Dr. Stephen Foster has extensive experience in groundwater research, consulting and advisory work – with a wide variety of practical application both in his native Britain and worldwide. His more recent professional posts include WHO – Groundwater Advisor for Latin America & Caribbean (1986-89), BGS Divisional Director – Groundwater & Geotechnical Surveys (1990-99) and World Bank – Groundwater Management Team Director (2000-08). He is also a very active member of the International Association for Hydrogeologists (IAH), having been Vice President – Western Europe (2000-04) and elected President (2004-08). He is the author of some 150 papers and reports, has received a DSc from the University of London in 1983 for published work, and has served on numerous national/international committees. He has received several awards from British, American and international professional societies – most notably, the British IWES-Whitaker Medal (1976), IAH Presidents' Award (2004) and Geological Society of London-William Smith Medal (2006).
Dr. Clifford I. Voss
Dr. Clifford I. Voss is a scientist with the hydrological research program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). His research concerns flow and transport in heterogeneous geological environments, including density-driven flow circulation. His focus is on application of groundwater models for management of groundwater resources. Dr. Voss' recent practical work includes evaluation of the safety of nuclear waste disposal in fractured crystalline rock, management of coastal aquifers impacted by seawater intrusion, management of arsenic-free groundwater supply in the Bengal Basin of India and Bangladesh , and development of parameter-estimation techniques based on flow and transport modeling. He is the author of many publications including the widely-used USGS groundwater flow and transport code, SUTRA. He consults worldwide on quantitative analysis of groundwater systems and has been the Executive Editor of Hydrogeology Journal , official journal of IAH, since 1994. In 1990, Dr. Voss received a Technical Achievement Award from the National Groundwater Association, USA , and he received the IAH Presidents' Award in 2005.
Dr. Naoki Shibasaki
Dr. Naoaki Shibasaki is a Professor in the Division of Environmental System Management, Faculty of Symbiotic Systems Science, Fukushima University , Japan . Dr. Shibasaki was associated with Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo , and worked on groundwater development/management projects in Japan and abroad during 1983 to 2004. He was a Visiting Scientist in National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad , India (1988-1990) to study groundwater flow in hard-rock terrains in semi-arid regions. He was assigned as a hydrogeologist of JICA Study Teams in Philippines , Thailand , El Salvador , Cambodia , Vietnam , Bangladesh , India , Tanzania , Mauritania , and China . He was also a JICA Expert on hydrogeology and groundwater modeling in Bangladesh and Ethiopia . He was the Council Member of the Geological Society of Japan (1996-2006). Since 2006, he has been the President of the Association for the Geological Collaboration in Japan and the Council Member of the Japan Geoscience Union. He is also a member of Research Group for Applied Geology (RGAG) and Asia Arsenic Network (AAN), Japan .
Ir. Albert Tuinhof
Ir. Albert Tuinhof is the Senior Partner and Co-founder of Acacia Institute for Solutions in Groundwater in the Netherlands . He has a professional background in groundwater hydrology and with 30 years working experience in water resources development and management projects, he now serves as a Senior Water Resources Management Advisor and Trainer in the field of (ground) water management, where the technical, institutional, educational and regulatory components of integrated water resources management need to be addressed. During 1982-1991, he was a resident hydrogeologist and project leader of water supply and groundwater management projects in the Netherlands , Mozambique and Egypt . He has worked as a Resident Advisor in Mozambique (1983-1986) and has working experience in groundwater related drought management projects in South Africa , Yemen , Kenya and Ethiopia . He is the Chairman of Netherlands Committee of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH). Since 2001, he is a member of the Groundwater Management Advisory Team (GW-MATE) of the World Bank.
Dr. Dipankar Chakraborti
Dr. Dipankar Chakraborti is the Director (Research), School of Environmental Studies , Jadavpur University , Kolkata , India . Dr. Chakraborti with his team of 20 members that include medical personnel has been working on groundwater arsenic problem in West Bengal and other states in India and Bangladesh for the last 20 years. He and his team discovered the arsenic groundwater contamination and its health effects in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Manipur in India and in Bangladesh . They have also discovered groundwater fluoride contamination and its health effects in Assam and Berhait block in Jharkhand state of India . Dr. Chakraborti has published 20 chapters in books/monographs and more than 250 papers in international peer reviewed journals and 3 patents (one international). In addition, he has organized five international conferences on groundwater arsenic problem. Dr. Chakraborti has been invited almost all over the world for his expertise on arsenic problem.
Ing. Hector Garduno
Ing. Hector Garduno is a Civil Engineer with more than 40 years working as a researcher, manager in the Civil Service and private consultant in Mexico , as well as international consultant and technical editor. His managerial positions have provided him with opportunities to design and set up new institutions or transform existing ones dealing with water supply and sanitation, pragmatic water research, technology transfer and training, water resources planning and management and water rights administration and institutional development. His role in designing and implementing the water right systems as part of the 1992 Mexican Water Law provided experience in simultaneously enforcing the law, drafting regulations and training personnel. Such experience has proved useful in providing inputs for drafting ‘implementable' water legislation and regulations in a number of countries. For the last eight years, Mr. Gardu?o has been a core member of the Groundwater Management Advisory Team (GW-MATE) of the World Bank.
