Dr. Suchi Gopal Selected as Visiting Professor to Indonesia, World Class Professor Program
Professor Suchi Gopal has been selected as a Visiting Professor in the Ocean and Coastal Remote Sensing, Integrated Laboratory, Diponegoro University (UNDIP) in Northern Central Java, Semarang, Indonesia, under the World Class Professor (WCP) program initiated by the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia. This award will help Professor Gopal assist in research and publications related to land subsidence impact on coastal flooding based on remote sensing and geospatial modeling data in Semarang.
On her appointment, Professor Gopal commented, “I am deeply honored to be selected to be part of the World Class Professor program in Indonesia. This builds on our going work funded by the NSF that helped us establish contact between our program and UNDIP. We will be using geospatial data and models to map risks due to land subsidence, coastal erosion, and sea-level rise and provide suitable solutions for urban and land-use planning.”