Mgs. Muh. Prima Putra was born in Sleman, Yogyakarta Indonesia. He graduated from Fish Product Technology Study Program, Department of Fisheries, Universitas Gadjah Mada in 2007 and subsequently continue his Master Degree in Master Program in Food and Science Technology, Universitas Gadjah Mada and graduated in 2010. His Undergraduate Thesis theme was on the utilization of Artemia salina as source of protein for food, while his Master Thesis theme was the characterization of physical and chemical properties of protein from Chalophyllum inophyllum cake. For his Doctoral degree, he decided to switch from biochemistry to biotechnology by pursued a Doctoral Degree Program at Department of Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, Japan, and got his Ph.D. in 2019 with the research theme studies on secondary metabolites pathway in Streptomyces sp.

  He join Fish Product Technology Study Program, Department of Fisheries Universitas Gadjah Mada as a Lecture in 2012. Until now, he actively teaching several subjects e.g. chemistry and biochemistry of fisheries products, quality control of fishery products, basic fish microbiology, microbiology of fisheries products and introduction to fisheries biotechnology in undergraduate and master program. His research interest is on bioactive peptide derived from fish fermented food and fish protein hydrolysate and its bioactivity in food system.