Interdisciplinary Geosciences

AS11-IG36 - Haze: Sources, Transformations, and Impacts
*Dr. Jason Cohen (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Dr. Benjamin Grandey (Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore)
Dr. Chien Wang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
Dr. Yun Qian (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States)

IG01-11-15-31 - Natural Hazard Research: Interdisciplinary Dimensions & Integrated Approaches
*Dr. James Terry (Zayed University Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
Prof. John B. Rundle (University of California, Davis, United States)
Dr. Vena Pearl Bongolan (College of Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines)
Dr. Yevgeniy Kontar (The University of Findlay & Federal GEOS Funding, Inc, United States)
Prof. James Goff (University of New South Wales, Australia)

IG04 - Tsunami Research in the 21st Century: Session Dedicated to Professor Koji Fujima
*Prof. James Goff (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Dr. Kazuhisa Goto (Tohoku University, Japan)

IG05 - Mountain Response to Climate Change
*Dr. Katsuhiko Asahi (Shinshu University, Japan)
Prof. Tanaka Kenta (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
Dr. Taku M. Saitoh (Gifu University, Japan)

IG06 - Disaster Mitigation, Recovery and Early Warning -Earthquake and Tsunami Hazards-
*Dr. Vicente Santiago-Fandiño (Independent Consultant, Spain)
Dr. Yoshiyuki Kaneda (JAMSTEC, Japan)
Prof. Yevgeneyi Kontar (University of Findlay, United States)

IG07 - Coastal Change: How Do Sea-level Changes, Coastal Dynamics and Catastrophic Events Affect Those Living and Working at the Coast
*Dr. Adam Switzer (Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Prof. Ben Horton (Rutgers University, United States)
Dr. Craig Sloss (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Dr. Yongqiang Zong (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR)
Prof. Charles Rubin (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Dr. Robert Weiss (Virginia Tech, United States)

IG08 - Geoscience Using Nano/micro Satellite Constellation
*Prof. Koichiro Oyama (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)
Dr. Wing-Huen Ip (National Central University, Taiwan)
Prof. Kyoung Wook Min (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, South)
Mr. Ludmil Bankov (Space Research and Technology Institute, Bulgaria)
Dr. Borra Reddy (CSIR, India)
Prof. Minakshi Devi (Gauhati University, India)
Mr. Tetsuya Kodama (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan)
Dr. Dhiren Kataria (Mullard Space Science Laboratory, United Kingdom)

IG09-22 - Land-sea Interactions: Catchments, Coasts and Lagoons Under Changing Environmental Conditions
*Dr. Kaz Augustine Chikita (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Dr. Georg Umgiesser (Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR), Italy)
Dr. Makoto Taniguchi (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan)
Dr. Shin-Ichi Onodera (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Dr. Makoto Yamada (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan)
Dr. Tetsuo Yanagi (Kyushu University, Japan)
Dr. Vivien Chua (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

IG10 - Downscaling Applications in Climate Information and Services for Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (IAV) Assessments
*Dr. C. Kendra Gotangco (Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines)
Dr. Seita Emori (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan)
Dr. Izuru Takayabu (Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan)

IG12 - Geomorphology and Recent Geospatial Technology
*Prof. Takashi Oguchi (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Prof. Mio Kasai (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Dr. Yuichi S. Hayakawa (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Prof. David Higgitt (University of Nottingham Ningbo, China)

IG13 - Carbon Capture and Storage in Asia & Oceania Regions
*Dr. Keigo Kitamura (Kyushu University, Japan)
Dr. Takeshi Tsuji (Kyushu University, Japan)
Dr. Takahiro Nakajima (Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, Japan)
Dr. Masao Sorai (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan)
Dr. Shun Chiyonobu (Akita University, Japan)

IG14 - Sediment Dynamics from Headwater to Coastal Zones: Watershed Prospective and Scaling Issues
*Dr. Shigeru Mizugaki (Public Works Research Institute, Japan)
Prof. David Higgitt (University of Nottingham Ningbo, China)
Prof. Mio Kasai (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Dr. Takashi Gomi (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan)

IG16 - Future Earth in Asia-pacific; Inter- and Trans- Disciplinary Researches for Global Sustainability
*Dr. Makoto Taniguchi (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan)
Prof. Likun Ai (Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, China)
Dr. Ramesh Ramachandran (National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Ministry of Environment and Forests, India)
Prof. Jun Matsumoto (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan)

IG17 - Applied Geochemical Modeling
*Prof. Tsutomu Sato (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Prof. Carlo Arcilla (University of the Philippines, Diliman, Philippines)

IG18 - Antarctic Geosciences
*Dr. Robin Robertson (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Dr. Katsuro Katsumata (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan)

IG19 - Dynamics of Radionuclides Emitted from Fukuchima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant in the Environment
*Prof. Kazuyuki Kita (Ibaraki University, Japan)
Prof. Terry Nakajima (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Prof. Yuichi Onda (Tsukuba University, Japan)
Dr. Yasuhito Igarashi (Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan)
Prof. Mitsuo Uematsu (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Prof. Motoyoshi Ikeda (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Dr. Hiroaki Kondo (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan)

IG20 - Out of the Lab, Into the World: Theory, Research, and Practice in Education, Communication and Outreach in the Geosciences
*Prof. Masa-Yuki Yamamoto (Kochi University of Technology, Japan)
Dr. Yuka Sato (National Institute of Polar Research, Japan)

IG21 - Nonlinear Geophysics and Complexity
*Prof. Daniel Schertzer (University Paris-Est, France)
Prof. Geoff Austin (U. Auckland, New Zealand)
Prof. Qiuming Cheng (China University of Geosciences, China)

IG23 - Multidisciplinary Geosciences Behind the Safe Disposal of Radioactive Wastes
*Dr. Russell Alexander (Bedrock Geosciences, Switzerland)
Mr. Kunio Ota (Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan, Japan)
Mr. Yoshiaki Takahashi (Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited, Japan)

IG24-37 - Interdisciplinary Approaches to Natural Hazards - Environmental, Economical and Societal Significance
*Dr. Yevgeniy Kontar (The University of Findlay & Federal GEOS Funding, Inc, United States)
Dr. Viacheslav Gusiakov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation)
Prof. Ramesh Singh (Chapman University, United States)
Dr. Yekaterina Kontar (University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States)
Dr. Gwynne Rife (The University of Findlay, United States)
Dr. Jeanette Drake (The University of Findlay, United States)

IG25 - Prevention of the Next Liminic Eruption at Lake Nyos and Monoun
*Prof. Takeshi Ohba (Tokai University, Japan)
Dr. Gregory Tanyileke (Institute of Geological and Mining Research, Cameroon)

IG26 - Applications and Scope of Micro-satellite Constellation
*Prof. Yukihiro Takahashi (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Ms. Nguyễn Hoang-ANh (Vietnam National Satellite Center, Viet Nam)
Dr. Junichi Kurihara (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Dr. Muhammad Evri (Badan Pengkajian dan Penerapan Teknologi (BPPT) , Indonesia)

IG27 - Interdisciplinary Approach to Study Crustal Activities by Ground and Space Observations
*Dr. Katsumi Hattori (Chiba University, Japan)
Prof. Qinghua Huang (Peking University, China)
Dr. Jann-Yenq Liu (National Central University, Taiwan)
Dr. Dimitar Ouzounov (Chapman University, United States)

IG28-ST32 - Geomagnetically Induced Currents and the Extreme Space Weather
*Prof. Shigeru Fujita (Meteorological College, Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan)
Dr. Ikuko Fujii (Meteorological College, Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan)
Dr. Ryuho Kataoka (National Institute of Polar Research, Japan)
Dr. Shinichi Watari (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan)
Dr. Antti Pulkkinen (Catholic University of America/Institute for Astrophysics and Computational Sciences, United States)

IG29 - Theory and Applications of Synthetic Aperture Radar
*Dr. Yosuke Aoki (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Prof. Manabu Hashimoto (Kyoto University, Japan)
Dr. Tsutomu Yamanokuchi (Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan, Japan)
Prof. Makoto Murakami (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Dr. Masato Furuya (Hokkaido University, Japan)

IG32-ST31-AS53 - Geoscience Databases -- Development, Assessment and Interoperability
*Dr. Akiyo Yatagai (Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Japan)
Dr. Masahito Nose (Kyoto University, Japan)
Dr. Bernd Ritschel (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany)
Dr. Atsushi Higuchi (Chiba University, Japan)
Dr. Veenadhari Bhaskara (Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, India)

IG33 - Natural Hyperalkaline Groundwater Systems from Around the World
*Dr. Russell Alexander (Bedrock Geosciences, Switzerland)
Prof. Carlo Arcilla (University of the Philippines, Diliman, Philippines)
Prof. Tsutomu Sato (Hokkaido University, Japan)

IG35 - Paleoclimatology and Paleoceanography in the East Asian Marginal Seas
*Dr. Tomohisa Irino (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Prof. Kozo Takahashi (Hokusei Gakuen University, Japan)
Prof. Ryuji Tada (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Dr. Ken Ikehara (Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan)
Prof. Min-Te Chen (National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan)
Prof. Hongbo Zheng (Nanjing Normal University, China)
Prof. Boo-Keun Khim (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University, Korea, South)
Dr. Yuan-Pin Chang (National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan)
Dr. Yoshimi Kubota (National Musium of Nature and Science, Japan)
Dr. Osamu Seki (Hokkaido University, Japan)

IG38 - General Session
*Dr. Adam Switzer (Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Dr. James Terry (Zayed University Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
Prof. David Higgitt (University of Nottingham Ningbo, China)