Dr. Donaldi Permana is a researcher who works at the Indonesia Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) who actively leads the climate research division. He holds a PhD in geological sciences from the Ohio State University in 2015, with speciality in (past) climate. His research focuses on tropical climate variability at various timescales from diurnal to decadal over the Maritime Continent. Dr. Donaldi Permana leads in development of regional climate model over Indonesia to support operational unit in making seasonal forecasts and also involves in CMIP6 downscaling climate change projections over Southeast Indonesia. He has knowledge of climate models for prediction and projection and also has the ability to analyze model output and observational data.