Seminar on European Union (EU) and Indonesia Research and Innovation Cooperation
Institut Français Indonesia, Embassy of France in Indonesia, 21 March 2017
Marie Curie (MC) Fellowship
Experiences, Achievement and
Impacts on Professional Work
Tatas H.P. Brotosudarmo, Dipl.Chem., Ph.D., MRSC
Director of MRCPP
President Elect of the Indonesia Chemical Society
Co-founder of the Southeast Asia Chapter of the MC Alumni Association
Ma Chung Research Center for Photosynthetic Pigments
Universitas Ma Chung, Villa Puncak Tidar N01, Malang 65151, Jawa Timur, Indonesia
Tel. +62-341-550171, Fax: +62-341-550175, Website: http://mrcpp.machung.ac.id
Registered as a Higher Education Institution based Research of Excellence
under the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Institution of
Republic of Indonesia, Minister Decree Number 11/M/Kp/II/2015
Accredited by the National Accreditation Committee for Research and
Development Institutions, Accreditation Number PL 050-INA
Experience as Marie Curie Fellow:
Introducing the programme
Programme
Marie Curie Action FP6 – RTN –
Research Training Network
Project Acronym
BIMORE – Bio-inspired Molecular
Opto-electronics
EC Contract No.
MRTN-CT-2006-035859
Benefit Period
1 April 2007
31 March 2010
Host Institution:
The University of Glasgow, UK
Website:
http://www.umbodsmadur.de/bimore/i
ndex.html
 Training dimension:
Our PhD students take advantage of intensive
collaborations across disciplines, giving them the full
picture, which is basis for innovation in this field.
A dedicated training program with special focus on
leadership capabilities prepares for careers in industry
and academia with special focus on leadership
capabilities prepares for careers in industry and
academia.
Experience as Marie Curie Fellow:
BIMORE Network
BIMORE – Bio-inspired Molecular Opto-electronics
Bimore fields of expertise:
Molecular Biology
Vectorial energy transfer in bacterial light harvesting
complexes.
University of Glasgow - Glasgow (United Kingdom)
Spectro / Microscopy
Measurement of (Photo)conductivity of single molecules
or small ensembles of molecules.
IBM Zurich Research Laboratory - Zurich (Switzerland)
Supramolecular synthesis and device technology
Synthesis of bistable rotaxanes and TTF-porphyrines
(electrical input-optical output).
University of Southern Denmark - Odense (Denmark)
Femtosecond spectroscopy
Single molecule spectroscopy, confocal microscopy.
CNR-INFM - Milan (Italy)
CNR-ISMN - Bologna (Italy)
Polymer & Device Technology
Polysilanes with photochromic moieties (optical input
- electrical output). Top-down structuring.
Czech Academy of Sciences - Prague (Czech
Republic)
Theory Photoconductivity and Modelling
Wroclaw University of Technology - Wroclaw (Poland)
π conjugated oligopeptides
Massively parallel synthesis; bottom-up structuring.
Technion - Haifa (Israel)
Theory of Single Molecule (Photo) Conduction
University of Madrid - Madrid (Spain)
Experience as Marie Curie Fellow:
BIMORE Mobility
Experience as Marie Curie Fellow:
Achievements after Fellowship has
finished
PUBLICATION DURING MARIE CURIE FELLOWSHIP
1. Cogdell, R.J., Brotosudarmo, T.H.P., Gardiner, A.T., Sanchez, P.M., Cronin, L. (2010) Artificial photosynthesis – solar fuels:
current status and future prospects, Biofuels, 1(6), 861-876
2. Moulisová, V., Luer, L., Hoseinkhani, S., Brotosudarmo, T.H.P., Collins, A.M., Lanzani, G., Blankenship, R.E. and Cogdell, R.J.
(2009): Low light adaptation: Energy transfer processes in different types of light harvesting complexes from
Rhodopseudomonas palustris, Biophysical Journal, 97, 3019-3028.
3. Brotosudarmo, T.H.P., Kunz, R., Böhm, P., Gardiner, A.T., Moulisová, V., Cogdell R.J. and Köhler, J. (2009): Single-molecule
spectroscopy reveals that individual low-light LH2 complexes from Rhodopseudomonas palustris 2.1.6. have a heterogenous
polypeptide composition, Biophysical Journal, 97, 1491-1500.
4. Cogdell, R.J., Gardiner, A.T., Brotosudarmo, T.H.P. and Hashimoto, H. (2008): A Comparative Look at the First Few Milliseconds
of the Light Reactions of Photosynthesis, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 7, 1150-1158.
5. Wörmke, S., Mackowski, S., Schalter, A., Brotosudarmo, T.H.P., Johanning, S., Scheer, H. and Bräuchle, C. (2008): Single
Molecule Fluorescence of Native and Refolded Peridinin-Chlorophyll-Protein Complexes, Journal of Fluoresence, 18, 611-617.
6. Mackowski, S., Wörmke, S., Maier, A.J., Brotosudarmo, T.H.P., Harutyunyan, H., Hartschuh, A., Govorov, A.O., Scheer, H. and
Bräuchle, C. (2008): Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence of Chlorophylls in Single Light-Harvesting Complexes, Nano Letters, 8(2),
558-646.
7. Brotosudarmo, T.H.P., Mackowski, S., Hofmann, E., Hiller, R.G., Bräuchle, C. and Scheer, H. (2008): Relative binding affinities
of chlorophylls in peridinin-chlorophyll-protein reconstituted with heterochlorophyllous mixtures, Photosynthesis Research,
95(2-3), 247-52.
8. Mackowski, S., Wörmke, S., Brotosudarmo, T.H.P., Scheer, H. and Bräuchle, C. (2008): Fluorescence spectroscopy of
reconstituted peridinin-chlorophyll-protein complexes, Photosynthesis Research, 95(2-3), 253-60.
Impact After Fellowship on Professional
Achievement
• 2011 April 15, join MRCPP
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laboratory Universitas Ma Chung
(founded 2007) as a principal
investigator and the director
No research students, 1 laboratory
assistance, and 1 administrator
Available equipment are UV-Vis
Spectroscopy and an HPLC with limited
columns
Limited supporting lab facility
Total MRCPP lab space was 3 x 6 m2
Key Factors from MC Fellowship as my
“weapons”:
1. Publications at High Impact Journals
2. Strategic Project Management Skills
3. Effective Communication
4. Interdisciplinary Networks
Key challenges in 2011:
1. Acquisition of 3rd party
research grant
2. Acquisition of 3rd party facility
funding
3. Establish distinction and
uniqueness of research in
Indonesia
4. Conduct good research
5. Convince the university board
of directors the important of
science & technology
research
Impact After Fellowship on Professional
Achievement
1. Establishment of 7 Floor Ma Chung R&D Building and MRCPP Laboratories
Establishment From Ground Zero
17 April 2012
New Lab Party 20 Dec 2013
Establishment Ceremony 17 Feb 2014 by
Minister of Research and Technology
Impact After Fellowship on Professional
Achievement
2. Leading MRCPP to be the first private university-based National Center of
Excellence in the field of photosynthesis
Presentation Ceremony of Inauguration
of MRCPP to be a National CoE
by the State Minister of RTHE
(Jakarta, 16.12.2014)
Presentation Ceremony of Accreditation
Certificate for Research and Development
Institutions by the State Minister of RTHE
(Jakarta, 22.12.2016)
Impact After Fellowship on Professional
Achievement
3. Invited young scientist for 63rd Meeting of Nobel Laureate in Lindau, Germany by
the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings (June 30 – July 05, 2013)
with Dr. Brian Kobilka
(Nobel Laureate for
Revealing the Work of Receptors)
with Dr. Steven Chu
(Nobel Laureate for
Trapping Atom with Laser)
Impact After Fellowship on Professional
Achievement
4. 22nd Toray Science and Technology
5. UK Alumni Award 2017, Professional
Award (08.03.2016), Indonesia Toray
Achievement Award, British Council
Science Foundation – Toray Industries,
(02 March 2017)
Japan
Example of Ongoing Research
Cooperation
 Chlorophyll indication
 Senescence analysis
 Plant Growth and Health
Assessments
 Mangrove forests
 Biodiversity of plants
Social, Community and Environment Impacts:
 Agri-/Aqua-culture Productivity and Sustainability
 Environment Protection
Executive Summary
The benefits of Marie Curie Fellowship that I got as important
assets:
1. Publications at High Impact Journals
2. Strategic Project Management Skills
3. Effective Communication
4. Interdisciplinary Networks
Tips on how to succeed:
1. Professionalism and friendship make trustworthy cooperation
2. Work on research with down-to-earth impact and long-term
cooperation/friendship
3. Mind what you do and do it with wholeheartedly