Prof. Nita Rukminasari, SPi., MP., Ph.D adalah alumni UNPAD yang kini menjadi Guru Besar Universitas Hasanuddin dan dikenal sebagai peneliti unggul di bidang kelautan dan lingkungan perairan. Dengan pengalaman riset internasional dan rekam jejak publikasi yang kuat, beliau fokus pada mikroalga, bioremediasi, dan pengelolaan pesisir berkelanjutan, menjadikannya salah satu akademisi berpengaruh dalam upaya menjaga keberlanjutan laut Indonesia.

Work Experiences

• 1997 – 1999, Muhammadiyah University Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan , Head of Fishery Department
• 1998 – 1999 Vagrant Kids Foundation, Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, Secretary
• 1998 – present, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, Associate Professor
• 1998 – present, Woman Study Centre, Hasanuddin University, Makasssar, Sulawesi Selatan, Member
• 2003 – 2005 The University of Newcastle, Australia, Student Mentor
• 2007 – 2011 Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, Head of Study Program of Aquatic Resources Management
• 2008 – present, Research and Development for Marine, Coastal and Small Islands, Hasanuddin University, Research Member.
• 2018 – 2021, Secretary, Center of Excellent for Seaweed Research Development and Utilization, Universitas
• 2022 – present, Secretary, Research Center for Climate Change, Universitas
• 2021 – present, Secretary, Discipline Committee Board at Faculty of Marine Science and Fisheries, Universitas Hasanuddin

Recent Publications

1. Nita Rukminasari, Sharifuddin Bin Andy Omar, & Muhammad Lukman. Temperature and nitrate concentration effect on the abundance and growth rate of Melosira sp. BioLink : Jurnal Biologi Lingkungan, Industri dan Kesehatan, Vol. 7 (2).
2. Khor Waiho, Mhd Ikhwanuddin, Juliana C. Baylon, Mohamad Jalilah, Nita Rukminasari, Yushinta Fujaya and Hanafiah Fazhan. Moult induction methods in soft-shell crab production Aquaculture Research, Vol.00: 1- 17.
3. Hanafiah Fazhan, Khor Waiho, Emilia Quinitio, Juliana C. Baylon, Yushinta Fujaya, Nita Rukminasari, Mohammad Farhan Darin Azri, Md. Sheriff Shahreza, Hongyu Ma and Mhd 2021. PeerJ, e10936: 1 – 18.

Workshop, Training and Postdoc

1. Postdoc Program, Erasmus Mundus AREAS Program, Oct 2013 – April 2014, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium.
2. Postdoc Program, Erasmus Mundus LOTUS Program, Nov 2014 – May 2015, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
3. Applied Approach for teaching training, 4 – 9 March 2013, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia
4. Teaching and Learning Improvement Workshop, 13 – 18 August 2018, Hasanuddin University,
5. Developing capacity for economic development of Indonesia’s fisheries Monash University, Australian Award Fellowship. 12 Feb – 11 March 2017.
6. Public Speaking and Effective Presentation Workshop, 18 – 21 April 2018, Hasanuddin University,
7. Training of Trainers for Fisheries Policy, Management & Conservation in Indonesia. Conservation Strategy Fund. 5 – 11 August 2018.
8. Internation Research Reviewer Training, 30 Sep – 4 Oct 2019, Makassar, Indonesia
9. Economic and policy training on the blue economy development framework, 2 – 15 May 2023, Conservation Strategy Fund, Kendari, Indonesia

Research Interest

• Primary productivity of aquatic ecosystem
• Bioremediation technique using microalgae and aquatic plant
• Searching biofuel sources from microalgae and others organism from aquatic Ecosystems
• Impact of climate change and ocean acidification on marine
• Fish, Crab and Microalgae DNA
• eDNA and conservation
• Coastal management