Omar J, Perez A.

Title: High School Diploma           Obtained in: 07/1968                    Country:     Venezuela

Original title:  Doctor of Philosophy          Obtained in:      10/1983     

Type:    PhD/Doctorate level

Field of study: Earth Sciences

Major subject:   Seismology

Minor subjects :  Earthquake Engineering, Physics, Geophysics, Geology

From/to:   09/1981 - 09/1983

School/University:   Columbia University, New York, United States of America

Original title:  Master of Philosophy  Obtained in: 09/1981           Type:  Post-graduate level

Field of study: Earth Sciences

Major subjects: Seismology

From/to: 09/1975 - 09/1981

School/University:   Columbia University, New York, United States of America

Original title: Master of Science   Obtained in:  09/1975   Type:  Post-graduate level

Field of study:   Geophysics

Major subjects: Earthquake Engineering

From to: 09/1974 - 09/1975

School/University:   Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, United States of America

Original title:   Engineer            Obtained in:   02/1974                Type:  Under-graduate level

Field of study: Engineering

Major subjects: Geophysics

From/to: 09/1968 - 02/1974

School/University: Central University of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

1.Job title: Full Professor of Earth Sciences    From:    04/1994     To:     Present

Employer:                 Simón Bolívar University, Caracas,  Venezuela

Responsibilities:

My main duties and responsibilities include teaching in geosciences and engineering, research and coordination and management of national and international projects in the fields of Seismology and GPS Geodesy. I am currently Head of the university's Global Positioning System (GPS).

As a lecturer, my duties include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in GPS Geodesy, Seismology, Geodynamics, Theoretical and Applied Geophysics, Gravity, Earthquake Engineering and Seismic Risk, as well as the supervision of undergraduate and graduate students and thesis.

As a researcher, I carry out investigations that include earthquake and GPS data analysis and interpretations, the source and mechanics of earthquakes and faulting, and geodynamic studies, particularly in the Caribbean, South-American and Circum-Pacific regions.

It is also my duty to manage and coordinate national and international projects which currently involve or have involved foreign entities such as the Universities of Colorado (USA) and UNAVCO (USA), the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences of New Zealand; and national organizations such as the Universities of Zulia and Los Andes and the National Cartography Institute, particularly in the areas of Seismology, satellite geodesy and geodynamics.

I am the founder of both, the graduate studies leading to the MSc degree in Earth Sciences (1997)  and the GPS Satellite Laboratory at Simon Bolivar University (1999).

Sabbaticals:

Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford, UK, Department of Earth Sciences,  2000 and 2001

Grants / Projects & Consultancies

INTEVEP;  CVP-PDVSA (Project Mariscal Sucre);  EYP-PDVSA (Project Rafael Urdaneta);  GlaxoWelcome;  FONACIT;  Centro Mapa Consultores C.A.;  NRRN Gerencia y Cambios C.A.; Tranarg Consultores C.A.;  Geophysical Survey C.A.;  Mavic C.A.;  Japroca C.A.;  ProAmbi C.A.; Nacional Civil Defense; Royal Society, UK.    

2.Job title Engineering Advisor        From: 03/1992  To:   03/1994

Employer:  C. A. Metro de Caracas, Caracas,  Venezuela

Responsibilities:

In association with the “Gerencia de Seguridad e Higiene Industrial” (Division of Industrial Security), I was on charge of quantifying the seismic and non-seismic vulnerability of the various civil structures and facilities that conform the Metro System of the City of Caracas. 

3.Job title: Member of the Superior Council      From:  05/1989    To:  02/1999

Employer:   Venezuelan National Research Council, FONACIT (Ministry of Science and Technology),  Caracas,  Venezuela

Responsibilities:

The Venezuelan National Research Council (FONACIT), whose Superior Council was presided by the Minister of Science and Technology, is the institution on charge of all matters regarding the development of Science and Technology in our country.

My main duties included the establishment of the Venezuelan educational, scientific and technological plans and priorities in the area of Earth and Environmental Sciences; to promote international and national multidisciplinary collaborative research and educational programmes in Earth and Environmental Sciences; to negotiate international economic resources with the IDB; and to enhance scientific, technical and human capacities in the Earth Sciences national system, throughout the creation and/or strengthening of earth sciences laboratories and graduate schools in the country.

As a member of the Superior Council's Commission for the National Budget of Science and Technology, it was partially my responsibility to elaborate the annual national budget that would be eventually approved by the Presidential Cabinet and Congress.

Salary:

Former Bolívar 12.000.000 (annually)   

4.Job title: Head of Seismology and Director of the Cagigal Seismological Observatory

From: 11/1977    To:    06/1986

Employer:   Venezuelan Foundation for Seismological Research, FUNVISIS, Caracas, Venezuela

Responsibilities:

The Venezuelan Foundation for Seismological Research –FUNVISIS- is the country’s official leading institution in seismology and earthquake engineering, and is a branch of the Ministry of Science and Technology. By the end of my term as Chief of Seismology in 1986 I was on charge of a scientific/administrative staff of ~ 30 people.

My main duties and responsibilities included the consolidation of this recently created institution throughout the design, implementation and operation of the Venezuelan National Seismological Array  in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s; also in this period I was on charge of the establishment of the country’s needs for research in seismology, seismic risk, tectonics and disaster preparedness and prevention and then the design and implementation of a series of research projects to cover these needs in the short-, intermediate- and long-term, as well as the achievement of the required budget.

Later on, once the institute was consolidated, I was on charge of the management and coordination of a series of international seismological projects with countries such as the former Soviet Union (Academy of Sciences of Russia and of Tadzhikistan) and USA (NASA and several universities). These projects included fundamental and applied research in earthquake prediction (with Russia), seismic risk analysis and induced seismicity (with Tadzhikistan), very-long base line interferometry (with NASA) and microseismicity studies in southern Caribbean and northern South-America (with Columbia University, New York).

Salary:  Former Bolívar 240.000 (annually) 

5.Job title: Research Assistant                   From: 09/1975            To:  10/1983

Employer: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University,  Palisades, New York,  United States of America

Responsibilities:

While being a graduate student at Columbia University I was a Research Assistant at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. My main duty was to do research in seismology and geotectonics in projects funded by various USA agencies in the Aleutians Islands Arc, the south-eastern Caribbean and the Circum-Pacific region. This led me to publish a series of scientific articles with researchers such as Christopher H. Scholz (my advisor), Lynn R. Sykes, Klaus Jacob, William R. McCann and Yash P. Aggarwal, in journals like Science, Journal of Geophysical Research, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America and Journal of Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. I also participated in the preparation of research proposals for a series of funding agencies in the United States, among them National Science Foundation, the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and NASA.

Salary:   US Dollars 450 (monthly) 

I am an expert in science-based monitoring of the environment. As shown in my scientific record, as a seismologist I have spent several decades monitoring and studying the seismicity of the Venezuelan, Caribbean and Pacific areas, throughout the use of local and world-wide seismological data. This experience includes the design, operation, maintenance, fund raising and management of the Venezuelan Seismological Array and the corresponding National Data Centre in the late 1970’s and 1980’s. During the last twenty years I have also been monitoring the Earth’s crust deformations that occur in Southern Caribbean and Northern South-America, throughout the use of local geodetic arrays within the framework of the Global Positioning System (GPS). This includes management and fund raising. From the engineering point of view, I have served as a consultant to many national companies regarding problems related to seismic risk and geodesy within the framework of the Global Positioning System.

My professional career has been a combination of research, engineering, teaching, management and consultancy.  In many occasions I have had to conceive and produce large scientific plans and then get suitable funds for the associated projects. For instance, the funds to build our National Seismological Array were obtained from our National Congress around 1980 after convincing them and the Executive Government of the necessity of it. At that time I was the only seismologist in the country and was the main responsible for the proposal and execution of the project. Something similar happened to implement our regional GPS array in the late 1990’s which still is my responsibility.

My experience in international scientific relations and negotiations includes the leadership and management of a series of geological, geophysical and geodetic projects carried out by Venezuelan institutions such as the Venezuelan Foundation for Seismological Research (FUNVISIS) and Simón Bolívar University, in collaboration with institutions such as NASA, the Academy of Sciences of the former Soviet Union, the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, CERESIS (South-American Seismological Centre), and universities such as Columbia (USA), Colorado (USA) and Oxford (UK) and UNAVCO.

I have over 20 years of experience in university teaching and research in Earth Sciences and engineering. During those years I have been involved in the planning of university research and education in those subjects in my country and other Latin-American countries. This academic experience should be of great help in the preparation of proposals for joint projects.

I have broad experience as to establishing and design educational, engineering, scientific and technological plans and priorities in development countries, given my 10-year experience as a member of the Superior Council of the Venezuelan National Research Council (FONACIT) (1989-1999), which is the Venezuelan organization on charge of promoting the development of Engineering, Science and Technology in my country. In many cases I participated in negotiations to get economic resources with entities such as the IDB and the Venezuelan National Congress. 

Sismotectónica del área del Caribe y occidente de Venezuela, Tesis de Ingeniero Geofísico, Universidad Central de Venezuela, 68 pp., 1974

Spectral analysis of accelerograms recorded during Nicaraguan earthquakes, M. Sc. Thesis, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA, 85 pp., 1977

Spatial-temporal-energy characteristics of seismicity occurring during the seismic cycle: A reappraisal, Ph D Thesis, Columbia University, NY, USA, 129 pp., 1983. 

Fernández F., O. J. Perez y J. A. Rial, Sismotectónica del área del Caribe y occidente de Venezuela, Boletín de Geología, 7:4, 669-686, 1977

Pérez O. J., R. Husid and A. Espinoza, A study of strong motions from a set of Nicaraguan earthquakes and their relationship to damage, Proc. VI World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 1, 946-1,952, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology, Ed. Sarita Prakashan, Meerut, India, 1977

McCann W. R., O. J. Pérez and L. R. Sykes, Yakataga Gap, Alaska: Seismic History and Earthquake Potential, Science, 207, 1309-1314, 1980

Pérez O. J. and K. H. Jacob, Tectonic Model and Seismic Potential of the Eastern Gulf of Alaska and Yakataga Seismic Gap, Journal of Geophysical Research, 85, 7132-7150, 1980

Pérez O. J.  and K. H. Jacob, St. Elias, Alaska, Earthquake of February 28, 1979: Tectonic Setting and Precursory Seismicity Pattern, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 70, 1995-1606, 1980

Pérez O. J.  and Y. P. Aggarwal, Present-day Tectonics of the Southeastern Caribbean and Northeastern Venezuela, Journal of Geophysical Research, 86, 10791-10804, 1981

Suárez R., V. Adams and O. J. Pérez, Instrumentation and software development for the seismological network of Venezuela, Proc. 15th International Symposium on Mini- and Macro-computers, 1, 89-93, México City, México, 1981

K. H.  Jacobs, O. J. Perez and others, A comprehensive study of the seismotectonics of the eastern Aleutian arc and associated volcanic system, US Dpt. Energy, paper n° DE-ASO-76, Ero 3134, 01-83, 1981 (including myself and seven others)

Pérez O. J.  and C. H. Scholz, Heterogeneities of the Instrumental seismicity Catalogue for Strong Shallow Earthquakes, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America , 74, 669-686, 1984

Pérez O. J. , Lack of Uniformity of Instrumental Data on Strong Earthquakes in Seismic catalogs (1904-1980), Izv. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. Solid Earth (Engl. Trans.), 20, 721-729, 1984, Russia

Pérez O. J.,  Seismotectonics of western Venezuela and Southwestern Caribbean, Annales Geophysicae, 14, 88-91, 1996, The Netherlands.

Pérez O. J. and C. H. Scholz, Long Term Seismic Behavior of the Focal and Adjacent Regions of Great Earthquakes During the Time Between two Successive Shocks, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 8.203-8.216, 1997

Pérez O. J., M. A. Jaimes and E. Garciacaro, Microseismicity Evidence for Subduction of the Caribbean Plate Beneath the South American Plate in Northwestern Venezuela, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 17875-17882, 1997

Pérez O. J. , M. A. Jaimes and E. Garciacaro, Subducción de la Placa del Caribe Bajo la Suramericana en el Noroeste de Venezuela: Evidencias Sismológicas, Interciencia, 22, 131-137, 1997

Pérez O. J. , G. Lagos and C. Sanz, Microseismicity, Tectonics and Seismic Potential in Southern Caribbean and Northern Venezuela, Journal of Seismology, 1, 15-28, 1997

Pérez O. J., Seismological Report on The Mw=6.8 Strong Shock of 9 July, 1997 in Cariaco, Northeastern Venezuela, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 88, 874-879, 1998.

Pérez O. J. y J. Mendoza, Sismicidad en Venezuela y Areas Vecinas, Física de la Tierra, (Ed.Universidad Complutense, Madrid), 10, 87-110, 1998, España

Pérez, O. J., El Terremoto de Cariaco, Oriente de Venezuela, del 9 de Julio de 1997, Interciencia, 23, 101-110, 1998.

Pérez O. J., Revised World Seismicity Catalog (1950-1997) for Strong (Ms>6) Shallow (h<70 km) Earthquakes, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 88, 335-341, 1999.

Pérez O. J., Kuril Islands Arc: Two seismic cycles of great earthquakes during which the complete history of seismicity is observed, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 90, 1096-1100, 2000.

Pérez O. J., R. Bilham, R. Bendick, J. R. Velandia, N. Hernandez, C. Moncayo, M. Hoyer and M. Kosuch, Velocity field across the Southern Caribbean plate boundary and estimates of Caribbean/South-American plate motion using GPS geodesy 1994-2000, Geophysical Research Letters, 28, 2987-2990, 2001

Pérez O. J., R. Bilham, R. Bendick, J. R. Velandia, J. Hernandez, M. Hoyer, R. Velandia, C. Moncayo and M. Kosuch, Velocidad relativa entre las placas del Caribe y Suramérica a partir de observaciones GPS en el norte de Venezuela, Interciencia, 26, 69-74, 2001.

Weber, J. C, T. H. Dixon, Ch. DeMetz, W. B. Ambeh, P. Jansma, G. Mattioli, J. Saleh, G. Sella, R. Bilham and  O. J. Perez, GPS estimate of relative motion between the Caribbean and South American plates, and geologic implications for Trinidad and Venezuela, Geology, 29, 75-78, 2001

Pérez O. J., M. Hoyer, N. Hernandez, V. Marquez, N. Sue, J. R. Velandia y D. Deiros, Alturas del Pico Bolívar y otras cimas andinas venezolanas a partir de observaciones GPS, Interciencia, 30, 213-216, 2005

Pérez O. J., M. Hoyer, J. Hernandez, C. Rodriguez, V. Marquez, N. Sue, J. Velandia, J. Fernandes and D. Deiros, GPS Height Determination of Peak Bolivar, Venezuela, Survey Review, U. K., 38, 697-702, 2006

Pérez O. J., R. Bilham, M. Sequera, M. Molina, P. Gavotti, H. Codallo, C. Moncayo, C. Rodriguez, R. Velandia, M. Guzman y P. Molnar, Campo de velocidades GPS en el occidente de Venezuela: Componente lateral derecha asociada a la falla de Boconó y componente convergente perpendicular a los Andes, Interciencia, 36 (1), 39-44,  2011

Wesnousky S. G., R. Aranguren, M. Rengifo, L. A. Owen, M. W. Caffee, M. K. Murari and O. J. Perez, Toward quantifying geomorphic rates of crustal displacement, landscape development, and the age of glaciation in the Venezuelan Andes,  Geomorphology, 141-142, 99-113,  2012

Pérez O. J., C. Rodríguez and J. L. Alonso, Earthquakes, tsunamis, and the related vulnerability in South-America and the Caribbean – an overview, in: Extreme Natural Hazards, Disaster Risks and Societal Implications, IUGG Special Publications, Cambridge University Press, U.K., 1, 145-151, Ed. A. Ismail-Zadeh, J. Urrutia Fucugauchi, A. Kijko, K. Takeuchi and I. Zaliapin, 2014.

Pérez O. J., S.G. Wesnousky, R. De La Rosa, J. Marquez, R. Uzcategui, Ch. Quintero, L. Liberal, H. Mora-Paez and W. Szeliga, On the interaction of the North Andes plate with the Caribbean and South American plates in northwestern South America from GPS geodesy and seismic data, Geophysical Journal International, 214(3), 1986-1001, 2018, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggy230

Revised world seismicity catalog (1950-1997) for strong (M>6) shallow (h<70 km) earthquakes, European Geophysical Society EGS, 23th General Assembly, Nice, France, In: Annales Geophysicae, 16, Spp. 1, pp. C125, 1998.

Earthquake prediction studies in Venezuela, Geoscience 98, Keele, U.K., In: Book of Abstracts, pp.16, 1998, Invited Paper.

Oblique slip and slip partitioning along the Boconó fault system, western Venezuela, American Geophysical Union AGU, Fall meeting, San Francisco, USA, In: EOS, Spp. vol. 79, pp. S21A-09, 1998.

A new GPS program to quantify slip rates on faults conforming the southern boundary of the Caribbean plate in northern Venezuela, European Geophysical Society EGS, 24th General Assembly, The Hague, Neetherlands, In: Annales Geophysicae, 17, Spp. 1, 1999.

Spatial-temporal-energy characteristics of seismicity occurring during the seismic cycle: A reappraisal, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics IUGG, Birmingham, U.K., In: Book of Abstracts, paper ST1/E/45-A3 1230, 1999.

Relative motion between the Caribbean and South-American plates from GPS observations in northern South-America ans the Lesser Antilles, European Geophysical Society EGS, 26th General Assembly, Nice, France,  Annales Geophysicae, 19, Spp.1, 2001.

GPS geodesy in southern Caribbean and Venezuela: Results from from observations in 1994/2000 and ongoing experiments, American Geophysical Union AGU, Spring Meeting, Washington DC, USA, In: EOS, Spp. vol. 83, T31A-04, 2002, Invited Paper.

GPS geodesy in southern Caribbean: Results from observations in 1994/2000 and ongoing experiments for earthquake prediction, ERMERS Earthquake Mechanics, Earth Structure and Related Problems, Erice, Italy, In: Book of Abstracs, 2002, Invited Paper.

Seismic moment distribution of long-term foreshocks of great earthquakes, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, In: Book of Abstracts, paper 022015-1, 2006

Oblique convergence and slip partitioning along the Bocono fault system and Venezuelan Andes, IASPEI-International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth Interior, General Assembly, in: CD with Abstracts, Cape Town, South Africa, 2009

An overview of the earthquake activity and associated hazards in South-America and the Caribbean and the socio-economic impact of severe earthquakes in these regions, AGU American Geophysical Union Meeting of the Americas, Iguazu, Brasil, August 2010, Session U09, 2010, Invited Paper.

Feasibility of COCOnet GPS sites in Venezuela, UNAVCO meeting of 2012, Puerto Rico, Invited paper.

On the motion of the Caribbean plate relative to South_America: New results from GPS geodesy 1999-2012, AGU American Geophysical Union Meeting of the Americas, Cancun, Mexico, 2013, Session U011, Invited Paper.

On the interaction of the North Andes plate with the Caribbean and South American plates in northwestern South America from GPS geodesy and seismic data, Seismological Society of America meeting, Miami, Fl., 2018, Invited Paper (also Session Convener).

Member of the American Geophysical Union, Seismological Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences, Venezuelan Engineering Union, Venezuelan Association for the Advancement of Science.

Reviewer for the Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Seismology, Geophysical Research Letters, Seismological Research Letters, Tectonophysics, Geology, Interciencia, Geophysical Journal International, Geofísica Internacional, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Física de la Tierra, Journal of South-American Earth Sciences, Revista de Ingeniería de La Unversidad del Zulia.

ANDRES BELLO Prize in Applied Sciences, Simon Bolívar University, 1998 and 2001

This prize is given annually by Simón Bolívar University to researchers in Pure, Applied and Social Sciences to acknowledge an outstanding research published the year under consideration. It was given to me in 1998 for my article published in the Journal of Seismology on the tectonics and seismic potential of north-central Venezuela; and in 2001 for discovering the amount of relative velocity between the Caribbean and South-American plates, published in Geophysical Research Letters and Interciencia. Simón Bolívar University is rated by our government as the top university of the country, and is broadly acknowledged as one of the top universities in South-America.

CONABA, 1998 and 2001 (Venezuelan National Council for the Promotion of University Lecturers). CONABA is an institution formed by all the Federations of Lecturers of the Venezuelan Private and State Universities and the University National Council. Their prize is given every 3 years to the top lecturers of the country to acknowledge their achievements as university lecturers and researchers.

CONADES 1998  (Venezuelan National Council for Graduate University Studies). CONADES is the official organization on charge of the development of university studies in Venezuela. Their prize is given for outstanding achievements in support of our schools.

USB- Geophysical Engineering Degree

Emilio Garciacaro and Martha Jaimes got their degree in 1997 working on the seismicity and tectonics of western Venezuela. Their results were published in the Journal of Geophysical Research that year .

Carlos Sanz and Gabriela Lagos got their degree in 1998 working on the tectonics and seismic potential of north-central Venezuela. Their results were published in the Journal of Seismology that year.

Aura Vilela got her degree in 1999 working on long-term precursory seismicity to great earthquakes.

Carlos Moncayo got his degree in 2001 working in GPS Geodesy. His results were published in Geophysical Research Letters and Interciencia that year

Diego Deiros and Jorge Suárez got their degree in 2001 working in GPS Geodesy.

Nicolás Sué and Víctor Marques got their degree in 2003 working on the GPS Height determination of Mt. Bolívar and other Andean peaks. Their results are published in Surveys Review and Interciencia.

Carlos Rodríguez got his degree in 2003. His results on the seismic moment distribution of long-term foreshocks of great earthquakes resulted in a paper submitted to the Journal of Seismology

Carolina Anchetti got her degree in 2005 working with OBS recorded seismicity on the East Pacific rise, in collaboration with the University of Hawaii

Anggi Quintero got her degree modeling the occurrence of seismicity in volcanoes on the Islas Canarias, in collaboration with the University of Udine, Italy

Patricia Gavotti got her degree in 2015 working on the slip-partitioning problem on the Boconó fault, using newly acquired GPS data

Javier Torres and Luiselvic Molina got their degree in 2016 working on the strain-partitioning problem in northwestern Venezuela

USB-Master of Science Degree

Virgilio Abouhamad got his degree in 1999 working on the feasibility of a sub-aquatic tunnel joining the Island of Margarita to the Venezuelan mainland

Michell Sequera got his degree in 2008 working on the velocity field of northwestern South- America, using newly acquired GPS data.

Jesus Castillo got his degree in 2015 analyzing the quality of the Venezuelan National Geodetic Array Antony Prince got his degree in 2021 working on geodetic instrumentation for the oil industry

PhD

Aura Vilela got her degree in 2008 at the University of Barcelona, Spain, under my supervision, working on the relationship between the long-term distribution of seismic moment along seismic belts and the occurrence of very great earthquakes.

Luis Liberal got his degree in 2013 at the Central University of Venezuela under my supervision, working on GPS Geodesy related issues in South-America

Person 1: Prof. Shamita Das, University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PR, UK

( : +44 1 865 272015    Email:  das@earth.ox.ac.uk

Person 2: Prof. Steven Wesnousky, University of Reno, Center for Neotectonic Studies, Reno, Nevada, USA

Correo Electronico: wesnousky@unr.edu

Person 3:   Prof. Chris H. Scholz, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, N.Y., 10964

( : +1 914 3658360      Email:  scholz@ldeo.columbia.edu

Have you ever been arrested, indicted, or summoned into court as a defendant criminal proceeding, or convicted, fined or imprisoned for the violation of any law (excluding minor traffic violations)?   No

Would you have any objection to our making enquiries with your present employer?    No

Would you accept to be considered for a post other than the one for which you are at present a candidate, if appropriate?   Yes

Would you consider shorter assignments as an expert, consultant, etc., if appropriate?   Yes

Do you have any disabilities which might limit your prospective field of work or preclude your undertaking any necessary travel by air?    No

Would you object to serve in any regions of the world?    No

How much notice would you require to report for work?   Three months

Residences outside your country: My residences outside my country include the period from 1974 to 1983 in the United States of America on a Student Visa during my graduate studies; and the period from 2000 to 2001 in the United Kingdom on an Academic Visitor Visa as a Visiting Professor  at the Dpt. of Earth Sciences,  University of Oxford, UK.