Kozo-Sensei Visits Bandung, Indonesia

09/03/2026

​​ICRL EU-UNPAD Director, Prof. Kozo Watanabe, visited Padjadjaran University (UNPAD) in Bandung City on March 9th 2026. This visit aimed to establish further collaboration between the Faculty of Medicine at UNPAD and Ehime University. One of the agenda items was to finalize the cross-appointment of Dr. Lia Faridah as a researcher at both UNPAD and Ehime University. This visit on the dean's office of the Faculty of Medicine was well received by Dr.med. Muhammad Hasan Bashari, Dr., M.Kes. as the Research, Partnership, and Innovation Manager. Through this meeting, all sides are hoping to expand the coordination between UNPAD and Ehime University. 

Prof. Kozo's visit was continued in UNPAD Graduate School on the afternoon, with him giving a Guest Lecture. This Guest Lecture titled “Ecological Approaches to Mosquito Diseases Control” was attended by UNPAD Graduate students. In this lecture, Prof. Kozo discussed the performed method of mosquito vector controls in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Japan, which has collaborated with Ehime University.

09/03/2026

​Continuing yesterday's visit on UNPAD, Prof. Kozo visit Functional Nanopowder University - Center of Excellence (FiNder U-CoE) Center in UNPAD Jatinangor Campus on March 10th 2026. While there, Prof. Kozo was also accompanied by ICRL EU-UNPAD Coordinator, Dr. Lia Faridah, and staff, M. Akbar Thufail, to have a tour on the facility. The visiting group was received by the head of FiNder U-CoE, Prof. Dr. I Made Joni, M.Sc., and staff, Prof. Dr. Camelia Panatarani, M.Si., to have a brief discussion and introduction. 

​After the discussion, Prof. I Made Joni showed the group around the facility to see the working lab of FiNder U-CoE, such as the top-down processing lab, bottom-up molecular lab, and battery-cell lab. Some of the nanotechnology and services have great potential for collaboration in the future. 

After finishing the discussion with the FiNder U-CoE team, Prof. Kozo continued to the lecture building of UNPAD Faculty of Medicine. Prof. Kozo was invited to give another Guest Lecture to the UNPAD undergraduate medicine students about Ecological Approaches to Mosquito Diseases Control. Prof. Kozo also gave some introductions about ICRL and other collaborations to the audience.