Structural Biology of Protein (X-ray crystallography)
Herbicide’s discovery and development
Biopesticide development
Biography
Mario graduated from Nusa Cendana University, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, where he majored in Crop Protection. Right after that, he got a 6-month contract to teach at the Biology Department of FMIPA Widya Mandira Catholic University in Kupang. After that, he pursued a master’s degree at the Master of Biotechnology (Advanced) program at the University of Queensland, Australia. He was working with the development of genetically modified organisms by trying to incorporate toxin peptides from the Australian funnel-web spider with the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana. Currently, Mario is working on an herbicide discovery and development project at the University of Western Australia for his Ph.D.
Award
Year
Award
Source
LPDP Scholarship
Ministry of Finance of Republic of Indonesia
2011-2013
Australia Development Scholarship
Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
2007-2010
Eka Tjipta Foundation Scholarship
Sinar Mas
Research Activity and Highlighted Project
Year
Title
Partners
2018-2022
New Herbicide Mode of Action Development from Structural Biology Perspective
School of Molecular Sciences, University of Western Australia
2012-2013
Fusion peptide production in Pichia pastoris for transgenic plant development
Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland