Puji Lestari is a Professor in Air Quality Management &Atmospheric chemistry at Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB). She received her Ph.D degree in Environmental Engineering, from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA in 1996. She is currently appointed as a Head of Air and Waste Management Research Group of ITB. Her research focus on air quality monitoring and modeling, aerosol characterization, emission inventory and source apportionment & exposure study. Since 1999, Dr Lestari has been leading as a Project Investigator for many national and international research projects, and she also has many Research collaborations with many international Universities and Research institutes, and actively involved in the Asian research community through the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry-Monsoon Asia (IGAC-MANGO In 2018 she is invited to serve as a Panel member of Development Methodology for GHG Emission Reduction strategy in Indonesia and become a member of expert panel IPCC in developing emission inventory methodology for SLCP. In 2023, she established Indonesia Aerosol Association (IAA) and become the first president of IAA.