Head of Wood Composites Laboratory, IPB University (Bogor Agricultural University) in Bogor, Indonesia; Doctor and undergraduate from IPB University (1991, and 1977) and Master degree from Nagoya University Japan (1983). I have been working at IPB University since 1978, in 2009 I was visiting researcher at Kyoto University Japan, I was the first Chairman of Indonesian Wood Research Society (Iwors), International Committee member of Pacific Rim Bio-Based Composites Symposium since 1994. Research interest in wood composites, wood chemical modification, wood resistance to bio-degradation organisms, utilization of small log diameter. Member of Iwors, SWST (Society of Wood Science and Technology).