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Asan Damanik
Asan Damanik was born in Simalungun District, North Sumatera Province, Indonesia on November 11th, 1963. He is a theoretical physicist and senior lecturer at Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Education
In 1983 he went to Bogor Agricultural University (IPB Bogor) to study Veterinary Medicine and he obtained degree in Veterinary Medicine in 1987. After his graduation from Bogor Agricultural University, he studied Physics at Physics Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta. In 1991 he obtained a B.Sc degree in theoretical physics. In 1995 he went to Graduate School of Gadjah Mada University to study physics and obtained an M. Sc degree in theoretical physics in 1997. In 2004, he went to Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Gadjah Mada University to study physics as a doctoral student and in 2009 he obtained his Ph.D degree in theoretical physics. From 2000 to 2001 he joined the Theoretical Physics Group of Bandung Institute of Technology and from 2002 to 2003 he joined the Institute of Physics, Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. In 2010 he went to Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California Riverside, USA.

Research Interest and Publications
Asan main research topics and interest are Neutrino Physics and Quantum Field Theory. He has published papers in International Journal of Physics i.e. Physical Review D, Modern Physics Letters A, and International Journal of Modern Physics A, and in National and International Physics Conferences. Some of his papers can be found in arXiv or INSPIRE.

Position
Since 1992 he became a Faculty Member of Sanata Dharma University and now he serves as an Associate Professor in Physics.

Membership of Professional Associations

 * 1) Indonesian Physical Society (Himpunan Fisika Indonesia, HFI)
 * 2) Grup Fisikawan Teoretik Indonesia (GFTI)