My research of interest is mycology (taxonomy), microbiology, plant pathology and molecular biology and its related area. My research focuses on the diversity of Fusarium spp.. The fungus causes wilt diseases in many plant species that are very important for agriculture. My research includes the identification of new species and their interaction with plants, in particular in banana. I currently study endophytic Fusarium spp. from wild and cultivated bananas to be used as biocontrol against Fusarium wilt. I used my findings of research in these areas as learning sources for biology education.

In supporting Pusat Unggulan Ketahanan Pangan (PUI-PT Untirta), I am currently working on food fermentation from fruit and agricultural waste in order to find new sources of food.

• Master Student Fellowship, French Ministry of Education and Indonesia Higher Education (DIKTI), 2010-2012.
• PhD Fellowship, KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) the Netherlands- DIKTI Indonesia, 2013-2018.
• COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Fellowship, Plant Pathogenomic Training School, COST Action SUSTAIN, Norwich, UK, April 2017.

• F Ahmad, N Maryani, YS Poerba, H de Jong, H Schouten, GHJ Kema, Genetic mapping of Fusarium wilt resistance in a wild banana Musa acuminata ssp. malaccensis accession, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Vol.133, No.12, pp.3409-3418, September 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-020-03677-y
• N Maryani, M Sandoval-Denis, L Lombard, PW Crous, GHJ Kema, New endemic Fusarium species hitch-hiking with pathogenic Fusarium strains causing Panama disease in small-holder banana plots in Indonesia, Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi, vol.43, pp.48-69, March, 2019. https://dx.doi.org/10.3767%2F Persoonia. 2019.43.02
• N Maryani, L Lombard, YS Poerba, S Subandiyah, PW Crous, GHJ Kema, Phylogeny and genetic diversity of the banana Fusarium wilt pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense in the Indonesian centre of origin, Studies in Mycology, Vol.92, pp.155-194, March, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simyco.2018.06.003
• Research Grant:2019 LPPM Untirta- Exploration of Banana Germplasm and Its Associated Microbes in Kabupaten Pandeglang
• 2020 LPPM Untirta- Food Insecurity Profile of civitas academia Untirta Banten

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