Author: Harlinda Kuspradini

Prof. Dr. Enos Tangke Arung (Professor, University of Mulawarman) He is a scientist in the Forestry Faculty, University Mulawarman, Indonesia. The focus of the research is natural resources from tropical rain forests for medicine and cosmetics, isolating active compounds, non-wood forest products, and Stingless bee products for utilization in cosmetics and medicines. Publish more than 55 scientific papers, 5 granted patents, and 3 books. He has been granted some awards as an academic leader and researcher in green cosmetics in Indonesia. In addition, He is a reviewer in some reputable scientific journals. Prof. Dr. Widya Fatriasari (Research Professor, National Research and Innovation Agency) She is a senior researcher at the Research Center for Biomass and Bioproducts, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia. The primary research areas are biomass conversion, bioenergy, biorefinery, lignin valorization for bioproducts, cellulose-based bioproducts, and biomass chemistry. She has been involved in various research projects, such as lignin for biosurfactants, fire retardants, seed coating, biocomposite, marine biomaterials, cosmetics from biomass, biomedical pulp, and pulp and paper. Prof. Dr. Irawan Wijaya Kusuma (Professor, University of Mulawarman)He is a Professor at the Faculty of Forestry, Mulawarman University, Indonesia. His research interests are forest product chemistry and non-timber forest products. His works are related to the exploration of tropical plants having biological activities and the discovery of antimicrobial, antioxidant, and enzyme-inhibitory compounds from plant resources. He has published more than 61 scientific articles in peer-reviewed international journals, 4 granted patents, and 3 books (one of them published by the ACS publication). He is an editor and reviewer for several reputable peer-reviewed international journals. Prof. Dr. Harlinda Kuspradini (Professor, University of Mulawarman)He is a researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Forestry, Mulawarman University, Indonesia. Her research interest is non-timber forest products, especially medicinal and aromatic plants. She led the ‘A Tropical Rainforest Essential Oil’ group research, which discovered new types of essential oil and developed the products. She has been involved in various research projects with national and international funding. She has authored 5 books and possesses many publications, 4 granted patents, and 3 national copyrights. She has multiple duties as a reviewer and editor in many journals. She has been bestowed with the prestigious ‘L’Oreal-UNESCO’ Award in 2010 for her contribution to the field of Life Science. Prof. Kuniyoshi Shimizu (Professor, Kyushu University)He received a Ph. D in natural product chemistry, graduated from Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University in 2000. Then, he worked in Venture Business Laboratory, Kyushu University as a postdoctoral fellow (2000-2002). In 2002, he returned to the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University as an assistant professor. Then, in 2014, he was promoted to an associate professor. His research group has been focusing on how to utilize natural products based on the LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) concept with relevant scientific evidence. He received The Japan Wood Research Society Progress Award in 2006 and The Japan Wood Research Society Award in 2014. Prof. Yong-ung Kim (Professor, Daegu Haany University)He is an associate professor of the Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, College of Cosmetics and Pharmaceuticals, Daegu Haany University, South Korea. He is a pharmacist and oriental medicine dispenser in South Korea. He received his BS in pharmacy in 1990 and MS and Ph D in pharmacy (biological chemistry) in 1992 and 2000, respectively, at Seoul National University, South Korea. He was a postdoctoral fellow from 2000-05at the College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, South Korea, and in 2005-07 of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers at the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Japan. He is a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea and the Korean Society for Applied Biological Chemistry. His achievements include papers and patents for 5α-reductase inhibitors from natural products for curing benign prostatic hypertrophy Dr. Nur Izyan Wan Azelee (Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Bioproduct Development, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) She is a senior lecturer at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and is currently an associate research fellow at the Institute of Bioproduct Development (IBD). She has obtained her bachelor”s degree as well as completed her Ph.D. in Bioprocess Engineering from UTM. Her research expertise is in enzyme technology, enzyme immobilization, carbohydrate analysis, biomass pretreatment, biomass conversion, process optimization, and enzyme kinetics. Currently, she is working on the pretreatment of biomass for efficient delignification, enzymatic hydrolysis and optimization for high sugar production, enzyme immobilization for transesterification for biodiesel production, and bioconversion of biomass into valuable ingredients for cosmetic products. She is an expert in operating HPLC using an RI detector for carbohydrate analysis and Response Surface Methodology (RSM) software for process screening and optimization. Dr. Zehra Edis (Associate Professor, Ajman University)She received a Ph D from the University of Cologne Germany and received her Ph D. with honors in 1999. She worked as a scientific employee at the University of Cologne and Akzo Nobel Chemicals, as well as a research Intern at Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany on the properties of conducting polymers. After that, she joined Ajman University and Sharjah University, UAE as a Part-time lecturer (2000-2013). Since February 2014 she has been a faculty member and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2021 at Ajman University. She has published more than 50 papers and received 8 Internal Research Grants (IRG-Deanship of Graduate Studies and Research) from Ajman University. Since 2021 she has also associated with the Center of Medical and Bio-allied Health Sciences Research, at Ajman University.