Portrait of Irwan Ary Dharmawan

Irwan Ary Dharmawan

Head of Laboratory · Department of Geophysics, Universitas PadjadjaranHead of Laboratory · Universitas Padjadjaran

Works onDigital Rock PhysicsRemote SensingMachine Learning
31DocumentsScopus
8Top tierQ1 / high-impact journals
9h-indexScopus
157CitationsScopus

About

Computational geophysicist with two decades of academic work at Universitas Padjadjaran. Heads the DRPRS Lab, which studies transport in porous media with lattice Boltzmann simulation, image processing, and deep learning, and uses remote sensing for environmental and urban mapping across Indonesia. Supervises postgraduate research in physics and geophysics, and works with groups in Europe and the Middle East.

Publications

Papers
37
Published
34
Under review
3
Journal quartile 31 Scopus-indexed articles · via SINTA
2026

2026 · Sustainability

Carbon-Stock Estimation Using High-Resolution Remote Sensing Imagery at Universitas Padjadjaran: A Spatial–Temporal Analysis to Support Sustainable and Green Campus Initiatives

Rahmihafiza Hanafi, Bakhrul Midad, Rania Alifa Desenaldo, Bambang Wijatmoko, Gemilang Lara Utama Saripudin, Muhammad Aufaristama, Kusnahadi Susanto, Irwan Ary Dharmawan

Sustainability, vol. 18, no. 12, 6240Remote SensingTop tier
2026

2026 · Physical Review E

Diffusive-scaling Lax–Wendroff lattice Boltzmann method on non-uniform grids: Theory, stability, and validation

Irwan Ary Dharmawan

Physical Review E (APS)Rock PhysicsUnder review
2026

2026 · Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability

Biosurfactant Activity and Biological Hydrocarbon Removal from Crude Oil by Bacillus paramycoides SB1

Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability (Taylor & Francis)Rock PhysicsUnder review
2026

2026 · Transport in Porous Media

A Dimensionless Morphological Framework for Permeability Prediction in Porous Rocks: Extending Kozeny–Carman with Coordination Number and Throat-Scale Corrections

Transport in Porous Media (Springer)Rock PhysicsUnder review
2026

2026 · Chemical Engineering Journal Advances

Explainable Machine Learning for Sandstone Rock Typing: Triple-Anchor Convergence with Closed-Form Permeability Laws

Irwan Ary Dharmawan, Safira Rahma Kartika, Aldenia Alexandra, Benedicta Loveni Melkisedek, Yoevita Emeliana

Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, vol. 27, 101323Rock PhysicsTop tier
2023

2023 · Journal of Geoscience, Engineering, Environment, and Technology

Machine Learning Application of Two-Dimensional Fracture Properties Estimation

Ardian Nurcahya, Aldenia Alexandra, Satria Zidane Zainuddin, Fatimah Az-Zahra, M. I. Khoirul Haq, Irwan Ary Dharmawan

Journal of Geoscience, Engineering, Environment, and Technology, vol. 8(02-2), pp. 1–5Rock Physics
2023

2023 · Journal of Geoscience, Engineering, Environment, and Technology

Machine Learning Prediction of Tortuosity in Digital Rock

Fadhillah Akmal, M. Cisco Ramadhan Dzulizar, Muhammad Faizal Rafli, Fatimah Az-Zahra, M. I. Khoirul Haq, Irwan Ary Dharmawan

Journal of Geoscience, Engineering, Environment, and Technology, vol. 8(02-2), pp. 6–12Rock Physics
2023

2023 · IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science

CitarumView: A Google Earth Engine–based Application for Citarum River Monitoring

Muhammad Faizal Rafli, Andhika Nugraha, Ambrosiana Zirly Shaliza, Satria Zidane Zainuddin, Fazrin Andris Safiqurrohman, Kartika Hajar Kirana, Irwan Ary Dharmawan

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, vol. 1266, 012011Remote Sensing
2016

2016 · IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science

Controlling Groundwater System by Pattern Fracture Approach in Subsurface Volcanic Deposit: Mt. Salak–Mt. Pangrango, West Java, Indonesia

Cipta Endyana, Hendarmawan, Emmy Sukiyah, Irwan Ary Dharmawan

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, vol. 29, 012029
2014

2014 · Journal of Physics: Conference Series

An Effect of the Supercell Calculation on Muon Positions and Local Deformations of Crystal Structure in La2CuO4

Budi Adiperdana, Edi Suprayoga, Noraina Adam, S. S. Mohd-Tajudin, A. F. Rozlan, Shukri Sulaiman, Mohamed Ismail Mohamed-Ibrahim, T. Kawamata, T. Adachi, Irwan Ary Dharmawan, Rustam Efendi Siregar, Yoji Koike, Isao Watanabe

Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 551, 012051
2013

2013 · AIP Conference Proceedings

The Study of Characteristics of Ceramic Thermistor FeNixMn2−xO4

Risdiana, Ayu Oktama Maulana, Riesma Tasomara, Sena Harimurty, R. S. Pasaribu, H. Mujahidin, G. Nurrohman, Wiendartun, Mariah Kartawidjaja, Budi Adiperdana, Irwan Ary Dharmawan

AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1554, pp. 116–118
2012

2012 · Physics Procedia

Muon Sites Estimation in La2CuO4 and a New Vanadium Cluster Compound, V4S9Br4, using Electronic and Nuclear Dipole Field Calculations

Budi Adiperdana, Irwan Ary Dharmawan, Rustam Efendi Siregar, Isao Watanabe, K. Ohishi, Y. Ishii, T. Suzuki, T. Kawamata, Risdiana, R. Scheuermann, K. Sedlak, Y. Tomioka, T. Waki, Yoshikazu Tabata, Hiroyuki Nakamura

Physics Procedia, vol. 30, pp. 109–112

Co-authors in the lab

History

2014 – present
Faculty Member · Department of Geophysics Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran Heads the DRPRS Lab.
1997 – 2014
Faculty Member · Department of Physics Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran
2006
Doctor of Philosophy in Physics Department of Physics, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB)
2002 – 2004
Master of Science in Industrial Mathematics Fachbereich Mathematik, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
1997 – 2000
Master of Science in Physics Department of Physics, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB)
1991 – 1996
Bachelor of Science in Physics Department of Physics, Universitas Padjadjaran

Fellowships

International research fellowships and visits across Asia, Europe, and North America.

2024
Research Fellow · Lattice Boltzmann Research Group Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
2019
Research Fellow · Department of Physics University of Durham, United Kingdom
2018
Research Fellow · Fachbereich Mathematik Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
2011
Research Fellow · School of Chemical and Mechanical Engineering University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
2010
Research Fellow · Department of Mechanical Engineering Yonsei University, South Korea
2009
Research Fellow · School of Chemical Engineering Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2008 – 2009
Research Fellow · Riken Nishina Center RIKEN, Japan

Recognition

Peer review

49 reviews for 12 international journals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science, verified on ORCID (last refreshed 2026).