Dr. Nugroho is the Chief Operating Officer of BITA BITA SEMESTA and has been with BITA for more than 20 years. She received a Bachelor degree in Biology form the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in 1974, Master of Environmental Science from the University of Oklahoma, USA in 1981, as well as DEA (Diploma d'Etudes Approfondies) in 1986 and a Doctorate in 1990 from the Institute National des Sciences Appliquess of Toulouse, France. Dr. Nugroho has been involved as Project Manager, as well as Project Director in many Environmental Studies commissioned by multinational and national companies, as well as international agencies. She also lectures at the Department of Environmental Enginnering Pasundan University, Bandung, where she served as Head of the Department between 1997-1999.