Danny Hilman Natawidjaja

Danny Hilman Natawidjaja is an Indonesian geologist who is an expert in earthquake geology[1] and geotectonics at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) Research Center for Geotechnology.

Danny Hilman Natawidjaja
Born
Subang, Jawa Barat
NationalityIndonesian
Alma materInstitut Teknologi Bandung (BSc)
University of Auckland (MSc)
Caltech (PhD)
OccupationResearcher
Known forEarthquake expert[1][2]

Together with Kerry Sieh, his doctoral supervisor at the California Institute of Technology, Natawidjaja's name is known for his papers "Neotectonics of the Sumatran Fault, Indonesia" (2000) and "Paleo Geodesy of the Sumatra Subduction Zone" (2004). In Indonesia, Natawidjaja has contributed to research on local tectonic plates. Since 2000, he has made predictions regarding the earthquake on the west coast of Sumatra Island.[3][4]

Education

Natawidjaja graduated with a BSc degree in geology from the Bandung Institute of Technology (Indonesia) in 1984. He then went to the University of Auckland (New Zealand) where he obtained an MSc degree (with Honors) in Geology in 1992. Finally, he went to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech, United States) where he earned a PhD in Geology in 1998,[5][6][7] with a thesis focussing on neotectonics and earthquake studies.[8]

Career

Natawidjaja became the initiator and coordinator of earthquake research at LIPI in 2002. With grants, he pioneered and developed a continuous network of SuGAr GPS stations since 2002 to monitor tectonic movements in Sumatra in collaboration with Caltech USA and the Earth Observatory of Singapore.

He became the head of the national team for the preparation of Guidelines for Natural Disaster Risk Analysis (PARBA) organized by UNDP and BNPB in 2008–2009.

He initiated and became a core member of Team-9 to revise the National MapSeismic Hazard Indonesia which was later published by the Ministry of PUPR in 2010 and used as the main reference in Standar Nasional Indonesia 1726-2012 for the implementation of earthquake resistant building codes.

He initiated and developed a Postgraduate program in Earthquake Studies at ITB known as the Graduate Research in Earthquake and Active Tectonics (GREAT) Program which was funded by the Australian-Indonesia Facility for Earthquake Disaster Reduction (AIFDR) bilateral program 2010–2017.

In 2011, he took a leading part in the controversial geological survey of the archeological site at Gunung Padang as chief geologist of the government-sponsored Tim Terpadu Riset Mandiri (TTRM, 'Integrated and Independent Research Team').[9]

He became Chair of the Geology Working Group of the National Earthquake Study Center (PuSGeN) since 2016 to revise the Seismic Hazard Map of Indonesia which was then published by the Ministry of PUPR in 2017 and referred to by SNI 1726–2019 to replace the previous SNI.[10]

In 2018, Natawidjaja was cited in multiple media articles about the July 2018 Lombok earthquake and aftershocks.[11][12][13][14]

Awards

Bibliography
  • Natawidjaya, Danny Hilman (2013). Plato tidak bohong Atlantis ada di Indonesia [Plato Never Lied: Atlantis Is In Indonesia] (in Indonesian). Indonesia: Booknesia. ISBN 978-6021832929.

Selected journal articles

References
  1. AFP (December 24, 2009). "Asia quietly marks fifth anniversary of deadly tidal wave". France24.com. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  2. "Danny Hilman Natawidjaja, Sang Pakar Gempa yang Diakui Dunia" [Danny Hilman Natawidjaja, The World-Recognized Earthquake Expert]. Pojoksatu.id (in Indonesian). December 24, 2014.
  3. "Lebih jauh dengan: Dr Danny Hilman Natawijaya" [Go further with: Dr. Danny Hilman Natawijaya]. lipi.go.id (in Indonesian). January 9, 2005. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  4. "Danny Hilman Peneliti Tsunami Indonesia yang Diakui oleh Dunia" [Danny Hilman Indonesian Tsunami Researcher Recognized by the World]. kumparanNEWS (in Indonesian). December 26, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  5. "LIPI Community Profile: Danny Hilman Natawidjaja". lipi.go.id (in Indonesian). Indonesian Institute of Sciences. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  6. California Institute of Technology; One Hundred and Ninth Annual Commencement, June 13, 2003 – website CaltechCampusPubs
  7. Danny Hilman Natawidjaja, LIPI (Indonesian Institute of Sciences) – website of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)
  8. PhD thesis Danny Hilman Natawidjaja: Neotectonics of the Sumatran Fault and Paleogeodesy of the Sumatran Subduction Zone – website Caltech Library Service
  9. Sulistyowati, D. and Foe, A.W., 2021. Indonesia's Own ‘pyramid’: The Imagined Past and Nationalism of Gunung Padang. International Review of Humanities Studies, 6(1). pp. 125–137.
  10. Natawidjaja, Danny Hilman (2021). Riset Sesar Aktif Indonesia dan Peranannya dalam Mitigasi Bencana Gempa dan Tsunami [Indonesian Active Fault Research and Its Role in Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Mitigation]. doi:10.14203/press.400. ISBN 9786024962364. S2CID 237742465. Retrieved November 17, 2022. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  11. Faulder, Dominic (April 4, 2018). "Is the Ring of Fire becoming more active?". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  12. Mason, Margie (September 29, 2018). "Paradise bay likely made Indonesia tsunami more dangerous". Yahoo! News. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  13. Roughneen, Simon (August 8, 2018). "Power and water outages plague quake-ravaged Indonesian island as death toll rises to 131". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  14. "Why multiple earthquakes are rattling one Indonesian island". Phys.org. August 20, 2018. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  15. Liputan6.com (August 23, 2005). "Pakar Gempa LIPI Mendapat Penghargaan" [LIPI Earthquake Expert Receives Award]. Liputan6.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved November 17, 2022.

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