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Surono (born 8 July 1955) is a leading Indonesian geophysicist and volcanologist. He is the head of the Indonesian Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation, Geological Agency (Pusat Vulkanologi & Mitigasi Bencana Geologi, Badan Geologi - PVMBG).

After graduating from the Bandung Institute of Technology in 1982 with a degree in physics, he studied at Grenoble University in France. He graduated from the University of Savoy, Chambéry in 1993 with a doctorate 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, and in 2005 was appointed as Director of the PVMBG.

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