Dr. Bidhari Pidhatika is a senior researcher in materials science at the Research Center for Polymer Technology, BRIN, Yogyakarta.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Universitas Gadjah Mada, her master’s in chemical engineering from Chalmers University of Technology, and a PhD in materials science from ETH Zürich.

At the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, her research project is on materials science, entitled “A Multiscale Tribological Study of Polymer/Silane-Functionalized Geosilica Nanoparticle Composites for Developing Resilient Dental Products.” In addition to working on her research project, she hopes to experience the multicultural scientific atmosphere in the US to enrich her global perspectives.