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Singapore
2026

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D-Index
79
Citations
21145
World Ranking
573
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For coastal engineering research, education, computer modeling and leadership for tsunami and wave damage.
  • 1980 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Philip L.-F. Liu is affiliated with the National University of Singapore. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant focus on Earth-Surface Processes, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Computational Mechanics, and Ecology.

The core topics of their work include:

  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics
  • Earthquake and Tsunami Effects
  • Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions

Frequent publication venues for their work consist of:

  • Coastal Engineering
  • Coastal Engineering Proceedings
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physics of Fluids

Several recent papers by Philip L.-F. Liu illustrate their research focus:

  • "Coastal landslides in Palu Bay during 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami" (2020) published in Landslides
  • "The 2018 Mw7.5 Palu 'supershear' earthquake ruptures geological fault's multi-segment separated by large bends: Results from integrating field measurements, LiDAR, swath bathymetry, and seismic-reflection data" (2020) in Geophysical Journal International
  • "Modeling the Sources of the 2018 Palu, Indonesia, Tsunami Using Videos From Social Media" (2020) in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Validation and inter-comparison of models for landslide tsunami generation" (2022) in Ocean Modelling
  • "Non-Stationary Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessments Incorporating Climate-Change-Driven Sea Level Rise" (2021) in Earth's Future

The scientist collaborates frequently with:

  • Pablo Higuera
  • Ignacio Sepúlveda
  • Pengzhi Lin
  • Jennifer S. Haase
  • Yun-Ta Wu

Recognized by their professional community, Philip L.-F. Liu was named a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2015 for contributions in coastal engineering research, education, computer modeling, and leadership related to tsunami and wave damage. In addition, they were awarded a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1980.

Best Publications

  • A numerical study of breaking waves in the surf zone

    Pengzhi Lin;Philip L.-F. Liu

  • Runup of solitary waves on a circular Island

    Philip L. F. Liu;Yong-Sik Cho;Michael J. Briggs;Utku Kanoglu

  • Modeling wave runup with depth-integrated equations

    Patrick J. Lynett;Tso Ren Wu;Philip L.F. Liu

  • Numerical Modeling of Wave Interaction with Porous Structures

    Philip L.-F. Liu;Pengzhi Lin;Kuang-An Chang;Tsutomu Sakakiyama

  • Internal Wave-Maker for Navier-Stokes Equations Models

    Pengzhi Lin;Philip L.-F. Liu

  • Waves over Soft Muds: A Two-Layer Fluid Model

    Robert A. Dalrymple;Philip L. F. Liu

  • A numerical model for wave motions and turbulence flows in front of a composite breakwater

    Tian-Jian Hsu;Tsutomu Sakakiyama;Philip L.-F. Liu

  • Hydrodynamic pressures on rigid dams during earthquakes

    Philip L.-F. Liu

  • An analysis of 2004 Sumatra earthquake fault plane mechanisms and Indian Ocean tsunami

    Xiaoming Wang;Philip L.-F. Liu

  • A numerical study of submarine-landslide-generated waves and run-up

    Patrick Lynett;Philip L. F. Liu

  • Runup and rundown generated by three-dimensional sliding masses

    P. L.-F. Liu;T.-R. Wu;F. Raichlen;C. E. Synolakis

  • A two-layer approach to wave modelling

    Patrick Lynett;Philip L.–F. Liu

  • On two-phase sediment transport: sheet flow of massive particles

    Tian-Jian Hsu;James T. Jenkins;Philip L.-F. Liu

  • Numerical Simulations of the 1960 Chilean Tsunami Propagation and Inundation at Hilo, Hawaii

    P. L. F. Liu;Y. S. Cho;S. B. Yoon;S. N. Seo

  • Turbulence transport, vorticity dynamics, and solute mixing under plunging breaking waves in surf zone

    Pengzhi Lin;Philip L.-F. Liu

  • Vortex generation and evolution in water waves propagating over a submerged rectangular obstacle: Part II: Cnoidal waves

    Kuang-An Chang;Tian-Jian Hsu;Philip L.-F. Liu

  • Mass Transport by Waves and Offshore Sand Bedforms

    Trevor G. Carter;Philip L-F. Liu;Chiang C. Mei

  • Velocity, acceleration and vorticity under a breaking wave

    Kuang-An Chang;Philip L.-F. Liu

  • A numerical study of the run-up generated by three-dimensional landslides

    Patrick Lynett;Philip L.-F. Liu

  • Runup and Rundown of Solitary Waves on Sloping Beaches

    Pengzhi Lin;Kuang-An Chang;Philip L.-F. Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick J. Lynett
Patrick J. Lynett University of Southern California
Costas E. Synolakis
Costas E. Synolakis University of Southern California
Tian-Jian Hsu
Tian-Jian Hsu University of Delaware
Pengzhi Lin
Pengzhi Lin Sichuan University
Dong-Sheng Jeng
Dong-Sheng Jeng Griffith University
Robert A. Dalrymple
Robert A. Dalrymple Johns Hopkins University
Alejandro Orfila
Alejandro Orfila Spanish National Research Council
Marta Marcos
Marta Marcos International Space Science Institute
Inigo J. Losada
Inigo J. Losada University of Cantabria
Sebastià Monserrat
Sebastià Monserrat University of the Balearic Islands

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