Welcome to this site!
Hi! I’m Ahmad Ridwan Tresna Nugraha, a lazy theoretical physicist and materials scientist from Indonesia. After completing my undergraduate study (2004-2008) in my hometown, I spent approximately 11 years (2008-2019) in Sendai, Japan, as a graduate student, postdoctoral fellow, and assistant professor at Tohoku University. Since 2019, I’ve been working as a researcher and civil servant for governmental research institutions in Indonesia. My current position is senior principal researcher (equivalent to a full professor) at Research Center for Quantum Physics, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN). I also hold a part-time appointment as a lecturer at Department of Engineering Physics, Telkom University.
Why lazy…
It is not meant to be a humble brag or false modesty because I do not like to pretend to be either a good researcher or a bad researcher. To emphasize, I am generally lazy in my daily life when it comes to any work that does not fit my idealism of being simple and non-bureaucratic. As a result, I frequently procrastinate and do not meet deadlines. To potential collaborators, I kindly ask you to be patient with me. Depending on the research topics we are exploring together, we might be able to contribute to society, as well as to get lost in the jungle. Although some research projects from my former lab were quite well-cited in the literature, most of the papers in my publication list ended up unrecognized.
What you’ll find here
On this website, I will randomly share anything that comes into my mind, from serious stuff (related to research) to personal things like hobbies and opinions. I mainly write in English and Indonesian. Additionally, to practice other languages I have learned in the past, I plan to write in Sundanese (my second native language), Japanese, and Arabic.
Contact
For professional communications, please contact me through my official email: ahmad dot ridwan dot tresna dot nugraha at brin dot go dot id. (Change “dot” and “at” with the proper symbols. Also, remove unnecessary whitespaces.) Other than that, you can send me a message through my gmail account: art dot nugraha at gmail dot com.
Disclaimer
I use this website as a platform to share my personal thoughts, independent of affiliations. In this regard, I ask the readers to never associate any article on this website with my former or current institutions. Except for the scientific publications, I alone am fully responsible for my own writings.