Curriculum vitae kartini (Iin) Luther personal

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Date of birth: 27 April 1966

Citizenship: USA (formerly Indonesian)

Married with two children.

Address: House 806, AVRDC

No 60, Yi-Min-Liao

Shanhua, Tainan County, Taiwan 74151

Phone: (886-6) 583-7801 ext. 806

E-mail: kartini.luther@worldveg.org

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION

Environmental microbiology with emphasis on water quality microbiology.

Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia: 1991

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

May 2007 – the present

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  Liaise between the Center’s Global Leaders of the thematic R&D and the Deputy Director General – Research in the research and development related activities and documentation.
  
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  Work together with the Deputy Director General – Research in developing, reviewing and editing project proposals/concept notes and project reports, and carrying them through the Center’s approval process.
  
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  Prepare institutional documents: writing first draft of papers, providing/creating graphs, diagrams, tables, maps, illustration, etc., reviewing and revising the papers for submission.
  
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  Write reports for non-restricted funded projects to donors.
  
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  Draft and review Memoranda of Understandings/Agreements, and procedural directives.
  
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  Manage a USAID-funded project in East Java and Bali, Indonesia.
  
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  Act as an interim Manager of Grants and Partnership Development in the absence of the current Manager’s.
  
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  Organize institutional events such as strategic planning meeting, mamagement taining, workshops, etc.
  
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  Conduct other various tasks within the capacity of assisting the Deputy Director General – Research to conduct her responsibilities.
  

February 2005 – October 2005

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  Coordinated distribution of vegetable seed kits for disaster response from AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center to tsunami survivors in Aceh and North Sumatra provinces, Indonesia.
  
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  Liaised and networked with Indonesian national agricultural institutes and plant quarantine agency, national and international non-governmental organizations to plan and conduct smooth distribution of the vegetable seed kits.
  

November 2004 – April 2007

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  Designed, conducted and wrote reports for research on evaluation of biofumigation potential of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) against bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum.
  

August 2003 – February 2004

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  Organized and coordinated activities for students conducting research at the laboratory, and ensured that safety standards were observed in the presence of various hazardous chemicals.
  
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  Assisted research activities on Arsenic contamination on drinking water in Virginia,USA.
  

November 2003 – March 2004

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  Assisted in figuring out level of aids and assistance offered/provided to the rural poor in Virginia, USA to secure drinking water availability.
  

July 1993 – August 1995

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  Designed, conducted research and wrote reports on “Serotyping of FRNA-bacteriophage environmental isolates and Bacteriodes fragilis recovery from sewage”, “Enumeration and survival of FRNA bacteriophages in Mamala Bay, Honolulu” and “Recovery and determination of pathogenic Leptospira from streams in Hawaii”.
  

January 1995 – June 1995

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  Planned and organized the Hawaii International Program summer course, along with two other instructors/coordinators.
  
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  Coordinated and led a group of 15 students on a 3-week field trip in Indonesia.
  

February 1994 - December 1994

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  Designed, conducted research and wrote thesis on “Evaluation of Male-specific RNA Bacteriophages as Indicator of Water Quality in a Tropical Environment”.
  

August 1989 – May 1991

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  Prepared trainers’ and farmers’ guidelines for United Nation - Food and Agricultural Organization’s pilot program on farmer field school.
  
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  Assisted in various field works related to integrated pest management on rice.
  

Keatinge JDH, F Waliyar, RH Jamnadas, A Moustafa, M Andrade, P Dreschel, Jd’A Hughes, P Kadirvel, K Luther. 2010. Re-learning old lessons for future of food – By bread alone no longer: Diversifying diets with fruit and vegetables. Crop Science 50 (2 Suppl.): 51-62

Keatinge JDH, JD’A Hughes, A Ebert, D Ledesma, K Luther, R de la Pena, E Javier. 2008. Preserving the future of vegetable improvement. Risk Management System on Genetic Resources (APEC/ATCWG Workshop), 13-15 October 2008. Taichung Taiwan. ARI Special Publication no 135:1-17

Luther K and R Fujioka. Usefulness of monitoring tropical streams for male-specific RNA coliphages. 2004. Journal of Water Health 02: 171-181

Fujioka R, K Luther, G Vithanage. 2004. Assessment of FRNA Coliphages in Tropical Streams: Sewered versus Non-Sewered Area. Paper Presentation. EPA International Workshop on Coliphages as Indicators of Fecal Contamination in Water and Other Environmental Media. 2004. Crystal City, VA, USA.

Luther K and R Fujioka. 2002. Male-specific RNA coliphages are reliable markers of sewage (point source) contamination. Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation. Session 51-60, pp 627-640.

Luther K and R Fujioka. Evaluation of Male-specific RNA Bacteriophages as Indicator of Water Quality in a Tropical Environment. Poster Presentation. American Society of Microbiology Annual Conference. 1998. Atlanta, GA, USA.

(last updated: 26 November 2013)