Iman Hidayat (born 19 January 1978, in Bandung) is an Indonesian scientist and public official specialized in

mycology Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their use to humans, including as a source for tinder, traditional medicine, food, and entheogens, as ...

microbiology Microbiology () is the scientific study of microorganisms, those being unicellular (single cell), multicellular (cell colony), or acellular (lacking cells). Microbiology encompasses numerous sub-disciplines including virology, bacteriology, prot ...

, and

plant pathology Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungus, fung ...

. Prior his appointment as Acting Head of the

Life Sciences Research Organization The Research Organization for Life Sciences and Environment ( id, Organisasi Riset Ilmu Pengetahuan Hayati dan Lingkungan, ORIPHL) is one of Research Organizations under the umbrella of the National Research and Innovation Agency (, BRIN). It was ...

(Indonesian: ''Organisasi Riset Ilmu Pengetahuan Hayati'', ORIPH), he was a researcher at Research Center for Biomaterial, Indonesian Institutes of Sciences since 1 December 2002. He completed his bachelor degree in Biology at Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences,

Padjadjaran University Padjadjaran University id, Universitas Padjajaran, abbreviated as UNPAD) is a public university located in Sumedang Regency and Bandung, which is the provincial capital of West Java, Indonesia. It was established on September 11, 1957. UNPAD has ...

in 2002, and his doctoral degree in Plant Pathology at Faculty of Agriculture,

Chiang Mai University Chiang Mai University ( CMU; th, มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่) is a public research university in northern Thailand founded in 1964. It has a strong emphasis on engineering, science, agriculture, and medicine. It ...

in 2009. During his time as researcher, he completed various courses on

ascomycetes Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The defi ...

taxonomy, plant pathological microorganisms, and

molecular phylogenetics Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

. He was appointed as Acting Head of ORIPH since 1 September 2021.

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Iman Hidayat Iman Hidayat (born 19 January 1978, in Bandung) is an Indonesian scientist and public official specialized in mycology, microbiology, and plant pathology. Prior his appointment as Acting Head of the Life Sciences Research Organization (Indonesia ...

Indonesian academics Indonesian botanists 1978 births Living people People from Bandung