Born and raised in urban eastern part of Jakarta, Dr. Eng. Muhammad Makky serves as an associate Professor at the Andalas University, Indonesia. There, he teaches courses in electronics-mechatronics-robotics and precision agriculture, automation and nondestructive evaluation. In addition to his related Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) researches, he has worked as visiting professors in Japan, the Netherlands, and Greece. He is currently a coordinator of center for quality assurance for research and community services, in Andalas University, West Sumatra, Indonesia. He also works as advisor and consultant for oil-palm company in Indonesia.
As an ASEAN S&T Fellow, Dr. Eng. Muhammad Makky will work with the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education to potentially improve the governance and financial management of commercialisation of innovative research output, by setting up the STI Policy according to its readiness in Science Techno Parks throughout Indonesia. His work aims to promote and strengthen STI which focus on the development of STI-related infrastructure, human resources, collaboration- relationships-cooperation with stakeholders in more advanced countries. He works to enhance the role of the Indonesian-based ASEAN Centre for bio-related research activities based on the properties of geographical environment and agro-food-biodiversity as a regional center of excellence promoting the food security as the strong point for designing the STI policy in ASEAN.
Dr. Eng. Muhammad Makky obtained a B.Eng. in Agricultural Engineering from the Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia (2002), M.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering Science from the same University (2005), and Dr. Eng. in Agricultural Systems and Engineering from the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand (2013).