Through the ASEAN-U.S. S&T Fellowship, Dr. Budhijanto drafted a roadmap linking academics and industrial practitioners to conduct join work toward a more sustainable, productive palm oil industry in Indonesia. She also coordinated with the ASEAN Centre for Energy opening up discourse on ASEAN’s current energy situation and the role palm oil-based biofuels might play to contribute to clean energy in the region. Dr. Budhijanto is currently an Associate Professor at Gadjah Mada University (GMU) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. She recently applied communication skills garnered during her fellowship year to help GMU students, the winners of the YSEALI World of Food Innovation Challenge, prepare presentations for VIP audiences in several ASEAN countries and the United States.
Dr. Budhijanto received both her Bachelor’s (1996) and Master’s (1999) Degree from the Chemical Engineering Department of Gadjah Mada University in Indonesia. She received her Ph.D. in CHemical Engineering from West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia in the U.S. (2003).