Surono (volcanologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Indonesian volcanologist
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Place of Birth: Jakarta, Indonesia
About Surono (volcanologist)
- Surono (born 8 July 1955), who is often called Mbah Rono (Javanese for Grandfather Rono), is the most popular Indonesian geophysicist and volcanologist.
- He was former the Head of the Indonesian Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation, Geological Agency (Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi, Badan Geologi - PVMBG).
- Currently, he is the Head of the Indonesian Geological Agency (Badan Geologi) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. After graduating from the Bandung Institute of Technology in 1982 with a bachelor's degree in physics, he studied at Grenoble University in France.
- He graduated from the University of Savoy, Chambéry in 1993 with a doctorate degree in geophysics.
- He became the Head of Physical Volcanology at the Volcano Analysis Division Volcanological Survey in Indonesia in 1993.
- In 2001 he became the head of the Geological Hazard Mitigation Division Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation.
- In 2006, he was appointed as the Head of the PVMBG, and in 2014 he became the Head of Geological Agency.
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