I have been a lecturer in the Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjadjaran, since 2008. I attended the Undergraduate and Pharmacist License Program at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia. I earned my master's degree from the School of Pharmacy Institute Technology, Bandung, Indonesia. Finally, I graduated from the graduate school of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Tohoku University, Japan, for my Doctoral education. Regarding my research, I have been focused on the pharmacological activity of natural products and neurochemical mechanisms of addiction, such as nicotine dependence.