Dr. Daryono Hadi.

Professor Daryono Hadi Tjahjono was the former dean of the School of Pharmacy, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia (2011-2020). He earned his bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from the Department of Pharmacy-Bandung Institute of Technology and became a registered pharmacist. His master and Ph.D. degrees in medicinal chemistry were obtained from Keio University-Japan. Daryono Hadi spent about 2 years in a pharmaceutical company before joining the Department of Pharmacy-Bandung Institute Technology as a junior faculty member in 1992. Now he is a professor at the School of Pharmacy and head of the Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and High-Performance Computation.

Dr. Daryono Hadi has research interest in the design and synthesis of porphyrin and chlorophyll derivatives as photosensitizersfor photodynamic therapy and ligands for radiopharmaceuticals, exploring molecule database for drug discovery, as well as its in silico and in vivo study. He was awarded a Prominent Medicinal Chemist by the Association of Indonesian Medicinal Chemistry(AIMC) in 2009. He was also the recipient of the Academic Leader Award in the Health Field from the Indonesian Ministry of Research and Higher Education (2019).

Dr. Daryono Hadi is a member of the American Chemical Society (Division of Medicinal Chemistry), a country representative of the Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, and a board member of the Asian Federation of Medicinal Chemistry (AFMC).He wasthe former President of the Association of Indonesian Medicinal Chemistry (2013-2016),and the former President of the Association of Indonesian Higher Pharmacy Education (2015-2023).Prof. Daryono Hadi has also been serving as an expert in halal pharmaceuticals for SMIC of the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) since 2020.