Florida International University (FIU), located at the Atlantis coast in the global city of Miami, is the second-largest university in the State of Florida, USA. It has about 50.000 students, 3800 of which are international students from 145 countries. Various world-class researches have been carried out on this campus, including innovations in the field of cyberinfrastuctures and medical technology. Several significantly achievements include prostate cancer treatment, new automated devices to access DNA damage repair, and many more. For more detailed information, take a look at FIU website www.fiu.edu. After giving a presentation at the International Conference of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Al Azhar Indonesia (FST-UAI), Hidayat Yorianta Sasaerila, Ph.D. visited Prof. K. Jaychandra, Director and Co-founder of the Department of Agroecology, FIU, at Modesto-Maidique Campus, Miami. Besides meeting with Prof. K. Jaychandra, Dean Hidayat also meet with Dr. K Rockwell at the same Department. Discussions were focused on the collaboration between the Department of Agroecology and FST-UAI. Various opportunities were explored including co-authorship an joint research. FST-UAI is planning to open a graduate program on Environmental Sciences. A discussion on this aspect was also done.
With Prof. K. Jaychandra, Director and Co-founder of the Department of Agroecology, FIU