Dr. Sylvia Utami Tunjung Pratiwi, S.Si, M.Si is a microbiologist. Her research focused on understanding how microbes-microbes or microbes-host interact and communicate between each other (quorum sensing), which is determine the ability to increase their pathogenicity, i.e biofilm, antimicrobial resistance, and finding novel compound(s) with antipathogenicity activity, or high activity against biofilm. She is a lecturer at the Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy Gadjah Mada University. In this position she develops, coordinates and teaches various courses such as: Cell Biology and Microbiology, and Pharmacogsnosy. She is also the Liaison Officer of UGM-Faculty of Science Leiden University Joint Research Collaboration.

Key fields of expertise:

-   Microbial Interaction

-   Antibiofilm and quorum sensing

-   Antimicrobial Natural Product