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Wednesday, August 31, 2016, at the University of Indonesia Depok Campus Convention Hall and led by the UI Chancellor Prof. Dr. Ir. Muhammad Anis, M.Met., 2 orang Profesor Fakultas MIPA dikukuhkan. Mereka adalah Prof. Drs. Ridla Bakri, M.Phil., Ph.D.  as a Permanent Professor in the field of Chemistry and Prof. Dr. Phil. Nat. Drs. Anto Sulaksono, M.Si. as Permanent Professors in Nuclear Physics. Both Professors of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, UI have dedicated themselves to the development of science according to their respective fields so that they have provided benefits to the world of Indonesian education, especially basic science research.

At the inauguration ceremony, Prof. Bakri delivered a speech entitled “Self-Assembly: A Simple Way to Make Nano-Materials”. In recent years, nanoscience and nanotechnology have developed very rapidly and attracted much attention from researchers and industries around the world. Nano materials are very interesting because their products have properties that are very different from similar materials that are in large sizes. Nanoparticles have extraordinary properties because they are useful in various fields such as energy, health, environment, agriculture and others. Nanoparticle technology is able to change materials that are difficult to dissolve, difficult to absorb and labile biologically active substances into materials that are very useful for life. Therefore, producing nanomaterials in large quantities, the process self-assembly is very necessary because this method is very effective and efficient for the manufacture of nano devices and their systems. According to Prof. Bakri, the process self-assembly occurs without human intervention so the challenge is how researchers can maintain and regulate the formation of supramolecules in a directed manner like the desired structure. Thus, nanotechnology can be utilized to produce something useful such as cleaning environmental pollution, efficient and safe drug delivery mechanisms without side effects, development of information technology, self-cleaning window glass (can clean itself), smart fabrics that can adjust the comfortable temperature for its users.

Next, Prof. Anto delivered an inaugural speech entitled “The Path to Understanding the Origins of Heavy Elements” For more than 15 years he has been involved in the field of nuclear physics and astrophysics, currently pursuing three research topics, namely neutron stars (compact objects), neutrino transport in proto-neutron stars and nuclear structures in neutron-rich nuclei. Prof. Anto said “There is still a lot of homework to be done within the framework of our research road map and of course it is not easy to realize. Support is needed in the form of appropriate research policies, then accessing funding sources, information and research facilities, as well as the availability of extraordinary students to help develop research in the field that I love.”