Physics of Earth and Complex System (PECS) Research Division have a broad range of research interests and thrive on solving problems of a practical interest to the exploration industry, basic scientific research, teaching and service to the community. The PECS members are:
Research Division HEAD
Prof. Dr. Eng. R. Bagus E.B. Nurhandoko (Kyoto University, Japan)
Expertise: Sub-surface Imaging
Email: bagus@fi.itb.ac.id
Members:
Prof. Dr. Eng. Alamta Singarimbun (Kyushu University, Japan)
Expertise: Geothermal, Hydrothermal System Modeling, Seismoelectric, Electromagnetic, Geoelectric
Email: alamta@fi.itb.ac.id
Ir. Gunawan Handayani, MSCE, PhD (University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States of America)
Expertise: Instrumentation geophysics, Geotechnique
Email: gunawanhandayani@gmail.com
Dr. Neny Kurniasih (Kyoto University, Japan)
Expertise: Time-domain boundary integral equation method
Email: neny@fi.itb.ac.id
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Umar Fauzi (University of Cologne, Germany)
Expertise: Rock Physics, Physics of Porous Media
Email: umarf@fi.itb.ac.id
Dr. rer. nat. Linus Ampang Pasasa (Karlsruhe University, Germany)
Expertise: Seismic and Radar Imaging, Advanced Seismic Processing, Econophysics
Email: lpasasa@fi.itb.ac.id
Prof. Ir. Wahyu Srigutomo, Ph.D (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Expertise: Electromagnetic modeling and inversion in Earth sciences and volcanology, Computational physics, Exploration geophysics
Email: wahyu@fi.itb.ac.id
Dr. Eng. Enjang Jaenal Mustopa (Kyushu University, Japan)
Expertise: Electromagnetic Induction, EM inversion, Applications of EM Methods
Email: enjang@fi.itb.ac.id
Dr. Eng. Nurhasan (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Expertise: Electromagnetic Modeling for Volcanology and Hydrothermal System
Email: nurhasan@fi.itb.ac.id
Dr. Acep Purqon (Kanazawa University, Japan)
Expertise: Complex System and Big Data in Physics, Machine Learning and Computational Physics, Interdisciplinary studies in Physics
Email: acep@fi.itb.ac.id
Dr. Fourier D.E. Latief (Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia)
Expertise: Digital Rock Physics, Physics of porous medium, Digital image processing and analysis
Email: fourier@fi.itb.ac.id
Harry Mahardika, S.Si., M.Si., Ph.D (Colorado School of Mines, United States of America)
Expertise: Electrokinetics of Earth Subsurface, Application of Earth Physics for Environmental and Agricultural Studies, Forward and Inverse Modeling
Email: hmahardi@itb.ac.id
Dr. Muhammad Rizqie Arbie (Universite Aix-Marseille, France)
Expertise: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Earth Physics
Email: arbie@fi.itb.ac.id
Dr. Alvina Kusumadewi Kuncoro , S.Si., M.Si. (Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia)
Expertise: Earth Physics, Earthquake Physics, Computational Geodynamics
Email: alvinakusumadewik@itb.ac.id
Emeritus Members:
Prof. Doddy Sutarno, PhD. (Macquarie University, Australia)
Expertise: Electromagnetics (EM) Induction, EM Data Processing and Modeling
Email: sutarno@fi.itb.ac.id
Prof. The Houw Liong, Ph.D. (University of Kentucky, United States of America)
Expertise: Computational Physics, Physics of Complex Systems
Passed away on March 21, 2023
Prof. Ir. Lilik Hendrajaya, M.Sc., Ph.D (The Australian National University, Australia)
Expertise: Seismology, Earth Physics
former Member move to another faculty:
Dr. Satria Bijaksana (Memorial University, Canada)
PECS Member (1990 – 2010)
PECS group members in January 2025
(From L-R) Prof. Fauzi, Dr. Mustopa, Dr. Kuncoro, Prof. Nurhandoko, Dr. Mahardika, Dr. Kurniasih, Prof. Singarimbun, Dr. Handayani, Dr. Pasasa, Dr. Purqon, Dr. Nurhasan, Dr. Arbie
PECS group members in December 2018
(From L-R) Dr. Arbie, Dr. Nurhasan, Dr. Nurhandoko, Dr. Purqon, Dr. Srigutomo, Prof. Sutarno, Prof. Fauzi, Dr. Latief, Dr. Mahardika, Dr. Mustopa, Dr. Singarimbun, Dr. Pasasa, Dr. Kurniasih
PECS Group member in June 2019

(From L-R) Dr. Pasasa, Dr. Nurhasan, Dr. Purqon, Dr. Singarimbun, Prof. Fauzi, Prof. Sutarno, Dr. Mustopa, Dr. Latief, Dr. Arbie,
hmahard; March 15th, 2025