My Writings

Career-related Articles

1. My Ph.D. advisers expected weekly progress reports. I’m glad they did (Science Magazine, 2021)

2. I made a hasty career decision amid Ph.D. burnout. Here’s how I got back on course (Science Magazine, 2022)

Popular Science Articles

1. Indonesia pengguna pestisida terbesar ketiga dunia, tapi riset efeknya masih kurang (The Conversation Indonesia, 2023)

2. Pestisida RNA jadi solusi baru membasmi hama, bagaimana peluang dan tantangan penerapannya di Indonesia? (The Conversation Indonesia, 2024)

Original Research Article (selected publication)

1. Mutation of the Cytochrome P450 CYP360A8 Gene Increases Sensitivity to Paraquat in Daphnia magna (Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2020).
This paper won the Best Student Paper Award 2022 and also 10 exceptional papers on 2021 from Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 

2. Atrazine exposed phytoplankton causes the production of non-viable offspring on Daphnia magna (Marine Environmental Research, 2019)

Others

1. After School (photo essay, working together with an Indonesian photographer, Abu Hanifah)

About Me

Hi all. 

I am Pijar Religia.

Currently, a specially appointed researcher at International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University, Japan. 

I got my Ph.D. at the Department of Biotechnology, Osaka University, Japan. 

My recent work focuses on fermentation and Life Cycle Assessment.

My previous work has been ranging on different topics such as ecotoxicology, ecotoxicogenomics, zooplankton Daphnia magna, Cytochorome P450, and microalgae biofuel.

I love writing and I would dedicate this blog as a portfolio for my writings, both scientific and popular articles.