Ma Chung Research Center for Photosynthetic Pigments

Universitas Ma Chung, Villa Puncak Tidar N01, Malang 65151, Jawa Timur, Indonesia

Tel. +62-341-550171, Fax: +62-341-550175, Website: http://mrcpp.machung.ac.id

Registered as a Higher Education Institution based Research of Excellence

under the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Institution of

Republic of Indonesia, Minister Decree Number 11/M/Kp/II/2015

Accredited by the National Accreditation Committee for Research and

Development Institutions, Accreditation Number PL 050-INA

Marie Curie (MC) Fellowship

Experiences, Achievement and

Impacts on Professional Work

Tatas H.P. Brotosudarmo, Dipl.Chem., Ph.D., MRSC Director of MRCPP

President Elect of the Indonesia Chemical Society

Co-founder of the Southeast Asia Chapter of the MC Alumni Association

Seminar on European Union (EU) and Indonesia Research and Innovation Cooperation

Institut Français Indonesia, Embassy of France in Indonesia, 21 March 2017

Experience as Marie Curie Fellow:

Introducing the programme

Programme

Marie Curie Action FP6 – RTN –

Research Training Network

Project Acronym

BIMORE – Bio-inspired Molecular

Opto-electronics

EC Contract No.

MRTN-CT-2006-035859

Benefit Period

1 April 2007

31 March 2010

Host Institution:

The University of Glasgow, UK

Website:

http://www.umbodsmadur.de/bimore/i

ndex.html

Training dimension:

Our PhD students take advantage of intensive

collaborations across disciplines, giving them the full

picture, which is basis for innovation in this field.

A dedicated training program with special focus on

leadership capabilities prepares for careers in industry

and academia with special focus on leadership

capabilities prepares for careers in industry and

academia.

Experience as Marie Curie Fellow:

BIMORE Network

BIMORE – Bio-inspired Molecular Opto-electronics

Bimore fields of expertise:

Molecular Biology

Vectorial energy transfer in bacterial light harvesting

complexes.

University of Glasgow - Glasgow (United Kingdom)

Supramolecular synthesis and device technology

Synthesis of bistable rotaxanes and TTF-porphyrines

(electrical input-optical output).

University of Southern Denmark - Odense (Denmark)

Polymer & Device Technology

Polysilanes with photochromic moieties (optical input

- electrical output). Top-down structuring.

Czech Academy of Sciences - Prague (Czech

Republic)

π conjugated oligopeptides

Massively parallel synthesis; bottom-up structuring.

Technion - Haifa (Israel)

Spectro / Microscopy

Measurement of (Photo)conductivity of single molecules

or small ensembles of molecules.

IBM Zurich Research Laboratory - Zurich (Switzerland)

Femtosecond spectroscopy

Single molecule spectroscopy, confocal microscopy.

CNR-INFM - Milan (Italy)

CNR-ISMN - Bologna (Italy)

Theory Photoconductivity and Modelling

Wroclaw University of Technology - Wroclaw (Poland)

Theory of Single Molecule (Photo) Conduction

University of Madrid - Madrid (Spain)

Experience as Marie Curie Fellow:

BIMORE Mobility

Experience as Marie Curie Fellow:

Achievements after Fellowship has

finished

PUBLICATION DURING MARIE CURIE FELLOWSHIP

1. Cogdell, R.J., Brotosudarmo, T.H.P., Gardiner, A.T., Sanchez, P.M., Cronin, L. (2010) Artificial photosynthesis – solar fuels:

current status and future prospects, Biofuels, 1(6), 861-876

2. Moulisová, V., Luer, L., Hoseinkhani, S., Brotosudarmo, T.H.P., Collins, A.M., Lanzani, G., Blankenship, R.E. and Cogdell, R.J.

(2009): Low light adaptation: Energy transfer processes in different types of light harvesting complexes from

Rhodopseudomonas palustris, Biophysical Journal, 97, 3019-3028.

3. Brotosudarmo, T.H.P., Kunz, R., Böhm, P., Gardiner, A.T., Moulisová, V., Cogdell R.J. and Köhler, J. (2009): Single-molecule

spectroscopy reveals that individual low-light LH2 complexes from Rhodopseudomonas palustris 2.1.6. have a heterogenous

polypeptide composition, Biophysical Journal, 97, 1491-1500.

4. Cogdell, R.J., Gardiner, A.T., Brotosudarmo, T.H.P. and Hashimoto, H. (2008): A Comparative Look at the First Few Milliseconds

of the Light Reactions of Photosynthesis, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 7, 1150-1158.

5. Wörmke, S., Mackowski, S., Schalter, A., Brotosudarmo, T.H.P., Johanning, S., Scheer, H. and Bräuchle, C. (2008): Single

Molecule Fluorescence of Native and Refolded Peridinin-Chlorophyll-Protein Complexes, Journal of Fluoresence, 18, 611-617.

6. Mackowski, S., Wörmke, S., Maier, A.J., Brotosudarmo, T.H.P., Harutyunyan, H., Hartschuh, A., Govorov, A.O., Scheer, H. and

Bräuchle, C. (2008): Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence of Chlorophylls in Single Light-Harvesting Complexes, Nano Letters, 8(2),

558-646.

7. Brotosudarmo, T.H.P., Mackowski, S., Hofmann, E., Hiller, R.G., Bräuchle, C. and Scheer, H. (2008): Relative binding affinities

of chlorophylls in peridinin-chlorophyll-protein reconstituted with heterochlorophyllous mixtures, Photosynthesis Research,

95(2-3), 247-52.

8. Mackowski, S., Wörmke, S., Brotosudarmo, T.H.P., Scheer, H. and Bräuchle, C. (2008): Fluorescence spectroscopy of

reconstituted peridinin-chlorophyll-protein complexes, Photosynthesis Research, 95(2-3), 253-60.

Impact After Fellowship on Professional

Achievement

• 2011 April 15, join MRCPP

laboratory Universitas Ma Chung

(founded 2007) as a principal

investigator and the director

• No research students, 1 laboratory

assistance, and 1 administrator

• Available equipment are UV-Vis

Spectroscopy and an HPLC with limited

columns

• Limited supporting lab facility

• Total MRCPP lab space was 3 x 6 m2

Key challenges in 2011:

1. Acquisition of 3rd party

research grant

2. Acquisition of 3rd party facility

funding

3. Establish distinction and

uniqueness of research in

Indonesia

4. Conduct good research

5. Convince the university board

of directors the important of

science & technology

research

Key Factors from MC Fellowship as my

“weapons”:

1. Publications at High Impact Journals

2. Strategic Project Management Skills

3. Effective Communication

4. Interdisciplinary Networks

1. Establishment of 7 Floor Ma Chung R&D Building and MRCPP Laboratories

New Lab Party 20 Dec 2013

Establishment Ceremony 17 Feb 2014 by

Minister of Research and Technology

Impact After Fellowship on Professional

Achievement

Establishment From Ground Zero

17 April 2012

2. Leading MRCPP to be the first private university-based National Center of

Excellence in the field of photosynthesis

Presentation Ceremony of Inauguration

of MRCPP to be a National CoE

by the State Minister of RTHE

(Jakarta, 16.12.2014)

Presentation Ceremony of Accreditation

Certificate for Research and Development

Institutions by the State Minister of RTHE

(Jakarta, 22.12.2016)

Impact After Fellowship on Professional

Achievement

with Dr. Brian Kobilka

(Nobel Laureate for

Revealing the Work of Receptors)

with Dr. Steven Chu

(Nobel Laureate for

Trapping Atom with Laser)

3. Invited young scientist for 63rd Meeting of Nobel Laureate in Lindau, Germany by

the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings (June 30 – July 05, 2013)

Impact After Fellowship on Professional

Achievement

4. 22nd Toray Science and Technology

Award (08.03.2016), Indonesia Toray

Science Foundation – Toray Industries,

Japan

Impact After Fellowship on Professional

Achievement

5. UK Alumni Award 2017, Professional

Achievement Award, British Council

(02 March 2017)

Example of Ongoing Research

Cooperation

Chlorophyll indication

Senescence analysis

Plant Growth and Health

Assessments

Mangrove forests

Biodiversity of plants

Social, Community and Environment Impacts:

Agri-/Aqua-culture Productivity and Sustainability

Environment Protection

Executive Summary

The benefits of Marie Curie Fellowship that I got as important

assets:

1. Publications at High Impact Journals

2. Strategic Project Management Skills

3. Effective Communication

4. Interdisciplinary Networks

Tips on how to succeed:

1. Professionalism and friendship make trustworthy cooperation

2. Work on research with down-to-earth impact and long-term

cooperation/friendship

3. Mind what you do and do it with wholeheartedly