Dewajani Purnomosari joined (at that time named) Histology Department in 1998 with a Rector’s Decree, after completing his Masters in Biotechnology at the Pusat Antar Universitas (PAU) UGM. In 1999, Neni had the opportunity to receive training at Vrije Universiteit Netherlands for 3 months, and in 2001 started a doctoral program from the same university. Neni was appointed a civil servant in 2005 and in 2006 completed a doctoral program from Utrecht Medical Center in the field of Developmental Biology and Oncology. After completing the doctoral program, Neni was immediately involved in teaching and learning activities. During her time at the department, she was a research coordinator, education coordinator, and is currently entrusted with being the department’s treasurer. Besides teaching, she is also involved as a Good Laboratory Clinical Practice (GCLP) facilitator, being the head of the Biosafety FK-KMK team, a member of the UGM System Management Biorisk Laboratory (SMBL) team, since 2017 she has been appointed as an assessor member of the National Authority for Containment (NAC) Commission in the context of polio eradication and since 2016 has been actively involved as a facilitator at the Asosiasi Biorisiko Indonesia (ABI). During his doctoral program, she had the opportunity to attend training in Heidelberg-Germany, Taiwan, and Hawaii. She had the opportunity to take a post-doctoral degree for 1 year at WHO-IARC in the Genetic Susceptibility group. Her main research interests are molecular genetics of breast cancer, immunology, and the effect of natural substances on cancer cell lines and in experimental animals.

e-mail address: d.purnomosari@ugm.ac.id