1.      Expertise and Research Fields

Structural biology (X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy), molecular biology, protein biochemistry, homology modelling, biophysics, structure-based drug design, immunofluorescence microscopy, membrane proteins, enzymology, trypanosome and leishmania, acidocalcisome proteins, membrane-bound pyrophosphatases, vacuolar transporter chaperone (VTC) complex, cytoskeletal proteins, etc.

2.      Education

23.1.2014, PhD, Molecular Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna

7.10.2008, MSc, Chemistry, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia

20.7.2007, BSc, Chemistry, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia

3.      Research funding and grants

2023 - 2027: Academy Research Fellow (Topic: Toward a molecular and cellular understanding of acidocalcisome as a potential therapeutic target for neglected tropical diseases), Academy of Finland, 845,903 EUR, Principal Investigator

2022: Research access to structural biology infrastructure in Diamond Light Source, UK (Topic: Structures of membrane-bound pyrophosphatase from Thermotoga maritima in complex with etidronate and zoledronate), iNEXT-Discovery, Principal Investigator

1.9.2017 – 31.8.2020: Research grant for Postdoctoral Research (Topic: Studies of the membrane-bound pyrophosphatase from protist parasites as a potential drug target), Academy of Finland, 304,654 EUR, Principal Investigator

1.9.2009 – 31.8.2012: Doctoral fellowship, ASEAN European Academic University Network, 60.000 EUR, Fellowship holder

2007-2008: Unggulan scholarship from the Department of National Education, Indonesia

2003-2007: TPSDP scholarship from the Department of National Education, Indonesia

4.      Research supervision and leadership experience

2023: Supervising a PhD researcher hired to work on my Academy research project (2023 – 2027)

2017 – now: Co-supervisor of 5 master's students (3 have graduated) at the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Programme, University of Helsinki

2022 – now: Co-supervisor of a PhD researcher at the faculty of mathematics and natural sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia

2021 – now: Co-supervisor of 4 bachelor's students (3 have graduated) at the faculty of mathematics and natural sciences, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia

2022 – now: Committee member of the Core Competency division of The Indonesian Society For Bioinformatics and Biodiversity (MABBI, https://mabbi.id/)

2022 – now: Deputy chairman of the Event, Media and Publications division of the International Indonesian Scientist Association (I-4, Ikatan Ilmuwan Indonesia Internasional, https://i4indonesia.org/)

2020 – 2022: Deputy chairman of the Media and Publications division of the International Indonesian Scientist Association (I-4, Ikatan Ilmuwan Indonesia Internasional, https://i4indonesia.org/)

5.      Teaching merits

2022: Enrolled on the YA3 course (Pedagogical Leadership and the Development of Teaching at the University, 5 cr) at the University of Helsinki.

2022: Enrolled on the UP2.1 course (Constructive Alignment in Course Design, 5 cr) at the University of Helsinki.

2021– now: Visiting lecturer at the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia

2021: Visiting lecturer for the "2021 3 in 1 Program" at the Biotechnology Study Program, Department of Agricultural Product Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang

2021: Guest lecturer at the Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Hasanudin, Makasar, Indonesia

2014 – now: Teaching the Advance intensive course in protein characterization and crystallization for master-level students (Winter course), University of Helsinki. Since 2019, I have been involved in coordinating the course

2015 – now: Teaching the Protein structure, function and folding course for master-level students (Spring course), University of Helsinki. Since 2021, I have been involved in coordinating the course

2017: Enrolled in UP1 course (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 5 cr) at the University of Helsinki

2007-2009: Senior assistant of basic chemistry experiment at Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia

6.      Awards and honours

2013: Best poster presentation, MFPL Scientific Advisory Board meeting 2013, Vienna, Austria

2013: Best oral presentation award, CFC2013 conference, Marseilles, France

2007-2008: Fast-Track Sandwich Master Student of Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Indonesia - University of Groningen (RuG), The Netherlands

2004-2007: Dean's List for Academic Performance, Faculty Mathematics and Natural Science, Bandung Institute of Technology (dedicated to students with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher)

7.      Other key academic merits

2023: TgK HiTech stopped-flow training, held at the Faculty of Biochemistry and molecular medicine, University of Oulu, Finland

2022 – now: Member of The Indonesian Society for Bioinformatics and Biodiversity (MABBI, https://mabbi.id/)

2021 – 2022: Society Affiliate member of the American Chemical Society (ACS)

2019 – now: Member of the International Indonesian Scientist Association (Ikatan Ilmuwan Indonesia Internasional; I-4). Website: www.i4indonesia.org

2021: Attended the Instruct-ERIC course on macromolecular X-ray, electron and neutron crystallography held at the University of Oulu, Finland

2021: Invited speaker at ELRIG Drug Discovery 2021 Meeting, Liverpool, UK

2021: Invited speaker at the International Symposium on Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

2021: Invited speaker at the International Symposium on Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response During the pandemic COVID-19, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani, Bandung, Indonesia

2020: Invited speaker at the Lecture at International Conference on "Frontiers in Molecular Sciences", ITB, Indonesia

2020: Invited speaker at the Satellite sister lecture series of the Lecture in International Conference on "Frontiers in Molecular Sciences", ITB, Indonesia

2019: Invited speaker at YARSI University and the University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr HAMKA (UHAMKA), Jakarta, as part of The Simposium Cendikia Kelas Dunia 2019, held by the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education of Indonesia

2019: Attended The "Simposium Cendikia Kelas Dunia 2019" (Indonesian World Class Scholars), held by the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

2018: Invited speaker at the Annual Meeting of Finnish Synchrotron Radiation Users Organization (FSRUO) and Finnish Structural Biology Network (FinnBox), University of Oulu, Finland

2018– now: Invited reviewer for scientific journals, including The Journal of Physical Chemistry (ACS), Food & Functions (Royal Society of Chemistry), AgriTECH journal, etc.

2017: Enrolled on the ILS Cryo Courses (Cryo-EM, -ET sample preparation, imaging, and reconstruction), held at the University of Helsinki, Finland

2013: Speaker at CFC2013 conference, Marseilles, France

8.  Scientific and societal impact

2017 – now: Co-founder and head of SainsPOP, a popular science community that promotes and communicates science to the general public in Indonesia via the website (www.sainspop.com), social media, and seminars