Christopher Gomez (Principal Investigator)
Full Professor at Kobe University, SABO Laboratory (Japan).
Adjunct Professor at Universitas Gadjah Mada, PSBA (Indonesia).
MITATE Laboratory Collaborator
Ghaisani Salsabila
PhD Student at Kobe University (co-supervision with Prof. J. Sartohadi)
Research Topic: Kalimantan Island Estuarine Sedimentation Research
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ghaisani-Salsabila
Sho Sawada
PhD under co-supervision with Ben Kennedy, Canterbury University (NZ) April 2025 –
Research topic: The relation between pumice porosity and eruption characteristics: Empirical and Physical modelling from volcanoes in Japan and New Zealand
Zhang, Gomez, Hotta, Daikai, Sawada, Bradak. 2025. Tele-effect of Geomorphological Change on the Spatial Variability of the Precision of SfM-MVS 3D Point-Cloud Models. AUC Geographica. / Sawada, Gomez, Koi. 2025. Volcanic Pumice Rafts at Sea: Buoyancy and Infiltration with Micro-particles. Forum Geografi. https://journals2.ums.ac.id/index.php/fg/article/view/7463/2642
Afrinia Lisditya Permatasari (2024: h-index 7)
PhD student in cotutelle with UGM started in 2024. (co-supervision with D. Sri Hadmoko)
Research topic: Geomorphological Characteristics of Volcanoes in Indonesia
Google Scholar: Afrinia Lisditya P – Google Scholar
Daikai Rikuto (2024: h-index 3)
PhD student at Kobe University (April 2024 – )
Research topic: Volcanic Sabo – Lahars and Debris-flows in Japan and Indonesia
Link to Publications (this site)
Google Scholar: RIKUTO DAIKAI – Google Scholar
ResearchGate: ResearchGate
Daikai, Gomez, Hotta, Shinohara. 2024. Rainfall-induced Gravity Movement of the Unzen-Fugendake Volcanic Dome – Analysis combining Ground-Radar Interferometry and XRAIN Rainfall Radar System. IOP Conference Series in Earth and Environmental Sciences 1313 (1), 012026 / Daikai, Gomez, Hotta, Shinohara. 2024. Uncentrainty in Measuring the role of Climate Change on Debris-flow Triggering on Volcanoes – bulk-density, temperature and moisture analysis at Unzen Volcano (Japan). IOP Conference Series in Earth and Environmental Sciences 1314 (1), 012065 / Daikai, Gomez, Balazs […] Shinohara. 2023. Relationship between Precipitation Just above the Lava Dome and Displacement of the Dome Using X-band MP Radar at Unzen Fugendake. Proceedings of the 4th International Electronic Conference on Geosciences. 87 (1), 30 / Gomez, Hotta, Shinohara, Park, Tsunetaka, Zhang, Bradak, Hadmoko, Budi Wibowo, Daikai, Yoshida. 2023. Formation Processes of Gully-side Debris-Cones Determined from Ground-Penetrating Radar (Mt. Unzen, Japan). Journal of Applied Geophysics. / Gomez, Setiawan, […], Daikai, […], Malawani. LiDAR and UAV SfM-MVS of Merapi Volcanic Dome and Crater Rim Change from 2012 to 2014. Remote Sensing. / Daikai, Gomez, Bradak, Saputra, Hadmoko. 2022. Predisposition Factor of Safety of Landslide Dams from Typhoon Talas, Kii Peninsula, Japan. Forum Geografi 36 (2)
Zhang Miao
PhD candidate (Oct. 2023 – )
Research Topic: Point-cloud Processing and Error Simulation using AI.
Zhang, Gomez, Shinohara, Hotta. 2025. Drone LiDAR Occlusion Analysis and Simulation from Retrieved Pathways to Improve Ground Mapping of Forested Environments. Drones. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones9020135 / Zhang, Gomez, Hotta, Daikai, Sawada, Bradak. 2025. Tele-effect of Geomorphological Change on the Spatial Variability of the Precision of SfM-MVS 3D Point-Cloud Models. AUC Geographica. / Zhang, Gomez, Bradak, Hotta, and Shinohara. 2023. A Machine Learning Model Relating Xrain and Rain Gauge. Proceedings 87, no. 1: 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECG2022-13828 / Gomez, Hotta, Shinohara, Park, Tsunetaka, Zhang, Bradak, Hadmoko, Budi Wibowo, Daikai, Yoshida. 2023. Formation Processes of Gully-side Debris-Cones Determined from Ground-Penetrating Radar (Mt. Unzen, Japan). Journal of Applied Geophysics.
Vincent Siccard
PhD candidate at Lyon 3 University (France) – Co-direction (2022 -)
Research Topic: Geomorphological Dynamics of Mountain Watershed in Rural Japan: Hydro-Sedimentary Cascade Field and Experimental Simulations.
Siccard V., Lissak C., Gomez C. (2022). Des instabilités de versant aux sources sédimentaires. Étude de la
catastrophe géomorphologique du 5-6 juillet 2017 dans le bassin-versant du Chikugo (Kyūshū, Japon). Revue Géomorphologie : relief, processus, environnement, vol. 28 – n° 4, 257-271. / Siccard V., Lissak C., Gomez C. Cossart É. (2022). Sediments sources typology and mapping based on remote sensed data analysis”. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2022, Chiba, Japan. ⟨hal-03778413⟩
Past-PhD students
Charlene Simataa (now Senior Lecturer at UNAM)
(2023 – 2026)
PhD student at Kobe University and Namibia University (cotutelle program)
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Charlene-Simataa
Miho Nomura
(2023-2026: h-index 5.0)
PhD student at Kobe University in co-tutelle with UGM (Indonesia)
Research topic: The fate of plastecizers and microplastics in the environment (river and coastal seas in Japan and Indonesia)
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Miho-Nomura
Melody Dumont (JSPS Post-Doc in japan)
PhD Candidate at Paris University (France) & Kobe University (Japan) on a cotutelle program (2022 – 2026)
Research Topic: Construction of Space and Power Relations in post-disaster reconstruction in Asakura (South Kyushu).
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Melody-Dumont
Dumont, M., Arnaud-Fassetta G., Gomez C., Lissak C. and Viel V. 2023. From the Disaster to the Forced (Re)Construction: The Example of the Akatani Catchment. Water 69 Special issue. / Dumont, M., Gomez C., Arnaud-Fassetta G., Lissak C. and Viel V. 2023. The Disaster Protection System of Mountainous Rivers in Japan: The Example of the Akatani Watershed’s Reconstruction ». Sustainability 15, 21, 15331. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152115331
Colette Starheim (Canterbury University): Debris flow and lahar mechanics and deposition processes (other)
Claire Kain (Canterbury University): Tsunami deposits, hazards and risks (Now hazard researcher in Australia)
Frans Persendt (Canterbury University): Cuvelai Bain (Namibia) flooding (Now dean at Namibia U.)
Aditya Saputra (Canterbury University): Coseismic disaster risk in the Bantul Area (Now Lecturer at UMS)
Adam Prana (Canterbury University): Community-based flood disaster risk in Jakarta (Now Ministry officer)
Berton Panjaitan (Canterbury University): Tsunami hazards and disaster risk in Mentawai (Now Ministry officer)
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