[ { "id": "harsh-gupta", "name": "Professor Harsh K. Gupta", "role": "Chair of Coordinating Committee", "image": "/team/harsh_gupta.jpg", "affiliation": "CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, India", "email": "harshg123@gmail.com", "bio": "Member of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (India) and President of the Geological Society of India. Previous positions include Member of the National Disaster Management Authority (India); Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Ocean Development; Director of the National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad; Vice-Chancellor of Cochin University of Science and Technology; and Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, USA.", "achievements": [ "Globally recognized work on reservoir-induced earthquakes, including criteria for distinguishing them from natural earthquakes", "Established the Indian Tsunami Early Warning System after the disastrous 2004 Sumatra earthquake", "Member of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (India)", "President of the Geological Society of India", "Former Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Ocean Development", "Former Director of the National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad", "Former Vice-Chancellor of Cochin University of Science and Technology", "Former Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, USA" ] }, { "id": "irina-artemieva", "name": "Professor Irina Artemieva", "role": "Chair of Scientific Committee", "image": "/team/irina_artemieva.jpg", "affiliation": "International Lithosphere Centre / Zhejiang Lab, China", "email": "iartemieva@gmail.com", "bio": "Academician of Academia Europaea, the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, the International Core Academy; Awardee of the Augustus Love Medal of the European Geosciences Union; Fellow of the Geological Society of America; Editor-in-Chief of Earth-Science Reviews, past Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Geodynamics. Past posts include President and Vice-President of the European Geosciences Union (EGU); President of EGU Geodynamics; Science Director of the EUROPROBE programme (European Science Foundation). She is Distinguished Expert at the Zhejiang Deep-time Digital Earth International Research Center (China), and was Distinguished Professor of SinoProbe Lab, CAGS (China); Professor of Geophysics of the Copenhagen University (Denmark); senior reseracher of the U.S. Geological Survey (USA); visiting professor at Stanford University (USA) and GEOMAR Helmholtz Center (Germany). She is a world-leading expert on the thermal state of the lithosphere and is particularly recognized for her interdisciplinary research combining seismology, gravity, and petrology with thermal modeling. Her 800-page long monograph \"The lithosphere: An interdisciplinary approach\" with Cambridge University Press is widely considered the definitive authority in the field.", "achievements": [ "Academician of Academia Europaea, the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, the International Core Academy", "Awardee of the Augustus Love Medal of the European Geosciences Union", "Fellow of the Geological Society of America", "Editor-in-Chief of Earth-Science Reviews, past Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Geodynamics", "Past President and Vice-President of the European Geosciences Union (EGU)", "Past President of EGU Geodynamics", "Past Science Director of the EUROPROBE programme (European Science Foundation)", "Distinguished Expert at the Zhejiang Deep-time Digital Earth International Research Center (China)", "Former Distinguished Professor of SinoProbe Lab, CAGS (China)", "Former Professor of Geophysics of the Copenhagen University (Denmark)", "Former senior researcher of the U.S. Geological Survey (USA)", "Former visiting professor at Stanford University (USA) and GEOMAR Helmholtz Center (Germany)", "World-leading expert on the thermal state of the lithosphere", "800-page monograph \"The lithosphere: An interdisciplinary approach\" with Cambridge University Press — the definitive authority in the field" ] }, { "id": "ismail-omer-yilmaz", "name": "Professor Dr. İsmail Ömer Yılmaz", "role": "Member of Executive Committee", "image": "/team/ismail_omer_yilmaz.png", "affiliation": "Middle East Technical University, Türkiye", "email": "ioyilmaz@metu.edu.tr", "bio": "Professor of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy in the Department of Geological Engineering at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye. His research spans platform carbonates, black shales and oceanic events, paleoclimatology, paleogeography and paleoceanography, sedimentology, stratigraphy and sedimentary geochemistry (stable isotopes and trace elements), cyclostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy, basin analysis, petroleum geology, and natural energy resources.", "achievements": [ "Head of the Department of Earth System Science, METU Ankara, Türkiye (2022–2025)", "Board member of Center of Ecosystem Research, METU Ankara, Türkiye", "Board Member of Petroleum Research Lab, METU Ankara, Türkiye", "Academic Board Member of the Climate Change Research Center (METU CLIMATE)", "Member of Global Ambassadors of SEPM (Society of Sedimentary Geology)", "Member of IAS (International Association of Sedimentologists)", "Member of Turkish Sedimentology Working Group", "Member of Turkish Petroleum Geologists Association", "Visiting scientist at University of Texas at Austin, USA (2016)", "Member of Sedimentology Working Group in Deep Time Digital Earth Project", "Chair of the 9th International Meeting on the Cretaceous (2013, Ankara)", "Chair of the 39th IMS (International Meeting of Sedimentology) 2027, Çeşme, İzmir" ], "aliases": [ "İsmail Ömer Yılmaz" ] }, { "id": "wang-chengshan", "name": "Professor Wang Chengshan", "role": "Chair of Executive Committee", "image": "/team/wang_chengshan.png", "affiliation": "China University of Geosciences (Beijing), China", "email": "chshwang@cugb.edu.cn", "bio": "Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor of China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Chief Scientist of the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) of Cretaceous Songliao Basin, Vice President of the International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS), Vice Chair of ICDP-CHINA, and first Chair of the Executive Committee of the Deep-time Digital Earth (DDE) international big-science program.", "achievements": [ "Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences", "Chief Scientist of ICDP Cretaceous Songliao Basin", "Vice President of the International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS)", "Vice Chair of ICDP-CHINA", "First Chair of the Executive Committee of DDE international big-science program", "Systematic and innovative achievements in Cretaceous paleoenvironment and paleoclimate", "Pioneering work in tectonic uplift and sedimentary response", "Outstanding contributions to oil-bearing basin analysis" ], "aliases": [ "Chengshan Wang" ] }, { "id": "younghee-kim", "name": "Professor YoungHee Kim", "role": "Member of Executive Committee", "image": "/team/younghee_kim.jpg", "affiliation": "Seoul National University, South Korea", "email": "younghkim@snu.ac.kr", "bio": "YoungHee Kim is a seismologist and professor in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Seoul National University. She currently serves as Director of the Center for Deep-Surface Coupling of Earth (DSCE) and Director of the Institute of Planetary Geological and Environmental Sciences, where she leads research on earthquake processes, lithospheric structure, mantle dynamics, and deep–surface interactions. Her research integrates seismic and geological observations with computational geodynamic modeling to better understand tectonic processes and geohazards in East Asia and the Pacific region. She is also actively involved in international scientific collaborations and currently serves as a UNESCO representative in the field of geohazards.", "achievements": [ "Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University", "Director of the Center for Deep-Surface Coupling of Earth (DSCE)", "Director of the Institute of Planetary Geological and Environmental Sciences", "UNESCO representative in the field of geohazards", "Active researcher in earthquake processes, lithospheric structure, and mantle dynamics", "Integrates seismic and geological observations with computational geodynamic modeling", "Specialist in tectonic processes and geohazards in East Asia and the Pacific region" ], "aliases": [ "YoungHee Kim" ] } ]