Dr. Alberts in Indonesia with young Indonesian scientists in 2010.
The Indonesian-American Frontiers of Science Symposium
This annual meeting of approximately forty Indonesian and forty U.S. outstanding young scientists has been held nearly every year since 2011 in Indonesia. With outstanding leadership from the Indonesian Academy of Sciences (AIPI) and support from USAID, it stimulated the formation of the Indonesian National Young Academy in 2015.
Learn more about the ongoing Frontiers of Science Symposia here >>
The 2024 publication of an Indonesia special feature in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
Entitled “Progress and Promise for Science in Indonesia,” a group of articles present recent research on biodiversity and climate change in Indonesia, while also exploring how better support for science could benefit this democratic nation of nearly 300 million people. The overview article, co-authored with Indonesian colleagues, is here.
Last updated: April 16, 2024 at 14:20 pm