Topical Advisory Panel

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Department of Engineering Sciences and Architecture, Politecnico di Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
Interests: micromechanics of granular materials; random vibrations; structural and general optimization; energy harvesting
MARE—Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Coimbra, Rua Sílvio Lima, 3030-790 Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: clastic sedimentology; factors that control sediment composition; climate and weathering transformations; provenance studies; paleogeographic reconstructions; geological mapping
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Computational Engineering for Sustainability Lab (CES-Lab), School of Engineering, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
Interests: computational geotechnics; foundations and soil–structure interaction; offshore geotechnics; landslides and slope stability
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Geodynamics, Stratigraphy and Paleontology Department, Geological Sciences Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: geoheritage; geoscience education; sedimentary provenance studies; sedimentary rocks weathering; Sedimentology; Sedimentary Petrology; clay minerals; microtextures; paleoenvironments; paleoclimates

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Geological Survey Ireland, DO4 K7X4 Dublin, Ireland
Interests: seafloor mapping; GIS and spatial data analysis; geomorphological mapping; marine geosciences

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Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino, 56122 Pisa, Italy
Interests: geotechnical engineering; soil-mechanics; slope-stability; seismic geotechnical engineering

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1. Centro de Informação e Vigilância Sismovulcânica dos Açores (CIVISA), Rua da Mãe de Deus, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal
2. Instituto de Investigação em Vulcanologia e Avaliação de Riscos (IVAR), Universidade dos Açores, Rua da Mãe de Deus, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Interests: volcanology; physical volcanology; explosive volcanism; submarine volcanism; ocean island volcanoes; eruptive processes; magmatism; volcanic geology; volcanic hazard assessment; geological hazards
1. Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Université Clermont Auvergne - CNRS, IRD, OPGC, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
2. Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Observatoire Volcanologique et Sismologique de Guadeloupe, Université de Paris, 97113 Gourbeyre, Guadeloupe, France
Interests: volcanology; volcanic gases; volatile in magmas; hydrothermal systems; melt inclusions; monitoring
Dynamic Rock Fracture Laboratory, Jeonuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, Republic of Korea
Interests: rock fracture dynamics; explosion and blasting engineering; rock burst; high strain rate; dynamic strengths
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Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
Interests: snow and ice mechanics; avalanche formation; avalanche release; snow sta-bility; avalanche forecasting; collapse mechanisms; hazard mitigation
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Faculty of Geological Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: geological engineering; rock mechanics; soil mechanics; slope instabilities; seismicity; geological risks; stresses in situ

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Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, 00143 Rome, Italy
Interests: seismic structure and dynamics of the Earth’s mantle and lithosphere; geodynamics of subduction zones; seismic anisotropy and tomography; spatiotemporal variations of the Earth’s crust elastic parameters; earthquake seismology; fault zone structure analysis
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Geological Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GIN SB RAS), 6a, Sakhyanovoy str., Ulan-Ude 670047, Russia
Interests: magmatic petrology; economic geology; geological heritage; geoecology
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Department of Earth Sciences, University of Florence, Via La Pira, 4, 50121 Firenze, Italy
Interests: landslide mapping and monitoring; land subsidence; InSAR data interpretation; geohazard monitoring; EO techniques
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Geography Department, University of Porto, Via Panorâmica, s/n, 4150-564 Porto, Portugal
Interests: fluvial geomorphology; coastal geomorphology; tectonic geomorphology; coastal management; natural hazards; water resources; GIS

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School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Interests: environmental geochemistry; surface complexation modeling; speciation

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ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
Interests: fault zone structure; fault rocks; microstructures; structural geology; rock mechanics; earthquakes; carbonates; 3D modelling
Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA
Interests: geological engineering; erosion processes and mechanics; weathering and sedimentology; landform evolution; surface and ground water
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National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Rome, Italy
Interests: field volcanology; petrology; geochemistry; tephra

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1. Kosygin Institute of Tectonics and Geophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Khabarovsk, Russia
2. PNK GeoScience, Tampa, FL, USA
Interests: Igneous rocks; mantle petrology and geochemistry; subduction zone processes; volcanic arc geochemistry; ore-forming processes and fluids; highly siderophile and chalcophile metals; diamonds; geology and geochemistry of wine
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Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata, Italy
Interests: stratigraphy and sedimentology; geothematic map; coastal-marine geology; geographic information systems; remote sensing; siliclastic and evaporitic deposits; sedimentary basin analysis; semiquantitative models of erosion-transport-sedimentation processes; management of natural resources; landslide and subsidence
Social Science Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Interests: location-based social media big data analytics; (geo) visual-analytics; urban complexity and human mobilities; geo-computing and spatial interaction (high performance, Web, and mobile GIS)
Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Interests: paleomagnetism; rock magnetism; environmental magnetism
Department of Engineering and Geology (InGeo), Università degli Studi G. d'Annunzio Chieti e Pescara, Pescara, Italy
Interests: seismic microzonation; empirical rainfall threshold applied to shallow landslides; geostatistical methods applied to hazard mapping and geotechnical subsoil characterization; stability numerical analyses of rock cavities
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Independent seismologist, Salerno, Italy
Interests: volcano seismology; source mechanism modelling; nonlinear dynamical systems; data analysis

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Department of Mathematics and Geosciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Interests: geology of mélanges and broken formations; subaqueous mass transport deposits and processes; mud diapirs and volcanoes; analogue modelling of geologic processes; brittle tectonics

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School of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
Interests: isotope cosmo- and geo-chemistry; noble gas isotopes; meteorites; planetary sciences; stable isotope cosmochemistry; early solar system chronology
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Interests: landslides; earthquakes; unsaturated soils; natural hazards
Department of Petroleum Geology, School of Earth Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Interests: petroleum geology; structural geology; reservoir fracture
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Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: structural geology; tectonics; geological mapping; geochronology; synorogenic basins; mass-wasting; orogenic belts; Variscan belt; Paleozoic continental margins
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