Dr.rer.nat. Agustina DR Nurcahyanti received her Ph.D. from Heidelberg University in Pharmaceutical Biology. Her research interests focus on the biochemistry, cellular and molecular mechanisms of natural products and their derived constituents as pharmaceutical and nutraceutical candidates, especially to attain healthy aging and ameliorate aging-related diseases.
In collaboration with a clinical pharmacist and nutritionist, her research aims to understand the mechanism from the cellular level to the individual level. She is an elected member of the Indonesian Young Academy of Sciences (ALMI) and a fellow at The KAVLI Frontiers of Sciences. She serves as peer-reviewer at Frontiers in Pharmacology (Frontiers Media S.A.), Phytomedicine Plus (Elsevier), Peer J (O-Reilly and SAGE), and Natural Product Research (Taylor & Francis).
Selected Grants:
1. Fucoxanthin as chemosensitizer agent - Indonesian Ministry of Research and Higher Education (2021-2023)
2. Study on the inhibition of AGE, ß-Amyloid production and anti-inflammation from selected Indonesian medicinal plants - Indofood Riset Nugraha, PT. Indofood Tbk (2021-2022)
3. Carotenoid from Bixa orellana - Indonesian Ministry of Research and Higher Education (2020-2021)
4. Brown algae and its application in foodbars formulation - Indofood Riset Nugraha, PT. Indofood Tbk (2018-2019)
S1 - Satya Wacana Christian University (2006)
S2 - Satya Wacana Christian University (2008)
S2 - The University of Glasgow (2009) S3 - Heidelberg University (2015)
Pharmaceutical Biology
S1 Pharmacy Study Program:
Pharmaceutical Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Evidence Based Medicine
Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacogenetics
Molecular Pharmacology
Phytotherapy
Pharmaceutical Microbiology
Nutrasetics
Functional Food and Nutrasetics
Master of Biomedicine:
Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacogenetics
Bioinformatics
Genetics
Immunology
Biomedical Engineering