Academic Affiliation

Center for Marine and Fishery Studies, Syiah Kuala University,

Banda Aceh 23111, Indonesia

Department of Marine Sciences, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences,

Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh 23111, Indonesia

CMFS and DMS cooperate with the following Institutions:

1. Institute of Oceanography, University of Hamburg, Germany.

2. The Ryukyus University, Japan

3. World Fish Center (WFC), Penang, Malaysia

4. Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC), Thailand

5. Oxfam

6. BAPPENAS, Jakarta

7. BPPT, Jakarta

8. Departemen Kelautan dan Perikanan, Jakarta

9. The Nature Conservancy

10. etc.

Areas of Expertise (Keywords)

Ocean Modeling

Tides (numerical and analytical model)

Modeling of Baroclinic and Barotropic Circulation

Education

Institute of Technology  Bandung (ITB), 1980-1986

Institute of Oceanography, University of Hamburg, Germany, 1989-1995, PhD

Professional Experience

Director of Dept. of Physics (1996 - 1998), Syiah Kuala University

Dean of School of Math and Natural Sciences (1999 - 2003), Syiah Kuala University

Head of Research Center (2004 - 2008), Syiah Kuala University

Present Research Involvements

Baroclinic Circulation around Lesser Sunda Islands by using a Three-dimensional Numerical Model

Selected Publications

1.   Rizal, S., 1994. Numerical Study on the Malacca Strait (Southeast Asia) with a three-dimensional hydrodinamical model, Berichte aus dem Zentrum fuer Meeres- und Klimaforschung, No. 5.

2.   Rizal, S. and Suendermann, J., 1994. On the M₂ tide of the Malacca Strait: a numerical investigation, Deutsche Hydrographische Zeitschrift - German Journal of Hydrography, 46(1), 61 - 80.

3.      Rizal, S., 1997. Studi Pasang Surut Laut (tides) di Perairan Aceh dengan Model Numerik Tiga Dimensi, Jurnal Teknik Sipil ITB, Vol. 4 No. 3.

4.      Rizal, S., 1997. The calculation of S₂-tidal energy in The Malacca Strait with a three-dimensional numerical model, Media Teknik UGM, November 1997.

5.    Rizal, S., 2000. The role of nonlinear terms in the shallow water equations with the application in the three-dimensional tidal model of Malacca Strait and Taylor's problem in low geographical latitude, Continental Shelf Research 20(15), 1965 - 1991.

6.     Rizal, S., 2000. Perumusan Persamaan Dasar Pemodelan Dinamika Oseanografi Tiga Dimensi dan Aplikasinya di Laut Utara, Kontribusi Fisika Indonesia ITB.

7.      Rizal, S., 2000. Diskkretisasi Persamaan persamaan hidrodinamika model tiga dimensi untuk memodelkan distribusi amplitudo dan fase M₂ di Selat Malaka, Jurnal Teknik Sipil ITB 

8.      Rizal, S., 2002.  Taylor's problem - influences on the spatial distribution of real and virtual amphidromes, Continental Shelf Research 22(15), 2147-2158.

9.      Rizal, S., P.E. Damm, J. Suendermann, Y. Ilhamsyah, T. Iskandar and M.A. Wahid, 2005. Modelling of General Circulation in the Andaman Sea. In preparation.

10. Rizal, S., Muhammad, T. Iskandar, Y. Ilhamsyah, 2004. Modeling of Tides in the Southeast Asian Waters. In preparation.