Expertise in food chemistry and the modification of functional food ingredients.
Murdiah, S.Si., M.Sc. is an academic and researcher in Food Technology whose expertise covers food chemistry and the modification of functional food ingredients. She completed her bachelor's degree in Chemistry at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Mataram, followed by a master's degree focused on Organic Chemistry at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada.
She currently teaches Food Technology courses including Food Biochemistry, Food Biotechnology, Functional Food Technology, and Hydrocolloids. Her research uses local foods from West Nusa Tenggara and includes studies of wild edible seaweed diversity, identification of bioactive food compounds from candlenut, and edible coatings as natural preservatives for fishery products.