APEC WORKSHOP 2018 STI Contribution to Policy Making on Natural Disaster Resilience

Australia – Phd. Simon DUNSTALL
Research Director, Decision Sciences Program, Data61, CSIRO

Dr Simon Dunstall has been the leader and/or principal investigator in numerous research project teams looking at supply chain and logistics, service delivery systems, infrastructure and natural hazards during an R&D career spanning two decades. He is the Victorian and immediate-past National President of the Australian Society for Operations Research, and has been a national committee member for the Logistics Association of Australia.

 

 

Chile- Cristóbal MENA
Deputy National Director of the Chilean National Emergency Office (ONEMI)

The National Director of the Chilean National Emergency Office (ONEMI) is the organization in charge of coordinating all Disaster Risk Management actions in Chile.

He holds an MSc in Risk, Disaster & Resilience from the University College London (UCL) and B.Scs. in Political Science and Public Policy.

His work experience is related to Disaster Risk Management in private and international organizations such as the World Bank in Central Asia, Europe and the Caribbean developing government continuity plans, enhancing response capacities, and providing technical assistance on crisis management centers. Cristóbal has also provided advice on DRM public policies to the Chilean Senate and worked in academia as Lecturer in Disaster Public Policies and Disaster Risk Management.

 

 

Chile- PhD. Paula REPETTO
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, P. Universidad Católica de Chile. Principal Investigator, CIGIDEN.

Paula Repetto received her PhD in Health Behavior and Health Education from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in the United States. She also holds a Master and Bachelor degree in Psychology for the P. Universidad Católica de Chile.

Paula is associate professor in the Department of Psychology. She is trained as a health psychologist and worked on understanding the influence of psychosocial factors (such as stress, social vulnerabilities and behaviors) on the disease process. In CIGIDEN she has focused her research on the role and characteristics of disasters on mental health outcomes, in understanding on how individuals respond and cope with these events, the role of social vulnerability, and evaluation of early mental health interventions. Her work takes an applied research approach to inform actions that can promote individual and community resilience in the face of disaster.

 

 

Chile – Phd. Sergio BARRIENTOS
Director of the National Seismological Center, University of Chile

Dr. Barrientos currently serves as the Director of the recently created National Seismological Center of the University of Chile, agency that is in charge of monitoring the seismicity of the country.

Sergio Barrientos obtained his M.Sc. degree at University of Chile and his PhD. in Earth Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1987. He has been a visiting scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (University of Colorado) and Southern California Earthquake Cente. He has worked for the Department of Geophysics of the University of Chile in Santiago and held the position of Seismic Section Chief of the International Monitoring System of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, seated in Vienna, Austria.

 

 

China – PhD. Yongxian ZHANG
Deputy Director of Earthquake Prediction Department, China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC); Deputy Director of the APEC Cooperation for Earthquake Simulation (ACES); Committee member of China Seismological Society. 

Yongxian Zhang graduated from Department of Geophysics of Peking University in 1988. She got her master’s degree from the Center for Analysis of Prediction, China Earthquake Administration in 1991, and received her doctorate from the Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration in 1999. She visited UC Davis of USA as a senior visiting scholar in 2012. Her research interests include model of seismogenic process, seismicity pattern, mechanics of earthquake anomaly, synthetic method of earthquake prediction, etc. She has published near 100 journal papers (about 20 of them are in English, others in Chinese).  She started her career of earthquake forecasting research work in China since 1991. She is responsible for writing comprehensive earthquake forecasting report to government for more than 15 years.   She won several national awards in China such as National Excellent Scientist from China Association for Science and Technology; Special Allowance of the State Council of China.

 

 

Japan – Phd. Rajib SHAW
Professor de la Universidad de Keio y Chair of UNISDR Science and Technology Advisory Committee

A Japanese national of Indian origin, Rajib Shaw is the professor in Graduate School of Media and Governance in Keio University’s Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC). Earlier, he was the Executive Director of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR), a decade-long research program co-sponsored by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC), and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR). He is also the Senior Fellow of Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) Japan, and the Chairperson of SEEDS Asia and CWS Japan, two Japanese NGOs. Previously, he served as a Professor in the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies of Kyoto University. His expertise includes community-based disaster risk management, climate change adaptation, urban risk management, and disaster and environmental education. Professor Shaw is the Chair of the United Nations Science Technology Advisory Group (STAG) for disaster risk reduction; and also the Co-chair of the Asia Science Technology Academic Advisory Group (ASTAAG). He is the editor of a book series on disaster risk reduction, published by Springer. Prof. Shaw has published more than 45 books and over 300 academic papers and book chapters.

 

 

Mexico – Mr. Norlang GARCÍA
Subdirector del Área de Estudios Económicos y Sociales, Centro Nacional de Prevención de Desastres (CENAPRED)

Norlang Marcel García Arróliga graduated in Economic Science from National Autonomous University of Mexico. He obtained in 2010 a Master degree in Public Administration and Public Policies focus in Disaster Risk Reduction. He participated in a distance course named Higher Education in Disaster Risk Management by the National University of Colombia and studies in the City of Kobe, Japan, in reconstruction Plans after Natural Disasters by the Kobe Institute of Urban Research.

He worked in several studies about Territorial Planning and Urban Development Programs in Mexico states. He also worked in several studies about Disaster Impact Assessment with the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) the United Nations. In addition, he has written some articles in national media and he has more than 80 missions to assess the socioeconomic disasters impact in Mexico. The co-author of the first methodological guide for the social vulnerability evaluation associated with disasters.

 

New Zeland – Asaad SHAMSELDIN
Associate Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

He has considerable research, consultancy and technology transfer experience in the field of civil engineering. He has a wide range of research interests in the area of water engineering, natural hazard mitigation and infrastructure engineering. His research interests include stormwater management, urban water demand management, data driven modelling, environmental change, tsunamis, floods, droughts, infrastructure dependencies and restoration of infrastructure function after major disasters. He has published widely in peer refereed journal papers, edited books, chapter in books and conference proceedings. He was an Editor for the journal of Hydrology and Earth System Sciences published by the European Geosciences Union.

 

 

Russia – Eugeny GAMAYUNOV
Head of section for development and implementation of information technology and robotic devices, Scientific-technical department; Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (EMERCOM of Russia);

Evgeny GAMAYUNOV graduated from the Academy of State Fire Service of EMERCOM of Russia in 2006 as an engineer in fire safety.

He obtained a Ph.D. in Technical Science from military postgraduate studies at training of scientific and pedagogical staff of the Academy of State Fire Service of EMERCOM of Russia in 2009. Simultaneously he has graduated from Kislovodsk Humanitarian Technical Institute (extramural education) as a lawyer.

From 2009 to 2013, he worked as a teacher, senior lecturer, Deputy Head of the Department of Management and Economics of the Academy of State Fire Service of EMERCOM of Russia.

From 2013 to 2017 – Deputy Head of Section for the organization of research on emergency risk management of the Scientific-technical department,    EMERCOM of Russia, H.Q. From 2017 till present – Head of section for development and implementation of information technology and robotic devices, Scientific-technical department, EMERCOM of Russia, H.Q.

Japan – Phd. Rajib SHAW
Professor de la Universidad de Keio y Chair of UNISDR Science and Technology Advisory Committee

A Japanese national of Indian origin, Rajib Shaw is the professor in Graduate School of Media and Governance in Keio University’s Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC). Earlier, he was the Executive Director of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR), a decade-long research program co-sponsored by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC), and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR). He is also the Senior Fellow of Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) Japan, and the Chairperson of SEEDS Asia and CWS Japan, two Japanese NGOs. Previously, he served as a Professor in the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies of Kyoto University. His expertise includes community-based disaster risk management, climate change adaptation, urban risk management, and disaster and environmental education. Professor Shaw is the Chair of the United Nations Science Technology Advisory Group (STAG) for disaster risk reduction; and also the Co-chair of the Asia Science Technology Academic Advisory Group (ASTAAG). He is the editor of a book series on disaster risk reduction, published by Springer. Prof. Shaw has published more than 45 books and over 300 academic papers and book chapters.

 

 

Peru – Zenon AGUILAR
Research Director, Japan Peru Center for Earthquake Engineering Research and Disaster Mitigation, Faculty of Civil Engineering, National University of Engineering (CISMID-FIC-UNI).

Zenon AGUILAR graduated from National University of Engineering in 1991 as Civil engineer. He obtained t Master of Engineering and Doctor of Engineering degrees in the field of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering from Kyoto University, Japan.

Dr. Aguilar got an Associate Professor position since 1999 at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the National University of Engineering, where he gives lectures on Geophysics and Geotechnical Engineering. He became a Principal Research at CISMID, where took the Geotechnical Laboratory Head, Academic Director and Research Director positions. At CISMID he was involved in several research activities related to seismic hazard assessment, seismic microzoning of urban areas, vulnerability and seismic risk evaluation of several cities in Peru. From 2010 to 2015 he was the Seismological and Geotechnical Group leader for the Japan Peru Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development project (SATREPS).

 

 

Chile- Sharapiya KAKIMOVA

Geographic Coordinator, International Cooperation Program (PCI), Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT)

Sharapiya KAKIMOVA graduated from Kazakh State Polytechnic Institute in 1993 as a system engineer. She obtained a Master of Arts degree in the field of international relations and later her Ph.D. on Peace Studies from Hiroshima University with specific focus on public administration and its reform in post conflict countries in general and in Afghanistan in particular.

She worked in various governmental institutions of Kazakhstan for six years and was responsible for external aid coordination. Dr. Kakimova has participated in many courses related to the international cooperation. She joined United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) twice as an Associate, in 2002 and in 2003, and has been a Training Assistant with UNITAR Hiroshima Office from January 2004 until January 2009, when she moved to Chile. From March 2011 to August 2013, Dr. Kakimova has been holding full time teaching position at Los Lagos University of Chile where she was giving lecture on International Relations Theory and responsible for the process of practice and graduation within the Faculty of Administrative and Political Sciences. In September 2013, Dr. Kakimova joined CONICYT, first with Scholarship Program and since March 2015 she is part of PCI were she is in charge of cooperation with Asia-Pacific Region and Americas. Dr. Kakimova´s research interests are capacity building, international relations, and governance.

 

 

Thailand – Kampanart SILVA
Senior Nuclear Scientist, Nuclear Research Group, Nuclear Research and Development Division, Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology, Thailand

Kampanart Silva received his first degree in environmental and energy engineering from the University of Tokyo. He continued to the master and doctoral courses at the same university in nuclear engineering and management. During his stay in Japan, he experienced the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident, and participated in several volunteer activities to support the recovery of Fukushima Prefecture. Dr. Silva started his work as a nuclear scientist at Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology in 2012. His research focuses on assessment of severe accidents in a nuclear power plant. He published articles in several well-known scientific journals, such as Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, and Nuclear Engineering and Design. He is also a member of the Working Group for the Establishment of the Thai New Nuclear Research Reactor. He is one of the forming members of the ASEAN Network on Nuclear Power Safety Research (ASEAN NPSR), and the current representative of Thailand for the network.

Australia – Phd. Edmundo CLARO
Program Research DirectorLand & Water CSIRO

Edmundo CLARO graduated from Universidad Católica de Chile in 1990 as an Industrial Engineer. He obtained a MSc in Geography from King’s College London, University of London in 1994 and later a PhD in Land Economy from University of Cambridge in 2004. He has done research and consultancy work in areas such as waste management, renewable energy, climate change, green trade and integrated assessment of policies for diverse institutions, both in Chile (ministries of Environment, Economics, Energy, Agriculture and International Relations) and abroad (OECD, WWF, IDB, FLACSO, IUCN and UNEP). He has taught environmental economics and management in universities in Chile and in other South American countries. Currently he directs the CSIRO Land & Water Program in Chile leading projects related to the management and governance of water resources (participatory modelling), disaster management (floods and forest fires) and relationships with communities (social license to operate).

 

 

CEPAL- Fabio WEIKERT
Associate Economic Affairs Officer, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Division,
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-ECLAC)

Fabio WEIKERT BICALHO holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG, Brazil) and a M.Sc. Degree in Climate Change and International Development from the University of East Anglia (UEA, United Kingdom), with focus on the analysis of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil. He was also a research assistant in a project on climate change adaptation and vulnerability of coastal areas in England, developed the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. Fabio has 7-year experience working as a sustainability consultant with expertise in climate change mitigation and adaptation, and has managed several projects aimed at public and private entities in Brazil, including climate change vulnerability assessments for Brazilian municipalities. In 2018, he joined the Unit of Infrastructure Services of the UN-ECLAC Natural Resources and Infrastructure Division as an Associate Economic Affairs Officer. Since then, he has developed research and technical cooperation projects on the topics of resilient and sustainable infrastructure services, mobility and logistics. His main areas of interest are resilient and sustainable infrastructure, risk and vulnerability analysis, sustainable urban mobility, inland waterway transportation and energy efficiency in the transport sector.

 

 

CEPAL– Eliana Palma Barleta
Consultant, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Eliana Palma Barleta is graduated in International Relations from the Lusíada University in São Paulo, Brazil. She obtained a MSc in Droit, économie, gestion. Mention relations internationals from Sciences Po, France. She worked in the shipping industry for four years and has developed special interest for the subject. She is currently working as a Consultant at the Division of Natural Resources and Infrastructure of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL for its acronym in Spanish). The subjects of her major interest are shipping industry, infrastructure, new technologies, resilience and sustainable development.

 

 

Chile – Alex GODOY
Director of Sustainability Research Center & Strategic Resource Management, Academic Director of Master’s program in Sustainability Management at School of Engineering at Universidad del Desarrollo

Alex is Director of Sustainability Research Center & Strategic Resource Management and Academic Director of Master’s program in Sustainability Management at School of Engineering at Universidad del Desarrollo & Research Associate to the Water Research Center for Agriculture and Mining awarded in Fifth National Competition for Research Centers in Priority Areas of National Commission for Scientific & Technological Research (CONICYT in Spanish). Further, he is Head of Waste to Energy Research & Technology – Chile at WTERT Council and Research Associate at Earth Engineering Center at Columbia University. Throughout his career, he have had a strong involvement as a member of advisory boards into governmental institutions such as CONICYT, National Commission in Innovation and Development (CNID), Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Energy. He has been referee for peer-reviewed journals and environmental projects as well as a columnist in different media about “Sustainable Development, Sustainable Science and Public Affairs.” Today, he has been honored as a member of the High-Level Panel of Experts Steering Committee on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE), Committee on World Food Security (CFS), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations (UN) and as Review Editor of Chapter 13: National and sub-national policies and institutions) for the Working Group III contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6).

 

 

Chile – PhD. Audrey GALLAUD
Natural Resources division at the CIREN Chile

Audrey Gallaud graduated in Earth Sciences from University of Pierre & Marie Curie-Paris VI, France in 2005. She obtained a PhD in Paleoenvironment-Erosión from University of Orléans-France in 2008. Dr. Gallaud has done research and consultancy work in areas such as geological mapping, paleoclimate change, soil management y no metallic minerals industry, both in France (National Center for Scientific Research-CNRS and French Geological Survey-BRGM) and Chile. Currently she manages the Natural Resources division at the CIREN, the Institute which contributes to the productive development and territorial organization, with a solid orientation to the sustainable use of the natural resources, delivering territorial information generated through different technological platforms or researches about soils, forest, water resources or climate change. Some currents projects that i am leading are for the National Strategy for Climate Change and Vegetation Resources, or about salt lakes monitoring using remote sensing technology in Chile…

She is a member of the National Committee ISO/TC 190 for the Soil Quality of Chile.

 

 

Chile – PhD. Diana QUEVEDO
Senior Research at Water Technology Center CETAQUA-Chile

Diana Quevedo graduated from National University of Colombia, Medellin, in 2001 as a Civil Engineer. She obtained her Ph.D. on Hydraulic Engineering and Environment from Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, focused on ecohydrology behaviour of ecosystems located at water-restricted environments, like semiarid and arid climatic zones.

She worked as research in several projects related with modelling of floods, water resources research, and ecological flow, among others. She was full time assistance professor of University of Santiago de Chile from 2009 to 2016; during this period, she awarded a FONDECYT Started found and CORFO of public property found, taught Hydrology and Hydrological Modelling subjects, and was member of International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO-Chile in the Ecohydrology Programme, and member of Water Committee in University Association of Montevideo Group. She was member of the team Platform ECOHYD Ltd. developing the governmental Guide of Environmental Flow Estimation, released in 2016, and training on its use to several public workers. At the present, she is focused on research projects related with extreme hydrological processes at High Mountain like snowmelt, ice melt, and high turbidity and its consequences

 

 

Chile- Etienne CHOUPAY
División de Innovación, Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y Turismo de Chile

Chemical Engineer and Master in Industrial Engineering the Pontificia Catholic University of Valparaiso. He is currently developing his PhD thesis in Management Sciences of the University of Santiago, Chile.

He has 15 years of experience in project management innovation, entrepreneurship and technology transfer activities exercised until 2014 as Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso.

He is currently in charge of coordinating the Projects Unit public in the Division of Innovation of the Ministry of Economy of Chile, in charge of science-business links, technology transfer, strategic selectivity and international relations.

 

 

Chile – PhD. Francisco CERECEDA
Full Professor in Environmental Analytical Chemistry,  Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Maria (UTFSM), Head of the Centre for Environmental Technologies (CETAM),

PhD. in Chemistry, specialty Environmental Analytical Chemistry from the University of Düsseldorf, Germany. He did his doctoral research at the Institute for Applied Physical Chemistry at the Research Center Jülich in Germany, funded by a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Dr. Cereceda-Balic is currently Full Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (UTFSM) in Valparaíso, Chile and head of the Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry (LQA), the Centre for Environmental Technologies (CETAM) and the Master of Chemistry Sciences at the same university. He has directed more than 70 projects with national and international funds and making numerous environmental monitoring campaigns in a variety of environments, including glaciers of the Chilean Andes Mountains and the Antarctic. He also participates in the Board of Directors of the Iberoamerican Society of Environmental Chemistry and Physics. Between 2012-2016 was appointed Vice Chairman (AB-2 Chemistry Vice-Chair) of the Basic Sciences Division area in the Technical Council of the Air & Waste Management Association, USA.

 

 

Chile- PhD. Galo VALDEBENITO
Nuclear Research Director in Natural and Anthropogenic Risks RiNA, Institute of Civil Works, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Universidad Austral de Chile.

Galo VALDEBENITO holds a Ph.D. in Seismic Engineering and Structural Dynamics from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Barcelona), BS in Engineering from the U. de Concepción (Chile). Dr. VALDEBENITO is an academic at the Institute of Civil Works of the Austral University of Chile from 1999 to date. In the teaching field he teaches courses on Structural Design Workshop, Applied Seismology and Advanced Design of Seismic Structures for Civil Engineering career in Civil Works. In addition, he is a professor of the Master’s program in Design of Sustainable Environments MADE at the University and a collaborating professor in the Geology career at the University.  He has created and licensed technological innovation tools for the evaluation of seismic vulnerability (TiDHA Platform) and has carried out and currently develops important applied research projects in Seismic Risk, Soil Dynamics, Environmental Geophysics and Patrimonial Seismic Vulnerability. He is an active collaborator for various public and private institutions such as the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Public Works, the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, with whom he has developed important collaborations. In the professional field, he has more than 20 years of experience. He is Project Director of Arko Consultores Ltda., a company dedicated to Seismic Engineering, Structural Auscultation and Applied Geophysics, where he has developed seismic and seismic engineering projects for heritage works, design of road structures, studies of applied geophysics, studies of instrumentation and seismic and structural auscultation and special studies of vulnerability, threat and seismic risk in Chile and abroad.

 

 

Chile – Germán MORGADO
Unit of Risk Management and Energy Emergencies (UGREE), Energy Security and Market Division, Chilean Ministry of Energy

Germán is a Chemical Engineer and a Lawyer Candidate with a minor in Litigation (2019). He is a professional with more than nine years of experience in the public sector. He is currently working as Engineer in the UGREE, at the Chilean Ministry of Energy’s Energy Security and Market Division, since November 2013. UGREE’s mission is to develop initiatives regarding the energy risk management at all stages of the risk cycle. He previously worked at the Superintendency of Electricity and Fuels, as Inspector of energy facilities.

 

 

Chile – Jaime ALVAREZ
Anticipation at the National Council of Innovation for Development – CNID

Jaime D. Alvarez Gerding graduated in Electronics Engineering (specialized in Control Systems) from Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María,  Valparaíso – Chile in 1997 and he obtained an MBA degree from Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in 2008. He has extensive experience in operations management in the retail and information technology industries. Since 2012, focused on strategy under uncertainty and worked in the presidential commissions on global challenges like sustainable mining, natural disasters and water sustainability.

He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electric and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and currently is a member of the Board of Directors of the Chile Section.

 

 

Chile – Joaquín DAGÁ
Researcher, Latin American Center of Economic and Social Policies UC (CLAPES UC)

Joaquín DAGÁ graduated from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 2017 as a civil engineer. He obtained a Master of Science degree in the field of infrastructure management with specific focus on road infrastructure resilience against natural disasters.

From July 2015 to August 2017, Joaquín Dagá participated as a researcher in the FONDEF Project ID14I10309 “Research and Development of Models to Quantify and Mitigate the Risk of Natural Hazards in the National Road Network”, financed by the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT).

The institutions that developed this project were Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Universidad de Concepción. The interested institutions were the Chilean Ministry of Public Works (MOP), the National Emergency Office of the Ministry of Interior and Public Security (ONEMI) and the Chilean Association of Concessionaires (COPSA).

In June 2017 Joaquín Dagá presented the paper “Integration of Natural Hazards into the Management of Road Infrastructure” in the World Conference on Pavement and Asset Management (WCPAM), held in Baveno, Italy.  Joaquín Dagá is one of the authors of the paper “Development of Fragility Curves for Road Bridges exposed to Volcanic Lahars”, published in the journal Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) in 2018.

Since December 2016 he is part of the Latin American Center of Economic and Social Policies UC (CLAPES UC), where he researches about infrastructure and mining. Joaquín Daga´s research interests are infrastructure management, resilience against natural disasters, mining productivity and public policies.

 

 

Chile- PhD. Juan Carlos DE LA LLERA
Dean of PUC School of Engineering

Juan Carlos de la Llera is dean of PUC School of Engineering since 2010 and Full Professor at the Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering. Professor de la Llera received his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC) and completed his M.Sc. and Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkley. He is a pioneer in developing systems that reduce structural vibrations, including energy dissipators and seismic isolators. He has numerous publications in highly prestigious international journals and he has been honoured with numerous distinctions, such as the Avonni Award for Innovative Career Anacleto Angelini in the 11th version of the Avonni National Innovation Award in 2017.

 

 

Chile – Karla GONZÁLEZ
Executive Director at the National Institute of Hydraulics Chile.

Karla González graduated as a civil engineer from the University of Chile in 1997, and obtained a Master’s degree in Hydrology from CEDEX, Spain in 2002.

She has more than 20 years of experience in hydraulic and hydrological studies, and projects of high technical complexity related to energy water, mining and the environment. With relevant experience in project management and work teams in the public and private sector.

She has worked for 10 years in international consultancies and worked abroad as a Project Engineer (Spain, Peru, Australia), and for 8 years at the INH as a researcher in hydraulic studies of physical modeling and numerical modeling of the maritime and rivers environment. Three years ago she is in charge of the INH Executive Direction, leading the technical, financial and administrative management of the Institution, ensuring the good performance of the services that are developed and research initiatives, promoting the creation of strategic alliances, and giving special emphasis on the positioning and dissemination of INH in the market.

 

 

Chile- PhD. Leonel RAMOS
Professor, Researcher and Director of the Department of Urbanism of the Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism and Geography of the University of Concepción, Chile.

Leonel is an architect and Ph.D candidate for the Yamaguchi University of Japan. During 2005-2010 he was a research fellow at the UPC in Barcelona to pursue a doctorate in urbanism, in 2012 he was a research fellow at JICA / JAPAN to develop studies on urban disaster mitigation at the University of Yamaguchi and to participate as a research architect in the project on tsunami resilience SATREPS / JICA 2012-2015, in Chilean and Japanese cities affected by the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes. His research work on mitigation of urban disasters has been published in national and international books and journals, he has been guest professor at Chilean, American, European and Japanese universities and has given numerous lectures on the subject since 2005.

He actively collaborates in the reconstruction processes of the 2010 earthquake and tsunami in Chile and 2011 in Japan. As an urban architect he has directed Communal Regulatory Plans in Chile and has advised the reconstruction plan for the Ecuador earthquake of 2016. He is currently leading a research project at the University of Concepción on urban resilience to earthquakes and tsunamis in the coastal edge of the city of Talcahuano, to explore the behavior of industrial workers during a normal day of work under a tsunami alarm to improve urban infrastructure and better cope with future earthquakes and tsunamis. Research associate in the project “CARE- Empowering climate resilience”, funded by Erasmus – Projects of capacity development in the field of higher education (CBHE) of the European Union, Pablo de Olave University, Spain and Milan Polytechnic, Italy 2017-18.

 

 

Chile – Phd. Marcos MORENO
Professor of the Geophysical Department, University of Concepción

Marcos completed a PhD at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany. Marcos has over seven years of post-doctoral experience at the GFZ, where he was the leader of the geodetic activities of the IPOC observatory of North of Chile. Now, he is just starting a professorship position at the University of Concepción, Chile. Marcos has a strong background in geodesy (GPS and InSAR) and 3D-numerical modeling.  He possesses an extensive experience in planning, management, and execution of geodetic monitoring of Earth’s surface deformation. He has worked extensively in the Andes of Chile and Argentina, Central Asia and Greece, with special focus on active tectonics and earthquake deformation. His work includes studies of the deformation and tectonic processes related recent large earthquakes in Chile.

 

 

Chile – Rodrigo CÉSPEDES
Strategic Investment Fund (FIE), Ministry of Economy of Chile

Rodrigo graduated as an Industrial Civil Engineer in the Universidad Católica de Chile, and later obtained a MSc in Carbon Management from the University of Edinburgh. He has professional and academic experience in project management, renewable energy, low carbon solutions and climate change, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

Currently working at the Strategic Investment Fund (FIE), Ministry of Economy of Chile managing the portfolios of Aquaculture, Solar Industry and Green Construction Programs. FIE is a fund created in 2015 to invest and/or leverage investment in large-scale strategic programs that support economic development. During 2017, he coordinated a public-private working group aimed at supporting the reconstruction of the industry affected by the forest fires that took place during first trimester in Chile. Prior jobs include: academia, environmental consultancy and supply chain management.

 

 

Chile – Rodrigo CIENFUEGOS
Associate Professor – Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering Department School of Engineering; Director of the Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management – CIGIDEN Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Dr. Cienfuegos is a civil engineer from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (PUC), and earned a PhD in Earth Sciences from the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble in France. Since 2006, he has been in charge of undergraduate and graduate courses in fluid mechanics, hydraulics, sediment transport, and coastal engineering at the PUC School of Engineering. His research focuses on nearshore hydrodynamics and morphodynamics, numerical and experimental modelling of shallow water flows for coastal and riverine applications. Between 2012 and 2016, he was principal investigator in the large joint research effort on Tsunami mitigation between Chile and Japan funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) (Satreps project “Enhancement of technology to develop tsunami-resilient community”). At present, he is the director of the Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management funded by the Conicyt/Fondap program, where interdisciplinary teams develop applied research for disaster risk reduction and resilience.

 

 

Chile – Rodrigo MORENO
Assistant Professor at the Dept. of Electrical Engineering of the University of Chile and a Research Associate at the Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of Imperial College London.

Rodrigo is collaborating with 3 major research centres at the University of Chile: The Institute for Complex Engineering Systems (ISCI), The Solar Energy Research Centre (SERC), and The Energy Centre (CE). He formerly completed his BSc and MSc (summa cum laude) at Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, and his PhD and post-doctoral research at Imperial College London. His research focuses on development of new concepts and models in Electrical Energy Grids, including risk, reliability and resilience, through the application of advanced stochastic and robust optimisation.

Rodrigo has participated in a number of research projects for institutions like CONICYT, EPSRC (a British research council), EPRI, Fraunhofer, European Commission, UK and Chilean Governments, World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank. He has also participated in various industry projects for regulatory bodies, system operators, and electricity and gas companies in EU and the Americas. He is the current Chair of the Latin American Infrastructure Working Group of the Power and Energy Society of IEEE.

 

 

Chile- Scarlett VASQUEZ
Chief of Technical Division, National Institute of Hydraulics

Scarlett graduated as civil engineer from the University of Chile in 2000, and obtained a Master of Science degree in the field of hydraulics/hydrology from the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble in 2004.

She has experience in hydraulics, hydrology and hydrogeology applied in civil engineering, environmental studies, water resources assessment and regulatory tools (flood risk). She worked for three years in the Ministry of Public Works of Chile (MOP) and as a private consultant for more than 10 years in Chile and Canada. She is a member of the board of the Chilean association of hydraulic engineering (SOCHID).

Ms. VASQUEZ currently holds the position of Chief of the Technical Division of the National Institute of Hydraulics (INH), which is a civil engineering and environmental hydraulics organisation that provides suitable solutions to complex water-related challenges faced by the country.  The field of work includes maritime and coasts, hydraulic infrastructure, rivers, hydrology and environmental hydraulics.

 

 

 Chile- PhD. Tatiana Izquierdo
Assistant Researcher, Universidad de Atacama

Tatiana Izquierdo graduated from Rey Juan Carlos University (Spain) in 2005 as an environmental scientist. She obtained a Master degree and a PhD. in Environmental Science and Technology in Madrid (2007 and 2011 respectively). Her research has mainly been focused on hydrogeology of volcanic islands and her PhD thesis was developed in the Canaries (La Gomera Island) using remote sensing and GIS techniques. During this period, she collaborated with colleagues from the University of Texas at San Antonio (USA) and the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (France). Since 2011, she has carried out postdoctoral work in the Research Institute for Volcanology and Risk Assessment (IVAR) of the Azores Islands (Portugal) and as a PROMETEO in Galápagos (Ecuador). In addition, she has collaborated with the Environmental Geomorphology and Water Resources research group from the Universidad de Huelva (Spain). All of these focused on both water resources and natural hazards including volcanoes, tsunamis and floods. Currently, she is an Assistant Researcher at the Universidad de Atacama where she focuses her research on floods after the March 2015 event in the Atacama region; she also works in a small multidisciplinary research group that studies natural hazards, water resources, stratigraphy, and sedimentology, among other disciplines. Her scientific production consists on more than 10 articles published in JCR journals, more than 10 articles in non-JCR journals, more than 30 congress contributions (national and international) and 2 book chapters.

 

 

Perú- PhD. Tania Peña
Specialist in Environmental Science and Technology. Deputy Directorate of Science, Technology and Talents, National Council of Science, Technology and Technological Innovation

Tania Peña graduated from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (National University of San Marcos) in 1998 as a biologist. She obtained her Master of Science degree in the field of Tropical Aquatic Ecology at the University of Bremen in Germany and later her PhD on Ecology, Evolution and Behavior from the University of Texas at Austin with a focus on larval connectivity patterns, marine metapopulation dynamics, graph theory and landscape ecology.

She worked as a researcher for several projects on El Niño phenomenon at the National University of San Marcos. Dr. Peña has participated in several scientific events and courses related to her field of expertise. In 2015, she joined CONCYTEC as the specialist in Environmental Science and Technology of the Deputy Directorate of Science, Technology and Talents, which is part of the Directorate of Policies and Programs for Science, Technology and Technological Innovation. Dr. Peña additional holds a position as an Assistant Professor at the National University of San Marcos, which she joined in 2018.

 

 

Russia- Yana KUZNETSOVA
Senior Specialist-Expert for cooperation with international organizations, Department for International Cooperation, Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (EMERCOM of Russia)

Yana KUZNETSOVA graduated from the Moscow State Linguistic University in 2007 as a specialist in Foreign Relations and Social Science. She obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation in 2012 (thesis “Issues of partnership between Russia and the European Union at the gas sphere under current conditions”).She worked in various companies (SAMSUNG Engineering Company Ltd., JSC, Klarenco LLC, OAO Lukoil) for 7 years and was responsible for international cooperation.

From 2015 joined EMERCOM of Russia as a Senior specialist-expert for cooperation with international organizations, Department for International Cooperation, H.Q. In the Department, she is in charge for issues for cooperation with International Organizations such as APEC, ASEAN, the UN agencies and the European Union.

 

 

Thailand – Sitthisak MOUKOMLA
Geo-Informatics Officer, THEOS-II Program Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA), Ministry of Science and Technology, Kingdom of Thailand

Preferred to call himself a geographer. He has been working with GISTDA since October 2003. Later in 2008, he got awarded Royal Thai Government Scholarship to pursue his Ph.D. in the States. He received his Ph.D. from Department of Geography University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado, the USA in 2015. While he pursues his Ph.D. at the University of Colorado, he also obtained a Graduate Certificate in Remote Sensing from the Department of Aerospace Engineering. His research primarily focuses on the surface energy balance which is a key to understanding the effects of climate change and its effect on natural hazards including flood, drought, and forest fire. Currently, Dr. Moukomla is part of the national second satellite program called “Thailand Earth Observation System -II (THEOS-II)”. He is in charge of the solution application part focus on integrated water management.