His memberships include being:

•     The Senior Associate of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics. Trieste. Italy. UNESCO
•     On the Permanent Commission for the granting of higher research categories of the Cuban Environment Agency
•     On the Scientific Council of the Institute of Meteorology
•     The President of the Editorial Committee of the Cuban Meteorological Journal
•     On the Commission of Scientific Degrees in Meteorological Sciences of Cuba

Dr. Martinez speaks Spanish, Russian, Italian and French and has authored several scientific publications.

Arnoldo Bezanilla is a researcher with the Centre for Atmospheric Physics, within the Institute of Meteorology in Cuba (INSMET), since 2001. He also received a Master of Science in Meteorology from INSMET, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the University of Havana, Cuba.

He has worked on several research projects, some of which include: The Behaviour of the Ozone Layer over Cuba, and Climate Change and Biodiversity in the Caribbean. He has authored and co-authored several publications, some of which relate to:

• Sensitivity studies of the RegCM-3 simulation of summer precipitation, temperature and local wind field in the Caribbean Region
• A proposal of an Index for the evaluation of the general Usefulness of Practices for Adaptation to climate change and variability
• A Briefing from the PRECIS Caribbean Climate Change Project, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre

Jayaka is a Research Fellow in the Department of Physics of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Mona Campus, Jamaica. He is also an active member of the Climate Studies Group, where his focus is on Regional Climate Modelling.

He has been integral in research related to rainfall patterns, wet and dry seasons in the Caribbean, and was part of the team that won the Best Research Publication (Features of the Caribbean low level Jet) in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences at the annual Research Day awards, UWI Mona.

Mr. Campbell was also chosen as a ‘Future Climate Change Scientist’ and rewarded with an overseas trip to join other Young Scientists to provide recommendations for the Fifth Assessment Report of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Dr. Abel Centella is the current Science Director of the Institute of Meteorology in Cuba (INSMET), since 2002. INSMET provides meteorological services and is also a training and research institution in the fields of Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry, Climatology, Agro-meteorology and Marine Meteorology. It is a pioneering institution which has been responsible for the investigation of climate impacts in Cuba and conducts adaptation assessments at the national level.

Dr. Centella’s responsibilities at the Institute include coordinating the research process of the Met Service in Cuba, in close coordination and cooperation with other agencies and organizations. He has held other posts at INSMET which include being the Head of the Climate Center from 1999-2001 and a Research Scientist from 1986-1999.

Dr. Centella’s experiences include:

• Being one of the Cuban negotiators in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process from 2000 to 2008
• Being Coordinator of the First National Communication of Cuba. He was also a Consultant in the preparation of National Communications to the UNFCCC for El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Panamá, Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Being the Coordinator of the National Climate Change Group in Cuba. He is also the Lead author of the National Report ‘Variations and Changes of the Climate in Cuba.’
• Leading the working group for the preparation of climate change scenarios for Ecuador, using the Regional Model PRECIS as well as the outputs from the Japanese High Resolution Global Model.

Dr Centella is also a resource person at UNFCCC and UNDP international workshops that relate to methods and tools for vulnerability and adaptation assessments in Latin America and the Middle East. He has authored several publications and has received the National Academic of Science of Cuba award for research on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Cuba

Dr.  Tannecia Stephenson is a lecturer in the Department of Physics and a member of the Climate Studies Group, Mona.  Her research interests are Caribbean climate variability, climate extremes, seasonal predictions using statistical models and statistical downscaling.  She has been affiliated with a number of climate variability and change projects and has published a number of journal articles, technical reports and short monograph with collaborators.  Her work experience includes conducting research as a visiting fellow at the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom.

Dr Riad J. Nurmohamed was born in Paramaribo, Suriname. He received a Bsc. degree in Infrastructure, option Civil Engineering in 1998 with Cum Laude, from the Anton de Kom University of Suriname. In 2000 he earned a Msc. degree in Water Resources Engineering, option Hydrology with distinction, from the Catholic University Leuven and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium. In 2008, he finished his PhD program with Cum Laude at the Anton de Kom University of Suriname, in cooperation with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium Department Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering. His research topic was: ‘The Impact of Climate Change and Climate Variability on Water Resources in Suriname (a case study in the Upper Suriname river basin).’

Since 2000, he has been working as a full time lecturer and researcher in the Department of Infrastructure of the Faculty of Technology, at the University of Suriname. He teaches, participates in research projects, supervises engineering works, does publications, presentations and participates in international working groups and events. He also organizes international events (excursions/meetings/workshops/expos, trainings) as well; co-ordination, ICT and computer works are some of the tasks/responsibilities, which he has fulfilled at an international level.

In 2005 he was promoted to the post of Head of the Department of Infrastructure. As such he is:

• Coordinator of the BSc. programme in Infrastructure
• Program coordinator of the MSc. program in Sustainable Management of Natural Resources

He is also a Project Coordinator for different projects, and a member of different scientific and governmental committees.

Peter Donk was born and raised in New Nickerie, a district in Suriname. He is the youngest child for his parents. Math and physics are domains that he has excelled in, and these have made him who he is today. He attributes his successes to his father, his idol.

Academic achievements:

• B.Sc degree in Power Engineering (2000-2005 – Anton de Kom University of Suriname).
• M.Sc degree in Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (M.Sc in SMNR) – Water Resources management/ Renewable Energy (2009-2011 – Anton de Kom University of Suriname in collaboration with the Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR-UOS) and the Belgian Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGDC)) .

His career in Electrical Engineering began in 2006 at the National Power Utility Company of Suriname (N.V. Energiebedrijven Suriname), were he works as a Power Engineer in the Energy Auditing Department. Energy Efficiency (Energy Management) and Renewable Energy Technology (sustainable energy) are his focus areas.

He is outgoing and adventurous and loves sports- especially martial arts (Tae Kwon do). His greatest achievement is a first degree black belt. He is now working towards his second degree.

Roger Eduardo Rivero Vega is a Senior Researcher in the Camagüey Meteorological Center of the Institute of Meteorology (INSMET), Cuba. He has been involved in more than 25 research projects in the fields of:

• Statistical Weather Forecasting (Precipitation and Severe Local Storms)
• Physical Climatology (Radiation, Water and Energy Balance)
• Weather Modification (Precipitation Enhancement)
• Agrometeorology (National Meteorological and Agricultural Drought Surveillance and Early Warning Systems, Early Warning System for Hydrological Drought)
• Tropical Meteorology (Severe Local Storms, Weather Modification and Stratospheric Aerosols)
• Biometeorology (Human Health, Animal Production)
• Sucesional Reforestation
• Sustainable Agriculture (Rain and Wind Erosion)
• Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Assessments (Agriculture, Pastures and Cattle, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Forests, Energy) for Cuba First and Second National Communication to UNFCCC
• Physics of the Planetary Boundary Layer and Wind Energy
• Community based projects relative to livestock and milk production in Cuba

He has attended more than 183 national and international workshops, congresses and symposia related with meteorology and environmental sciences in Cuba, USSR, Nicaragua, Peru, Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago, Mexico, Iran, Switzerland, Paraguay, Panama, Dominican Republic, Haiti, St. Kitts & Nevis, Belize, Jamaica, Italy, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Barbados and El Salvador (totaling 252 presentations).

He has teaching experience in more than 14 postgraduate University and Master Degree courses (Fluids Dynamics and Crop Modeling), postgraduate Training Courses in Cuba, Peru, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago and El Salvador, as well as in Class I and III meteorological undergraduate courses. In 1989 - 90 he was the Cuban Science Leader of the Joint Cuba - USSR Expeditions "Caribe'89", "Ozone'89" and "Ozone'90". 

He has worked as an expert, consultant and trainer in biophysical models, climate and climate change issues for NCSP (UNDP), UNITAR, ECLAC and CCCCC in Trinidad & Tobago, Mexico, Iran, Guyana, Fiji Islands and Switzerland. He has done this same kind of work with national institutions in Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Dominican Republic, Haiti, St Kitts Nevis, El Salvador and Peru, totaling 18 consultancies.

He has been a:

• Member of the Scientific Council of Camagüey Meteorological Center (1975 - 2011).
• Member of the Scientific Council of the Cuban Academy of Sciences, Camagüey Chapter (1978 - 2011)
• Member of the National Team for Climate Change Impact Assessments (1996 - 2011)
• Founding Member of the Cuban Meteorological Society (SometCUBA)
• Founding Member of the Cuban Society for Renewable Energy (CUBASolar)
• Founding Member of the Cuban Association of Agricultural and Forest Technicians (ACTAF)

He is also:

• a Member of the Cuban Society for Animal Production (ACPA)
• the Vice-President of the International Society for Agricultural Meteorology (INSAM) since 2008.

He speaks Spanish, English and Russian fluently and reads French and Italian as well. He has also authored several publications.

Dr Cashman’s research work focuses on the governance of water resources and policy development in response to drivers such as climate change, stakeholder engagement and empowerment and, the regulation of resources by state and trans-national agencies and economic aspects of water management.

His interests include the application of applied science and engineering to water resource management; institutional frameworks and the role of civil society organizations both practically and theoretically with regard to accountability and transparency in the management and regulation of water resources and the delivery of water services.

He has 25 years experience of working in the water sector in Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe.  This has included senior positions in government responsible for water management, with the private sector as a consultant and as a Research Fellow focusing on the economic and institutional aspects of asset management.

He is presently a Senior Lecturer of Water Resources Management at the Center for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES), Cave Hill Campus, Barbados.

Dr. Leonard Nurse’s longstanding relationship with the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shot him into the media spotlight, when the IPCC was jointly awarded the 2007 Nobel peace Prize for its contribution to climate change research. Dr. Nurse has been a member of the IPCC’s research and author team for four global assessment reports. In 2007, he was selected as Coordinating Lead Author by the IPCC for the chapter “Small Island States” in the fourth assessment report, titled Climate Change 2007. For his contributions Dr. Nurse received the Companion of Honour of Barbados. He was also the recipient of Barbados Centennial Honours (BCH), January 2001 and the Governor-General’s Award for the Environment, February 2001.

Dr. Nurse, in addition to his commitment at UWI, functions in various professional capacities. He is appointed Barbados’ Special Envoy for the Environment (1999–present); is a member of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Consulting Group for Capacity Building (August 2004–present); a member of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) of the World Bank (2002–present); and a council member, Bellairs Research Institute of McGill University (1991–present). He was also Vice-Chairman, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (IOCARIBE), 1995-2002.

Dr. Nurse has held the posts of Director, Coastal Zone Management Unit, Barbados, and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Government of Barbados. Dr. Nurse’s academic qualifications include a BSc (First-Class Hons. UWI, Mona, 1975); MSc (Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada, 1979); PhD (McGill, 1987).

Dr. Nurse is particularly concerned about the impacts of potential climate change and climate variability, with special focus on small island states; evaluation of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures, and their applicability to small islands; human impact on coastal dynamics and beach systems; methodologies for predicting coastal erosion and accretion rates in tropical low-energy environments.

Currently, he is a Senior Lecturer in Integrated Coastal Area Management at the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES), Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, located in Belize.

Adrian Trotman is the Chief of Applied Meteorology and Climatology at the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology located in Barbados. This institute is the training, R&D and data archiving arm of the Caribbean Meteorological Organization (comprising the national Meteorological Services of sixteen Caribbean member states). Mr. Trotman has responsibility for Climate related issues, data management and dissemination; and the provision of weather and climate information and advice to multiple economic sectors. In his technical capacity, he focuses on the Agriculture and Food Sector, with his specialised training in Agro-meteorology.

Driven by his interest in agricultural drought and its impacts, Mr. Trotman established the Caribbean Drought and Precipitation Monitoring Network in 2009, under the Caribbean Water Initiative project. He has and continues to manage other regional projects and initiatives aligned with his responsibilities, including the Caribbean Agro-meteorological Initiative, the Caribbean Data Rescue and Recovery Programme and CARICOM/Brazil Cooperation on Disaster Risk Reduction in Drought.

Dr. Mark Bynoe is a graduate of the University of East Anglia where he obtained his doctoral degree in Environmental Economics and from the University of Edinburgh from which he graduated with a Master’s of Science degree in Resource Management. Dr. Bynoe has over twenty (20) years of experience in academia, and the public and private sectors. Currently, Dr. Bynoe is the Managing Director of Development Policy and Management Consultants (DPMC) and is attached to the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) as a Senior Resource/Environmental Economist, under the auspices of the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation (CFTC) Programme.