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Episode 2 Academic and Social Activity
My name is Agus Putra Abdul Samad, I am from Aceh.
In Indonesia, I work as government official at City Government of Langsa, Aceh.
I started my career in fishery on 1999,
of which at that year I pursued undergraduate degree of aquaculture
in the Faculty of Fishery and Marine Science, Riau University,
and I graduated in 2004.
In the year 2006, I continued my study
in the Institute of Tropical Aquaculture, University Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia,
and I obtained Master of Science Aquaculture in 2008.
In 2010, I received scholarship from Aceh Scholarship Comission
to pursue a PhD degree
at the Department of Aquaculture, National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU).
The focus of my current study is aquaculture.
Aquaculture is a subsidiary of fisheries science
concerning about fish cultivation,
breeding, and harvesting;
in a controlled system in order to gain some profits.
Aquaculture science itself is divided into
fish breeding, fish health,
water quality, feeding, and aquaculture technology.
My interest in fishery was developed
when I saw the life of my neighbours,
mostly work as farmers and fishermen.
I observed that their hard work
is hardly paid off by their catch.
The notable cause is the difficulty and instability in predicting the amount of catch
so they cannot manage their financial well.
Research Area
Fish breeding in a controlled system can help fishermen predict the harvesting time,
selling plan, etc.
One of the factors affecting fish breeding is fish disease.
In our community, chemicals and antibiotics
are often used in fish breeding activity.
The use of such materials can induce some negative effects such as polluting water body,
immunity of fish to certain pathogen,
the accumulation of its residue in fish;
moreover, if the fish is consumed by human,
human body physiology can be disturbed.
Therefore the use of antiobiotics in eliminating fish diseases must be reduced,
and replaced with environment-benign alternative materials.
One method to reduce the use of antibiotics
One method to reduce the use of antibiotics is by administering immunostimulant.
Immunostimulant is a chemical compound
having the properties to increase fish?s body defense system,
in a specific or non-specific term.
It is expected that the administration of these immunostimulant
can increase immunodefense system of fish from deadly pathogen.
Some examples of plant-derived immunostimulant are
temu lawak, turmeric, lempuyang, and sambiloto.
My current research is about finding material alternatives for immunostimulant from herbal plants
and other environment-benign materials
as prospective materials for immunostimulant;
hence when I come back to Indonesia the materials
can be used to help Indonesian fishermen in fish breeding.
Up until now, I have published two books about fishery,
the first one entitled Catfish Seeding and Breeding Technique, published on the year 2008.
The second book is Fishery Terms Dictionary, published on 2010.
Besides those two books, I have published 4 articles in fishery scientific journals.
Some of my articles have been publish by local newspaper in Aceh as well.
Social Activity
In between my activity in campus,
I always spare some time for outside-campus acitivity.
Currently, I am active in the biggest Indonesian Moslem student association,
so called FORMMIT,
and is in charge of academic division.
I am interested to join the association because I want to learn
about leadership technique
and how to plan and hold big events
such as international seminar or conference.
Besides that, I am also involved in fishermen?s association in Taiwan.
In this association, I learn a lot about life.
Sharing and giving each other advice
are a very valuable experience for me.
They often ask me to give some religious advice
and my opinions
related to their dalily life.
I like to see their enthusiasm.
During my life in Taiwan, I realize the importance of balancing academic life with social activities,
so learning can have humanitarian meaning.
Wide relationship with many people will give us insight
on how science is supposed to be shared for those needing it.
It will make our life more meaningful.
In life, when we do something, there is always chance for mistakes.
When we do make it, it is actually a great thing, because we also have the chance to learn something.
Acknowledge our mistakes, observe and learn from them, then answer those mistakes;
because mistake is a good teacher.
By knowing the wrong one, we will find what the right one is.