LandScient

LandScient is a scientific and technological development company based in Medellín, Colombia, dedicated to the prevention and mitigation of human and economic losses caused by landslides and other natural hazards such as floods and earthquakes. The company was founded by Roberto J. Marin in 2020, following several years of scientific development and participation in natural hazard assessment projects in Colombia as a researcher, developer, and adviser. Its stated purpose is to save lives and protect economic assets from natural hazards and disasters. LandScient combines field evidence, geospatial analysis, numerical models, and operational warning into a practical assessment process. Its core expertise includes landslide susceptibility and hazard zonation for land-use planning, from regional screening to detailed site analysis; independent scientific consulting for public agencies, infrastructure teams, researchers, and decision-makers; quantitative risk assessment of hazard, vulnerability, and potential human or economic loss; physically based distributed slope-stability modeling using tools such as TRIGRS, SLIP, and Scoops3D; physically based and empirical rainfall thresholds designed for actionable landslide early warning; and real-time monitoring and prediction systems that connect scientific models to operational decisions. The company emphasizes scientific rigor and transparency, ensuring that each result remains traceable to the physical process it represents. It has carried out many research projects, mainly related to landslide assessment, with results published in top international scientific journals including Landslides, Geomorphology, Engineering Geology, Catena, and Georisk. LandScient also organizes global forums, such as the 2026 live online event on landslide hazard, vulnerability, and risk assessment, and maintains a publications repository covering topics like TRIGRS modeling of rainfall-induced shallow landslides and the modeling of tree contribution in susceptibility analysis. LandScient operates primarily from Colombia but serves a global audience through online forums, scientific consulting, and published research. Its clients and collaborators include public agencies, infrastructure teams, researchers, and decision-makers. The company remains a private entity, with no publicly traded status or parent company disclosed in available sources.

LandScient was founded by Roberto J. Marin in 2020 after several scientific developments and participation in natural hazard assessment projects in Colombia (South America) as a researcher, developer, and adviser. The company was established as a scientific and technological development company providing solutions in the prevention and mitigation of human and economic losses due to landslides and other natural hazards such as floods or earthquakes. Its headquarters are in Medellín, Colombia. From its inception, LandScient focused on staying at the forefront of recent research and reliable methods for landslide hazard zonation, risk assessment for infrastructure projects, and monitoring and defining thresholds for landslide early warning systems. The company has carried out many research projects, mainly related to landslide assessment, with many results published in top international scientific journals such as Landslides, Geomorphology, Engineering Geology, Catena, and Georisk. LandScient combines field evidence, geospatial analysis, numerical models, and operational warning in a practical assessment process. Its expertise spans landslide susceptibility and hazard zonation for land-use planning, independent scientific consulting, quantitative risk assessment, physically based distributed slope-stability modeling using tools including TRIGRS, SLIP, and Scoops3D, physically based and empirical rainfall thresholds for early warning, and real-time monitoring and prediction systems. The company emphasizes that science becomes useful when uncertainty becomes visible, and that each result remains traceable to the physical process it represents. In 2026, LandScient organized a live global forum on landslide hazard, vulnerability, and risk assessment, titled "Advanced Modeling and Monitoring for a Changing World," held online and free of charge from October 13 to 15, 2026. The company continues to operate as a private entity based in Medellín, serving public agencies, infrastructure teams, researchers, and decision-makers globally.

• 2026

  LandScient 2026 global forum on landslide hazard, vulnerability, and risk assessment held online from October 13 to 15.

• 2020

  LandScient founded by Roberto J. Marin in Medellín, Colombia.

Scientific rigor and transparency for defensible decisions in landslide risk management.

• Landslide assessment

  Susceptibility and hazard zonation for land-use planning, from regional screening to detailed site analysis.

• Scientific consulting

  Independent scientific advice for public agencies, infrastructure teams, researchers, and decision-makers.

• Risk assessment

  Quantitative analysis of hazard, vulnerability, and potential human or economic loss.

• Physically based modeling

  Distributed slope-stability modeling with tools including TRIGRS, SLIP, and Scoops3D.

• Rainfall thresholds

  Physically based and empirical thresholds designed for actionable landslide early warning.

• Early warning systems

  Real-time monitoring and prediction systems that connect scientific models to operational decisions.

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2. 2About us · LandScientlandscient.com
3. 3LandScient (Colombia) - Wikidatawikidata.org