Nico Caltabiano Nico Caltabiano World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Switzerland Nico is an oceanographer, with a master’s degree in Ocean Remote Sensing at the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research and a PhD in Oceanography at the University of Southampton, UK. Nico’s responsibilities for the WWRP include support for the new WWRP core projects Sub-seasonal Applications…
Myisha Wallace Myisha Wallace Administrative Officer / Contracting Representative Myisha is a proud Washington, DC native with over 23 years of dedicated federal service. Her journey began as a student intern with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. A graduate of Trinity Washington University, Myisha holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Relations and…
José Rodolfo Valles León José Rodolfo Valles León Ministry of Environment, National Directorate of Water (DINAGUA), Uruguay José Rodolfo Valles León is a Civil Engineer with a master’s degree in water science and engineering, specializing in Hydroinformatics from IHE-Delft, Netherlands. Since 2011, he has been working in operational hydrological forecasting, impact-based forecasting, hydrological modeling, and…
Andrea Taylor Andrea Taylor University of Leeds, UK Andrea Taylor has expertise in risk communication and the psychology of judgement and decision making. Her work uses approaches from the social and behavioural sciences to improve the communication of weather forecasts and warnings to different audiences to support decision making and promote disaster risk reduction. <…
Jan Polcher Jan Polcher Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France Jan Polcher is a Director of Research, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL). His research interests include understanding and modelling land-surface/atmosphere interactions, the influence of land-surface changes on the mean climate and its…
Thara Prabhakaran Thara Prabhakaran Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India Thara Prabhakaran is the Project Director of Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement Experiment (CAIPEEX) /Physics and Dynamics of Tropical Clouds Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune. She obtained her MSc in Physics and MTech in Atmospheric Physics from Pune University, Ph.D. from Institute…
Everisto Mapedza Everisto Mapedza International Water Management Institute (IWMI),Pretoria, South Africa Everisto Mapedza is a Senior Researcher at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) based in the Southern Africa office in Pretoria, South Africa. Before joining IWMI, he was a Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He has over…
Gyuwon Lee Gyuwon Lee Kyungpook National University, South Korea Dr. Gyuwon Lee received the Ph.D. degree in atmospheric sciences with focus on radar meteorology and precipitation physics from McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, in 2003. He is a Professor of atmospheric sciences with the School of Earth System Sciences and the Director of Center for…
James Bennett James Bennett CSIRO, Australia James is a Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO, Australia. James’ research is focussed on developing and verifying ensemble streamflow prediction methods from hours to months in advance, and implementing these methods in operation. James is a co-chair of HEPEX, a community of practice in hydrological ensemble prediction, a member of WMO’s Joint Working Group…
Rachel Hogan Carr Rachel Hogan Carr Nurture Nature Center, USA Rachel Hogan Carr is the Executive Director and co-founder of the Nurture Nature Center, a nonprofit organization in Easton, Pennsylvania (US) that has done extensive research and education around flooding and related hazards. She has served as principal investigator on numerous flood-related research and education…