Inauguration of Professor

YOGYAKARTA – Indonesia has come to the end of first demographic transition with the total fertility figure almost 2 and low mortality rate. The second demographic transition would be marked by sexual and reproduction revolution that would become a complicated issue for Indonesia as it is unstoppable. The thing to do is to prevent its negative impact. Thus was said by a reprodution health expert from Faculty of Medicine, Prof. dr. Siswanto Agus Wilopo, SU., M.Sc., Ph,D., in his professorship remarks in the Senate Hall on Tuesday, (16/4).

At the age of 36, Prof. Agung Endro Nugroho,S.Si., M.Si., Apt., has earned professorship from UGM. The man born in Surakarta, 15 January 1976, received his decree on 1 October 2012, making him the youngest professor of UGM.

Agung who is a lecturer of Faculty of Pharmacy was officially inaugurated as UGM professor on Thursday (28/2) in the UGM Senate Hall. He delivered a speech entitled the Role of Molecular Pharmacology in the Development of Pharmaceutical Research.

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