RESEARCH INTERESTS
Investigating anthropogenic signatures on climate and marine environmental changes in the Indo-Pacific region over the past centuries to millennia using natural archives. Specifically, my research reveals the histories of sea-surface temperature, rainfall, ocean acidification and marine pollution changes using a suite of geochemical analyses of reef-building corals, trees and deep-sea sediments.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (2010). Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Majored in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, with Certificate in Environmental Public Policy
Bachelor of Arts (2005). Wesleyan University, USA
Double-majored in Earth & Environmental Science (with Honors) and Economics
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Head, Research Center for Deep Sea - BRIN (2022 - present)
Planning and Program Coordinator, Deputy of Earth Sciences - LIPI (2020 - 2022), Organization Research for Earth Sciences and Maritime - BRIN (2022 - present)
Director of Communication, Indonesian Young Academy of Science (2020 - 2022)
Head of Technical Teams for World Bank COREMAP Infrastructure (2020 - 2022)
Head of Infrastructure and Research Facility (Echelon III), Research Center for Oceanography - LIPI (2020)
Tenured Staff, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (2016 - present)
Visiting Scientist, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute - The University of Tokyo (2016)
Postdoctoral Associate to Research Scientist, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology (2010 - 2015)
Green Talent Visiting Researcher, GEOMAR Helmholtz for Ocean Research Kiel (2014, 2015)
Visiting Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2012)
Visiting Scientist, University of Maryland (2012)
Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology (2005 - 2010)
AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS
Member, Indonesian Young Academy of Science (ALMI)
74 Ikon Apresiasi Pancasila 2019. Republic of Indonesia
National Geographic Explorer 2017, 2019. National Geographic Society
LIPI Young Science Award 2018. Indonesian Institute of Sciences
Kavli Frontiers of Science 2017. Indonesian Academy of Sciences
Best Speaker 2016. Indonesian Oceanographers Society
Best Young Scientist 2014. UN Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) - WESTPAC
Green Talents Award 2013. German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
John Bradshaw Research Award 2010. Georgia Tech
ENSO Summer School Scholarship 2008. Past Global Changes (PAGES)
Anne Robinson Clough International Student Endowment 2009. Georgia Tech
Graduate Research Assistantship (2005-2010). Georgia Tech
Davenport Independent Research Grant 2004. Wesleyan University
Earth & Environmental Science Department’s Field Camp Scholarship 2004. Wesleyan University
Mellon Research Fellows 2002, 2003. Wesleyan University
Freeman Asian Scholar (2001-2005). Freeman Foundation - Wesleyan University
SERVICE & LEADERSHIP
International Working Groups
Lead and Contributing Author. UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report, Working Group I – The Physical Science Basis (2018 - 2021)
International Committee of Marine Ecosystem Study for SDG14 in Southeast Asia (2019)
IOC-WESTPAC Ocean Acidification (2018)
International Indian Ocean Expedition 2 Science Theme 1: Human Benefits and Impacts (2017 - 2019)
National and Internal Committees
National Focal Point, ASEAN COSTI Sub Committee on Marine Science and Technology (2022)
UNESCO Indonesia (2018)
Evaluation Team for National and International Research Collaborations of RCO-LIPI (2017 - 2019)
Indian Ocean Indonesian Secretariat for the International Indian Ocean Expedition 2 (2016 - 2018)
Editorial Board
Marine Research in Indonesia (Editor, 2016 - 2017; Editor in Chief 2018 - 2021)
Jurnal RISET Geologi dan Pertambangan (Editor, 2019)
Oseanografi Limnologi Indonesia (Editor, 2018 - 2019)
Convener
Asia-Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) Annual Meeting (2012, 2014, 2015, 2017)
Reviewer (2010 - present)
Scientific Reports, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Journal of Climate, Geophysical Research Letters, Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, Paleoceanography, Regional Studies in Marine Science, Earth Surface Processes and Landform, Geochemical Journal, Marine Research in Indonesia, Oseanografi Limnologi Indonesia, Palaios, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology and Palaeoecology, IPCC scholarships, US NSF Proposals
SCIENCE OUTREACH (SELECTED)
Channel News Asia: The Longest Day. August 2020
Quipper Super Teacher. Educational videos on paleoceanography and research. December 2019.
Jakarta Post. “Intan Suci Nurhati and her scientific journey as a ‘time traveler’” on December 22, 2019.
National Geographic “Women of Impact”. October 2019.
The Conversation. "Sains di Sekitar Kita: Pembelajaran sains, mengapa begitu dogmatis?" on January 21, 2019.
#Legend. "Nat Geo's Planet or plastic pledge tackles Asia's plastic problem" on January 9, 2019.
National Geographic Explorer Festival Asia. Speaker and panelist on November 7-14, 2018.
The Conversation. "Sains di Sekitar Kita: Abad manusia bikin bumi makin panas, di laut ada jawaban" on April 9, 2018.
Coral Day 2018. “Karang sebagai Arsip Alam” on May 8, 2018.
UNESCO-LIPI E-learning Masterclass Series. “Double Trouble: Warming & Acidifying Oceans” on March 7, 2018.
Kompas. “Sosok: Penerjemah Arsip Alam” on March 5, 2018.
Kompas. “Masa Lalu dari Karang Batu” on December 20, 2017.
Kompas. “Arus Lintas Nusantara Pengaruhi Iklim Global” on July 15, 2017.
TEDxJakarta Speaker 2017. “Coral Oracle” on June 10, 2017.
IOC-WESTPAC’s Bringing Marine Science to School Event. “Beyond their Beauty: Coral Reefs as a History Book of our Changing Ocean” reported on China Ocean News. “西太海洋科学家走进青岛中小学” on April 19, 2017.
Science Video (Youtube Channel). “Marine Environmental Studies in Jakarta’s Backyard” in 2016.
Strait Times. “Singapore ready to deal with threat to corals” on March 4, 2016.
Radio Republik Indonesia. “Bincang-bincang dengan peneliti muda mengenai El Niño” on Jan 17, 2016.
Strait Times. "Storm over reef damage incident" on December 11, 2014.
Strait Times. "Scientists trying to solve lead mystery" on July 2, 2014.
Zao Bao. "我国海水含铅量下降至1970年代水平" on July 2, 2014.
Deutsche Welle. “Intan Suci Nurhati: Perubahan iklim menurut arsip alam” on Nov 19, 2013.
Environmental Laboratory. “Corals as natural archive of environmental and climate changes” on Nov 4, 2013.
Sunday Times. “Corals are nature’s own archives” on July 21, 2013.
The Wesleyan Connection. “Climate scientist Nurhati’05 dives for science” on July 1, 2013.
TODAY. “Corals record monsoon patterns, marine chemistry variations” on June 5, 2013.
Channel 8 evening news (in Mandarin) on June 5, 2013.
MITNews. “Lead from gasoline discovered in Indian Ocean” on June 27, 2012.
RESEARCH GRANTS
Female INSPIRES: International Network and Support Platform for Interdisciplinary Research Engineers/Scientists (The Royal Academy of Engineering, 2020)
Expand the Field. Support for Women + Dependent Care (National Geographic Society 2019)
Records of Climate Change and its Impacts on Coral Calcification (World Bank, Riset Prioritas COREMAP 2018)
Investigating Ocean Acidification on Calcification and Pearl Industry in Lombok, Indonesia (National Geographic Foundation for Science and Exploration - Asia 2017)
Ocean Acidification and Coral Calcification in Simeuleu Island, Western Indonesia (Ekspedisi Widya Nusantara 2017)
Retrospective of Climate Change via Coral Geochemical Study in Natuna and Selayar Islands (ADB-World Bank, Riset Agenda COREMAP 2016)
Towards Building a Network of Coral Records of Climate and Marine Environmental Changes in Indonesia (The World Academy of Sciences Research Grant 2016)
Constraining Nutrient Sources in Singapore Marine Environments via a Collaborative Multiproxies Approach in Coral Geochemistry” (CENSAM Research Initiative 2015)
Indonesian Tree-Isotope Records of ENSO-Sensitive Rainfall Variations over the Past 300 years (The World Academy of Sciences Research Grant 2014)
Tree Isotope Records of Past Rainfall Variability in the Indonesian Maritime Region (USAID PEER SCIENCE Grant 2013)
BOOKS, THESIS & DISSERTATION
5 Dekade LIPI di Teluk Jakarta, Review Penelitian Oseanografi di Teluk Jakarta 1970-2015 (2017). Eds. R. Rositasari, R. Puspitasari, I.S. Nurhati, T. Purbonegoro, D. Yogaswara). Pusat Penelitian Oseanografi - LIPI.
Wahyudi, A.J., M.R. Cordova, O.R. Sianturi, H. Meirinawati, N.F. Afianti and I. Wirawati (2016). Ekspedisi Widya Nusantara 2015: Kontribusi Indonesia untuk Ekspedisi Internasional Samudra Hindia (Ed. I.S. Nurhati). Pusat Penelitian Oseanografi - LIPI.
Nurhati, I. S. (2010). Coral Records of Central Tropical Pacific Sea-Surface Temperature and Salinity Variability over the 20th Century. Ph.D. Dissertation. Georgia Institute of Technology.
Nurhati, I. S. (2005). Spatial and temporal analyses of the Indonesian Throughflow sediments: Possible indicators of climate-induced hydrologic changes. Undergraduate Honors Thesis. Wesleyan University.
PEER REVIEW PUBLICATIONS
Nurhati, I.S., L. Ramadhan and H. Meirinawati (in review). Increased coral calcification despite eutrophication and warming in Seribu ‘Thousand’ Islands, Indonesia.
Nurhati, I.S., I.A.P. Putri, A.P.S. Prasojo, M.R. Cordova and L. Pradipta (in review). Increased household plastic waste associated with online purchases during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia.
Suttiwong, A., S. Sritraitrat, I.S. Nurhati and P. Punwong (in review). Seasonal resolution coral Ba/Ca record of major flood events and coastal development in the upper Gulf of Thailand (1977-2014).
Cordova, M.R., I.S. Nurhati, Nurhasanah, Etty Riani and Marindah Y. Iswaria (in review). Increased medical waste during the COVID-19 pandemic in riverine debris into Jakarta Bay, Indonesia.
Cordova, M.R., I.S. Nurhati, A. Shiomoto, K. Hatanaka, R. Saville and E. Riani (in prep.). Macrodebris and microplastics inflows from Citarum watershed, Indonesia.
Nurhati, I.S. and M.R. Cordova (2020). Marine plastic debris in Indonesia: Baseline estimates (2010-2019) and monitoring strategy (2021-2025). Marine Research in Indonesia, 45(2).
Iturbide, M. et al., including I.S. Nurhati (2020). An update of IPCC climate reference regions for the subcontinental analysis of climate model data: Definition and aggregated datasets. Earth System Science Data.
Cordova, M.R. and I.S. Nurhati (2019). Major sources and monthly variations in the release of land-derived marine debris from the Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia. Scientific Reports, 9: 18730. Nurhati, I.S. (2018) Practical guidelines for assessing coral calcification via computed
Nurhati, I.S. (2018). Practical guidelines for assessing coral calcification via computed tomography. Marine Research in Indonesia, 43(2), 95-99.
Pattarin, P., S. Sritrairat, P. Punwong and I.S. Nurhati (2017). The relationship between temperature and precipitation to Ba/Ca of Porites lutea in Andaman Sea. Proceeding of the National and International Graduate Research Conference: 510-520.
Suttiwong, A., S. Sritrairat, P. Punwong and I.S. Nurhati (2017). Possible Effects of Temperature and Precipitation on Ba/Ca of Porites lutea: A Case Study in Chonburi. Proceeding of the National and International Graduate Research Conference: 521-529.
Dassié, E. et al. including I.S. Nurhati (2017). "Saving our Marine Archives". EOS, Transaction American Geophysical Union, 98.
Nurhati, I.S. (2016). Spectrophotometry analysis of deep-sea sediments along the main pathway of the Indonesian Throughflow: Spatial view. Marine Research in Indonesia, 41(1): 50-57.
Chen, M., E.A. Boyle, J.M. Lee, I.S. Nurhati, C. Zurbrick, A. Switzer, and G. Carrasco (2016). Lead isotope exchange between dissolved and fluvial particulate matter: A laboratory study from the Johor River estuary. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 374(2081): 20160054.
Chen, M., J.M. Lee, I.S. Nurhati, A. Switzer and E.A. Boyle (2015). Isotopic record of lead in Singapore Straits during the last 50 years: Spatial and temporal variations. Marine Chemistry. 168: 49-59.
Cahyarini, S.Y., M. Preiffer, I.S. Nurhati, E. Aldrian, W-C Dullo and S. Hetzinger (2014). SST and salinity variations at the Indonesian Throughflow exit passage over the 20th century via paired Timor coral d18O and Sr/Ca. Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, 119: 4593-4604.
Lee, J.M., E.A. Boyle, I.S. Nurhati, M. Pfeiffer, A. Meltzner and B. Suwargadi (2014). Coral-based history of lead and lead isotopes of the surface Indian Ocean since the mid-20th century. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 398: 37-47.
LaVigne, M., I.S. Nurhati, K.M. Cobb, H.V. McGregors, D. Sinclair, and R.M. Sherrell (2013). Systematic ENSO-driven nutrient variability recorded by central Pacific corals. Geophysical Research Letters, 40(1-6): 3956-3961.
Hathorne et al. including I.S. Nurhati (2013). Inter-laboratory study for coral Sr/Ca and other element/Ca ratio measurements. Geochemistry, Geophysics and Geosystems, 14(9): 3730-3750.
Nurhati, I. S., K.M. Cobb, and E. Di Lorenzo. (2011). Decadal-scale SST and salinity variations in the central tropical Pacific: Signatures of natural and anthropogenic climate change. Journal of Climate, 24: 3294-3308.
Sayani, H. R., K.M. Cobb, A.L. Cohen, W.C. Elliot, I.S. Nurhati, K.A. Rose, and L.K. Zaunbrecher. (2011). Effects of diagenesis on paleoclimate reconstructions from modern and young fossil corals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75(21): 6361-6373.
Nurhati, I. S., K.M. Cobb, C.D. Charles, and R.B. Dunbar. (2011b). Correction to "Late 20th century warming and freshening in the central tropical Pacific." Geophysical Research Letters, 38(24), L24707.
Nurhati, I. S., K.M. Cobb, C.D. Charles, and R.B. Dunbar. (2009). Late 20th century warming and freshening in the central tropical Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, 36(21), L21606.
CONFERENCE TALKS (SELECTED)
Talk. 4th Global Ocean Acidification-Observing Network (GOA-ON) International Workshop 2019. Hangzhou, China. “Ocean Acidification Impacts on Coral Calcification and Pearl Industry in Indonesia”
Talk. IOC-WESTPAC 10th International Scientific Conference 2017. Qingdao, China. “Coral Records of Ocean Acidification and Coral Calcification over the Past Century”
Invited Talks. Mahidol University, Thailand in 2015. “Time Capsule of Climate and Marine Environmental Changes via Reef-Building Corals”
Invited Talk. Hokkaido University, Japan in 2014. “Chasing Rainfall Variations using Tropical Corals and Trees"
Talk. International Conference in Climate Change in the Center of Coral Triangle 2013. Makassar, Indonesia. “Coral Records of Sea-surface Temperature, Salinity and Density Variations in Western Indonesian Seas: Implications to 20th Century Indonesian Throughflow”
Presentation to Singapore’s National Climate Change Secretariat and Ministry or Environmental and Water Resources 2012. “Aerosol, Bruneian Peat, Coral and Dynamics: An Overview of Climate Researches at SMART”
Invited talk. International Symposium on Paleoclimate 2011. Jakarta, Indonesia. “Coral Records of 20th Century Central Tropical Pacific Climate: Signatures of Natural & Anthropogenic Climate Change”
Talk. AGU Fall Meeting 2007. San Francisco, USA. “Late 20th Century Warming and Freshening in the Central Tropical Pacific”
TEACHING & ADVISING
Guest Lecturer. Claremont-McKenna College (2019), Fishery Schools of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (2016), Mahidol University (2015), Yale-NUS College (2015), National University of Singapore (2014), Institut Teknologi Bandung (2012)
Research advisor. Master students of Universitas Diponegoro (Indonesia), Mahidol University (Thailand), and undergrad students of MIT (USA), Universitas Brawijaya and Institut Teknologi Bandung (Indonesia)
Lecture & Lab Teaching Assistant for How to Build a Habitable Planet Course, Georgia Tech (2006-09). Drill Instructor & Teaching Apprentice for Japanese Courses, Wesleyan University (2003)
SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS
Languages: Indonesian (native), English (proficient), Japanese (conversant), Arabic (read)
SCUBA Diving: PADI Rescue Diver, AAUS Research Diver
Professional Membership: American Geophysical Union, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, Global Ocean Acidification - Observing Network, Ikatan Sarjana Oseanologi Indonesia, Himpunan Editor Berkala Ilmiah Indonesia.