Prof. Nita Rukminasari, SPi., MP., Ph.D adalah alumni UNPAD Fakultas Pertanian yang saat ini menjadi Guru besar dan peneliti di Universitas Hasanuddin yang aktif mengembangkan riset di bidang kelautan, perikanan, dan lingkungan perairan. Sejak lebih dari dua dekade, beliau mengabdikan diri pada dunia akademik, mengajar sekaligus memimpin berbagai penelitian yang berfokus pada mikroalga, bioremediasi, perubahan iklim, hingga pengelolaan ekosistem pesisir yang berkelanjutan. Pendidikan doktoralnya ditempuh di University of Newcastle, Australia, dilanjutkan dengan program postdoctoral di Belgia dan Swedia, yang memperkuat jejaring internasional sekaligus memperkaya kontribusinya dalam dunia ilmiah.

Sebagai peneliti produktif, Prof. Nita telah menulis puluhan publikasi internasional dan aktif dalam beragam proyek riset strategis, mulai dari konservasi terumbu karang, pengelolaan karbon biru, hingga pengembangan industri rumput laut dan perikanan berkelanjutan. Beliau juga berperan di sejumlah pusat riset, seperti Pusat Riset Perubahan Iklim dan Pusat Unggulan Penelitian Rumput Laut Universitas Hasanuddin. Dengan semangat kolaborasi dan kepedulian terhadap keberlanjutan laut Indonesia, Prof. Nita terus berkontribusi menghadirkan ilmu pengetahuan yang bermanfaat bagi masyarakat, lingkungan, dan generasi mendatang.

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.
4. Nita Rukminasari and Akbar Tahir. Dinoflagellate cyst composition, abundance, and assemblages in surface sediment of Paotere Port, Makassar, Eastern Indonesia: preliminary study for dinoflagellate cyst identification and collection. AACL Bioflux, Vol.14 (3): 1107 – 1117.
5. Nita Rukminasari and Akbar 2021. Species Assemblages and Distribution of Dinoflagellate Cysts from three Estuaries Sediment’s of Makassar Strait, Eastern Indonesia. OnLine Journal of Biological Science, Vol. 21 (2): 232 – 244.

6. Siti Aslamyah, Yushinta Fujaya and Nita Rukminasari. Microflora Contribution to Cellulase and Digestion Enzyme in Mud Crab Digestive Tract. OnLine Journal of Biological Science, Vol. 21 (1): 181 – 187.
7. Irmawati, Meimulya, Asmi Citra Malina A. R. Tassakka, Nadiarti, Nita Rukminasari, Ince Ayu Khairana Kadriah, Hasan Nasrullah, Alimuddin. Identification, genetic diversity, and comparative evolution of the striped snakehead Channa striata (Bloch, 1793) in Wallacea, Indonesia. Biodiversitas, Vol. 23 (7): 3327 – 3337
8. Siti Aslamyah, Yushinta Fujaya, Nita Rukminasari, Andi Aliah Hidayani, Muhlisa Darwis, Muhammad Achdiat. 2022. Utilization of Feed and Growth Performance of Mud Crabs: The Effect of Herbal Extracts as Functional Feed Additives. The Israeli Journal of Aquaculture – Open Access IJA.74.2022.1551973, 11 pages.
9. A. J. van Oort, · N. Rukminasari,· G. Latama, · A. Verhagen, and A.K. van der Werf. 2022. The Bio Economic Seaweed Model (BESeM) for modelling tropical seaweed cultivation – experimentation and modelling. Journal of Applied Phycology. Published online 19 August 2022.
10. Nur Inda Sari and Nita 2022. The abundance and species assemblages of dinoflagellate cysts at sediments in the three estuaries of the Southern part of South Sulawesi. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1119 (2022) 012011.
11. Andi Aliah Hidayani, Yushinta Fujaya, Dody Dh.Trijuno, Muh. Tauhid Umar, Nita Rukminasari, Alimuddin, and Gunarto Gunarto. 2022. Reproductive Performance Of Intraspecific Hybrids Of Blue Swimming Crab (Portunus pelagicus). Indonesian Aquaculture Journal, Vol. 17 (2): 121-
12. Nita Rukminasari, Andi Aliah Hidayani, Andi Parenrengi, and Sapto Andriyono. Detecting DNA of multispecies dinoflagellate cysts in the sediment from three estuaries of Makassar strait and fishing port using CO1 primer: Is it CO1 primer suitable for detecting DNA dinoflagellate? Bagdhad Science Journal, Vol. 2: 1 – 8
13. Sapto Andriyono, Nita Rukminasari, Andi Aliah Hidayani, Indra Junaidi Zakaria, Md. Jobaidul Alam, Hyun-Woo Kim. Diversity of dinoflagellate cysts isolated from estuarine sediments of the Bengawan Solo and Brantas rivers, Indonesia. Biodiversitas, Vol. 24 (2): 1083 – 1091.
14. Nita Rukminasari, Muhammad Lukman, & Khusnul Yaqin. Interaction of CO2 and light availability on photophysiology of tropical coccolitophorids (Emiliania huxleyi, Gephyrocapsa oceanica, and Ochosphaera sp.). BioLink : Jurnal Biologi Lingkungan, Industri dan Kesehatan, Vol. 9 (2): 133 – 150.
15. Nita Rukminasari, Dewi Yanuarita Satari, Suharto, 2023. Response to Temperature Stress of Free‑Living Symbiodinium Isolated from Three Coral Host Species (Porites lobata, Porites cylindrica and Seriatopora sp) in the Spermonde Archipelago. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci. Vol. 93. Issue 2, 27 April 2023.
16. Khusnul Yaqin, Hudriyah, and Nita Rukminasari. 2023. Microplastic Concentrations In Green Mussel Epibiont From Lae-Lae Island Makassar. Journal of Sustainability Science and Management, Volume 18 Number 5, May 2023: 112-125.
17. Muhammad Fatratullah Muhsin, Yushinta Fujaya, Andi Aliah Hidayani, Hanafiah Fazhan, Wan Adibah Wan Mahari, Su Shiung Lam, Alexander Chong Shu-Chien, Youji Wang, Nor Afiqah- Aleng, Nita Rukminasari, and Khor Waiho. 2023. Bridging the gap between sustainability and profitability: unveiling the untapped potential of sea cucumber viscera. PeerJ 11:e16252 DOI 7717/peerj.16252.
18. Angelinus Vincentius, Nita Rukminasari, and Sukarman, H.J. Putra, 2024. Goldband goatfish fatty acids as potential cyclooxygenase-2 blocking agents: a molecular docking approach. AACL Bioflux, Volume 17, Issue 2: 627 – 633.

19. Nita Rukminasari, Sapto Andriyono and Andi Aliyah Hidayani. 2024. Dinoflagellate Cyst Assemblage, Abundance and Distribution in Three Estuaries in Bone Bay, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Ocean Science Journal (2024) 59:19.

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

Previous and Current Research

1. Coral Vulnerability Assessment to Temperature Stress (Bleaching) and Ocean Acidification in the Spermonde Archipelago: Conservation Strategies for Climate Resilience. 2015 – 2017.
2. Temperature stress and ocean acidification impact upon Symbiodinium from Spermonde’s coral. 2018

3. Study of benthos and plankton effectivity as a bioindicator for organic pollutant at different 2018
4. The effect increasing CO2 concentration to absorption, biomass production and bioremediation of supra intensive pond waste water by microalgae and 2019
5. Dinoflagelalte cyst species assemblage and distribution from northern part of Makassar Strait: Predicting and mapping for HABs. Kemenbudristekdikti. 2020 – 2022
6. Application of DNA Barcoding in the Identification of Dinoflagellate Cysts in Sediments from the waters of Sulawesi, Sumatra and Java as early detection of algae bloom cases. 2022.
7. Review of Vocational Education and Training Programs in Informing the Future Seaweed Industry in South Sulawesi. 2022.
8. Economic vulnerabity of small-scale fishermen to climate change impact at Spermonde Island, South Conservation Strategy Fund. Indonesia. 2023.
9. Mapping distribusi dan keragaman genetic organisme laut dari Perairan Sulawesi (Selat Makassar, Laut Flores, dan Teluk Bone) dengan menggunakan eDNA dan metabarcoding. Kemenbudristekdikti. 2023.
10. Assessing the Potential of Seaweed Cultivation at Takalar Regency for Blue Carbon Sequestration in Coastal MTCRC (Korea). 2023.
11. Measurement of carbon sequestration potential and economic assessment of mangroves as a blue carbon ecosystem in Maros Regency, South Sulawesi. Collaboration Fundamental Research Scheme. Unhas. 2024.
12. Seaweed Cultivation Technique Experiment. Wageningen University of Research (WUR).

Scholarship History

• AusAid scholarship for doctorate program from Australian Government at The University of Newcastle, 2002 – 2007
• Academic Recharging Program Research Scholarship from Directorate General for Higher Education, Education National Ministry, Republic of Indonesia at Monash University, Australia, September 2010 – January 2011.
• Senior Research Program Scholarship from Fulbright AMINEF, USA at University of Nevada, Reno, October 2011 – April 2012.
• Postdoc Program, Erasmus Mundus AREAS Program, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, Oct 2013 – April
• Postdoc Program, Erasmus Mundus LOTUS Project Unlimited. Uppsala University, Sweden, Nov 2014 – July 2015.
• Short course, Australian Fellowship Award, Monash University, Australia, Feb – March
• Internation Research Reviewer Training, 30 Sep – 4 Oct 2019, Makassar, Indonesia
• 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