Prof. Omura arriving at Sydney International Airport, 2nd July 2001. Prof. Omura will be a visitor in SNAP until the 29th September 2001, assisting Linlin Ge with the project on the integration of GPS and InSAR results.

Prof. Chris Rizos and Prof. Makoto Omura (left).
Makoto Omura holds a B.Sc., M.Sc. and D.Sc., all obtained from
the Kyoto University, Japan. Makoto is currently an Associate
Professor in the
Department of Environmental Science at the Kochi Women's University
of Japan. His research interests are InSAR application for monitoring
of
active volcanoes and Antarctic ice sheet, continuous monitoring
of crustal movements on active faults and those near a plate boundary
by using strainmeters and tiltmeters, and open-pit mining management
by combining GPS and digital photogrammetry.