Hawkar Ali Abdulhaq is an Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Atmospheric and Geospatial Data Sciences and Department of Geology, University of Szeged. He is currently in the third year of his PhD studies in Underground Thermal Energy Storage at the University of Szeged. He has been awarded recognition from the Mining Authority of Hungary for the Best Hungarian Presentation at EGPD2025 Conference in Szeged, Hungary. He has recently contributed to research projects in the fields of geothermal energy, mineral resources, and geomorphology. He has published approximately 25 papers as an author and co-author in various journals and serves as a contributor and reviewer for academic research initiatives. His teaching disciplines include geothermal energy and machine learning, and his research interests focus on geothermal storage, machine learning, and geoscience.

Dr. János Geiger is a retired Associate Professor at the Department of Atmospheric and Spatial Data Sciences at the Institute of Geography and Geosciences, University of Szeged, Hungary, and a Principal Scientific Advisor at GEOCHEM Ltd., Hungary. He completed his PhD studies in Geostatistics at the University of Szeged. He has published 169 papers in various journals, on the topics of 3D geostatistical modeling and applications of digital petrophysics. His teaching disciplines at the postgraduate and PhD levels include geostatistics, geomathematics, and data processing of 3D CT scans.

István Vass PhD is Geothermal Technical Lead at MOL E&P. He completed his PhD studies in Earth Sciences at the University of Szeged and has been awarded PhD degree. He recently led four geothermal exploration projects. He has published four papers in various journals and several internal technical reports and studies. His teaching disciplines include geothermal energy and operations geology, and his interests include hydrogeology and geoinformatics.

Tivadar M. Tóth is a Professor of the Department of Geology at the University of Szeged. He completed his PhD studies at the same University in 1992. His primary research activity concerns petrology, structural geology and mathematical modelling of fractured buried hill fluid reservoirs. He has published over 90 papers in Scopus-referred journals. At present, he is the president of the Hungarian Geological Society.

Dr. Tamas Medgyes is the Chief Operations Officer of the District Heating Company of Szeged. He attended Universität Wien, Universita’ degli Studi di Napoli, and University of Szeged, and it was at the latter institution that he received his PhD degree in Humanities in 2002. As a project manager, Dr. Medgyes has contributed to many dozens of national and international projects in the field of renewable energy integration: many of these have been aimed at geothermal developments in Central European communities, with tangible results ranging from feasibility studies to operating systems, such as the robust developments of switching the district heating systems of Mako, Csongrad, Morahalom, and Szeged to deep geothermal. As a researcher, Dr. Medgyes focuses on the social acceptance of the green energy transition and he actively designs and participates in outreach programs dedicated to educating the general public about renewables. Dr. Medgyes' interests include road cycling, trekking, and amateur astronomy.

Dr. Gábor Bozsó received his PhD at the University of Szeged in 2010. He is Vice-Head of the Institute of Geography and Geosciences at the University of Szeged, with large-scale analytical techniques in environmental geochemistry (radiochemistry, X-ray fluorescence spectrophotometry) as his main field of expertise. Dr. Bozsó is the Head of the Technical Department at the District Heating Company of Szeged overseeing the day-to-day activities of the company and the geothermal operations. Dr. Bozsó has been a lead researcher in dozens of large scale communal, industrial, agricultural green energy development projects in the South Great Plain Region.

Dr. Balázs Kóbor received his PhD in Geology at the University of Szeged in 2004. Chief executive officer of the District Heating Company of Szeged, Dr. Kóbor is a distinguished researcher of environmental geology, and hydrogeology, lecturing at graduate and postgraduate levels at the University of Szeged. Dr. Kóbor has been involved in the development of cascaded geothermal systems across Hungary.  He is the Director of InnoGeo Ltd, the geothermal spin-off of the University of Szeged, as well as the South Great Plain Thermal Energy Cluster, a regional association pooling the resources of SMEs operating in the field of geothermal energy in the Szeged area.

Dr. Éva Kun earned an MSc in Earth Science Engineering (Hydrogeology - Engineering Geology) from the University of Miskolc in 1997 and a PhD in the field of Earth Sciences (Geothermics) from the University of Szeged in 2022. She has gained professional experience at VITUKI (Water Resources Research Centre), and also in the private sector, and has been working for over 10 years as a Geoscientist Researcher at the Geological Survey of SZTFH (SARA). Her work in hydrogeology has resulted in approximately 40–50 scientific publications, and significant contributions to or leadership in over 100 project reports. Her research interests include hydrogeology, geothermal science, hydrodynamic and heat transport modelling.

Dr. János Szanyi is an Associate Professor at the Department of Geology, University of Szeged. He graduated with a Masters Degree in Mathematics-Computer Science, Geology and Engineering-Hydrogeology. He completed his PhD studies in Environmental Sciences at the University of Szeged, and afterwards habilitated in Geothermal Sciences. He has been awarded recognition for his contributions to geothermal energy and groundwater modeling in the Pannonian Basin. He recently led several international geothermal energy projects, including studies on transboundary aquifers and the repurposing of abandoned hydrocarbon reservoirs for energy storage. He has published over 180 papers in various journals, and serves as the Coordinator of the Panel of Experts on Geothermal Energy at the European Federation of Geologists, as well as an advisor for numerous research projects. His teaching disciplines include hydrogeology, geothermics, and groundwater and heat flow modeling, and his interests include geothermal energy utilization, numerical simulation, and sustainable resource management.