Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Novitasari Sinambela earned both her Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) and Master of Science (M.Sc.) degrees in Chemistry from the Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Indonesia, where she specialized in the development of homogeneous catalytic systems. She pursued her doctoral studies at the University of Ulm, Germany, where she completed her Ph.D. in Photochemistry. Her doctoral research centered on artificial photosynthesis, a field that seeks to mimic natural photosynthetic processes to convert sunlight into chemical energy. Following the completion of her Ph.D., she continued in the same research group at the University of Ulm as a postdoctoral researcher, further advancing her work on photochemical energy conversion and catalytic materials. In April 2026, she joined the Energy Materials and Sustainability Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) as a postdoctoral researcher. Her current research focuses on "Light-driven Heterogeneous Catalysis for Sustainable Fuel Production." Through her work, she aims to contribute to the advancement of sustainable energy solutions by bridging photochemistry, catalysis, and materials science.