Abdul Haris
Director General for Higher Education, Research, and Technology
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 March 2024
Minister	Nadiem Makarim
Preceded by	Nizam
Vice Rector for Academic and Student Affairs of the University of Indonesia
In office 21 October 2020 – 15 March 2024
Preceded by	Rosari Saleh
Succeeded by	vacant
Vice Rector for Research and Innovation of the University of Indonesia
In office 16 December 2019 – 21 October 2020
Preceded by	Dedi Priadi
Succeeded by	Nurtami
Dean of the Faculty of Math and Natural Sciences of the University of Indonesia
In office 8 January 2014 – 16 December 2019
Preceded by	Adi Basukriadi
Succeeded by	Rokhmatuloh (acting) Dede Djuhana
Personal details
Born	(1970-09-21) September 21, 1970 (age 53) Pemalang, Central Java, Indonesia
Education	University of Indonesia (Drs, M.Si., Prof.) Kiel University ( Dr. rer. nat.)

Abdul Haris (born 21 September 1970) is an academic and university administrator from the University of Indonesia (UI). He is currently a full professor in geophysics at the university since 2019, and the director general for higher education, research, and technology in the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology since 15 March 2024. ^[1]

Early life and education

Abdul Haris was born on 21 September 1970 in Pemalang, Central Java, as the oldest child of six. His parents worked as a farmer. Upon completing high school in 1988, Abdul Haris studied physics at the University of Indonesia, and graduated in 1992. He received his master's degree in physics from the same university in 1995. ^{[2] [3]}

Abdul began his doctoral study in geophysics at the Kiel University in 1999. He completed it in 2002 with a doctoral thesis titled Amplitude Preserving Pre-stack Depth Migration and Its Application to Imaging of BSR in Marine Multi-channel Seismic Reflection Data. ^{[2] [3]}

Academic career

Abdul Haris began his career as a research assistant upon completing his master's degree in UI. He then worked as a seismic consultant for ARCO in Western New Guinea before starting his doctorate program in Germany. He then returned to UI in 2003 and become the secretary of the postgraduate major in the physics department. ^{[2] [3]}

Abdul's academic career in UI slowly rise. He became the manager for research and community service in 2004 and faculty secretary in 2008. In 2009, Abdul was elected as the vice president for certification affairs of the Indonesian Geophysical Society (HAGI). Throughout his career in the faculty, Abdul continued to give lecture on geophysics and supervise undergraduate and graduate geophysics students. ^{[2] [3]}

Abdul Haris was appointed as UI's dean of math and natural sciences on 7 January 2014. He defeated Sumi Hudiyono PWS and Emil Budianto from the chemistry department and Gatot Fatwanto H. from the math department. Abdul Haris was installed the next day. He was reappointed for the position in 2017 as the sole candidate. ^{[4] [5]} During his tenure, the faculty established cooperation with the University of Putra Malaysia. ^[6]

After a year into his second term as dean, Abdul Haris ran for the position of UI's rector. Abdul managed to pass the administrative selection process. He faced economics and business dean Ari Kuncoro and professor of obstetry Budi Wiweko.

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