Speaker

Mr. Arief Ramadhan

Mr. Arief Ramadhan holds an Master Degree in the field of Material Science from University of Indonesia in 2013. He works at Indonesian Rubber Research Institute since 2004 as post harvest technology researcher. He also take on duty as Section Editor of Indonesian Bulletin of Natural Rubber Industry. His current R&D activities are focusing on the development of nanocomposite of natural rubber (solid and latex phase) with (organo)bentonite, development of rubberized asphalt based on prevulcanized latex, and natural rubber for manufacturing of elastomeric bearing pad.  He has a research collaboration with Faculty of Technology – University of Indonesia, and some construction based industry such PT. Ngagel Citrarubberindo dan PT. Mastic Utama Sarana. He was awarded an research grant from Ministry of Agriculture in 2015 – 2016 to develop nanocomposite of natural rubber based on organoclay.