Denny Nugroho Sugianto is a professor in the Department of Department of Oceanography, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Universitas Diponegoro. His research focuses on the oceanographic and atmospheric dynamics, disaster mitigation, climate change, coastal engineering, coastal protection by building with nature, and empowerment of coastal communities. He is part of the Center for Coastal Rehabilitation and Disaster Mitigation Studies (CoREM), Universitas Diponegoro.  

Dessy Ariyanti is a lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering, the Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Diponegoro. She holds doctoral degree in Chemical and Material Engineering from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Her research focuses on the development of advanced materials for water and wastewater treatment, renewable energy, and energy storage system. She is a researcher in Center of Biomass and Renewable Energy as well as in Advanced Material Laboratory in Universitas Diponegoro. She also actively involved in the community developments program for plastic waste and organic waste conversion into valuable products.  

Diana Nur Afifah is a lecturer in the Department of Nutrition Science, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Diponegoro. Her area of interest is nutrition and functional food. She is currently a Chief of CENURE (Center of Nutrition Research) Universitas Diponegoro. Her research mainly supported SDGs, especially Goal 2: No hunger and Goal 3: Good health and wellbeing. Her research was published in reputable international journals. She is also frequently invited as a speaker regarding this goal as community service activities on television and radio

Dr. Ambariyanto is a professor in the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science. He is the Vice Rector for International and Research Cooperation of Diponegoro University. He hold master degree in ocean science from University of Wales and PhD in marine ecology from University of Sydney. He is active in the advocy and development of national maritime policies. He also active in introducing Indonesian marine resource, ecosystem, and biodiversity in various academic and policy fora both nationally and globally.

Wiwandari Handayani is an associate professor at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Diponegoro University, and a researcher at the SDGs Center of the university. She is the head of the Laboratory of Regional Development and Environmental Management in the department since 2012. Her research focuses on urban and regional resilience, mostly in the context of disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation, and governance.  She was in the team of Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN)-Rockefeller program in Semarang city, performed as M&E coordinator for several projects implemented in 2011-2014. She has been acting as the Deputy of Chief Resilience Officer (CRO), Semarang – Indonesia, under the program of Global Resilient Cities Network since 2015.

Bulan Prabawani is a lecturer as well as a researcher at the Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (UNDIP), a master’s degree in Management (UNDIP), and holds a doctoral degree from Edith Cowan University, Australia in Business. Bulan is the Head of the Business Administration Department since 2016 and is actively involved in research at Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Business Sustainability in which she has obtained national competitive grants for research and publication since 2014 for ESD, redenomination, business sustainability.

Rukuh Setiadi is a senior lecturer in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Diponegoro University, Indonesia and a researcher at the SDGs Centre of the university. He has background in urban planning (UNDIP), hold master degree in environmental management (Flinders University) and received his PhD in urban environmental policy from Griffith University. He is interested on the intellectual space between urbanization and governance in various contemporary urban topics such as climate change, green economy and food security. He also research on metropolitan management and recently consulted for the World Bank on metropolitan development solution case study in Indonesia.

Sugiharto is an associate professor in the Department of Animal Science, the Faculty of Animal and Agricultural Sciences, Diponegoro University. He has background in animal production (UNDIP), hold master degree in agrobiology (animal health and welfare) (Aarhus University) and PhD degree in animal science (immunology and microbiology) (Aarhus University). His research focuses on poultry nutrition, physiology and health. He also research on poultry product quality and safety. He has been a head of the Laboratory of Physiology and Biochemistry in the department since 2018. Besides research, he is also active in rural community empowerment.

Wahyu Widodo is a lecturer and researcher in Faculty of Economics and Business, Diponegoro University. He also serves as advisor for the Regional Planning Agency of Central Java Province for poverty alleviation program. From 2017 to 2019, he was assigned to The Executive Office of The President Republic of Indonesia as advisor to provide series of analysis on the strategic issues of the Indonesian economy specifically on agriculture sector, food security, poverty, and current macroeconomic situation.

Muhammad Helmi is a senior lecturer and researcher at the Department of Oceanography, Diponegoro University, and a researcher at the SDGs Center of the university. He is the head of the Coastal Rehabilitation and Disaster Mitigation Studies  since 2018. His research focuses on applied remote sensing and geospatial modeling, mostly on the coastal environment, rehabilitation and disaster mitigation studies. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in geography (UGM), master degrees in coastal and marine resources (IPB), and holds a doctoral degree from Diponegoro University in coastal resources management. He actively involves in works related to applied remote sensing and geospatial modeling since 2006.

Teuku Afrizal is a senior lecturer in the Department of Public Administration, Universitas Diponegoro, Indonesia, and a researcher at the SDGs Center of the university. He was a Junior Research Fellows in Center for Asian Studies (IKMAS) National University of Malaysia, Senior Lecturer in Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, and Senior Research Fellow in Borneo Research Institute for Indigenous Studies (BorIIS) Universiti Malaysia Sabah. He received a Ph.D. in development and environmental studies  from the center with the topic of community participation in municipal solid waste management. He is interested in urban ecosystem studies such as urban pollution studies, liveable city, safer city, liveable neighbourhood, independent community. Besides, he is an expert on environmental sociology and anthropology, social theory, and demography.