Hendy Setiawan is an Assistant Professor in the Laboratory of Environmental Geology, Department of Geological Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) Yogyakarta, Indonesia. His research interest is in landslide dynamics, soil-rock mechanics, geotechnical engineering of dams, slope stability, tunnel engineering, and hydro-geotechnical engineering in the hilly slope of a river basin, water-related disaster prevention and mitigation. He also put his concern in combining education and research platform from scientific interdisciplinary, practical and management approaches which are based on case studies, appropriate methods and community empowerment. Currently, he is assigned as the editor of Landslides Journal and reviewer for eight reputable international journals: Landslides, Natural Hazards, Journal of Mountain Science, EGU Solid Earth, AGU Journal of Geophysical Research, Geoenvironmental Disasters, ASEAN Engineering Journal and International Journal of Sediment Research.