Noir Primadona Purba received his Bachelor of Applied Science in Oceanography, Chemical, and Physical from Universitas Riau (UNRI) in 2005, a master's degree in Oceanography, Chemical, and Physical from Institut Teknologi Bandung in 2008, and a Postgraduate in Ocean Science from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in 2019. He is a lecturer and researcher at the Department of Marine Science, Universitas Padjadjaran. His research interests mainly focus on applying oceanography, including marine debris, laboratory experiments, low-cost marine instruments, and in-situ data collection.