MARCELINUS CHRISTWARDANA, S.T., M.T., Ph.D.

Jl. Nusa Indah 2 No. 2 Perumnas Palur, Ngringo, Jaten, Karanganyar

Surakarta, 15 April 1990
+62 85647272844 (Indonesia)
mchristwardana@gmail.com
marcelinus@iti.ac.id
https://sites.google.com/site/mcl150490/
ORCID ID : 0000-0003-4084-1763
SCOPUS ID : 55782121900

EDUCATION
8/2008 – 6/2012 Diponegoro University, Indonesia
S.T., Chemical Engineering
Plant Design Project: Pre-design of Ammonium sulphate plant by neutralization
process with capacity 400,000 tones/year
Supervisor: Ir. Nur Rokhati MT
Final Project: Production of Alginate-Chitosan Edible Film as “Green” Fruit
Coating
Supervisor: Ir. Nur Rokhati MT
GPA: 3.39 / 4.00

6/2012 – 7/2013 Diponegoro University, Indonesia

M.T, Chemical Engineering
Research Topic: Phytoremediation, algae cultivation for food and energy
Theses: Two Stages Phytoremediation of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME)
by using Aquatic Plants and Microalgae Spirulina platensis
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hadiyanto
GPA: 3.78 / 4.0
3/2015 – Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
8/2018 Ph.D., New Energy Engineering
Research Topic: biodevices (biosensor, biosolar cell and biofuel cell)
Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Yongchai Kwon, Ph.D.
GPA: 4.35 / 4.50

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONOURS

2012 Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Open Learning
Centre (SEAMOLEC) and Directorate General of Higher Education (DIKTI)
Scholarship (Diponegoro University)

2013 Cumlaude / Honor List (Diponegoro University)

2015 Sudokwon Landfill and Energy-Environmental Materials and Process Lab

(EEMP Lab) Scholarship (Seoul National University of Science and Technology)

2018 Best Academic Achievement – Category: PhD student by Indonesian Student

Association in Korea (Seoul National University of Science and Technology)

2018 Best Dissertation from all graduates in Dept. New Energy Engineering (Seoul
National University of Science and Technology)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

6/2012 – 7/2013 Center of Biomass and Renewable Energy (C-BIORE), Diponegoro

University
Research Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering
• Phytoremediation of POME and herbal medicine wastewater by using
water plant and Spirulina platensis
• Purification of patchouli oil by using additive materials

3/2015 – now Energy-Environmental Materials and Process Laboratory (EEMP Lab),

Seoultech
Research Assistant, Department of New Energy Engineering
• Research about biodevices (Biosensors and biofuel cells)
• 10+ international and domestic papers have been published so far
ACADEMIC JOURNAL EXPERIENCE
12/2015 – present Reviewer, International Journal of Renewable Energy Development
(UNDIP)
Section: Solar energy, wind energy, and electrochemical

9/2016 – present Reviewer, International Journal of Phytoremediation (Taylor and Francis)

Section: phytoremediation by using microalgae

8/2017 – present Editor, Journal of Applied Microbiological Research (Innovation Info)

Section: microbiology for energy and environment

4/2018 – present Reviewer, Renewable Energy Focus (Elsevier)

Section: bioelectrochemistry

5/2018 – present Reviewer, Journal of Power Sources (Elsevier)

Section: bioelectrochemistry

7/2018 – present Reviewer, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering (Springer)

Section: industrial and biological fuel cell

BOOK AND JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

JOURNAL
H. Cahyana, M. Christwardana, dan N. Rokhati*. Pengaruh Coating Alginate-Chitosan Terhadap
Pertumbuhan Mikroba pada Buah Melon Kupasan. Jurnal Teknologi Kimia dan Industri. 1 (2012),
450-453

Hadiyanto* dan M. Christwardana. Aplikasi Fitoremediasi Limbah Jamu dan Pemanfaatannya untuk
Produksi Protein. Jurnal Ilmu Lingkungan. 10 (2012) 32-37.

D. Soetrisnanto, M. Christwardana, and Hadiyanto*. Application of Phytoremediation for Herbal

Medicine Waste and Its Utilization for Protein Production. Reaktor. 14 (2012) 129-134

M. Christwardana, M.M.A. Nur, dan Hadiyanto*. Spirulina platensis: Potensinya Sebagai Bahan
Pangan Fungsional (REVIEW). Jurnal Aplikasi Teknologi Pangan. 2 (2013) 1-4
Hadiyanto*, M. Christwardana, and D. Soetrisnanto. Phytoremediation of Palm oil Mill Effluent
(POME) by Using Aquatic Plants and Microalgae for Biomass Production. Journal of Environmental
Science and Technology. 6 (2013) 79-90.

Hadiyanto*, D. Soetrisnanto, and M. Christwardana. Phytoremediation of Palm Oil Mill Effluent

Using Pistia Stratiotes Plant and Algae Spirulina sp for Biomass Production. International Journal of
Engineering TRANSACTIONS C: ASPECT. 27 (2014) 1809-1814
M. Christwardana and Y. Kwon*. Effects of Multiple Polyaniline Layers Immobilized on Carbon
Nanotube and Glutaraldehyde on Performance and Stability of Biofuel Cell. Journal of Power Sources.
299 (2015) 604-610

M. Christwardana K. Kim, and Y. Kwon*. Fabrication of Mediatorless / Membraneless Glucose /

Oxygen Based Biofuel Cell using Biocatalysts Including Glucose Oxidase and Laccase Enzymes.
Scientific Report. 6 (2016) 30128

Y. Ahn, Y. Chung, M. Christwardana, H. Kim, and Y. Kwon*. Development of glucose oxidase-

based biocatalyst adopting both physical entrapment and crosslinking and its use in biofuel cell.
Nanoscale, 8 (2016). 9201-9210

J. Ji, M. Christwardana, Y. Chung*, and Y. Kwon*. Performance Enhancement of Biofuel Cell by

Surface Modification of Glucose Oxidase using Ferrocene Carboxylic acid. Trans. of the Korean
Hydrogen and New Energy Society. 27 (2016) 526-532

A.K. Prabowo, A.P. Tiarasukma, M. Christwardana*, and D. Ariyanti. Microbial fuel cell for
simultaneous organic degradation and electricity generation by employing slaughterhouse wastewater
as a substrate. International Journal of Renewable Energy Development. 5 (2016) 107-112

M. Christwardana and Y. Kwon*. Yeast and carbon nanotube (CNT) based biocatalyst developed by
synergetic effects of covalent bonding and hydrophobic interaction for performance enhancement of
membraneless microbial fuel cell. Bioresource Technology. 225 (2017) 175-182

M. Christwardana, Y. Chung*, and Y. Kwon*. Co-immobilization of glucose oxidase and catalase for
enhancing performance of membraneless glucose biofuel cell operated under physiological condition.
Nanoscale. 9 (2017) 1993-2002

M. Christwardana, Y. Chung, and Y. Kwon*. A new biocatalyst employing pyrenecarboxaldehyde

and its utilization as anodic catalyst for enhancement in performance and stability of enzymatic biofuel
cell. NPG Asian Materials. 9 (2017) e386

Y. Chung, M. Christwardana, D.C. Tannia, K. Kim, and Y. Kwon*. Biocatalyst including porous
enzyme cluster composite immobilized by two-step crosslinking and its utilization as enzymatic biofuel
cell. Journal of Power Sources. 360 (2017) 172-179

M. Christwardana*. Combination of physico-chemical entrapment and crosslinking of low activity

laccase-based biocathode on carboxylated carbon nanotube for increasing biofuel cell performance.
Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 106 (2017) 1-10

M. Christwardana, J. Ji, Y. Chung*, and Y. Kwon*. Highly sensitive glucose biosensor using new
glucose oxidase based biocatalyst. Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering 34 (2017) 2916-2921

M. Christwardana, Y. Chung*, and Y. Kwon*. A correlation of results measured by cyclic

voltammogram and impedance spectroscopy in glucose oxidase based biocatalysts. Korean Journal of
Chemical Engineering. 34 (2017) 3009-3016
M. Christwardana* and Hadiyanto*. The Effect of Audible Sound for Enhancing the Growth Rate of
Microalgae Haematococcus pluvialis in Vegetative Stage. HAYATI Journal of Biosciences. 24 (2017)
149-155.

M. Christwardana, D.H. Kim, Y. Chung*, and Y. Kwon*. A Hybrid Biocatalyst Consisting of Silver
Nanoparticle and Naphthalenethiol Self-Assembled Monolayer Prepared for Anchoring Glucose
Oxidase and Its Use for an Enzymatic Biofuel Cell. Applied Surface Science 429 (2018) 180-186

Hadiyanto*, M. Christwardana*, Heri Sutanto, Meiny Suzery, D. Amelia, R.F. Aritonang. Kinetic
Study on the Effects of Sugar Addition on the Thermal Degradation of Phycocyanin from Spirulina sp.
Food Bioscience. 22 (2018) 85-90.

Abdullah, Hamid, M. Christwardana*, Hadiyanto*. Optimization of Cellulase Production by

Aspergillus Niger ITBCC L74 with Bagasse as Substrate using Response Surface Methodology.
(HAYATI Journal of Biosciences - accepted)

M. Christwardana, D. Frattini, G. Accardo, S.P. Yoon, Y. Kwon*. Early-stage performance

evaluation of flowing microbial fuel cells using chemically treated carbon felt and yeast biocatalyst.
Applied Energy. 222 (2018) 369-382

M. Christwardana, D. Frattini, G. Accardo, S.P. Yoon, Y. Kwon*. Effects of methylene blue and
methyl red mediators on performance of yeast based microbial fuel cells adopting polyethylenimine
coated carbon felt as anode. Journal of Power Sources. 396 (2018) 1-11

M. Christwardana, D. Frattini, G. Accardo, S.P. Yoon, Y. Kwon. Optimization of Glucose

Concentration and Glucose/Yeast Ratio in Yeast Microbial Fuel Cell using Response Surface
Methodology Approach. Journal of Power Sources. 402 (2018) 402-412

Y. Chung, M. Christwardana, D.C. Tannia, K. Kim, and Y. Kwon*. Thiol-based assisted self-
assembled for anchoring glucose oxidase and gold nanoparticles cluster on polyethylenimine coated
carbon nanotube to enhance electrons transfer mobility in glucose biosensor application. (Korean
Journal of Chemical Engineering - accepted)

Hadiyanto*, M. Christwardana*, C. da Costa. Integration of COD Removal, Microalgae Biomass &

Bioelectricity Productions in Tapioca Wastewater Treatment by Using Microalgae - Microbial Fuel
Cell (MMFC) System. (submitted)

I. Syaichurrozi*, M. Christwardana*, Jayanudin. Mixture of Synthetic and Natural Nutrients for

Biomass and Biochemical Production from Mixotrophic Microalgae Spirulina platensis. (submitted)

M.P. Aulia, F. Praditha, M. Christwardana*, H. Hargono*. Kinetic Study and Optimization on Batch-
Extraction of Gingerol from Fresh Ginger (Zingiber officinale) by Using n-Hexane as solvent.
(submitted)

H. Hadiyanto, M. Christwardana, M. Suzery, H. Sutanto, A.M. Nilamsari, A. Yunanda. Effects of

Carrageenan and Chitosan as Coating Materials on the Thermal Degradation of Microencapsulated
Phycocyanin from Spirulina sp. (submitted)
A.N. Nefasa, M. Christwardana, H. Hadiyanto. The Effect of Baking Soda Addition on The
Characteristic of Ice Cream from Cow’s Milk. (submitted)

M. Christwardana, Y. Chung, D.H. Kim*, and Y. Kwon*. Glucose biofuel cells using the two-step
reduction reaction of bienzyme structure as cathodic catalyst. (submitted)

M. Christwardana, J. Ji, Y. Chung and Y. Kwon*. Glucose oxidase based cathodic catalyst using
horseradish peroxidase cofactor mimetic supporter and its utilization as enzymatic biofuel cell.
(submitted)

M. Christwardana, D. Frattini, K.D.Z. Duarte, G. Accardo and Y. Kwon*. Carbon Felt Molecular
Modification and Biofilm Augmentation via Quorum Sensing Approach in Yeast-based Microbial Fuel
Cells. (submitted)

M. Christwardana*, D. Frattini. Electrochemical Study of Enzymatic Glucose Sensors Biocatalyst:

Thermal Degradation After Long-term Storage (submitted)

BOOK
M. Christwardana*. Two Stages Phytoremediation of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME). Lambert
Academic Publishing. Beau-Bassin: Mauritius. (2017) ISBN: 978-620-2-02535-5

ENGAGEMENTS
2015 – 2018 International Association for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE)
• Student member

2015 – 2018 Korea Institute of Chemical Engineers (KIChE)

• Student member

RESEARCH INTEREST
Bioprocess engineering and technology, phytoremediation, microalgae cultivation (upstream-
downstream), biosensor, biofuel cell (microbial and enzymatic), biofuel/bioethanol production,
nanomaterial for energy, food, wastewater treatment