Buntora Pasaribu received his Bachelor of Science in Fisheries. Technology Process from Universitas Riau (UNRI) in 2008, a Master of Science in Marine Biotechnology from National Dong Hwa University in 2013, and a PhD in Biotechnology from National Chung Hsing University in 2017. He did his Postdoctoral Researcher at Rutgers University, USA, from 2018-2022. He is currently an assistant professor at the Department of  Marine Science, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran. His research interests mainly focus on plants and genetic, cellular, and molecular biology.