Inaugurated as Udayana University Permanent Professor, Prof. Mayun Permana Adds to the Number of Professor of the Faculty of Agricultural Technology

The Faculty of Agricultural Technology at Udayana University increased the number of permanent professors after Prof. Dr. Ir. I Dewa Gde Mayun Permana, M.S., was inaugurated on November 30, 2024, at Auditorium Widya Sabha at Udayana University.

 

Prof. Dr. Ir. I Dewa Gde Mayun Permana, M.S., who is familiarly called Mayun Permana, is a Lecturer in the Food Technology Study Program at Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Udayana University who was successfully inaugurated as a Permanent Professor of Udayana University in the Field of Food Biochemistry. In the Professor Inauguration Procession, he delivered a Scientific Oration entitled Specific Properties of Grain Seed Lipase and its Potential for Fat Modification. He explained that grain lipase tends to have specific properties towards substrates according to the dominant fatty acids in the seeds and has regiospecific properties Sn1,3. Grain lipase can be utilized for fat modification needed in the development of food, health, cosmetic and other industries.

 

The Rector of Udayana University Prof. I Ketut Sudarsana at the inauguration ceremony said that currently Udayana University has 207 lecturers with doctoral education with the functional position of Head Lecturer or equivalent to 14.7 percent, which means there is great potential for increasing the number of Professors at Udayana University. Being a Professor is essentially a teacher, educator, and researcher whose research results are awaited by the wider community as part of the realization of devotion.

 

In addition, the Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Technology Prof. Ir. I Made Anom Sutrisna Wijaya, M.App.Sc., Ph.D. also said that the inauguration of Prof. Mayun Permana as a Permanent Professor also increased the number of Professors at the Faculty of Agricultural Technology. He also hoped that the additional number of Professors at the Faculty of Agricultural Technology is expected to improve the quality of human resources and the quality of education so that it can produce good graduates, produce research and community service that can have an impact on the surrounding environment, he said.