apt. Arif Satria Wira Kusuma, M.Si

SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Name : Arif Satria Wira Kusuma
Born in : Lumajang. April 19, 1990
Nationality : Indonesian
Gender : Male
Job Title : Full-time government lecturer/researcher
Work Place : Department of Biological Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjadjaran – Indonesia
Phone : +62 821 4000 6220
Email : arif.satria@unpad.ac.id

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Degree	Year	University	GPA
Bachelor	2007 – 2011	Universitas Padjadjaran – Indonesia	3.16
Professional (Pharmacist)	2011 – 2012	Universitas Padjadjaran – Indonesia	3.44
Master	2012 – 2014	Institut Teknologi Bandung – Indonesia	3.54

RESEARCH INTEREST

Antimicrobial activity and its correlation with pharmacogenetics or molecular biology mechanism.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Year	Research Title	Program
2011	Antibacterial Activity Test of Papuan Ant-Plant (Myrmecodia pendans L.M. Perry) Ethanolic Extract Against S.dysenteriae and K.pneumoniae	Minor thesis to pursue bachelor degree
2012	Study of Customer Satisfaction Level in Pharmacy Retailer	Minor thesis to pursue professional degree
2013 – 2014	Enzymatic activity study of collagenase produced by food-borne isolate Staphylococcus sciuri	Thesis to pursue master degree
2014 – 2015	DNA-Methyltransferase 3A Gene Polymorphism Contribute to Daily Life Stress Susceptibility	DIKTI-funded research grant
2014 – 2015	Antibacterial Activities of Malacca Fruit (Phyllantus Emblica L.) Extract and Fractions Against B.cereus FNCC0057 and S.dysenteriae ATCC13313	Self-funded research
2015 – 2016	Polymorphism of APM1 gene in Central Obesity Subjects related to increase in BMI and Lipid Profile	DIKTI-funded research grant
2015 – 2016	Antiproliferative Activity Test of Langkawi Island’s Sea Cucumbers (Stichopus horrens) Extract and Fraction Against HeLa Cells	Self-funded research
2016 – 2017	Effects of Enterococcus faecium IS-27526 and Lactobacillus plantarum IS-10506 Probiotic Administration on Dysbiosis-Related Gut Microbiota Profile: An Animal Model Study	UNPAD internal research grant for young scientist
2017 – 2018	Polymorphisms of ABCB1 gene (rs1128503 and rs2032582) from Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients in Bandung area	UNPAD internal research grant for junior scientist
2017 – 2018	Probiotic Supplementation Induced Platelet Function Independent from Immune System Modulation: An Experimental Study in Rabbits	DIKTI-funded research grant
2018 – 2019	Molecular studies of GrgA as novel transcription factor from Chlamydia trachomatis	Research Scholar at Rutgers, New Jersey

RESEARCH PUBLICATION

Scopus ID: 57195130280 (h-index 2, total citations of 17 by 12 documents, per October 2 – 2019)

Year	Document Title	Journal
2017	Peel-off gel formulation from black mulberries (Morus nigra) extract as anti-acne mask. (DOI: 10.5455/njppp.2017.7.0413123052017)	National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology 7(9), pp. 987-994
2017	Antibacterial activity of papuan ant-nest (Myrmecodia pendans L.M. Perry) ethanol extract against S.dysenteriae. (DOI: 10.22159/ajpcr.2017.v10s2.19485)	Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research 10 (Special Issue may), pp. 46-49
2017	Antibacterial activity of Phyllanthus emblica L. ethanolic extract and fraction against B.cereus FNCC0057 and S.dysenteriae ATCC13313. (DOI: 10.22159/ajpcr.2017.v10s2.19471)	Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research 10 (Special Issue may), pp. 8-10
2017	Antibacterial and antioxidant activity of black mulberry (Morus nigra L.) extract for acne treatment. (DOI: 10.5530/pj.2017.5.97)	Pharmacognosy Journal 9(5), pp. 611-614
2017	DNA methyltransferase 3A gene polymorphism contributes to daily life stress susceptibility (DOI: 10.2147/PRBM.S152451)	Psychology Research and Behavior Management 10, pp. 395-401
2018	Identification of dysbiosis related bacteria from New Zealand’s white rabbit intestinal treated with Lactobacillus plantarum IS-10506 as probiotics food supplementation (DOI: 10.6000/1927-5951.2018.08.02.1)	Journal of Pharmacy and Nutrition Sciences 8(2), pp. 29-34
2018	Development and validation of simple simultaneous analysis for amlodipine and glibenclamide by non-derivatization high-performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence (DOI: 10.4103/japtr.JAPTR_315_18)	Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology and Research 9(4), pp. 124-129
2018	Lactobacillus plantarum IS-10506 probiotic administration increases amlodipine absorption in a rabbit model (DOI: 10.1177/0300060518788994)	Journal of International Medical Research 46(12), pp. 5004-5010
2019	Supplementation of probiotic Enterococcus faecium IS-27526 decreasing the population of Enterobacteriaceae	Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment 23(8), pp. 112-118
2020	Impact of Switch Options on the Economics of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) Introduction in Indonesia (DOI: 10.3390/vaccines8020233)	Vaccines 2020, 8(2), pp. 233

WORK EXPERIENCE

Year	Job Title	Job Description	Organization
2012 – 2017	Pharmacy Facility Manager	Managing personnel and goods, market forecasting, and patient counseling	Al-Rasyid Private Pharmacy
2015 – 2016	Part-time Lecturer	Teaching basic microbiology and advanced biotechnology	Bumi Siliwangi Pharmacy Vocational School
2018 – 2019	Visiting Scholar	Researching on GrgA as novel transcription factor from pathogenic bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis	Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
2015 – current	Full-time government Lecturer/Researcher	Teaching Cell Biology, Fundamental of Microbiology, and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. Laboratory practice instructor for Microbiology and Biotechnology. Small-group tutorial instructor for professional pharmacy students. Principal investigator and member for various researches related with health and pharmaceutical fields.	Department of Biological Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjadjaran

COMMUNITY SERVICE EXPERIENCE

Year	Job Title	Program Title	Location
2017	Educator	Public education on self-medication as an act to promote healthy and safe lifestyle for the people of Pinangraja and Sukaraja Kulon village	Majalengka – Indonesia
2017	Educator	Public education on raising awareness of cervical cancer prevention, a collaboration between UNPAD and Indonesian Cancer Foundation to commemorate Kartini Day	Bandung – Indonesia
2017	Educator	Public education on “How society can be wise in using antibiotics?”	Bandung – Indonesia
2018	Educator	Public education on “What is stunting and what kind of natural resources that we can use to prevent stunting?”	Karawang – Indonesia
2018	Educator	Public education on “Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB): How to Curbs the Spreading?”	Karawang – Indonesia

ORGANIZATION EXPERIENCE

Year	Position	Organization
2007 – 2011	Class of 2007 Pharmacy Student Leader	Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjadjaran
2007 – 2011	Member	International Pharmaceutical Student Foundation
2010 – 2011	Vice President of Pharmacy Student Executive Board	Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjadjaran
2012 – current	Member	Indonesian Pharmacist Association
2014 – 2016	Secretary staff	Indonesian Pharmaceutical Science Collegium
2016 – 2017	Publication staff	Indonesian Pharmacist Association, West Java Regional
2018 – 2019	Member	Indonesian Student Association in New Jersey

AWARDS

Year	Award Title	Award Grantor
2010 – 2011	Awardee of minor thesis research grant for bachelor degree	Karya Salemba Empat (KSE)
2012 – 2014	Awardee of “Beasiswa Unggulan DIKTI” – a full-coverage scholarship to pursue master degree for future lecturers	Indonesian Higher Education Ministry (DIKTI)
2016 – 2017	Awardee of Universitas Padjadjaran internal research grant for Young Lecturer	Universitas Padjadjaran
2017 – 2018	Awardee of Universitas Padjadjaran internal research grant for Junior Lecturer	Universitas Padjadjaran
2018 – 2019	Exchange faculty/visiting scholar to promote collaboration between Universitas Padjadjaran – Rutgers	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
2019	DIKTI-Fulbright PhD candidate	AMINEF Fulbright and Indonesian Higher Education Ministry (DIKTI)

LANGUAGE

Test	Organizer	Date Taken	Reading	Listening	Speaking	Writing	Overall Score
IELTS	British Council	March 17, 2017	7.0	6.0	7.0	7.0	7.0
IBT TOEFL	ETS	January 04, 2020	27	27	27	25	106

REFERENCE

Name	Position	Institution	Email
Prof. Ajeng Diantini	Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy	Universitas Padjadjaran	ajeng.diantini@unpad.ac.id
Rizky Abdulah, PhD	Director of Research, Community Service, and Innovation	Universitas Padjadjaran	r.abdulah@unpad.ac.id
Huizhou Fan, MD, PhD	Director of Physiology and Integrative Biology Graduate Program	Rutgers the State University of New Jersey	fanhu@rwjms.rutgers.edu
James Millonig, PhD	Senior Associate Dean in Rutgers School of Graduate Studies	Rutgers the State University of New Jersey	millonig@cabm.rutgers.edu