the field of Earth Observation, with particular focus on the development of new techniques for the numerical processing of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data and their applications in the Geosciences. In these areas, he is the author of one book, two patents, and more than 600 publications. He has been a Visiting Scientist at the most important international research centres. He received recognition (1999) and awards (2001) from NASA, was named IEEE Fellow in 2013, received the "Guido Dorso" Prize in 2015, the "Christiaan Huygens" Medal from the European Geosciences Union in 2017, the IEEE GRSS Fawwaz Ulaby Distinguished Achievement Award in 2020, and was awarded the title of Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2023. 

National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) 

Italy

Associate researcher, emeritus (previously Research Director) at Osservatorio Vesuviano, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV-OV), Napoli, Italy.

Research expertise: Physical modelling of volcanic processes: volcano deformation, magma intrusion in sill and dikes, magma chambers and volcanic conduits, lava flows, pyroclastic flows, volcanic ash dispersal and fallout, gas emission and dispersal, triggering and emplacement of lahars. Volcano muography. Expert in volcanic hazard assessment, member of Commissione Grandi Rischi, Settore Rischio Vulcanico, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri (between 2018 and 2013). Teacher of the Course on "Physical modeling of volcanic processes and dynamics" at Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, University of Napoli "Federico II". Member of Academia Europaea since 2018.

   Department of Engineering 

University of Basilicata

Italy

Full Professor in Astrophysics at the University of Basilicata, where he has taught  Satellite Remote Sensing and General Physics since 1997. His research activity has been focused on the development of new satellite sensors and techniques for forecasting, monitoring, and mitigating natural, environmental, and technological hazards. In this context, he has proposed the original RAT (now RST) change detection approach, which is today successfully used in a large spectrum of applications.  He has been the coordinator (or PI) of the PRE-EARTHQUAKES EU project and of several other national and international projects funded by EC, IIS and NATO. He is the author or co-author of more than 300 papers in international journals, scientific books and international conference proceedings. Since 2019 is vice-chair of EMSEV.

   Director of Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University

 Graduate School of Science, Chiba University

 Research Institute of Disaster Medicine, Chiba University

 Japan