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My interest in exploring agriculture and food encouraged me to work and engage in agriculture, exceptionally functional food. I am currently working as a lecturer at Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia, and is presently studying at Ehime University in the field of Applied Bioresource Science. Among the several studies that I have conducted are examining functional food derived from Indonesian agricultural commodities, such as coconut, rice, and coffee.

For the current Ph.D. study, my research subject is about the health benefits of bioactive compounds contained in coffee, one of which is caffeine. Caffeine is always considered a compound that is has negative impacts on health. The pros and cons of the effects of caffeine on health are also prevalent in society, industry, even researchers. Many studies began to be carried out to uncover the positive and negative effects of caffeine on human health. In my research, I want to prove the positive impact of caffeine, which is related to the anti-allergic activity.

Caffeine can have some negative impacts on health if consumed in excessive amounts, such as increased blood pressure, caused anxiety, and also reduced control of fine motor movements. However, moderate caffeine consumption provides several benefits to human health. One of them is the benefit on the anti-allergic activity. Allergy is a global healthcare problem that is drastically increasing in both developed and developing countries. Many people think that allergic diseases are just common diseases, even though they can cause other dangerous disorders. Allergy has a potency to trigger the other disorders ranging from chronic one such as asthma and allergic rhinitis to those that are fatal and deadly one such as anaphylaxis shock. In this study, caffeine was evaluated for anti-allergic activity using in vitro and in vivo experiments. As a result, caffeine effectively suppressed the allergic activites. With all the experimental results, we believe that caffeine will be a useful clinical candidate for anti-allergic drugs.