Educational Background:
PhD in Engineering (Mechanical and Environmental Informatics), Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2023
MS Civil Engineering (Hydrology and Hydraulics), Waseda University, 2003
BS Civil Engineering (Water Resources Engineering), University of the Philippines Diliman, 2000

Current Membership in Professional Organizations:
Member, Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE)
Member, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)

Service Activities:
Research Committee Head, College of Engineering
Committee representative, NHRC Member
Director, NWRB Ex-officio member

Recent Publications:

[1] E.C. Herrera and K. Naito. (2024) Hydrodynamic Investigation of Laguna Lake, Philippines for Water Security and Flood Risk Management of Metro Manila, Proc. IAHS, 386, 95–100. https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-386-95-2024.

[2] E.C. Herrera, and K. Nadaoka. (2021) Temporal dynamics and drivers of lake ecosystem metabolism using high resolution observations in a shallow, tropical, eutrophic lake (Laguna Lake, Philippines), Journal of Great Lakes Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2021.03.017.

[3] J. S. Serrano, E.C. Herrera and K. Naito. (2024) Hydraulic Analysis of the Marikina River Floodplain During Typhoon Vamco using Numerical Modelling, Proc. IAHS, 386, 121–126. https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-386-121-2024.

[4] Bautista, D.M., Cruz, E.C., and Herrera, E.C. (2024) Assessment of Morphological Dynamics in Ibajay, Aklan Coast using Delft3D Numerical Simulation, PHILIPPINE ENGINEERING JOURNAL, Phil. Eng’g J. 2024; 45(1): 57-76.

[5] Santos, F.D., Herrera, E.C., Hernandez, B.C.B, Dela Cruz, G.E.T., Almarzam F.H.D.M., Basina, R.M., Yoshikai, M., and Nadaoka, K. (2024) Modelling the Sediment Dynamics of a Developing Coastal Estuary: The Case of Batan Bay, Aklan, PHILIPPINE ENGINEERING JOURNAL, Phil. Eng’g J. 2024; 45(1): 29-56.

[6] Masaya Yoshikai, Takashi Nakamura, Eugene C. Herrera, Rempei Suwa, Rene Rollon, Raghab Ray, Keita Furukawa, and Kazuo Nadaoka. (2023) Representing the impact of Rhizophora mangroves on flow and sediment transport in a hydrodynamic model (COAWST_rh v1.0): the importance of three-dimensional root system structures, Geoscientific Model Development.

[7] Masaya Yoshikai, Takashi Nakamura, Dominic M. Bautista, Eugene C. Herrera, Alvin Baloloy, Rempei Suwa, Ryan Basina, Yasmin H. Primavera-Tirol, Ariel C. Blanco, Kazuo Nadaoka. (2022) Field measurement and prediction of drag in a planted Rhizophora mangrove forest, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC018320.