Education
In 1986, he graduated with his bachelor"s degree and continued his study in College of William and Mary, Virginia, United States of America, to obtain his master and doctorate degrees with highest honors.
In 1986, he graduated with his bachelor"s degree and continued his study in College of William and Mary, Virginia, United States of America, to obtain his master and doctorate degrees with highest honors.
He is well known for his "fun and applicable physics" training program He is author of 68 books and the comic Archi & Meidy. Yohanes Surya is the seventh of nine children from a retired soldier father and traditional cookie seller mother.
Surya spent his elementary school in South Dakota Pulogadung Petang II, East Jakarta.
He continued his schooling at SMPN 90, and SMAN 12, Jakarta. Upon completing his doctoral degree, Surya worked as a theoretical physics consultant at the TJNAF/CEBAF (Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility), Virginia, United States of America. Despite being a United States of America greencard holder, Surya decided to return to Indonesia in order to develop physics as a discipline in Indonesia.
As part of his work, he was made the leader of the Indonesian Physics Olympiad Team (TOFI) Training Center in 1993, which trains competitors for the Physics Olympiad. In addition, he became a lecturer and researcher of the postgraduate study in the University of Indonesia, specializing in nuclear physics.
In 2006, Yohanes Surya founded Surya Institute, with the vision with the vision of transforming Indonesia through 30 thousand Doctor of Philosophy"s in science and technology, supported by the mission to reform Science and Mathematics education in Indonesia.
These efforts have managed to inspire people nationwide, including both students and teachers, to master science and math in every way possible, and aspiring to become even world-renowned champions. These aspiring students will contribute greatly to the driving force of 30 thousand Doctor of Philosophy"s transforming Indonesia. Furthermore, Yohanes Surya founded Surya University in 2013, the first research-based university in Indonesia, with its vision being "Prosperous Indonesia 2030".
With hundreds of Doctor of Philosophy as its lecturer and researcher, Surya University has more than 170 multidisciplinary research centers which involve undergraduate students in their research since freshmen year.