Profile

Syams joined the Geoinformatics Center from 2008 to 2009 and then continued in 2011 after completion of his master’s degree in Applied Earth Science with a specialization in Geo-Hazard from the ITC, the Netherlands. He has been working on projects, research activities, and capacity-building training related to remote sensing and GIS applications on various topics including land use/landcover, disaster monitoring and mapping, multi-hazard risk assessment, environmental, agricultural, and forestry in a number of Asian countries including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Qualifications

1. 2011 – M.Sc. in Applied Earth Science, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, the Netherlands
2. 2006 – B.Eng. in Geodesy and Geomatics, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Indonesia

Area of Expertise