BRAZIL
Michele Andriolli Custódio holds a Ph.D. (cotutelle) in Geology from the University of Brasilia (UnB-Brazil) and the University of Toulouse (UPS-France). She is an Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM). Her scientific research focuses on sedimentary basin development, stratigraphic correlations, geochronology, and geochemical proxies to reconstruct paleogeographic settings related to mountain building constructions. Her approach is to apply analyses of detrital zircon grains, including LA-ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology, characterization of Nd radiogenic isotope signatures in fine-grained sediments, and trace element geochemistry.
Raphael Di Carlo Silva dos Santos holds a Ph.D. in Geophysical Data Interpretation and Processing at the Federal University of Pará, where he created a new scheme for filtering reflected PP and PS-waves data from 2D seismic sections. Since 2021, he has been a professor at the UFAM in Geology undergraduate course and Geosciences Graduate program. His main work focuses on gravity and magnetic structural interpretation of sedimentary basins and cratons via modeling and nonlinear inversion. Currently, he is the coordinator of the Geology Undergraduate Course of UFAM.
Rielva Solimairy Campelo do Nascimento has a Ph.D. in Geochemistry and Crustal Evolution at the Federal University of Pernambuco, where she proposed paleoenvironmental reconstructions using C and O isotopic chemostratigraphy for a metavolcanic-sedimentary sequence of Cryogenian to Ediacaran age (Borborema Province, NE Brazil). Since 2006, she has been a professor at the UFAM, working in the Western Amazon, especially in the Brazil-Colombia-Venezuela border region (Rio Negro Province) and the state of Roiraima (Tapajós-Parima Province). She has experience with structural studies (field and microtectonics), Whole-rock geochemistry, and mineral chemistry (geothermometers and barometers).
Tiago Felipe Arruda Maia holds a Ph.D. in Mineral prospection and Economic Geology from the University of Brasilia (UnB-Brazil). He is an adjunct professor at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM).
Ticiano José Saraiva dos Santos holds a Geology degree from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, a master's degree in Regional Geology from the São Paulo State University (Unesp), and a Ph.D. in Regional Geology from the same university. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at Campinas State University. Their primary research interests include structural geology and the crustal evolution of Neoproterozoic mobile belts in the Borborema Province.
COLOMBIA
Amed Bonilla Pérez is an official Mineral Resources Division of the Colombian Geological Survey (CGS) employee. As a geologist, he is interested in the origin and evolution of the Precambrian crust. In his current position at CGS, he has access to ultimate technologies such as LA-ICP-MS (Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectroscopy) U-Pb dating. His studies include igneous and metamorphic zircon crystallization, apatite thermal reseating, and exhumation processes in the NW Amazonian Craton.
AUSTRALIA
Bruno Vieira Ribeiro holds a PhD in Geosciences (Geochemistry and Tectonics) from Monash University, Australia. Currently, Dr. Ribeiro works on applying novel isotope geochemistry tools, combined with structural geology and petrology, to underpin the tectonic evolution of Precambrian terranes worldwide. He holds a Research Fellow and Lecturer position at Curtin University (Australia) as a Timescales of Mineral Systems Group member.
Noreen Evans is an analytical geochemist with expertise in Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectroscopy (LA-ICP-MS), Geochemistry, Isotope Geochemistry, and Geochronology. She is a researcher at the John de Laeter Centre (JdLC) and a Professor in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Curtin University (Perth, Western Australia).
FRANCE
Paul Yves Jean Antonio is a researcher in Paleomagnetism at Géosciences Montpellier, University of Montpellier (France). His main research interests involve a combination of paleomagnetism, rock magnetism, and geochronology to address (i) the evolution of continents since the start of the plate tectonics with the supercontinent cycle and (ii) the evolution of the Earth’s magnetic field during the past, especially during the Precambrian (4.56 – 0.54 Ga). While his thesis focused on the paleogeographic evolution during the Paleoproterozoic Era of Amazonia, he continued to work in Amazonia but on younger Precambrian eras (the Neoproterozoic).