Education:
Bachelor of Science: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, State University of Jakarta (UNJ), Indonesia (2003-2007)
Research Topic: Synthesis of fatty acid methyl ester from waste cooking oil over a mixed catalyst of Fe2(SO4)3.xH2O/H2SO4 conc.
Master of Engineering: Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Indonesia (2010-2012)
Research Thesis: Anaerobic biodegradation of marine macroalgae
Doctor of Engineering: Department of Safety Science and Technology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University, Japan (2015-2018)
Research Thesis: Production of high-value chemicals from biomass-derived carbohydrates
Professional Experiences:
Researcher at Research Center for Biotechnology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) (2020-present)
Researcher at Research Center for Oceanography, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) (2007-2019)
Research Student at North Japan Research Institute for Sustainable Energy (NJRISE), Hirosaki University, Japan (October 2014 - March 2015)
Research Assistant at North Japan Research Institute for Sustainable Energy (NJRISE), Hirosaki University, Japan (2015-2017)
Trainee of Marine Natural Product Research at PharmaMar, S.A, Spain (October 2019 - November 2019)
Professional Memberships
Indonesian Association of Oceanologists (ISOI) (2010-present)
The Japan Institute of Energy (2015-present)
The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan (2015-2017)
Honors and Awards:
The best graduate student of Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, UNJ (2007)
Postgraduate Scholarship from Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education (RISTEK-DIKTI), Indonesia, (Master Program, 2010-2012)
Postgraduate scholarship from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan, (Doctoral Program, 2014-2018)
Best presentation award in 49th Autumn Meeting, Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan (SCEJ), 2017
JSPS Hope Fellow 2017
Former Research Grants:
A Young Researcher Research Program, Research Centre for Oceanography-LIPI (2009): A principal investigator of the research entitled of "the production of fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) from marine microalgae"
National Inovative System Research Program (INSINAS), Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education (RISTEK-DIKTI) of Republic of Indonesia (2013-2014): A principal investigator of the research entitled of "the characterization and the optimization of the production of bioactive compounds from associated marine bacteria Rhodobacteraceae bacterium sp.2.11 associated with sponge Aaptos sp."
National Priority Research Program, Coremap-CTI, Research Center for Oceanography-LIPI (2019): A principal investigator of the research entitled of "biorefinery of diatom for the production of high-value chemicals (pigment, biohydrocarbon, silica)"