Christopher Gomez (Principal Investigator)
Full Professor at Kobe University, SABO Laboratory (Japan).
Adjunct Professor at Universitas Gadjah Mada, PSBA (Indonesia).
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 –
Link to publications (this site)
Research topic: The effects of volcanic pumices on flow mechanics: Empirical and Physical modelling from volcanoes in Japan and New Zealand
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
Miho Nomura (2025: 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
Charlene Simataa (2023 – )
PhD student at Kobe University and Namibia University (cotutelle program)
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Charlene-Simataa
Zhang Miao
PhD candidate (Oct. 2023 – )
Research Topic: Point-cloud Processing and Error Simulation using AI.
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.
Melody Dumont
PhD Candidate at Paris University (France) & Kobe University (Japan) on a cotutelle program (2022 – )
Research Topic: Construction of Space and Power Relations in post-disaster reconstruction in Asakura (South Kyushu).
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Melody-Dumont
Past-PhD students
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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