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Prof. Bernard Lucas Feringa, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016

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Open Position

If you are an ITB student and interested in carrying out a Semester Project, Bachelor thesis, or Master thesis you can directly contact Elvira Hermawati and Ade Danova. Please apply as early as possible, due to the high demand and limited space we currently have. We offer projects in isolation of natural products, transformation of bioactive compounds, total synthesis, and organic materials that are aligned with sustainable green chemistry.

All other master and doctoral applications should be addressed to Elvira Hermawati (elvira.hermawati@itb.ac.id)  and Ade Danova (adedanova@itb.ac.id). Please include a curriculum vitae, academic transcripts, and short research summary. We are warm welcome for Postdoc applications or Visiting Researchers who have own research funding and would like to join with our lab.

Reserach Area

Natural Products

Key Publications: 

  1. Hermawati, E, Maulana, Y.E., Danova, A., Kurniadewi, F., Musthapa, I. (2026). Rotenoid Derivatives from Amorpha fruticosa: In vitro and In Silico Studies against Tyrosine Kinase Receptors. Advanced Journal of Chemistry, Section A, 1853, 9(1), 70-85. https://doi.org/10.48309/ajca.2026.525027. 
  2. Khatimah, H., Hermawati, E., Mulya, F., Abdjan, M.I., Kuamit, T., Danova, A. (2025). A New Ursane-Type Pentacyclic Triterpenoid from the Tree Bark of Sandoricum koetjape: Antibacterial, DFT, and Molecular Docking Study. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 26(21), 10389. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms262110389 
  3. Danova, A., Hermawati, E., Chavasiri, W., Mujahidin, D., Alni, A., & Roswanda, R. (2024). Discovery of thymol-fused chalcones as new competitive α-glucosidase inhibitors: Design, synthesis, biological evaluation, and molecular modeling studies. Communications in Science and Technology, 9(2), 322–330. https://doi.org/10.21924/cst.9.2.2024.1497
  4. Le, T.K.D., Danova, A., Aree, T., Duong, T.H., Koketsu, M., Ninomiya, M., Sawada, Y., Kamsri, P., Pungpo, P. & Chavasiri, W. (2022). α-Glucosidase Inhibitors from the Stems of Knema globularia. Journal of Natural Products.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c00765
  5. Hermawati, E., Ellita, S. D., Juliawaty, L. D., Hakim, E. H., Syah, Y. M., & Ishikawa, H. (2021). Epoxyquinophomopsins A and B from endophytic fungus Phomopsis sp. and their activity against tyrosine kinase. Journal of Natural Medicines, 75, 217–222. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11418-020-01454-1
Sustainable Organic Synthesis

Key Publications:

  1. Maulana,Y. E. , Kurniadewi,F. , Heliawati,L. , Danova,A. , Mujahidin,D. , Alni,A. and Hermawati,E. (2026). New Potent Deuterated Methoxy of 4-Anilinoquinazoline Derivatives Targeting Eight Receptor Tyrosine Kinases: Synthesis, In Vitro, and In Silico Studies. Chemical Methodologies, 10(3), 294-314. https://doi.org/10.48309/chemm.2026.553098.2022
  2. Danova, A, Christy, A.C., Musthapa, I., Kurniadewi, F., Chavasiri, W., Mujahidin, D., Roswanda, R., and Hermawati, E. (2025). Discovery of New Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors Derived from Quinazolinones: Synthesis, In Vitro, and Molecular Docking Study. Pharmacia,  72, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3897/pharmacia.72.e162676
  3. Ramadhini, R.A., Danova, A., & Roswanda, R. (2025). Intramolecular Oxa-Michael Cyclization of 2’-Hydroxychalcones for the Synthesis of Flavanones: A Comparative Study. Science and Technology Indonesia. DOI: 10.26554/sti.2025.10.4.1120-1129. 
  4. Maulana, Y.E., Danova, A., Hermawati, E., & Alni, A. (2025). Metal-Free Electrochemical Reduction of Nitroquinazoline Derivatives Towards Synthesis of Afatinib and Dacomitinib. ChemistrySelect, 10, e202404723. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202404723
  5. Danova, A., Hermawati, E., & Mujahidin, D. (2024). Green synthesis of halogenated flavonoids and their pharmacological properties: A mini-review. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1419(1), 012001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1419/1/012001
Computational Studies

Key Publications:

  1. Ridwanuloh, D., Danova, A., Hermawati, E., Chavasiri, W., Ihsanawati, I., & Alni, A. (2026). New Pyrrole-Chalcone Hybrids Against Acetylcholinesterase: Synthesis, In Vitro, and Computational Studies. Journal of Multidisciplinary Applied Natural Science, 6(2), 1058–1072. https://doi.org/10.47352/jmans.2774-3047.375
  2. Danova, A., Wonganan, P., Mahalapbutr, P., Maulana, Y.E., Hermawati, E., Mujahidin, D., & Chavasiri, W. (2025). Synthesis and Biological Assessment of 3′,4′,5′-Trimethoxychalcones Derivatives against A549 and Molecular Insight Through Molecular Docking and Dynamics Studies. Current Medicinal Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.2174/0109298673351746250528165523
  3. Danova, A., Hermawati, E., Chavasiri, W., Mujahidin, D., Musthapa, I., & Kurniadewi, F. (2025). In vitro evaluation, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics studies of resorcinol derivatives against yeasy α-glucosidase. Indones J Biotechnol, 30(3), 151‐158, DOI: 10.22146/ijbiotech.106495 
  4. Danova, A., Hermawati, E., Chavasiri, W., Mujahidin, D., Musthapa, I., & Kurniadewi, F. (2025). Anti-tyrosinase Activity of 3’,4’,5’-Trimethoxychalcones: Experimental and Computational Studies. Science and Technology Indonesia. DOI: 10.26554/sti.2025.10.4.982-989. 
  5. Danova, A., Maulana, Y. E., Hermawati, E., & Chavasiri, W. (2023). Synthesis, evaluation, and molecular docking study of 4-monoacyl resorcinol against tyrosinase enzyme. Indonesian Journal of Chemical Research, 11(2), 135–141. https://doi.org/10.30598/ijcr.2023.11-nov
Health and Agricultural Sciences

Key Publications:

  1. Hermawati, E, Maulana, Y.E., Danova, A., Kurniadewi, F., Musthapa, I. (2026). Rotenoid Derivatives from Amorpha fruticosa: In vitro and In Silico Studies against Tyrosine Kinase Receptors. Advanced Journal of Chemistry, Section A, 1853, 9(1), 70-85. https://doi.org/10.48309/ajca.2026.525027.  
  2. Naufal, M., Hermawati, E., Danova, A., Hidayat, I.W. and Al-Anshori, J. (2026), Design, Synthesis, Bioevaluation, and Bioinformatics Study of 5-Benzylidene Hydantoin Derivatives as Novel Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors. ChemistryOpen, 15: e202500158. https://doi.org/10.1002/open.202500158 
  3. Khatimah, H., Hermawati, E., Mulya, F., Abdjan, M.I., Kuamit, T., Danova, A. (2025). A New Ursane-Type Pentacyclic Triterpenoid from the Tree Bark of Sandoricum koetjape: Antibacterial, DFT, and Molecular Docking Study. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 26(21), 10389. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms262110389  
  4. Danova, A., Hermawati, E., Chavasiri, W., Mujahidin, D., Musthapa, I., & Kurniadewi, F. (2025). In vitro evaluation, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics studies of resorcinol derivatives against yeasy α-glucosidase. Indones J Biotechnol, 30(3), 151‐158, DOI: 10.22146/ijbiotech.106495 
  5. Hermawati, E., Taufik. M., Danova, A., Chavasiri, W., & Mujahidin, D. (2025). One-Pot Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Piperidinium-3,3′-(arylmethylene) bis-lawsone derivatives by targeting caspase-7. Indonesian Journal of Pharmacy. https://doi.org/10.22146/ijp.16734 

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