Bruno Adriano

CV

Bruno Adriano is an associate professor at the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) at Tohoku University and a concurrent associate professor at the Graduate School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Tohoku University. He is also a visiting research scientist with the Geoinformatics Team at the RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP).

His research focuses on developing intelligent systems that analyze the complex physical characteristics and impacts of disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, and landslides, using multimodal observations and physics-based simulations. Situated at the intersection of remote sensing, machine learning, and numerical modeling, he develops data-driven methods that integrate computer vision, machine learning, and data fusion to produce actionable, scalable information for disaster response and planning.

Education
2013 – 2016
Doctor of Engineering (D.Eng.)
Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan
2009 – 2010
Master in Disaster Management (M.DM)
GRISP & International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (IISEE-BRI), Japan
2003 – 2008
Bachelor of Engineering — Civil Engineering (B.Eng.)
Faculty of Civil Engineering, National University of Engineering (UNI), Lima, Peru
Experience
Feb 2023 – Present
Associate Professor
International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University, Japan
Concurrent appointment: Graduate School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
May 2023 – Present
Visiting Scientist
RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP), Japan
Apr 2022 – Jan 2023
Research Scientist
RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP), Japan
Apr 2019 – Mar 2025
Visiting Researcher
Department of Architecture and Building Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Jun 2018 – Mar 2022
Postdoctoral Researcher
RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP), Japan
Apr 2016 – Mar 2018
JSPS Research Fellow
International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University, Japan
Apr 2012 – Mar 2013
Visiting Scholar
Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan
2009 – 2012 & 2009
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Civil Engineering, National University of Engineering (UNI), Lima, Peru
Aug 2008 – Mar 2009
Research Assistant
Japan-Peru Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (CISMID), Lima, Peru
Grants & Funded Projects
  • JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    High-Resolution Tsunami Damage Assessment via Generative AI and Numerical Modeling — PI - Apr 2026 – Mar 2029

  • JSPS Joint Research Projects (Germany-Japan)

    Integrating Advanced AI and Numerical Simulation for Next-Generation Flood Damage Mapping — PI - Apr 2024 – Mar 2026

  • JST Strategic International Collaborative Research Program

    Enabling Human-Centered Digital Twin for Community Resilience — Apr 2024 – Mar 2027

  • JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

    Development of Damage Estimation Technology Applicable to Various Disasters Using Multimodal Sensing and AI — Apr 2022 – Mar 2035

  • JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Special Purposes

    Comprehensive research on earthquakes and disasters due to the 2023 Southern Turkiye Earthquake — Mar 2023 – Mar 2024

  • JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

    Monitoring and rapid identification of landslide disaster by fusion analysis of sensing and simulation technologies — Apr 2019 – Mar 2022

Awards & Fellowships
  • JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Overseas Researchers

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), 2016 – 2018

  • Excellence Award — Research Poster Competition

    9th APRU Multi-Hazards Symposium

Professional Activities

Editorial Boards

  • Editorial Board Member — Remote Sensing
  • Associate Editor — Coastal Engineering Journal

Society Memberships

  • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS)
  • Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE)
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Peer Review

  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
  • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Journal of Disaster Research