Hyun-Woo Jo earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering from Korea University, Seoul, South Korea, in 2023. Currently, he is serving as a postdoctoral fellow at OJERI, Korea University, and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. His research focuses on the application of remote sensing and deep learning techniques in the agricultural and forestry sectors. He specializes in integrating domain-specific knowledge with machine-learning architectures. His doctoral dissertation, titled "Hybrid Forest Fire Prediction Modelling by Transferring Human Domain Knowledge into Artificial Intelligence: Projecting Climate Change on National-Specific Dynamics in South Korea" is currently being refined during his postdoctoral fellowship at IIASA. This work involves enhancing the data-driven optimization of IIASA's process-based forest fire model, FLAM.

Mr. Minwoo Roh is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Environmental Science and Ecology Engineering at Korea University. He has developed a forest fire risk prediction model using GIS/RS, machine learning, and deep learning technologies. He is currently conducting short-term forest fire risk forecasts for a 3-day period using short-term weather forecast data from the Korea Meteorological Administration. In particular, he is conducting research to develop a forest fire prediction model that reflects surface conditions based on remote sensing data.

Laura Kiely is an atmospheric scientist and wildfire researcher based at Scion Christchurch. During her work at Scion and previous positions at the University of California Riverside and the University of Leeds she has worked on fire and smoke modelling with a focus on fire impacts and management.

Richard Yao has an MS degree in Agricultural Economics and a PhD in Environmental Economics. With more than 16 years of experience at Scion (New Zealand Forest Research Institute), he presently holds the position of a senior research economist, specialising in the assessment of the broader value associated with terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems. His expertise in value assessment encompasses primary production, carbon sequestration, recreation, enhanced water quality, water flow regulation, erosion prevention, and the conservation and improvement of biodiversity. Utilising his expertise in econometric modeling, forest economics, environmental economics, production economics, investment assessment, and spatial modeling, Richard has been leading research programmes related to environmental protection and enhancement, land use management, biosecurity protection, and natural resource management. He has successfully completed and is currently executing various research initiatives in partnership with New Zealand government agencies, universities, research institutes, and industries.

Shana Gross is a Fire Ecologist with Scion leading the wildfire research group’s science programme (https://www.scionresearch.com/rural-fire-research). She is passionate about delivering up-to-date and credible science in support of policy and land management as well as to disseminate science to and interact with managers and the public.

Dmitry Schepaschenko has 30+ years research experience in the field of forest ecology, forest management and remote sensing. He is a coordinator of IUFRO working party "Boreal and Alpine Forest Ecosystems". His recent projects have included global and regional land cover, forest, and biomass mapping; full carbon account of Northern Eurasia; remote sensing applications; modeling of structure, productivity and growth of forests; adaptation and mitigation strategies under global change.