Pratiwi Sudarmono | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | 31 July 1952 |
| Status | Retired |
| Nationality | Indonesian |
| Occupation | Scientist |
| Space career | |
| Selection | September 30, 1985 [1] |
| Missions | STS-61-H (Canceled) |
Pratiwi Pujilestari Sudarmono (born 31 July 1952) is an Indonesian scientist. She is currently a professor of microbiology at the University of Indonesia, Jakarta.
Pratiwi Sudarmono received a master's degree from the University of Indonesia in 1977, and the Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Osaka, Japan, in 1984.[ citation needed ]
She then started her scientific career as WHO grantee researching the molecular biology of Salmonella typhi . From 1994 to 2000, she was head of the Department of Microbiology of the Medical Faculty of the University of Indonesia. From 2001 to 2002, she was a scholar in the Fulbright New Century Scholars Program.
In October 1985, she was selected to take part in the NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-61-H as a Payload Specialist. Taufik Akbar was her backup on the mission. However, after the Challenger disaster the deployment of commercial satellites like the Indonesian Palapa B-3 planned for the STS-61-H mission was canceled, thus the mission never took place. The satellite was later launched with a Delta rocket.
In 2019, Sudarmono was the recipient of the GE Indonesia Recognition for Inspiring Women in STEM award. [2]
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