Budi Widianarko is a Professor of Environmental Toxicology at the Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Soegijapranata Catholic University (SCU), Semarang – Indonesia. He obtained  BSc in Animal Science from Diponegoro University (1986), MSc & PhD in Ecotoxicology from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (in 1991, 1997). He has been a university lecturer for more than three decades (since 1986). His teachings, research and community services are centered around Food Ecology and Safety. Since 1998, he has successfully promoted 9 PhDs in Food Science, Environmental Toxicology and Health Science – in affiliation with Indonesian and Dutch universities. Currently, he is supervising 5 PhD students. He was the second layperson Rector of SCU, and served for two terms (2009-2017).