Oceanography & Marine Biology

Ikuo Yamamoto is a Professor of Nagasaki University, Japanand has developed many world-class practical examples of robotics and mechatronics during his 30 years of experience as an engineer and a professor. His experience comprises of working with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. , JAMSTEC , and as Professor at Kyushu, Kitakyushu, and Nagasaki University .He was leader of AUV “Urashima”, which established the world record for autonomous cruising; developed “Kaiko&Seabot”, which was crowned champion remotely operated vehicle at 10000m depth cruising and at the World convention 2012,2014,2016 and his robotic fish ‘swam’ in the International Space Station in 2009.He firstly sucessfully flied multi-rotor flight robotics with real-time monitoring and environmental sensor systems in Japan,2008. International Awards for developing medical robotics in 2014 and 2015.He is nominated as GlobalScot,Scotland Government,UK in 2017. Most of the robotics and mechatronics developed continue to be used safely in real-world environments.

Marine Technology

Dr A.D. Rao received his M. Sc. degree in Applied Mathematics from Andhra University in 1978 and Ph.D. degree in 1982 from IIT Delhi for his doctoral work on Numerical Storm Surge Prediction in India. Dr Rao joined the faculty of IIT Delhi in 1982. Dr A.D. Rao is at present holding a professor position since 2002 at CAS, IIT Delhi. His research interests include development of numerical models for storm surges, internal waves, ocean state forecast, airsea interaction processes. His contribution to the surge prediction system is very significant as the inland intrusion of surge waters is the main cause for extensive damage along the Indian coasts. He has published more than 190 papers in various national and international journals.

Physical Oceanography

Jerzy Bolalek is Professor and Chair of the Department of Marine Chemistry and Environment Protection at Gdansk University. He specializes in the field of chemical oceanography, hydrochemistry and environmental protection. The most important scientific achievements are authorship or co-authorship of about 150 works, including about 60 original works published in English in journals of international scope. He is also an author and co-author of a number of expert opinions on the quality of marine waters as well as two Polish standards. He is a member of the Sea Research Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the editorial boards of the Journal of Marine Science and Research (since 2016) and Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies (since 2012). He also has extensive experience in assessing the quality of education at Polish universities.

Chemical composition of marine bottom sediments, interactions in the sediment-water interface, biogenic substances, processes of transformation of organic matter in marine bottom sediment.

Anita Lewandowska is Professor in the Marine Chemistry and Environment Protection Department, Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, the University of Gdansk. She received M.S. in 1994 and Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Sciences in 1999, both from the University of Gdansk. In 2012 she obtained a postdoctoral degree at the University of Gdansk and in 2013 she became an Associate Professor at the same university. Her primary research interests are in the field of atmospheric chemistry and oceanography with the special focus on processes of aerosol and gases exchange between the sea and the atmosphere under the influence of abiotic and biotic factors in the coastal regions of the sea. She is interested mainly in issues related to the Baltic Sea and Antarctica. Anita Lewandowska is a member of the Sea Research Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences. She is author and co-author of dozens of scientific publications in the field of atmospheric chemistry and co-author of the book Aerosols and Gases in Earth's Atmosphere - Global Changes and a Practical Guide for Students Aerosols and Gases.

Chemical composition of aerosols, their origin and role in air, the transformations they undergo, toxic substances in aerosols, carbon cycle.

Ahmed El Nemr is a Professor at the Department of Marine Pollution, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Egypt, where he has been since 1988. From 2014 to 2016 he was the director of NIOF. During 1991-1997 he was a researcher at the Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation, Japan. He received his BSc and MSc in Chemistry from Alexandria University. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering in applied chemistry from Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Japan in 1997. He became a full professor in Marine Pollution in 2009. His primary research interests are in the field of organic chemistry, environmental monitoring and wastewater treatment. El Nemr is the author and editor of 10 scientific books in organic chemistry, oil spill, water treatment, marine pollution and climate change.

His research interests is devoted to synthetic methodologies in carbohydrate chemistry and the modification of natural polymers. Isolation of natural compound from marine source as corrosion inhibitors. Preparation of new activated carbon for industrial wastewater treatment. Study the levels, distribution and risk assessment of petroleum hydrocarbon, pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls and heavy metals in the marine environment.