Dyah Puspitaloka is a research officer at CIFOR (Center for International Forestry Research) in Bogor.

She is pursuing a PhD in ecology, evolution, environment, and society at Dartmouth College, focusing on land reform and community collective action for sustainable management.

Dyah earned her bachelor’s in resources and environmental economics from Institut Pertanian Bogor and her master’s in forestry from Northern Arizona University with a USAID-CIFOR Master’s Degree Fellowship.