Background
Simanungkalit, Robert Djonggi Maruli was born on November 14, 1944 in Tarutung, Indonesia. Son of Saur Oloan and Tiomada (Tobing) Simanungkalit.
Simanungkalit, Robert Djonggi Maruli was born on November 14, 1944 in Tarutung, Indonesia. Son of Saur Oloan and Tiomada (Tobing) Simanungkalit.
Master of Science, Bogor Agrl University, Indonesia, 1974; Doctor scientiarum agrariarum, Göttingen University, 1981.
Soil microbiologist, Research Institute for Food Crops, Sukamandi, Indonesia, 1982-1988; soil microbiologist, Research Institute for Food Crops Biotechnology, Bogor, since 1988. Postdoctoral fellow International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines, 1985-1987. Visiting scientist National Agricultural Research Center, Tsukuba, Japan, 1987, Horticultural Research and Advisory Station, Gosford, Australian, 1989.
Member Indonesian Blood Donor Society, since 1989. Member Indonesian Society for Microbiology, Australian Nitrogen Fixation Society, American Philatelic Society.
Married Rita Erawaty Hutauruk, September 23, 1975. Children: Andre Tumpak Pangondian, Martin Haposan, Christian Pandapotan Tua.