The Indian Ocean Tsunami

Tad Murty is an world-wide acknowledged expert on tusnamis. He is an Adjunct Professor with the University of Ottawa, Canada. His expertise on tsunamis, hurricanes and storm surges are well known to the scientific world.Prof. Murty is the former president of the Tsunami Society.

U. Aswathanarayana, has over 50 years of research and teaching experience in many countries of the world and is specialized in Nuclear Geology, Geochemistry, Economic Geology and Natural Resources Management. He is currently the Director of the Mahadevan International Centre for Water Resources Management, Hyderabad, India, which is a part of the UNESCO - TWAS Network of Scientific Organizations. Prof. Aswathanarayana was awarded the prestigious Excellence in Geophysical Education Award (2005) of the American Geophysical Union for his meritorious contributions to the paradigm shift in geoscience instruction.

Niru Nirupama is an Assistant Professor with the Emergency Management Certificate Program in the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal & Professional Studies of York University, Canada. Her research interests include Hazards & Risk Assessment and Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Disaster Management.