Educational Background:
PhD in Coastal Engineering and Management, Waseda University, 2023
MS Engineering (Coastal Engineering and Management), Waseda University, 2019
BS in Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering), University of the Philippines Diliman, 2015

Current Membership in Professional Organizations:
Regular Member, Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE) Quezon City Chapter
Associate Member, National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP)
Member, European Geosciences Union

Other Activities:
Invited Speaker, “Capacity Building Workshop on Coastal Governance, Assessment and Monitoring”, University of the Philippines Visayas, Iloilo.
Member, Quality Assurance (QA) Committee, UP ICE
Member, Advising and Registration (ARC) Committee, UP ICE
Member, Internship Committee, UP ICE
Member, Tours Committee, UP ICE
Member, Documentation Committee, UP ICE

Recent Publications:

[1] Valdez J. (2023). Numerical modelling of boundary conditions for Typhoon Haiyan (2013) driving forces on a public school building. In Shibayama T. and Esteban M. (ed.) Coastal Disaster Surveys and Assessment for Risk Mitigation. Boca Raton: CRC Press, pp. 241-246.

[2] Esteban M., Valdez J., Tan N., Rica A., Vasquez G., Jamero L., Valenzuela P., Sumalinog B., Ruiz R., Gera W., Chadwick C., Spataru C., and Shibayama T. (2023). Field Survey of 2021 Typhoon Rai – Odette- in the Philippines. Journal of Coastal and Riverine Flood Risk, 1(1).

[3] Valdez J., Shibayama T., Takabatake T., and Esteban M. (2022). Simulated flood forces on a building due to the storm surge by Typhoon Haiyan. Coastal Engineering Journal, 65(1), 21-38. doi: 10.1080/21664250.2022.2099683.

[4] Ngo P., Garciano L., De Leon M., Lopez, N., Ishii H., Iimura K., Valdez J., and Shibayama T. (2022). Experimental and Numerical Modelling of a Tide Embankment Section in Tacloban City, Philippines subjected to Storm Surge. Natural Hazards Review, 23(4).

Recent Presentations:

[1] Valdez J. (2025). Sensitivity Analysis of Microphysics and Cumulus Parameterization in Simulating Consecutive Typhoon Tracks using WRF Model. Philippine Meteorological Society Annual Convention, Quezon City, Philippines.

[2] Valdez J. and Shibayama T. (2024). Simulating Potential Storm Surges From Super Typhoon Doksuri (2023) In Northern Philippines. 38th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE), Rome, Italy.

[3] Valdez J., Shibayama T., Esteban M., Tasnim K., Nowbuth M., and Spataru C. 2023. “Numerical Modelling of Recent Storm Surge in the Philippines: Case Study of 2021 Typhoon Rai”, 11th International Conference on Asian and Pacific Coasts 2023 (APAC), Kyoto, Japan.

[4] Valdez J. and Shibayama T. (2023). The role of numerical modelling of typhoons and storm surges in building back better. 10th International Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries (PIANC-COPEDEC X), Manila, Philippines.