CHAIRMAN:
Prof. Dr. Eugen BARSAN   PEng
Vice Rector for Research & International Relations
CONSTANTZA MARITIME UNIVERSITY
ebirsan@internav.com
ebirsan@inbox.com
Tel +40 241 664740 - interior 128
Tel +40 751 610902 / +40 740 048634
Fax +40 241 617260
www.universitateamaritima.ro


INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Prof. Vladimir Sokolov
Geophysical Institute of Karlsruhe University
Hertzstrasse 16, 76187 Karlsruhe
GERMANY
Phone: 049-721-6084625
Fax: 049-721-71173
Vladimir.Sokolov@gpi.uni-karlsruhe.de


Prof. Kelvin S. Rodolfo
Professor Emeritus
Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences
University of Illinois at Chicago
845 W. Taylor St.
Chicago IL 60607 U.S.A.
(312) 243-8241 or (312) 733-0617
krodolfo@uic.edu 


Prof. Phaedon C. Kyriakidis
Department of Geography
Ellison Hall 5710 
University of California at Santa Barbara 
Santa Barbara, CA, USA
phaedon@geog.ucsb.edu 


Prof. Carlo Vandecasteele
Department of Chemical Engineering
K.U.Leuven, Belgium
Tel 016 322727 
GSM 0486 619768
Carlo.Vandecasteele@cit.kuleuven.be

Prof. P De Bievre
Independent Consultant on MiC
Honorary President:
a)The National Committee on Chemistry
b) The Royal Academies of Belgium
Former Division Head, then
Adviser to the Director
Institute for Reference Materials
and Measurements
European Commission-JRC
B-2440 Geel, Belgium
paul.de.bievre@skynet.be 


Prof. Jean-Paul Bravard
Professeur de géographie, 
Université Lumière-Lyon 2 et Institut Universitaire de France
Président de la Zone 
Atelier Bassin du Rhône
Directeur de l'Ecole doctorale "Sciences Sociales" 
du Collège doctoral international de Lyon
Faculté GHHAT, avenue Pierre Mendès-France, 69676 Bron cédex, 
France
jean-paul.bravard@univ-lyon2.fr 
jean-paul.bravard@orange.fr 

Prof. Erick Carlier
Polytech'Lille, 
Ecole d'ingenieurs de l'Universite de Lille 1 
(EUDIL / IAAL / IESP)
Lille, France
Erick.Carlier@polytech-lille.fr 


Prof. Thomas Kohl
GEOWATT AG 
Dohlenweg 28
CH-8050 Zurich
Tel: +41 (0)44 242 1454 (Office)
Switzerland
kohl@geowatt.ch 
http://www.geowatt.com 

Prof.Randy Seright
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
randy@prrc.nmt.edu 


Prof. An Li,
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences 
School of Public Health 
University of Illinois at Chicago
2121 W. Taylor Street
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: 312-996-9597, Fax: 312-413-9898
anli@uic.edu 
http://www.uic.edu/~anli 


Prof. Hikari Fujii
Department of Earth Resources Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
Motooka 744, Nishi-ku Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
Tel & Fax : 81-92-802-3343
fujii@mine.kyushu-u.ac.jp 


Prof. Yuh-Shan Ho
College of Environmental Science and Engineering,
Peking University
Beijing, 100871, People’s Republic of China
Tel: 0086-10-62751923, Fax: 0086-10-62751923
dr_ysho@hotmail.com 


Prof. Dr. Hasan Tosun
Osmangazi University
Director of Earthquake Research Center
Civil Engineering Department
Bati Meselik Eskisehir, Turkey
htosun@ogu.edu.tr  
htosun@barajguvenligi.org 


Prof. Ahmet Sasmaz
Firat University, Department of Geology
23119 Elazig, Turkey 
asasmaz@firat.edu.tr


Prof. Jean-Yves Parlange
Cornel University
USA
jp58@cornell.edu 


Prof. Viney P. Aneja
Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
Room 5136 Jordan Hall
Campus Box 8208
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-8208, U.S.A.
Phone# (919) 515-7808, FAX# (919) 515-7802
viney_aneja@ncsu.edu 


Prof. Marco Mucciarelli
DiSGG - Università della Basilicata
Viale dell'Ateneo Lucano 10
85100 Potenza ITALY
Phone.  ++ 39 0971 205094
cell. ++ 30 329 3606180
fax   ++ 39 0971 205070
mucciarelli@unibas.it 


Prof. Chris Cramer 
University of Memphis 
Memphis, Tenn., USA
ccramer@memphis.edu 


Prof. Tom Rockwell
Professor of Geology
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182
USA
trockwell@geology.sdsu.edu 


Prof. John Carranza 
Department of Earth Systems Analysis 
International Institute for Geo-Information Science
and Earth Observation (ITC), 
Hengelosestraat 99 
PO Box 6, 7500 AA Enschede, 
THE NETHERLANDS
Phone: +31-(0)53 4874 562 
Fax: +31-(0)53 4874 336 
carranza@itc.nl 


Prof. Levent Yilmaz
Louisiana State  University
College of Engineering,  
CEBA  3510V     Tel: (225) 334-6985
USA
lyilmaz@itu.edu.tr 
Fax : 001-(225)-388-8652
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-6405


Prof. Hong-Kai Chen, 
PhD MSc beng, Tutor of PhD student
Professor Geotechnical & Debris Flow
Director of the Institute of Geotechnical Engineering,Chongqing Jiaotong University
Tel & Fax: +86-023-6265 2719
M.P.: 1360 8383 986
Bialik@163.net  Bialik@163.com  Rxzj@yahoo.com  Chk_cq@163.com 
The Member ISRM CSRM
The Standing Member of the Chongqing Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering, China


Prof.Jianmin Chen, 
Chairman, the Department of Environmental Science & Engineering
Fudan University
Shanghai 200433, PR China
jmchen@fudan.edu.cn


Prof. David Gomez
University Rey Juan Carlos
Edificio Departamental I 
C/Tulipán s/n. 28933 Móstoles
Madrid, SPAIN
Tfno: (+34) 91 488 70 92 
Fax: (+34) 91 664 74 90 
david.gomez@urjc.es 



Prof. Julia Lu, PhD
Department of Chemistry and Biology
Ryerson University
350 Victoria Street
Toronto, ON
M5B 2K3 Canada
Tel: 416 979-5000 ext 7481(o) 6351/2618(Labs)
Fax: 416 979-5044
julialu@ryerson.ca 


Prof. Stefano Gresta
Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche
Università degli Studi di Catania
Corso Italia, 57
95129 Catania, ITALY
Tel:++39-0957195709
Fax:++39-0957195728
cell. 333-6170520
gresta@unict.it


Prof. Shiyong Zhou
Depart. of Geophysics, 
Peking University,
Beijing
CHINA
zsy@pku.edu.cn


Prof. Shaofeng Liu
Faculty of Geosciences and Resources
China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
Xueyuan Road 29
Beijing 100083, China


Prof. Alberto Foyo
Civil Engineering School, 
University of Cantabria, Santander, 
Spain
foyoa@unican.es 


Prof. Mandal Prantik
Scientist 'E1', Seismology department
National Geophysical Research Institute
Hyderabad – 500007, A.P.
Email: prantikmandal@yahoo.com


Prof. Tae-Kyung Hong
Yonsei University, Department of Earth System Sciences
Shinchon-dong, 134, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-749, South Korea
Email: tkhong@yonsei.ac.kr


Prof. Maria Belarmina Diaz Aguado
Department of Mining Exploitation
School of Mines
Independencia 13
33004 Oviedo Spain
Email: mbdiaz@uniovi.es

Prof. André Jasper
Botanica, Paleobotanica e Evolucao de Biomas
PPG - Ambiente e Desenvolvimento
Centro de Ciencias Biologicas e da Saude
Museu de Ciencias Naturais
Setor de Botanica e Paleobotanica
Rua Avelino Tallini, 171
Bairro Universitario, Lajeado
Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Email: ajasper@univates.br
Web site: www.univates.br


Prof. Vikrant Chitnis
Microbiology, Shri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences
Sanwer Road, Indore. MP. India. 452001


Prof. Xiyuan Zhou
Director of Beijing key Laboratory of 
Earthquake Engineering and Structural Retrofit, 
Beijing University of Technology, 
No. 100 Pingleyuan, Caoyang district, 
Beijing Post code 100013, CHINA
zhouxy@bjut.edu.cn

Prof. Paul Fitzgerald
Department of Earth Sciences
Syracuse University
204 Heroy Geology Laboratory
Syracuse, New York 13244-1070
Phone:  (315)443-2672, (315)443-2619 
Fax:    (315)443-3363
USA
pgfitzge@syr.edu

Prof. Eser Durukal
Bogazici University
Department of Earthquake Engineering
Istanbul, TURKEY
durukal@boun.edu.tr


Prof. Alfred Stein
International Institute for 
Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
Hengelosestraat 99, P.O. Box 6
7500 AA Enschede 
THE NETHERLANDS 
stein@itc.nl


Prof. Zengxi Ge
Depart. of Geophysics
Peking University
Beijing
CHINA
zsy@pku.edu.cn


Prof. Mustafa Erdik
Bogazici Univ. 
Kandilli Obs. & Earthq.Res.Inst.
Dept. Earthq. Enrgrg. 
Istanbul, TURKEY
erdik@boun.edu.tr
merdik@gmail.com 


Prof. Hing-Ho Tsang
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road, HONG KONG
tsanghh@hkucc.hku.hk


Prof. Sergei Stanchits
GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Department 3.2
Telegrafenberg D423, 14473 Potsdam, GERMANY
Phone: +49-331-288-1324         
 Fax: +49-331-288-1328
stanch@gfz-potsdam.de


Prof. David Schaff
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Seismology Geology and Tectonophysics
61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000
Palisades, 
Columbia University in the City of New York
NY 10964-8000, USA
dschaff@ldeo.columbia.edu 


Prof. Maria Stella Giammarinaro
University of Palermo
Sicily, ITALY
giammar@unipa.it 


Prof. Fares M. Howari,
Geology Department
United Arab Emirates University
fhowari@uaeu.ac.ae

Prof. Efthimios Karymbalis
Harokopio University
DEpartment of Geography
El. Venizelou 70, 17671 Athens,
GREECE
tel: +030 210 9549159
karymbalis@hua.gr



Prof. Tamaz Chelidze
M.Nodia Institute of Geophysics
Head of Department of Seismology and Experimental Geophysics,
Director of European Centre "Geodynamical Hazards of High Dams"
1, Alexidze str. 0193 Tbilsi, GEORGIA
Phone/Fax:: + 995 32 33 28 67
Chelidze@ig.acnet.ge



Prof. Gulum Birgoren Tanircan
Bogazici University
Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute
Earthquake Engineering Department, Cengelkoy,
Istanbul, 34684 TURKEY
http://www.koeri.boun.edu.tr


Prof. Rui Pedro Juliao
Universidade Nova De Lisboa
Lisbon, PORTUGAL
rpj@fcsh.unl.pt


Prof. Christos Chalkias
Harokopio University
Dept. of Geography
El. Venizeloy 70, 17671 Kalithea
+030-2109549347
xalkias@hua.gr


Prof. Yanbin Wang
Department of Geophysics
Peking University
Beijing 100871, China
Tel: +86 10 6275 4901
Fax: +86 10 6276 8894
ybwang@pku.edu.cn


Prof. Mustafa Aktar
Dept. of Geophysics
Bogazici University
Kandilli Observ. And Earthq. Res. Ins.
Istanbul, Turkey
Tel: +90 216 308 0514 ext 392
aktar@boun.edu.tr


Prof. Menas Kafatos
Director
Center for Earth Observing and Space Research
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia
USA
mkafatos@crete.gmu.edu


Prof. Philippe de Donato
 Directeur de Recherche CNRS
Laboratoire Environnement et Minéralurgie (LEM)
UMR INPL et CNRS N°7569 
Centre de Recherche F. Fiessinger
Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Géologie
15 Avenue du Charmois, BP 40
54501 Vandoeuvre Cedex
France
Tél.: 33 (0)3 83 59 62 82
Fax: 33 (0)3 83 59 62 55
philippe.de-donato@ensg.inpl-nancy.fr


Prof. Jacek Namiesnik 
Department of Analytical Chemistry
Chemical Faculty
Gdansk University of Technology
G. Narutowicza 11/12
80-952 Gdansk, POLAND
chemanal@pg.gda.pl


Prof. Dimitris Dermatas, 
W. M. Keck Geoenvironmental Laboratory
Center for Environmental Systems
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA
Tel: 201-216-8916 Fax: 201-216-8212
ddermata@stevens.edu
http://www.ces.stevens-tech.edu/staff/ddermata 

Prof. W.W.-S. Yim 
Department of Earth Sciences
The University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road
Hong Kong SAR
China
Tel: 852-2859 2829 
wwsyim@hku.hk
http://www.hku.hk/earthsci 


Prof.Chun-Ho Liu
Department of Mechanical Engineering
7/F, Haking Wong Building
The University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road
Hong Kong, China
Tel: (852) 2857 8553, Fax: (852) 2858 5415
chliu@hkucc.hku.hk  liuchunho@graduate.hku.hk 


Prof. Murat Ercanoglu
Hacettepe University
Geological Engineering Department
06800 Beytepe, Ankara
Turkey
murate@hacettepe.edu.tr
http://yunus.hacettepe.edu.tr/~murate 


Prof.Mohamed Obeid
Egypt, El Fayoum, El Fayoum University, 
Faculty of Science, Geology Department
Egypt
mobeid_2000@hotmail.com


Dr. Pasquale Steduto
Chief, Water Service & Chair UN-Water
Land and Water Division, FAO
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153, Rome, Italy
Tel. +39.06.57054084, Fax +39.06.57056275
Pasquale.Steduto@fao.org 


Dr. Richard Glen 
Principal Research Scientist
Geological Survey of New South Wales
Department of Primary Industries
PO Box 344 Hunter Regional Mail Centre NSW 2310
phone (02) 4931 6722
Australia
dick.glen@dpi.nsw.gov.au 

Dr. M.F. Loutre
Chercheur qualifié
Université catholique de Louvain
Chemin du Cyclotron, 2
BE-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Belgium
tel : +32-10 473299, fax : +32-10 474722
marie-france.loutre@uclouvain.be 


Dr. Serena Pastore
INAF
Astronomical Observatory of Padova
Padova, Italy
serena.pastore@oapd.inaf.it


Dr.Francisco J. Moral
University of Extremadura
Spain
fjmoral@unex.es 


Dr. Miguel A. Sánchez 
Geología Aplicada a las Obras Públicas
E.T.S. Ing. de Caminos, Canales y Puertos
Universidad de Cantabria
Spain
sanchemi@unican.es 

Dr.Aurelian Pantea
Head of Seismological Research Department
National Institute for Earth Physics
P.O.Box mg-2, Bucharest-magurele,
Romania
tel. +40-0788394048, +40-021-4564901
pantea@infp.ro 


Dr. Tamara Polubesova
Department of Soil and Water Sciences
Faculty of Agricultural, Food and
Environmental Quality Sciences
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
P.O.Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel
Tel: 972-8-9489912, Fax: 972-8-9475181
polubeso@agri.huji.ac.il  

Dr. Angelo De Santis
Director of Research, INGV
Professor of Geophysics, Chieti University
Italy
desantis@ingv.it 

Dr. Petr Vanicek
University of New Brunswick
Canada
vanicek@unb.ca 


Dr. Boris Berri, 
Permafrost International Inc.
Canada
bberri@sympatico.ca 

Dr. Alok Porwal
Centre for Exploration Targetting (M006)
University of Western Australia
35 Stirling Highway
Crawley 6009 WA
Australia
aporwal@cyllene.uwa.edu.au  
porwal@itc.nl 

Dr. Sabah A. Abdul-Wahab Al-Sulaiman,
College of Engineering
P.O. Box: 33, Al-Khod
Postal Code:123
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Tel. Off. : 00968 2414 1360
Tel. GSM. : 00968 99 45 3084
sabah1@squ.edu.om 


Dr.Giovanni Martinelli
ARPA Emilia Romagna
Via Amendola 2
42100 Reggio Emilia, Italy
phone: 0039-059-223963
giovanni.martinelli15@tin.it 

Dr. Daniele Contini
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Italy
d.contini@isac.cnr.it 


Dr.Hung-Yu Chen
National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU)
Taiwan
hychen@mail.ntou.edu.tw 

Dr. Kees Stigter
International Society for Agricultural
Meteorology (INSAM),
China
cjstigter@usa.net 

Dr. Francisco H.R. Bezerra
Departmento of Geology
University of State of Rio Grande do Norte
Brazil
bezerrafh@geologia.ufrn.br 

Dr. Saif Ud Din
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)
Kuwait
sdin@safat.kisr.edu.kw 


Dr. R. Latha
ABL Group, I& OT Division,
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, NCL Post,
Pashan, Pune-411008
ph-91-020-25893600, fax: 91-020-25893825
India
latha@tropmet.res.in 

Dr.Suzanne Hecker
U.S. Geological Survey
Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225, USA
shecker@usgs.gov 


Dr. Olav Slaymaker
The University of British Columbia,
Canada
olavs@interchange.ubc.ca 

Dr. Jeff Collett
Colorado State University
USA
collett@lamar.colostate.edu

Dr. Samuel Ortega-Farias
Universidad de Talca
Chile
sortega@utalca.cl 

Dr. R. P. Kane
National Institute for Space Research
CEA/DGE, Sala 20, INPE C. P. 515
Av. dos Astronautas 1758, Jardim da Granja
São José dos Campos, 12245-970
SP, Brazil
Tele. 55-12-3945-6795, Fax 55-12-3945-6810
kane@dge.inpe.br


Dr. Hebe Carreras
Departamento de Química
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Avda. Velez Sarsfield 1611
X5016 GCA Córdoba, Argentina 
hcarreras@com.uncor.edu


Dr. Alexander Rabinovich,
Goverment of Canada
Canada
RabinovichA@pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca


Dr.Tat Leung Chan
Research Centre for Combsution and Pollution Control
Dept.of Mechanical Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hung Hom, Kowloon
Hong Kong 
tel ; (852) 2766 6656
mmtlchan@polyu.edu.hk

Dr. Yang Deng,
Department of Construction Management and Civil Engineering Technology
Georgia Southern University
Carruth Bldg, Room 1006B, Forest Dr.
Statesboro, GA 30460-8047
Tel: 01-912-681-5003
Fax: 01-912-871-1853
ydeng@georgiasouthern.edu  
http://cost.georgiasouthern.edu/cmcet/deng.htm  

Dr. Concettina Nunziata 
Dipartimento di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, 
Universitá Federico II
Largo S. Marcellino 10, 
80138 Napoli, Italy 
conunzia@unina.it


Dr. Jimmy Jiao
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Room 302, James Lee Science Building, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
Tel (852) 2857 8246; Fax (852) 2517 6912
http://www.hku.hk/earthsci/index.html 

Dr. Renato Lancellotta
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering.
Politechnico Di Torino,
ITALY
renato.lancellotta@polito.it 



Dr. Daniel E. McNamara
Seismologist
USGS/ANSS/NEIC
Golden, CO, USA
U.S. Geological Survey
Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225, USA
OFFICE:  303-273-8550  
Box 25046, Stop 966
FAX: 303-273-8600 
CELL:  303-249-9081 
3032499081@vtext.com
http://geohazards.cr.usgs.gov/staffweb/mcnamara


Dr. Stefan Florin Balan
Head of the Engineering Seismology Department
National Institute of Research Development for Earth Physics
Str. Calugareni nr. 12, Judetul Ilfov
Bucharest _ Magurele, ROMANIA
el.: (40-21) 405 0669 
fax: (40-21) 405 0673 
sbalan@infp.ro


Dr. Mircea Radulian, Scientific Director
National Institute for Earth Physics
Calugareni str. 12, P.O. MG-2
077125, Bucharest-Magurele, Ilfov, ROMANIA
tel.: (40-21) 405 0669 
fax: (40-21) 405 0673 
mircea@infp.ro


Dr. Vladimir Graizer
Senior Seismologist
California Geological Survey
phone: (916) 322-9309
USA
vgraizer@consrv.ca.gov


Dr. Ernst D. Schmitter
Fachhochschule Osnabruck
University of Applied Sciences
GERMANY
e.d.schmitter@fh-osnabrueck.de


Dr. Constantin Ionescu
National Institute of Research and Development for Earth Physics
Bucharest, ROMANIA
www.infp.ro 
viorel@infp.ro


Dr. Andrei Bala
National Institute of Research and Development for Earth Physics
Bucharest, ROMANIA
www.infp.ro 
bala@infp.infp.ro 

Dr. J. R. Kayal 
Dy Director General (Geophysics) 
Geological Survey of India 
27 J.L.Nehru Road, 
Calcutta-700016, INDIA
Tel: (91)-33-2286-1633(Office) 
Tel: (91)-33-2467-0064(Residence) 
Fax: (91)-33-2286-1656(Office) 
Mobile: +91 9830675424
jr_kayal@hotmail.com


Dr. Mihaela Popa
National Institute for Earth Physics
P.O.Box MG-2, 077125 Bucharest, ROMANIA
Tel: +40-21-405.06.64, Fax: +40-21-405.06.65 
www.infp.ro 
mihaela@infp.ro