Email: kusnanto33@yahoo.com

Kusnanto is a Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Assistant, WWF-Indonesia in Lesser Sunda Subseascape. He is based in Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai. Currently, Kusnanto is actively involved in shark and ray research activities that are being held by WWF-Indonesia together with the West Manggarai Regency Government in Komodo National Park.

Kusnanto is a graduate of Aquatic Resource Management, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB). Kusnanto's main expertise is diving - scientific diving, night diving, drift diving, navigation diving, deep diving, with Two Star POSSI certification and rescue education. Prior to joining WWF-Indonesia, Kusnanto worked as QC & QA Field Staff at PT Aksara Bahana Abadi (www.balicoral.com).

During his college days, Kusnanto was active in Fisheries Diving Club IPB. Since 2014, he has been involved in various coral reef ecosystem health monitoring activities - from Kep. Seribu, Manado, to the Aru Sea. In 2016, he also joined the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries' (KKP) One Data Pilot Project in recording the social aspects of the community in his hometown of Cirebon.