Philips Nicolas Gunawidjaja, Ph. D. was born in Bandung, April 7, 1979. Currently he is a lecturer and the head of Physics Department of Science Faculty of Universitas Katolik Parahyangan Bandung. He is also member of a profession association of the Institute of Physics, UK.

Education

• Bachelor of Physics- University of Warwick, Coventry, England; degree of B. Sc. (1997 – 2000)
• Master of Physics -  INTI, Bandung; degree of MA (2004 – 2006)
• Doctor of Physics – University of Warwick, Coventry, England; degree of Ph.D. (2000 – 2004)

Below are some of his scientific and innovative works:

• G. W. Wallidge, R. Anderson, G. Mountjoy, D. M. Pickup, P. Gunawidjaja, R. J. Newport and M. E. Smith, Advanced physical characterisation of the structural evolution of amorphous (TiO2)x(SiO2)1-x sol-gel materials, J. Mater. Sci., 39, 6743-6755 (2004)
• D. M. Pickup, F. E. Sowrey, R. J. Newport, P. N. Gunawidjaja, K. O. Drake and M. E. Smith, The structure of TiO2-SiO2 sol-gel glasses from neutron diffraction with isotopic substitution of titanium and O-17 and Ti-49 solid-state NMR with isotopic enrichment, J. Phys. Chem. B, 108, 10872-10880 (2004)
• D. M. Pickup, F. E. Sowrey, L. J. Skipper, R. J. Newport, P. Gunawidjaja, K. O. Drake, M. E. Smith, P. Saravanapavan and L. L. Hench, The structure of TiO2-SiO2 and CaO-SiO2 sol-gel glasses from neutron diffraction and solid state NMR using isotopic enrichment of titanium, calcium and oxygen, Phys. Chem. Glasses, 46, 433-438 (2005)
• P.N.Gunawidjaja, Z.Lin and M.E. Smith, An NMR study investigating the effect of Na2O addition to TiO2-Zr)2-SiO2 xerogels structures, Integral, Majalah Ilmiah Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam volume 10 no 3 (2005)
• Paul Guerry, Donna L Carroll, Phillips N Gunawidjaja, Prodipta Bhattacharya, Daniela Carta, David M Pickup, Ifty Ahmed, Ensanya Abouneel, Pam A Thomas, Jonathan C Knowles, Robert J Newport, Mark E. Smith, Solid State NMR as a probe of Inorganic Materials:Examples from Glasses and Sol-gels, Magnetic Resonance in Material Science MRS Proceedings Volume 984E 0984-MM12-01 (2006)

The subjects he is currently taught in UNPAR Bandung are:

• Basic Physics 1 and 2            
• Electronics 1 dan 2
• Electronics lab

Research titles

• Pengajaran Materi Fisika untuk Mahasiswa Ilmu Komputer (2007), the research report is published in the journal of LPPM UNPAR
• Swimming Fish Dynamics (2007), the research report is published in the journal of LPPM UNPAR

Community Service Activities since the academic year of 2004/2005 until now:

• Physics Teachers Training (2006), organized by UNPAR, for the purpose of improving the quality of Indonesian teachers
• Indonesian Young Scientist (2006), organized by UNPAR, for the purpose of student’s physics knowledge development
• Physics Teachers Training (2007), organized by UNPAR, for the purpose of improving the quality of Indonesian teachers
• Indonesian Young Scientist (2006), organized by UNPAR, for the purpose of student’s physics development
• Independent Monitoring Team of Ujian Nasional (National Exam) (2007)