Biography:
Dr. Semuel Leunufna completed his PhD program at the Martin Luther University (MLU) Halle-Wittenberg, and at the Institute for Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Germany on plant genetic conservation in 2004, earned a MSc. in Plant Breeding from the Crop Science Department of the University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada in 1995. After one year job as a scientific staff at the IPK Gatersleben, he returned to Indonesia and work at the Faculty of Agriculture Pattimura University. Dr. Leunufna has published more than 70 scientific research articles in various international journals and book chapter in addition to a great number of popular scientific publications, invited as a speaker and keynote speaker at different international scientific conferences, both virtual and in person.
Title : Initial activities on bio-prospecting of sky-hold banana (musa troglodytarum l.): Protection of the rights of indigenous community in Maluku islands, Indonesia