Received his Bachelor Degree and Master Degree from Metallurgy Option, Mining Engineering Department ITB and doctoral degree from Dept. of Nonferrous Metallurgy, University of Leoben, Austria. Currently working as a lecturer in Metallurgy Department, ITB. His core competencies are including Hydro-electrometallurgy; Hydrometallurgical Extraction and Refining (Gold, Nickel, Alumina, Copper, Anode Slime, etc.); Nickel-Cobalt Separation; Electrolysis.