Remote Sensing of Geomorphology, Volume 23

Paolo Tarolli is Professor in Water Resources Management and Integrated Watershed Management, and head of Earth Surface Processes and Society research group at University of Padova (Italy). He has a PhD in Environmental Watershed Management and Geomatics, and has worked as academic staff at the University of Padova since 2011. He was Visiting Professor at several universities (e.g. China University of Geosciences, Guangzhou University, National Cheng Kung University, EPFL), and Adjunct Professor at University of Georgia and Marche Polytechnic University. He is Executive Editor of the journal Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) and Science Officer of the Natural Hazards division at the European Geosciences Union (EGU). He is expert in digital terrain analysis; earth surface processes analysis; natural hazards; geomorphology; hydro-geomorphology; lidar; structure-from-motion photogrammetry; new research directions include the analysis of topographic signatures and using remote sensing of human activities from local to regional scale. He is author of more than 80 publications (2 invited review articles, 6 special issue editorials) in leading international journals. He edited one book for Springer on World Terraced Landscapes. He served as Panel Member of NERC Newton Fund, and as reviewer of several international Research Funds including U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), International Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), National Science Centre (NCN) of Poland, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, FWF Austrian Science Fund. He is the Scientific Coordinator of two Memorandum of Understanding between Massey University, University of Lincoln (UK), and University of Padova, and between China University of Geosciences and University of Padova.He is member of the European Geosciences Union, American Geophysical Union, and British Society for Geomorphology.

Simon Mudd is Professor of Earth Surface Processes at the university of Edinburgh. He has a PhD in Environmental Engineering and has worked as academic staff at the University of Edinburgh since 2007. Prof Mudd has over a decade of experience in numerical modelling and remote sensing of Earth surface processes including landsliding, flooding and sediment transport. Winner of the 2013 Arne Richter award for outstanding young scientists from the European Geoscience Union and the 2014 Gordon Warwick Medal from the British society of geomorphology. Has led the development of the topographic analysis software package LSDTopoTools (https://lsdtopotools.github.io/) which has published algorithms for extraction of channel networks from high resolution data, detection of terraces and floodplains, exploration of channel steepness in regards to tectonic and hydrologic hazards, and linking landsliding with both subsurface hydrology and vegetation. He has over 50 publications in leading international journals including Nature and Science, and has collaborated with both industry and government organizations on mitigating risk from natural hazards.