Principal Investigator
Afriyanti Sumboja, PhD.
Associate Professor
Department of Materials Engineering
Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Institut Teknologi Bandung
Jl. Ganesha No. 10 Bandung
40132 Indonesia
Email: sumboja@itb.ac.id
Office: Lab Logam FTMD 2nd floor
Education
PhD., (2014), Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
B.Eng., (2009), Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Past Working Experience
Scientist, (2014 – 2018), A*STAR, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore
Research Fellow, (2013 – 2014), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Research Interest
Electrochemistry, energy storage, batteries, supercapacitors, electrocatalysis, synthesis and application of carbon-based materials/nanomaterials and their composites, electrochemical-based devices.
Biography
Afriyanti is an Associate Professor at Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ITB, Indonesia. She received her bachelor and PhD degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore, in 2009 and 2014. She was the recipient of 2014 MSE doctorate research excellence award, presented by School of Materials Science and Engineering, NTU. After working as a scientist at A*STAR Singapore, she decided to return home and contribute to higher education in Indonesia by joining ITB in 2018.
Until 2025, Afriyanti has published more than 60 papers (citations > 9000) in internationally reputable journals. She has served as editor of JETS ITB, vice director of BRIN-ITB collaboration research centre for advanced energy materials, member of ITB committee for research and community services, and member of ITB board of reviewers.
She has won several awards, Achmad Bakrie Award XX in Science & Technology (2024), ITB young faculty award in high impact publication (2022), LIPI young scientist award (2020), and ITB faculty award in research category (2020). Her research mostly focuses on materials for electrochemical-based applications, especially for batteries and electrocatalysis.
Febri Baskoro, PhD.
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Engineering
Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Institut Teknologi Bandung
Jl. Ganesha No. 10 Bandung
40132 Indonesia
Email: febri.baskoro@itb.ac.id
Office: Lab Logam FTMD 2nd flor
Education
PhD., (2021), Sustainable Chemical Science and Technology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.
Past Working Experience
Academia Sinica Postdoctoral Fellow, (2021 – 2024), Institute Of Chemistry, Taiwan
Research Interest
Material Chemistry, Functional Materials, Nanomaterials, Electrochemistry, Energy Storage, Metal-ion Batteries, Organic-based Batteries, Membrane separations.
Biography
Febri is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Indonesia. He earned his Ph.D. in Sustainable Chemical Science and Technology through a joint program between the Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, and the Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, in 2021.
Following his doctoral studies, Febri was awarded the prestigious Academia Sinica Postdoctoral Fellowship and continued his research at the Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica. In 2025, he returned to Indonesia to contribute to national higher education and research by joining the faculty at ITB.
Throughout his academic journey, Febri has received numerous awards, including: Finalist at 2023 Merck Young Scientist Award, Taiwan; Excellent Poster Prize (2022–2023), Chemistry National Meeting, Taiwan; Honorable Mention Thesis Award in Applied Chemistry (2022), Chemistry National Meeting, Taiwan; Academia Sinica Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2021); Selected representative of Academia Sinica at the 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (2022), Germany; AS-TIGP Research Performance Fellowship Award (2021), Academia Sinica; Representative of Academia Sinica at the Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS) 2020, Singapore; First Prize in the Ph.D. entrance examination, Academia Sinica (2017)
His current research focuses on the design and development of novel functional electrode materials—such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), nanographene, small organic molecules, and conductive polymers—for high-performance and sustainable next-generation batteries.