Linked Open Data for Global Disaster Risk Research – Membership
| Name | Institution | Role | Area of expertise |
| Akiyuki KAWASAKI | The University of Tokyo | Member | Project Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. Leading research on data integration and analysis system. |
| Bapon (shm) Fakhruddin | Technical Director, Tonkin +Taylor, & Faculty member, University of Auckland, New Zealand | CO-Chair & Coordinator | 16 years working experiences in water engineering, climate, and disaster risk management. My key areas of expertise are hydrology modeling, early warning system, emergency communication, climate-proofing infrastructure and disaster risk reduction. I graduated in civil engineering and have a master in water engineering and management. Working experiences in implementing climate and disaster risk management projects more than 25 countries. |
| Brenda K. Jones | Disaster Response Coordinator USGS EROS Center |
member | Disaster Response Coordinator USGS EROS Center,has much experience in open data linkage. |
| Carol Song | Rosen Centre for Advance Computing, Purdue University, US | CO-Chair | Extensive knowledge and experience with cyber infrastructure technology and information systems. Chair of XD Service Provider Forum (NSF), and leading several data centric research projects (drought information network, climate change impact on agriculture, GEOSHARE, etc) |
| Chen Fang | Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth,China | member | Fang Chen is a professor at the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth,Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He conducts interdisciplinary work combining, remote sensing, ecology, and other fields of study to assess spatial patterns of disaster risk. He was elected to the CAS “Hundred Talent Program” and he is currently serving as Executive Deputy Director of the CAS-TWAS Centre of Excellence on Space Technology for Disaster Mitigation (SDIM) and Secretary-General of IRDR CHINA, coordinating and involving in multiple collaborative projects related to capacity building in disaster risk management in developing countries. Dr. Chen is selected as a TWAS Young Affiliate Fellow in 2014. |
| Delwyn Moller | Director of Research Centre for Space Science Technology, New Zealand |
Member | Dr. Delwyn K. Moller is a Principal Systems Engineer at Remote Sensing Solutions, Inc (RSS). She received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst after completing the M.E degree (Distinction) and the B.E. degree (Honors) at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She joined NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) where she worked on radar technology, primarily with a focus toward Earth science. |
| Edward Chu | National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Chinese Taiwan | member | Edward Chu received his PHD diploma in the department of Computer Science in National Tsinghua University in 2010. He has much experience in software engineering, and has some BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)related Chinese invention patent,which has been Commercialized.He has been served as an assistant professor in National Yunlin University of Science and Technology. Disaster Prevention and Rescue Information System was the main research area of Edward Chu, including how to staff effective planning and disaster survey path network of volunteers,how to disign the Active disaster response system and interior disaster identification system,also he has published several papers on IEEE International Journal and related major international journals. |
| Jan Eichner | Munich Re-Geo Research Group | member | Head of Munich Re’s NatCatSERVICE (as successor to Angelika Wirtz) |
| John Handmer | RMIT Australia | Member | Professor John Handmer leads RMIT’s and its Human Security Program. He is also Convener of the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Network for Emergency Management, and Principle Scientific Advisor for the Bushfire CRC. He holds adjunct professorial positions at ANU and the Flood Hazard Research Centre in London. He works on the social and economic aspects of emergency management and disasters. |
| Jan-Ming Ho | Division of Planning and Evaluation, National Science Council of Taipei, Chinese Taiwan | member | Extensive knowledge and experience on digital library and archive technologies. Representative of IRDR IOC in Taipei of city disaster research. |
| Kim Wright | Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management | Member | Project lead on disaster loss data and development of national loss database. |
| Li Guoqing | Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth,China | CO-Chair | Extensive knowledge and experience with remote sensing, spatial data infrastructure and disaster data management. Long time service in international organizations, such as CEOS, GEOSS, APN and ICSU |
| Liu Chuang | Institute of Geography and Natural Resources, China | member | Extensive knowledge and experience on geographic and data science. Long time service in international organizations, including UNGAID, CODATA and CEOS. The winner of the CODATA prize. Former member of the CODATA disaster data working group. |
| Masaru Yarime | University of Tokyo,Japan | member | For the past years he has been engaged in research and educational activities from interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary perspectives, with an intention to understand the complex interface between engineering and social sciences and the dynamic interactions between technology and institutions in creating sustainability innovation. He is particularly interested in exploring the structure, functions, and evolution of knowledge systems involving various stakeholders in society. He has many experiences of cooperation and collaboration with key stakeholders in academia, industry, government, and civil society in Japan, Europe, and North America as well as in emerging countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, which has been contributing to analyzing and implementing innovations addressing multifaceted, inter-dependent sustainability challenges. |
| Michael Rast | European Space Agency (ESA/ESRIN), Italy | member | Extensive knowledge and experience with data sharing and leader of a number of EU activities to support Supersite. |
| Nina I. Frolova | Russia Academy of Sciences and Extreme Situation Research Center | CO-Chair | Dr. Frolova has contributed to many studies on earthquake hazard, earthquake risk, and risk reduction, including the IDNDR and regional activities sponsored by UNESCO, the former UNDRO, Council of Europe projects STRIM (Space Technology for Risk Management) and EDRIM (Electronic Discussion in Risk Management). The Soviet of Ministries awarded her, along with others, the USSR prize in 1984 for their work on the seismic loads and earthquake resistance of high dams. In 2005 she was awarded by UNESCO – GARD Medal for distinguished professional leadership and personal commitment to ongoing programs on disaster reduction. |
| Pam Johnston | Earthquake Commission, New Zealand | Member | Provides advisory services relating to natural disaster risk reduction and resilience issues. |
| Pakorn Apaphant | GISTDA Thailand & Loxley Co Ltd, Thailand | member | Extensive knowledge and experience with remote sensing and disaster information analysis. Former chair of CEOS/WGISS, and leader of ASEN disaster network project. |
| Raj Prasanna | Joint Centre for Disaster Research, Massey University, New Zealand | Member | Dr. Raj Prasanna is an expert in Information Technology and Systems. Raj has been a full-time academic and a researcher since 2004 and obtained his PhD from Loughborough University, UK in 2010 in Information Systems supporting Emergency Response. Raj’s current research interests include Data Quality during Disasters, application of Internet of Things (IoT) for Disaster Management, Human Computer Interface supporting Emergencies, and Cognitive Requirements Capturing Techniques for Emergencies. His recent research findings related to emergency response is now being used by the UK Local Governments and the UK fire and rescue service, to develop information systems supporting fire emergency response. |
| R.B. Singh | University of Delhi, India | member | Dr. R.B. Singh is Professor of Geography since 2002 and Coordinator UGC-SAP-DRS III, Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi-7, India. Earlier served as UGC Research Scientist-C/Professor (1996-2002), UGC Research Scientist-B/Reader (1988-1996) and Lecturer (1985-1988); Head, Department of Geography during 2013-2016. Prof. Singh is Vice President, International Geographical Union (IGU). Prof. Singh is Member-ICSU Scientific Committee-Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment. |
| Sisi Zlatanova | Delft University of Technology, Netherlands | member | Dr. Sisi Zlatanova is an associate professor at the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. Her research interests are in 3D modelling of geographical information with applications in emergency response and risk management. She has authored and co-authored 21 books and more than 200 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. She is a president of ISPRS Commission IV Spatial Information Science (2016-2020) |
| Susan L. Cutter | Hazard & Vulnerability Research Institute, University of South Carolina, USA | member | Her primary research interests are in the area of disaster vulnerability/resilience science—what makes people and the places where they live vulnerable to extreme events and how vulnerability and resilience are measured, monitored, and assessed. She has authored or edited twelve books, more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. Dr. Cutter has also led post-event field studies of the role of geographic information technologies in rescue and relief operations |
| Virginia Murray | Public Health England | CO-Chair | Virginia Murray is a medical Public Health Doctor with more than 30 years’ experience is Head of Global Disaster Risk Reduction for UK’s Public Health England. She is a member of the International Science Scientific Committee for the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk and co-chair of the IRDR’s Disaster Loss Data (DATA) project is the information dissemination, networking and collaboration forum for the growing network of stakeholders from different disciplines and sectors to study issues related to the collection, storage and dissemination of disaster loss data.. Since 2015 she is also a member of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network for Data. She has also worked with CODATA from the workshop in November 2017 (Royal Society, London) and the preparations for a Commission on Data Standards to address issues of interoperability and data integration in particular for interdisciplinary research areas including disaster risk reduction. |
| Welgamage Vimukthi Kaushal Jayawardene | The University of Queensland, Australia | Member | Data scientist and faculty member. Specialties: Business Process management (BPM) SAP R/3 ABAP Software Quality Management (ISO/CMMI) Data quality management |
Early career data professionals that will be involved in this Task Group.
| Name | Institution | Role | Area of expertise |
| Alec Wild | Tonkin +Taylor, New Zealand | Young Scientist | Data modeller |
| Hongyue Zhang | Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth | Young Scientist | Remote sensing |
| Jibo Xie | Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth | Young Scientist | Remote sensing |
| Jinlong Fan | National Satellite Meteorological Center | Young Scientist | Remote sensing |
| Jing Zhao | Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth | Young Scientist | Remote sensing |
| Laura Tilley | Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management, New Zealand | Young Scientist | Disaster loss data |
| Paul Huang | National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Chinese Taipei | Young Scientist | Data modeler |
| Shifeng Huang | China institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research | Young Scientist | Water resources |
| Katherine Cowper-Heays | Tonkin +Taylor, New Zealand | Young Scientist | Water engineer |
| Rebekah Robertson | Tonkin +Taylor, New Zealand | Young Scientist | Data analyst and Disaster Risk Reduction |
| Xiuling Qing | National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences | Young Scientist | Remote sensing |