Prof. Someshwar Das is Secretary of the South Asian Meteorological Association (SAMA) and its Founding Member. He is founding President of the Indian Meteorological Society (Jaipur Chapter). He is founding Chair Professor of the Department of Atmospheric Science, Central University of Rajasthan, India. He worked as Senior Scientist (Scientist-G) at the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF). He played a key role in the SAARC STORM project and capacity building of the people of South Asia in the area of Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP). His areas of interests are cumulus convection, cloud microphysics, global and mesoscale modelling, and high-impact severe weather forecasting. Prof. Das received his Ph.D. (Atmospheric Science) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in 1987 and M.Sc. (Meteorology) from Andhra University, Waltair, India.
Dr. Wei-Kuo Tao is an Emeritus Scientist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA. He is a Chair Professor at the National Central University in Taiwan. His research interests include cloud-precipitation physics and modelling mesoscale convective systems. He was the leader of the Goddard Mesoscale Modeling and Dynamics Group. He holds a M.S. and a Doctorate degree in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Illinois. He also holds a M.S. in Computer Science from the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Tao is Fellow of American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society, Royal Meteorological Society and Chinese Meteorological Society (Taiwan).