Zeynal Abiddin Ergüler:
Kutahya Dumlupinar University, Kutahya, Turkey
Dr. Erguler is Full Professor at the geological engineering department at Kutahya Dumlupinar University (Turkey). He holds a B.Sc. (1998), an M.Sc. (2001), and a Ph.D. degree (2007) in Geological Engineering from Hacettepe University (Turkey). His research interests mainly focus on rock mechanics, engineering geology, environmental geology, and soil mechanics. His current investigation is to understand and model the thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of shale rocks in the area of shale gas production. In addition to performing many types of research and industry-funded projects, he has also been teaching and supervising undergraduate and graduate students. In 2017, he joined the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (AJGS) as Editor responsible for evaluating submissions in the fields of rock mechanics, engineering geology, environmental geology, and soil mechanics.
Riheb Hadji:
University of Sétif 1, Setif, Algeria
Prof Riheb Hadji is Professor in Geological Sciences in the Department of Earth Sciences, Institute of Architecture and Earth Sciences, Setif 1 University, Algeria. Specialized in Applied Geology, Geomatics and Environment, he does research in geomorphology, hydrogeology, and natural hazards. His current project is about risk management in North Africa. He is Head of the Laboratory of Applied Research in Engineering Geology, Geotechnics, Water Sciences, and Environment, Setif 1, University, Algeria, and Co-chairman of the International Association of Water Resources in the Southern Mediterranean Basin. He has published more than 100 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals, edited 2 books on soil mechanics, and has an RG-score of 23.21, an H-index of 24, and an i10 of 34. Prof Hadji has also been involved in four international collaboration projects and several national projects. He is Editorial Board Member in peer reviewed journals, and he is Internationally Known Expert in RS-GIS, natural hazard and, environmental issues.
Helder I. Chaminé:
School of Engineering (ISEP), Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
Helder I. Chaminé is Skilled Geologist and Professor of engineering geosciences at the School of Engineering (ISEP) of the Polytechnic of Porto, with over 32 years of experience in multidisciplinary geosciences research, consultancy, and practice. He studied geological engineering and geology (B.Sc., 1990) at the Universities of Aveiro and Porto (Portugal), respectively. He received his Ph.D. in geology at the University of Porto in 2000 and spent his postdoctoral research in applied geosciences at the University of Aveiro (2001–2003). In 2011, he received his Habilitation (D.Sc.) in geosciences from the University of Aveiro. Before joining the academy, he worked for over a decade on international projects for mining, geotechnics, groundwater industry and/or academia related to geodynamics and regional geology, hard rock hydrogeology and water resources, engineering geosciences and applied geomorphology, rock engineering, and georesources. He is currently on the organising and scientific committees of the 3rd International Workshop on Natural Hazards—NATHAZ’22 (Terceira Island, Azores, May 2022), supported by Springer.
Jesus Rodrigo-Comino:
University of Granada, Granada, Germany
Dr. Jesús Rodrigo Comino, graduated in Geography, currently works as Assistant Professor at the University of Granada. He carried out a thesis with an extraordinary degree award with the work: “The soils of the province of Malaga: Revision according to the classification criteria of FAO-WRB (2006)”. He holds a Master's Degree in Territorial Planning and Geographic Information Systems (2013) from the University of Granada, whose final work was divided into 3 national publications and a monograph. During his predoc stage, he obtained three scholarships for doctoral studies: DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), La Caixa Foundation, and FPU (Ministry of Education, Spain). During this period, he completed his doctoral thesis between the University of Trier (Germany—2 years-) and Malaga (2 years). He was recently awarded with a Leonardo Grant (BBVA Foundation).
Amjad Kallel:
ENIS, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
Dr. Amjad Kallel is currently Associate Professor of Environmental Geology in the Sfax National School of Engineers at the University of Sfax, Tunisia. He holds a B.Eng. in Georesources and Environment (1998) from the University of Sfax (Tunisia) and an M.Sc. degree and a Ph.D. degree in Georesources and Environment (2004) from Hokkaido University (Japan). He joined Venture Business Laboratory (VBL) at Akita University, Japan (2005–2006), as Researcher focusing on refining and recycling technologies for the recovery of rare elements from natural and secondary sources. Heha
