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IAEG 2026 Scientific Committee​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

The IAEG 2026 Scientific Committee is chaired by

Leon van Paassen, Boskalis, The Netherlands, chairs the IAEG 2026 Scientific Committee

together with:

Dominique Ngan-Tillard, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, and

Denise Maljers, TNO, The Netherlands

Session chairs

For each congress theme or sub-theme, sub-committees have been created and chaired by two to four scientists or practitioners.

During the congress, each session will also be chaired by two local or international experts and a scientific secretary will be invited to report on the outcome of the session.

The IAEG 2026 executive committee is committed to increase the visibility of women in Engineering Geology and will allocate more than one third of its key scientific positions to women.

Agnes van Uitert, Prorail, The Netherlands

Ákos Török,  Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Anika Braun, Technical University of Berlin, Germany

ANN WILLIAMS, Beca, New Zealand

ANNE-CATHERINE DIEUDONNE, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Kay Koster, TNO, The Netherlands

Kurosch Thuro, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Lauren Foote, WSP, New Zealand

LEON VAN PASSEN, Boskalis, The Netherlands

Lihui Li,  Institute of Geology and Geophysics, China Academy of Science, China

ANTONIO DEMATTEIS, Lombardi, Italy

Arjan Venmans, Deltares,The Netherlands

ASHOK DAHAL, ITC Twente University, The Netherlands

ATIYE TUGRUL, Istanbul University,Turkey

Björn Schouenborg, RISE, Sweden

Carolina Sigaran Loria, Haskoning, The Netherlands

CEES VAN WESTEN, ITC Twente University, The Netherlands

Cherith Moses, Edge Hill University, United Kingdom

Christian Zangerl, BOKU University, Austria

CHRISTOPH KRAUS, Beca, New Zealand

Constantinos Loupasakis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Daniele Giordan, Italian National Research Council, Italy

DENISE MALJERS, TNO, The Netherlands

DOMINIQUE NGAN-TILLARD, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Dora Carreon Freyre, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico

EFSTRATIOS KARANTANELLIS, California State University, United States

Erika Prina Howald, School of Management and Engineering Vaud, Switzerland

Esther Stouthamer, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

FANNY DESCAMPS, Mons University, Belgium

Faquan Wu, IAEG Secretary, Shaoxing University, China

Francisco Nogueira de Jorge, IAEG VP South & Central America, Brazil

Frederic Collin, Liege University, Belgium

George Gaprindashvili, Tbilissi University, Georgia

George Papathanassiou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

HANNES CLAES, Leuven University, Belgium

Harry Saroglou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Helen Reeves, IAEG VP Europe, Jacobs, United Kingdom

Hyuck-Jin Park, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea

IRENE MANZELLA, ITC Twente University, The Netherlands

Isabel Fernandes, Lisbon University, Portugal

James Lawrence, Imperial College of London, United Kingdom

Jan Stafleu, TNO, The Netherlands

JEAN-DAVID VERNHES, UniLaSalle Beauvais, France

JOEP STORMS, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Joost Gevaert, Bedrock Engineering, The Netherlands

JULIA GEBERT, TU Braunschweig, Germany

Lionel Delhaye, Jera Nex BP, Belgium

LORENZO LIPPARINI, University of Roma, Italy

Louis van Rooy, Pretoria University, South Africa

Lovorka Libric, Zagreb University, Croatia

Maddalena Marchelli, Turin University, Italy

Malena D'Elia Otero, Campinas State University, Brazil

Marco Filipponi, Switzerland

Maria Konstantinou, Deltares, The Netherlands

Marwan AL Heib, INERIS, France

Michael Whitworth, AECOM, United Kingdom

Nico Parasie, Fugro, The Netherlands

OLGA MAVROULI, University of West Attica, Greece

OPHELIE FAY, Leuven University, Belgium

PAOLO TOMMASI, Italian National Research Council, Italy

Paraskevas Tsangaratos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece 

Patrik Vidstrand, BEFO, Sweden

PHIL VARDON, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Rafig Azzam, past IAEG President, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Ranjan Dahal, IAEG VP Asia, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Sandra Paula Villacorta Chambi, CISRO Bentley, Australia

Sarah Boulton, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom

Scott O'Neill, Mott MacDonald, United Kingdom

Sergio Mora Castro, ARX Consulting, Costa Rica

Shakhawat Hossain, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh

SHENGWEN QI, IAEG VP Asia, I. of Geology and Geoph., Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Silvia Bianchini, University of Florence, Italy

Tatiana Rotonda, University of Roma, Italy

THIBAULT CANDELA, TNO, The Netherlands

TIMO HEIMOVAARA, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Tom de Gast, Waterschap Hollandse Delta, The Netherlands

TUMAY KADAKCI KOCA, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Turkey

VASSILIS MARINOS, IAEG President, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Wei Wu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Xiaolei Liu, Ocean University of China, Qingdao China

Xuanmei Fan, Chengdu University, China

YASSER ELSHAYEB, Cairo University, EgyptE

Review committee

The peer review of the abstracts, extended abstracts and papers follows an anonymous process. Reviewers will be acknowledged in the colophon of the book of abstracts and congress proceedings without links to the individual publications that they examined.

Below is a list of reviewers who have kindly agreed to evaluate the abstracts and papers submitted to IAEG 2026, in addition to all chairs mentioned above; the list is currently under construction.

Aastha Bhatta

Manon Verberne

Adam Bezuijen

Maria Taftsoglou

Adil Binal

Maria Manakou

Afolabi Olaniyi Adebayo

Marion Nickmann

Aline Concha-Dimas

Marisol Valerio

Amirhossein Hashemi

Mark Eggers

Anh Minh Tang

Markus Bauer

Aanna shidlovskaya

Martin Bloemendal

Anna-Maria Meyer

Martin Brook

Anne Duperret

Masahiko Osada

Anthony Miner

Matthias Böhm

Armando Guerrero Aguilar

Michael Long

ATM s Hossain

Miguel Llorente Isidro

Bart Meijninger

Miguel Cabrera

Batkhuu Batbayar

Mohd Ashraf Mohamad Ismail

Bertrand François

Muhannad Hammad

Bilgehan Toksoy Edis

Murat Yılmaz

Bram van den Eijnden

Mustafa Korkanç

Cecilia Fabbiani

Mutluhan Akin

Christian Zangerl

Nicolas Gonze

Christoph Butscher

Nicoletta Nappo

Claudia Zoccarato

Nikolaos Depountis

Claudio Amaral

Oguzhan Copuroglu

Constantin Prins

Oscar Mooijman

Danny Love Wamba Djukem

Paolo Allasia

Darren Paul

Paul Bennett-Hughes

David Lagrou

Paula Rulff

David Champness

Pavlos Asteriou

Diane Moug

Pedro Andrade

Dimitrios Loukidis

Peter Fokker

Eduardo Marques

Philip Minderhoud

Efstratios Karantanellis

Pierre Gerard

Elisabete do Nascimenta Rocha

Pierre-Olivier Bruna

Erdi Avci Avci

Ploutarchos Tzampoglou

Erik van der Putte

Ralf Plinninger

Francesco  Lelli

Raphael Burchartz

Gabriel Lehmann

Ricardo Rodriguez Plata

Georg Erharter

Richard Rijkers

Gianvito Scaringi

Robert Valdez II

Gilles Erkens

Robert MacKean

Giovanna Vessia

Roberta Bonì

Giovanni Bertotti

Roberto Bencini

Gizem Can

Rodriaan Spruit

Graeme Jardine

Rogier Westerhoff

Hadrien Rattez

Romée Kars

Harry van Essen

Saeed Hosseinzadeh

Helder Chaminé

Saeedeh Naziri

Henri Robert Hack

Sandra Paula Villacorta Chambi

Ian Shipway

Sanneke van Asselen

Isabel Fernandes

Sara vandycke

Jan Gunnink

Selman Er

Jana Riederer

Shun Zhang

Jean-Pierre Tshibangu Katshidikaya

Siefko Slob

Jelte Stam

Silvia Castellaro

Jennifer Scoular

Sofia Locchi

Jesse Beetham

Sotiris Valkaniotis

Jia-Jyun Dong

Steve Gruslin

Johan Kasperski

Steven Parry

John Deceuster

Suzanne van Eekelen

Joost van der Schrier

Tamara Breuninger

Joost Gevaert

Tégawendé Nikiema

Joshua Jones

Temenuga Georgieva

Judith Festl

Tomas Fernandez-Steeger

Julia Loffler

Ugur Ozturk

Justin Mattheis

Vanessa Magnanimo

Kanchan Chaulagai

Violeta Ramos

Kurosch Thuro

Wout Broere

Kushanav Bhuyan

Xiaolei Liu

Laura Pedretti

Xin Wang

Lorraine Dewaide

Yang Lu

Luca Schilirò

Yide Wang

Maarten Broekmans

Yu Zhou

Madhuri Murali

Zheng Guan

Mahya Roustaei

Mandy Korff