Katherine ST, PhD

Research Interest

Encapsulation
Mycoprotein production
Powder engineering
Waste treatment

Biography

Katherine, S.T., Ph.D. was born in Medan, Indonesia. She received her bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Universitas Katolik Parahyangan, Indonesia in 2007. She obtained NTU Ph.D. Research Scholarship award in 2008 and received her doctoral degree in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2013. During her Ph.D. program, she worked with nanoparticles for inhaled drug delivery. Her current research interests include probiotic encapsulation, mycoprotein production, and waste treatment

Award & Industrial Collaboration

Year	Award	Source
2019	Best Presenter	5th National Conference of PKM-CSR

Research Activity and Highlighted Project

Year	Source	Title	Partners/Funding Agency
2025/2026	National	Karakterisasi dan Pengolahan Mikoprotein berbasis Limbah Cair Kedelai sebagai Bahan Pangan Berprotein Tinggi yang Berkelanjutan (1st Year)	DIKTI
2025/2026	National	Inovasi Produksi Mikoprotein Berkelanjutan Menggunakan Limbah Whey Kedelai dan Molase dengan Teknologi Fermentasi Repeated Batch (1st Year)	DIKTI
2025/2026	Institution	Development of Fermented Soy Whey as a Potential Healthy Beverage	i3L
2024/2025	National	Peningkatan Efektivitas dan Potensi Clopidogrel: Modifikasi, Analisis In-silico, dan Sintesis Secara Multi-component Reaction	DIKTI
2024/2025	National	Konsorsium: Peningkatan Nilai Produk Turunan Kacang Sacha Inchi sebagai Sumber Pangan Fungsional yang Resilien Terhadap Perubahan Iklim (SACHIBOGA) Penelitian: Fermentasi Sari Kacang Sacha Inchi sebagai Pangan Fungsional Alternatif Susu dengan Aktivitas Postbiotik, Imunomodulatori, Anti oksidan dan Anti Penuaan	Institut Teknologi Bandung dan Universitas Galuh / DIKTI

Selected Publication

Pratama, F., Rahardja, R., Rachmadi, A., Salam, W., Kho, K., Adelie, A., & Devanthi, P. V. (2025). Optimizing Mycoprotein Production by Aspergillus oryzae Using Soy Whey as a Substrate. Journal of Fungi, 11, 349. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof11050349

Kho, K., Kadar, A. D., Bani, M. D., Pramanda, I. T., Martin, L., Chrisdianto, M., Pratama, F., & Devanthi, P. V. P. (2024). The Potential of Pediococcus acidilactici Cell-Free Supernatant as a Preservative in Food Packaging Materials. Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 13(5), 644. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13050644

Nainggolan, A. D. C., Hartrianti, P., Anjani, Q. K., Donnelly, R. F., Putra, A. B. N., Kho, K., Kurniawan, A., Andranilla, R. K., Rattu, S. A., & Ramadon, D. (2024). Double-layer dissolving microneedles for delivery of mesenchymal stem cell Secretome: Formulation, characterisation and skin irritation study. European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics : official journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V, 204, 114495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2024.114495

Devanthi, P. V. P., Pratama, F., Kho, K., Taherzadeh, M. J., & Aslanzadeh, S. (2022). The Effect of Dekkera bruxellensis Concentration and Inoculation Time on Biochemical Changes and Cellulose Biosynthesis by Komagataeibacter intermedius. Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 8(11), 1206. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8111206

Intellectual Property Rights

Patent/Copyright	Title	Year
Indonesian Patent	Proses Pembuatan Matriks Komposit Pembalut Luka	2025
Indonesian Patent	Metode Pembuatan Jarum Mikro Terlarut Untuk Penghantaran Sekretom Sel Punca	2025