Rikson Siburian is currently a Professor in the Chemistry Department at the University of Sumatera Utara, Indonesia. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemistry from the University of Sumatera Utara in 1998 and 2001, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree in Pure and Applied Science from the University of Tsukuba in 2013. He is also affiliated with the Carbon and Frankincense Research Center at the University of Sumatera Utara. Recently, his group worked to synthesize and evaluate graphene materials and N-graphene for fuel cells and primary batteries. His interest is in the field of graphene.