Information

Membership Number: FCA3129

Membership Type: Fellowship

Division: Natural Sciences

Corresponding Email: *****ati.sudoyo@mrinstitute.org; *****upolo@gmail.com

Homepage(s): https://mrinstitute.org/pi-herawati-sudoyo/ 

Present and Previous Positions

Senior Scientist and Principal Investigator, Human Genome Diversity and Disease Division, Mochtar Riady Institute for Nanotechnology (since 2022)

Chair, Medical Science Commission, Indonesian Academy of Sciences (AIPI)

Fields of Scholarship and Research Interests

Molecular Biology; Human Genetics; Population Genetics; Genomic Diversity; Forensic DNA Science; Medical Genetics; Molecular Epidemiology

Professor Sudoyo’s scholarship centers on the genetic diversity of human populations in Indonesia and the wider region, with particular attention to mitochondrial DNA, genomic variation, population history, and the biological foundations of disease. Her research has helped illuminate the genetic structure and historical formation of Indonesian and Southeast Asian populations, while also contributing to broader discussions of migration, admixture, and human diversity across island and archipelagic settings. A second major strand of her work lies in forensic genetics. 

She played an important role in establishing DNA-based forensic capacity in Indonesia and in developing the institutional foundations for forensic DNA analysis at the Eijkman Institute. This work brought molecular science into direct relation with public need, judicial process, and national security, and helped make forensic genetics a more firmly established field in Indonesia. Her research has also extended into infectious disease, biosafety, and the public-health uses of molecular biology. Across these areas, her career has combined laboratory science, institution-building, scientific leadership, and public service in an especially distinctive way.

Honors, Awards and Other Membership

Chair, Medical Science Commission, Indonesian Academy of Sciences (AIPI).

Member, Indonesian Academy of Sciences (AIPI).

Recipient of the Habibie Award for Medical Science and Technology (2008).

Recipient of the Australian Alumni Award for Scientific Research and Innovation (2008).

Recipient of the Australian Alumni of the Year Award (2020).

Recipient of the US CDC National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Honor Award (2016), for leadership in building multinational capacity in Indonesia to identify emerging zoonotic viruses.

Recipient of a UNESCO / TWAS fellowship in the Human Genome Program.

Member of the Expert Team of Indonesia’s COVID-19 Task Force (2020).

Selected Publications

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Y4dNPBoAAAAJ&hl=en 

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