Ochir Gerel

Biography:

Prof. Ochir Gerel obtained her BSc (Geology) and Master degree (Petrology and Geochemistry) from the Charles University in Prague and her PhD (Petrology) from the Institute of Earth Crust and ScD (Geochemistry) from Institute of Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences. She is working at the University of Science and Technology for 54 years teaching Plate Tectonics and Magmatism, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Theoretical Petrology, Scientific Methods, and other courses.  She established and developed Geoscience education being during 30 years head of the Department of Geology and Mineralogy, and research field in Petrology and Geochemistry in Mongolia. She published a great number of papers, books, supervised Master and PhD students, leaded 20 international research projects and consulted mining companies in Mongolia. Her research filed is petrology, geochemistry and metallogeny of granitoid rocks. She was elected IUGS Vice-President (2008-2012) and IGCP Working Group head and member and is active in many professional societies. 

Shyam Bihari Dwivedi

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Prof. Shyam Bihari Dwivedi obtained his BSc (Geology), MSc (Geology) PhD degree (Metamorphic Petrology) from the Department of Geology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, India. He has been working in the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) for 13 years teaching Engineering Geology, Environment Geology, Geochemistry, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, and other courses. Previously, he served as a Professor at the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Mekelle University, Mizoram University, India. He published a great number of papers, book chapters, and supervised Master’s and PhD students; led several national and international research projects. His research areas are metamorphic petrology, geochemistry, geochronology, aquifer modelling, hydrogeology and remote sensing. Currently, At present working as the Dean of Academic Affairs, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU).

Rahul Verma

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Dr. Rahul Verma has an overall teaching and research experience of more than 26 years. He has worked in Himalayan terrain for his Master's Dissertation in Structural Geology. He has a Doctoral degree in Petrology and Geochemistry. His current focus is in structure, tectonics and slope stability. He has completed two projects sponsored by government of India in the field of “Landslide Causative Factors and Hazard Zonation. Presently he is handling a BIUST sponsored project on ‘Slope Stability in Mupane Gold Mine’, Botswana. He has published 36 papers/chapters and has authored two books on Geology. He has guided two Ph.D. also. He has also received a prestigious award by an indian NGO for his contributions in Science. Currently, he is affiliated to Department of Mining and Geological Engineering in Botswana International University of Science and Technology.

Roberto J. Marin

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Roberto J. Marin obtained his BSc (Civil Engineering) from the University of Antioquia and his MSc (Master of Engineering) from the University of Antioquia. He is in the last year of his PhD (Environmental Engineering). He has worked on landslide hazard assessment projects for land use planning in Colombia. He is the CEO of Landslide Scientific Assessment (LandScient). He is lecturer and researcher from the University of Antioquia. His PhD research is based on the implementation of physically based models for defining rainfall thresholds for landslide early warning systems. He currently lectures Numerical Methods at the University of Antioquia. His area of interest is landslide hazard and risk assessment and landslide early warning systems. He has published several papers in peer reviewed journals.

Gianluca Vignaroli

Presentation Title: Quaternary Tectonic Pattern and Basin Formation at the Hanging Wall of Seismic Extensional Faults, Central Apennines, Italy

Biography:
Dr. Gianluca Vignaroli is senior assistant professor at the BiGeA Dept of the Bologna University (Italy). He obtained his PhD (Geodynamics) at the University of Roma Tre (Rome). He is a structural geologist and his main research topics include the (i) structural characterization of polydeformed orogenic sectors, (ii) fluid-rock interaction in tectonically active domains, (iii) geo-resource assessment, (iv) asbestos mineralization in ophiolitic suites. He is author and co-author of 50 peer-reviewed publications.

Emmanuel Arhin

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Prof. Emmanuel Arhin is one of Ghanaian's leading exploration geologists, regolith geoscientist, an applied geochemist, environmental health engineer, medical geologist and an Associate Professor at the University of Technology and Applied Sciences (UTAS)-Navrongo, who want to see the geoscience knowledge influencing policies of the nation. That is what we are made of; unfortunately we are underutilizing that repository of knowledge. He spent sixteen (16) of his working life as an exploration geologist with the Mining Industry exploring for gold in homogeneous and heterogeneous regolith environments. He left the mining industry and commenced lecturing at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences of University for Development Studies in October 2006, but never stopped consulting as an Exploration Geologist for many major and junior exploration and mining companies in Ghana, Burkina Faso and Mauritania. Impact of trace elements in the environment on Public Health became a concern to him. Dieticians and Medical Doctors often make recommendations of healthy eating. Among their recommendations are the inclusions of fruits and vegetables as part of their diet. This wouldn't have been a bother if the fruits and vegetables are not inorganically influenced. The natural concentrations of trace elements in the recommended diet have been affected by agrochemicals impacting greatly on nutrition. The current climate changes is influencing the soil formation and fertility and thus affecting cultivated lands and crops. He has currently undertaken trace element research in soils, plants and in food crops in order to inform people appropriately about the geological and human induced processes that pollutes the environment whose consequences impact directly and indirectly on human health. He is involved in environmental geochemistry and health research in Ghana with the intention to prevent many primary health issues. His PhD research was on the use of regolith geochemistry to delineate gold mineralization in areas under cover in savannah regions of northern Ghana. He did this at University of Leicester, UK. His area of interest is mineral exploration, medical geology, environmental geochemistry and health. He has published over 45 papers in peer reviewed journals and counting.

Avraam Zelilidis

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Dr. Avraam Zelilidis received his B.Sc degree in Geology in 1984 and a PhD in Sedimentology in 1988 from the University of Patras, Greece. He is full Professor, in the Department of Geology at the University of Patras, since 2009. He was the Dean of Natural Science School, University of Patras (2006-2010) and the Head of the Geological Department (2018-2020). His expertise is in the Sedimentary Basin Analysis, Sequence Stratigraphy and the Petroleum Geology. He has carried out several projects on hydrocarbon evaluation for oil companies, using subsurface and surface data, and he has carried out many projects with field courses for oil companies. He has published more than 100 papers in international journals, most of which were focusing in hydrocarbon Prospectivity in Greece, and he presented many of these papers in international meetings around the world. He was a supervisor in 11 PhD thesis, related to petroleum geology. 

Sung-Ho Na

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Sung-Ho. Na did his BSc (Geology & Physics) in Seoul National University, and there he continued MSc (geophysics). He did his second MSc (Geodesy) in The Ohio State University. Later he completed PhD (Physics) in Pusan National University. After successful terms in KASI and RCDAMP, he is now working as lecturer and/or researcher at universities. His current research topics are varied but mainly Earth rotation and Tide.

Irina Shtangeeva

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Irina Shtangeeva is Senior Researcher at Institute of Earth Sciences, St. Petersburg state University, Russia. Her main scientific interests are biogeochemistry of trace and ultratrace elements, phytoremediation of contaminated soils and liquid wastes, modern analytical techniques and application of multivariate statistical analysis for interpretation of experimental data. In her recent experimental studies, Irina Shtangeeva paid much attention at the effects of poorly studied potentially toxic trace elements on the plants, differences in the ability of plants that belong to various botanical taxa to phytoextract from soil different elements, and also short-term variations in the concentrations of macro- and trace elements in the rhizosphere soil and in plants.

Arshad K. Khalafzai

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Dr. Arshad Khalafzai obtained his Ph.D. (Human Geography) from the University of Alberta, Edmonton and MA (Disaster and Emergency Management) from York University, Toronto, Canada, and MS (Development Studies) from Iqra University, Islamabad and MBA from Gomal University, D.I. Khan, Pakistan. His doctoral research adopted a post-positivist approach and used mixed methods research explored the elevated spring (ice breakup and ice jamming) flooding risk in Kashechewan First Nation, Northern Ontario, examined their experiences of frequent flooding risk and recurring evacuations, and determined their perceived adaptive capacity. Before completing his Ph.D. at the University of Alberta, he held various positions with the United Nations (e.g., UNICEF and UNESCO), international non-governmental organizations, such as the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Oxfam GB, the University of Alberta and York University, and the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) and SME Bank Ltd. in Pakistan.

Tristan M. Childress

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Tristan Childress received his PhD while studying economic geology at the University of Michigan. His thesis and published research centered on using stable isotopes and trace elements in volcanic mineral deposits to elucidate their genetic origins. During two summer seasons, Tristan served as an exploration geologist at the sedimentary Pb-Zn Red Dog Mine in Alaska, performing duties ranging from typical core logging to regional geochemical analysis. Upon graduation, he spent a year conducting successful exploration drilling at the Hog Mountain orogenic gold deposit in Alabama. Tristan has recently filled the economic geologist roll at the Bureau of Economic Geology of the University of Texas at Austin, and is applying his expertise in exploration geochemistry and analytical techniques to the critical mineral deposits of Texas to better understand their occurrences and distributions

Saleh A. Ghareb

Title: Analysis of Major Surface Structural Features in Marib Sector, Sab'atayn Basin, Yemen: Implications of Tectonic Evolution

Biography:

Dr. Saleh Ali Saeed Ghareb obtained his BSc (Engineering Geology) from the University of Aden and his PhD (Geology) from the University of AMU. He is previously worked for the Saba University. His PhD research was based on the application of UNDERSTANDING THE SURFACE AND SUB-SURFACE LITHO-STRUCTURES AND TECTONICS IN MARIB SECTOR OF THE SAB'ATAYN BASIN, YEMEN USING GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES. He currently lectures structural geology, Engineering Geology and geochemistry at the University of Saba Region. His area of interest is differential equations, structural geology, tectonic, engineering geology, basins. He has published various papers in peer reviewed journals.

Mehrdad Daviran

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Mehrdad Daviran obtained his BSc (Mining Engineering) from the University of Zanjan and his MSc (Mining Engineering) from the “School of Mining, Petroleum and Geophysics” Shahrood University of Technology. He is previously worked for different Team and Mining Companies as a researcher and proposed optimized Mineral Prospectivity Models (MPM) based on their goal and vision. His MSc Thesis was based on the application of knowledge-driven methods for geochemical anomaly separation and mineral potential mapping (MPM) in the North-East of IRAN. He is currently worked on geochemical explorations and mineral prospectivity modeling with focus on Geostatistical Analysis, Cluster Analysis, Fractal Modeling and Novel Data-Driven Algorithms such as Machine Learning Algorithms. He has published various papers in various journals in Geosciences.