Shinji Sassa is Head of Soil Dynamics Group and Research Director of International Research Center for Coastal Disasters, Port and Airport Research Institute, National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology, Japan. His expertise includes Landslides and Tsunamis as Multi-Geohazards and Scour and Erosion. He is the recipient of numerous distinguished awards, including the Prime Minister’s Commendations for Disaster Prevention Merit, the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Outstanding Research Accomplishment Award, Best Paper Award four times, Best Technical Development Award thrice, National Land Technology Development Award, and several Editor Awards for leading international journals. His Liquefaction Prediction and Assessment Paper was Top-Read Paper in ASCE Most Read Articles 2017, and his Landslide-induced Tsunami paper is the most cited paper on Landslides and Tsunamis in Journal Landslides. He is currently Principal Coordinator of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) Task Group on Submarine Geohazards, Acting Executive Director of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), Chair of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) Network Committee, and Chair of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Technical Committee on Scour and Erosion.

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