H. E. Dr. Laksana Tri Handoko
COSTI Indonesia Chair
Dr Laksana Tri Handoko is an Indonesian scientist and public official specializing in theoretical and particle physics. He formerly served as the deputy head of science and technology for the Indonesian Institute of Sciences from 2014 to 2018. In 2018, he replaced Bambang Subiyanto as the acting chairman of the institute.
On the second reshuffle of the Onward Indonesia cabinet announced on 28 April 2021, he was appointed as the second (but first independent) holder of Head of National Research and Innovation Agency. After liquidation of Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia (BATAN), and National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) into BRIN on 1 September 2021, he currently become the Head of BRIN in its first consolidated form.
