Dr. Kurniawan Rudi Trijatmiko earned a degree in Agriculture at the Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta (Indonesia) in 1994. Master Degree in Biotechnology at the Bogor Agricultural University (Indonesia) in 2000. PhD Degree in Plant Sciences at the Wageningen University (Netherlands) in 2005.Following Post-doc fellowships at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Philippines (2009-2011) and Project Scientist at IRRI (2014-2016). Dr.Trijatmiko is currently working as a Scientist I at the Genetic Transformation Laboratory, IRRI with focus on main research topics: engineering rice for high beta-carotene, iron and zinc.