Fathimah Handayani is pursuing a PhD in forest sciences at Colorado State University, focusing on biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration to enable the preservation of the whole ecosystem and restore or protect the function of ecosystem services and living creatures.

Fathimah is a technical analyst at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, in Bogor. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Universitas Gadjah Mada and her master’s in forestry from Southern Cross University, the latter with an Australia Awards Scholarship.