Marsetyawan Heparis Nur Ekandaru SOESATYO completed his medical education at the Faculty of Medicine UGM in 1973, and then joined the teaching staff at the Histology Department of the Faculty of Medicine UGM in 1975. His career began by attending Masters education at the Faculty of Science Mahidol University Bangkok (1983-1986) with a concentration in immunological researchs. Two years later, he attended a doctoral education program at the Faculteit der Geneeskunde Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and earned a PhD with the same topic, immunology, especially mucosal immunology, completed in 1992. Postdoctoral studies were conducted for 1 year at the same place. Around 1991, he did an internship for several months at the Department of Anatomy, University of Nebraska, Omaha, USA, on the mucosal immune response in the colon. Returned to his homeland in mid 1993, and then in 1994 he first held a course at PAU Biotechnology UGM with the topic ‘Mucosal Immunology’. Then every next year, about 20 rounds of similar courses were held, coordinated by the UGM Center for Tropical Medicine. Towards the last years, the course topics were combined with molecular biology. Five years after the Ph.D. from the Netherlands, in 1997, the Decree of an Middle Professor was came out, which was not long after changed by education authorities to a Professor.

Marsetyawan as a histology and immunology lecturer was consistent until his retirement in 2018, developing teaching and research activities on immunology, and guiding postgraduate and postgraduate students related to immunology and biomolecular. So far, he has written his own textbook entitled ‘Basics of Mucosal Immunology’. Writing with his colleague, Sofia Mubarika, entitled ‘Hybridoma Technique’, and finally with Nurliyani they produced the book ‘Milk Immunology’.

His experience as a structural functionary is quite long and varied, starting from being the Head of Master’s Degree Program in Biotechnology, Basic Medical Sciences, Head of Doctoral Management, Head of the FK Senate, Head of the UGM Academic Senate. In addition to other positions such as Head of the S3 Academic Standards Commission, currently he is still a member of the Research Ethics Committee of FK-RS Sardjito. His last status is professor NIDK 8893090018.

e-mail address: marshnes@ugm.ac.id