MEET THE EXPERTS

DIRECTOR

Dr. Avita A Usfar

 

 

Public Health and Nutrition 

Monitoring and evaluation

Program implementation

 

Dr. Usfar received her doctorate degree in Public Health from University of Heidelberg, Germany. Experience in nutrition field for more than 25 years, she has worked in many institutions, including government (National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K-Tim Nasional Percepatan Penanggulangan Kemiskinan), education (SEAMEO Regional Center for Nutrition, Universitas Indonesia), industry related (Danone Nutrition Institute), and consultant for international institutions (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, Nutrition International, Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance (FANTA)/Family Health International (FHI) 360, Mathematica Policy Research, and Oxford Policy Management). She was the Executive Director and lead researcher at Sakanti Consulting from 2015 to 2021 whereby she managed studies related to, among others, reviews of government programs on fortification, impact evaluation of nutrition and agriculture projects, and literature reviews on food security.
 
She is active in publishing her work in international scientific journals as well as presenting results of studies in international conferences. She contributed to the writing of national documents, namely Health and nutrition module and Technical guide for the Family Development Session of Family Hope Program (Ministry of Social Affairs/Bappenas/Ministry of Health/UNICEF 2018), and Indonesia Minimum Service Standards for Nutrition for District Health Administrators and Technical Brief for Governors and Heads of Districts (MoH/FANTA-FHI 360, 2017). 
 
Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Avita-Usfar/research
 

 Maria C Phan Ju Lan, Ir., MSc.

 

 

Food technology, Nutrition

Program implementation

Field coordinator


 She has more than 25-year experience in research work, which include field coordination, baseline and evaluation assessments, and literature review. She has worked in various settings, such as the private industry, research and education at SEAMEO RECFON UI, and 15-year experience in UN WFP Indonesia, handling Maternal and Child Nutrition, School Feeding Programme, and response during emergency. 


 She has co-authored 6 publications in international journals, among others on the topics of food safety, nutrition landscape, Cost of Diet (COD), and balanced nutrition. Since 2013 she led the conduct of various baseline assessments, project evaluations, and field work in various provinces in Indonesia. During assessment of rice fortification in 2021, she explored the possibility of including rice fortification in food scheme of social security program through in-depth interview with farmers.

Ginarti Budiman, Ir., MSc.

 

 

Agronomist

Statistical analyst

Marketing research, social research, and pharmaceutical ethical research

 

 With more than 25 years of experience in research both in the agency and client side, Gina has a well rounded perspective of marketing research and insight. She graduated from Bogor Agriculture University and received scholarship for master degree in community nutrition from University of Indonesia (SEAMEO) and biostatistics at the University of Manitoba, Canada.

 

 She started her career at Nielsen Indonesia and spent more than 6 years conducting various kinds of studies from product test, segmentation study, U&A and tracking study and various clients from B to B, Banking and FMCGs.  In Nielsen, she received several employment awards. Another 14 years she spent at the client side, set marketing research department for the group and grew the department to handle 60-70 marketing research projects in a year with around 22 categories and different kind of projects both qualitative and quantitative, from Product Testing, segmentation study, U&A, advertising and communication study, packaging study, tracking study, concept testing, consumers’ insight and media data analysis. Areas of expertise: Health care (especially the OTCs), Personal Care and Cosmetics, Household Products, Baby Products, Dairies, automotive, agriculture and rural study, Beverages, and Banking.

 

 She has experience in conducting nutrition, agriculture and rural community study (qualitative and quantitative) with FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization), SCOPI, PRISMA (The Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Promoting Rural Incomes through Support for Markets in Agriculture) and Danone CSR.

Dr. rer.nat. Antonius Sarjiya

 

 

Senior Researcher, Research Center for Applied Microbiology, Life Science and Environmental Research Organization. Indonesian Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) since 1990. Dr. Antonius owns 5 research product licensing, received 9 awards on liquid organic fertilizer, and holds 6 patents.

 

Recent publications:

  • Rayanoothala, P., Alam, H., Mahapatra, S., Gafur, A., Antonius, S., 2023. Rhizosphere. Microorganisms for Climate Resilient and Sustainable Crop Production. Gesunde. Pflanzen. DOI: 10.1007/s10343-023-00895-4.

  • Ratnaningsih, H.R., Noviana, Z., Dewi, TK., Loekito, S., Wiyono, S., Gafur, A , Antonius, S. 2023.. IAA and ACC deaminase producing-bacteria isolated from the rhizosphere of pineapple plants grown under different abiotic and biotic stresses. Heliyon: 9, ISSUE 6, E16306. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.heliyon.2023.e16306

  • Fazeli-Nasaba,B., Sayye, R.Z, Mojahed, L.S., Rahmanid, A.F., Ghafarie, M., Antonius, S., Sukamto. 2022. Biofilm production: A strategic mechanism for survival of microbes under stresscondition. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology: 42(102337).

  • Agustiyani, D., R Agandi, AA Nugroho, S Antonius. 2021. The effect of application of compost and frass from Black Soldier Fly Larvae (Hermetia illucens L.) on growth of Pakchoi (Brassica rapa L.). IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 762 (1), 0120 Selected Soil Properties Among Agroforestry, Natural Forest, Traditional Agriculture, and Palm Oil Land Uses in Central Kalimantan. In: Udawatta R.P., Jose S. (eds) Agroforestry and Ecosystem Services. Springer, Cham.

  • Agustiyani, D., TK Dewi, N Laili, A Nditasari, S Antonius. 2021. Exploring biofertilizer potential of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria candidates from different plant ecosystems. Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity 22 (5).

Dewi, TK, S Antonius, E Sutisna, N Mulyani. 2021. The responses of soil enzyme and microbial activities of shallot plantation under treatments of Liquid Organic Biofertilizer and sprout extract and its effect on the yield. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental. Science 762 (1), 012050.

Prof. Dr. Rahmana Emran Kartasasmita

 

 

Mr. R.E. Kartasasmita is a lecturer/faculty member in School of Pharmacy ITB. Since 2021 he ist appointed as professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. He is active in presenting research results in international conferences and published his studies in international scientific journals. He serves as a consultant to several governmental organizations/agencies for many occasions, among others with Indonesian Food and Drug Administration and Ministry of Health.

 

Recent publications:

  • Andarwulan, Daryono Hadi Tjahjono, Rahmana Emran Kartasasmita, and Amadeo R. Fern´andez-Alba. 2024. Application of the QuEChERS method combined with UHPLC-QqQ-MS/MS for the determination of isoprocarb and carbaryl pesticides in Indonesian coffee. Analytical methods. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2024/a

  • Purwaniati, Kartasasmita, R.E., Insanu, M., Iwo, M.I. 2024. Pharmacological Activities, Isolated Compounds, Toxicity, and Potential for New Drug Discovery from the Genus Leea. Indonesian Journal of Pharmacy Vol. 35 (1) 2024: 1–19. https://journal.ugm.ac.id/v3/IJP. https://doi.org/10.22146/ijp.6654

  • Carolina, D.N., Satari, M.H., Priosoeryanto, B.P., Susanto, A., Sukotjo, C., Kartasasmita, R.E. 2024. Exploring carp scales (Cyprinus carpio L.) as a novel source of collagen for dental use: Extraction and characterization Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science Vol. 14 (04); 2024: 204-209. https://japsonline.com/ https://japsonline.com/admin/php/uploads/4230_pdf.pdf

  • Sugiharti, R.J., Maharani, R., Kurniawan, F., Kartasasmita, R.E., Tjahjono, D.H. 2024. Computational studies and synthesis of 131iodinelabeled nocardiotide A analogs as a peptide-based theragnostic radiopharmaceutical ligand for cancer targeting SSTR2 RSC Advances. Vol. 14, 2024: 10962. https://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/about-journals/rsc-advances/

  • Musfiroh, I.; Kartasasmita, R.E.; Ibrahim, S.; Muchtaridi, M; Hidayat, S.; and Ikram, N.K.K.; Stability Analysis of the Asiatic Acid-COX-2 Complex Using 100 ns Molecular Dynamic Simulations and Its Selectivity against COX-2 as a Potential Anti-Inflammatory Candidate Molecules Vol. 28, 3762, 2023, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28093762. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules.

  • Harmoko, H.; Kartasasmita, R.E.; Munawar, H.; Rakhmawati, A.; Budiawan. 2022. Determination of histamine in different compositions of commercially canned fish in Indonesia by modified QuEChERS and LC-MS/MS. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. Vol. 105, 104256, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2021.104256

  • Susanti, N.M.P.; Damayanti, S.; Kartasasmita, R.E.; Tjahjono, D.H. 2021. A Search for Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4/6 Inhibitors by Pharmacophore-Based Virtual Screening, Molecular Docking, and Molecular Dynamic Simulations. Int. J. Mol. Sci. Vol. 22, 13423, 1-25, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms222413423

  • N. Rusdiana, M.S. Wibowo and R.E. Kartasasmita. 2021. Determination of triclosan in Indonesian household, personal care, and cosmetic products by isocratic eversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography. Rasayan J. Chem. Vol. 14(2), 1435-1440, 2021

  • Yelliantty YELLIANTTY, Rahmana Emran KARTASASMITA, Slamet Ibrahim SURANTAATMADJA, Yaya RUKAYADI. 2021. Identification of chemical constituents from fruit of Antidesma bunius by GC-MS and HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS Food Sci. Technol.

Ahsin Aligori, S.Pi, M.Si

Market Researcher

 

 

Ahsin Aligori received his master of agribusiness from IPB university. He has more than 16 years of experience and has worked in many institutions, including private companies, community development agencies, research institution under university, and consultant for social investment impact, setting up CSR program, ESG and sustainability report.  He is experienced in agribusiness research including marketing and business development of agriculture products, social development, and ESG practitioner. He is as trainer of impact measurement for development program.

 

He has authored 2 books on the topic of social impact measurement and community development.  In 2017 – 2018, he is spoke a person for UNEP Assembly as a representative of Indonesia social enterprise and civil society forum.

Pramesthi W Hapsari, SKM, M.Gizi

(Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, Faculty of Health Sciences)

 

 

Qualitative researcher/Qualitative data analyst

Public Health research

 

Pramesthi is lecturer at the Department of Nutrition Sciences at University of Jenderal Soedirman, Purwokerto, Central Java. She holds a master’s degree in Community Nutrition and for the last 10 years had been actively involved in both quantitative and qualitative research. Her research interest is particularly on school-based nutrition education, food choice, qualitative research methodology, as well as program monitoring and evaluation. During her master study, she travelled to Sambas, West Kalimantan to collect data on pregnant mothers and their two-year old children. She was the Qualitative data analyst in a study about Gender on Pig Sector in East Nusa Tenggara and as Qualitative Researcher in Gender study on agriculture kiosk. She is experienced in designing qualitative data collection methods, implementing data collection, analyzing, as well as reporting the data.

Putu Amrytha Sanjiwani, S.Gz., M.Gizi

(Health Polytechnic, Kupang)

 

 

Nutrition intervention 

Community Nutrition

 

Putu is a lecturer at the Nutrition Department of the Health Polytechnic of the Ministry of Health, Kupang in East Nusa Tenggara since 2010. She had her master's degree in Community Nutrition, University of Indonesia and currently a doctorate candidate in the same university. Her studies focus on efforts to prevent and eradicate stunting, the impact of stunting on children's cognition, and micronutrient deficiencies that occur along with stunting. In addition, she has experience in Nutrigenetics research, namely the effect of TMPRSS6 gene mutations that cause anemia, on children's intelligence. Her current study is compiling complementary feeding formula based on local East Nusa Tenggara food which is used to overcome specific nutritional problems related to stunting (based on the results of linear programming analysis) and to find out how to improve bioavailability of these food using a combination of animal to plant protein ratio.

 

She is an affiliated researcher at SEAMEO-RECFON Universitas Indoneisa and has been involved in several studies, among others, a supervisory role in the School Children's Nutrition Program (PROGAS) in West Manggarai, a collaborative project with the Indonesian Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN) in Kupang City and TTS, a study on "The Effects of COVID-19 on the Nutrition of School-Aged Children" in Kupang as a field coordinator, and a qualitative researcher on the Impact of Agricultural Interventions on Farmers' Food Consumption in Belu, East Nusa Tenggara.

Sri Wahyuni, SKM, MKM.

Public health, quantitative and qualitative research

Data Manager

Project Management

 

Development online questionnaire (ODK Collect, KoboCollect, Enketo, ona.io, google form), data management, data analysis (with Stata, SPSS, excel, SAS, R software, Nutri Survey).

 

Sri Wahyuni is a master's graduate in Public Health specializing in biostatistics, with over 15 years of research experience. She has spent the last five years as a researcher and data manager at PUSKA FKM UI (Centre for Family Welfare – Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia), focusing on health sector issues, including maternal and neonatal health, as well as health facility assessments.


She has collaborated on various research projects with both government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Her expertise is on data management and analysis and development of online survey questionnaires using multiple platforms. She is experienced in research conduct and project management, with proficiency in both quantitative and qualitative assessments.

Santi Dwiningsih, S.Ant.

Qualitative Researcher

 

She has been involved in qualitative research methods and ethnographic approaches. She had a background in anthropology from Gadjah Mada University. Santi pursues research topics related to health, education, gender and socio-culture, which often brings her closer to the lives of indigenous communities in the Indonesian archipelago.

Rahmayati

Qualitative researcher
Field coordinator

 

Rahmayati graduated from a communication major and was a Field Facilitator Coordinator for the Lombok Tengah NGO Consortium Program (2009-2014), strengthening planning and budgeting in villages and districts. Serving as a Regional Researcher for The SMERU Research Institute from 2013 to June 2023, she contributed to 10 diverse research projects, including the EINRIP Longitudinal Study and assessments on children, disabilities, and women's issues. Her expertise extends to policy advocacy, community-based forest management, and the socioeconomic impact of disasters. With published works and a strong background in leadership, communication, and team management, she has significantly impacted community empowerment and development in Central Lombok Regency.

Daryanto, S.P.

Qualitative Researcher

 

With a background in animal husbandry, Daryanto has extensive experience in socio-economic and environmental projects. He held significant roles such as coordinating the Water Access Sanitation Hygiene program in Klaten, Boyolali, and Gunungkidul (2022-2024) and facilitating urban farming initiatives in Jogjakarta (2022). His work includes comprehensive social and economic studies in buffer zones of forest parks, market research on pesticide use, and initiatives aimed at youth involvement in agriculture. He was involved in disaster response and livelihood programs in Palu-Sigi-Donggala and Lombok, contributing significantly to community resilience and sustainable development.

Hamdani, MSc.

Qualitative and quantitative researcher

 

I have more than five-year experience as a research assistant. Accustomed to working in the field, I can adapt quickly to various research environments and able to establish good communication with the respondents. I have expertise in collecting both qualitative and quantitative data, understand in-depth interview techniques, as well as using CAPI and have the ability to ensure the accuracy of the data collected.

Viedela Aricahyani Kodirin, S.E.

Research Assistant

 

Viedela showcases a versatile skill set in time management, marketing, administration, writing, and finance. Currently, she is a freelance Research Assistant at Dakra Consultant, handling data analysis and administration. She founded the Seger Reading Club and is actively conducting research on local products in her village. Previously, she managed socio-business hubs for indigenous communities as a Project Manager at Samdhana Institute (2019-2020).

Tiara Esti Ardi, S.Hut.

Research Assistant

 

 

Desy Leo Ariesta, S.Gz.

Nutritionist

Research assistant

 

Desy holds a bachelor's degree in Nutrition Science from IPB University. Desy is deeply passionate about conducting research and contributing to the development of sustainable food systems. She is actively engaged in various research projects and scientific publications related to food and nutrition. Desy served as a rapporteur at the National and Regional Dialogues of the UN Food System Summit (UNFSS) in Indonesia. This involvement showcases her ability to effectively contribute to important discussions surrounding food systems and contribute to shaping policies and actions for a sustainable future.

Lecturer/faculty member in School of Pharmacy, Institut Teknologi Bandung

  •  Dr. Fransiska Kurniawan, S.Farm., M.Si.
  •  apt. Tasia Amelia, S.Farm., M.Si.

 

Qualitative researcher

  •  Agus Krisnanto, S.Sos.
  •  Ilham Syaiful Huda