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ABOUT AGL

From mountain to sea.

Anak Gunung Laut was founded in 2026 in Surabaya. The name refers to Indonesia as a land of volcanoes and seas, where most of its disaster risk begins.

Muhammad Akmal Putera — Founder & CEO

Akmal holds a doctorate in civil engineering from Kyushu University, where his research focused on geotechnics. He has worked in the research and development department of a Japanese construction company, developing materials based on geotechnical engineering technology. He is experienced in scraping and analysing data for green energy, geology and GIS.

Founder's areas of interest

GEOTECHNICS

Study of soft-soil improvement in Indonesia and resilient infrastructure.

MATERIALS R&D

Development and use of environmentally friendly materials as part of geotechnical engineering technology.

DATA & GIS

Scraping and analysing data for green energy, geology and GIS.

CBDRM

Analysing effective mitigation approaches for community-based disaster risk reduction.