Dr. Alfian Noviyanto was born in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. He spent his childhood until high school in Tangerang, and continued studying for a vocational school at IPB University in 2000. Studying at IPB University opened his mind to the fact that engineering approaches can solve agricultural problems. However, he feels lacks a theoretical foundation during his study for a vocational degree, therefore, he continued his study in Agricultural Technology and received a bachelor degree in 2004 from Padjadjaran University. During his study at Padjadjaran University, he focused on electrical and instrumentation engineering, which brought him to the National Student Innovation Competition held by the Ministry of National Education, Republic of Indonesia, and he received a bronze medal in 2002. His innovation in the automation of humidifiers in the fermentation of black tea leads to the efficient use of water and electricity in tea processing. He is also interested in studying materials engineering, particularly to distinguish the phase of material using x-ray diffraction.

In 2005, he met Dr. Nurul Taufiqu Rochman and was invited to join Dr. Nurul’s new lab, i.e., Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Laboratory, Research Center for Physics, Indonesian Institute of Sciences. Although he obtained an Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering and Strength of Materials course during his study at Padjadjaran University, Materials Science and Engineering is a new world for him. He put much effort into studying anything about materials science and engineering. He is focused on the mechanical alloying of Fe-Al in Dr. Nurul’s lab. He received a scholarship to continue his study in the Department of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Indonesia, and received a master degree in 2008. In 2009, he received good news from Yeungnam University, the Republic of Korea, that his application for PhD scholarship was approved.

There are several main breakthroughs during his study at Yeungnam University: 1. Theoretical basis to examine the effective sintering additives for silicon carbide; 2. The new sintering additives for silicon carbide, such as scandia; 3. Inhibit silicon carbide's grain growth by adding scandia, which is proof of the sintering theory proposed by Kingery in 1959; 4. The addition of polysilazane resulted in the fine-grain microstructure of silicon carbide. He received a PhD degree in 2013. Owing to remarkable results during a study at Yeungnam University, he got an interview invitation to National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan. He secured the position as a postdoctoral researcher at NIMS and started working in October 2013. His research is about the new method for synthesizing nanomaterials, called Chemothermal Pulverization (CTP). In general, there are two ways to obtain nanomaterials; wet chemistry or mechanical milling. These two methods have an advantage in reducing particle size but also possess some disadvantages. The nano-sized powders obtained through wet chemical processes usually have homogeneous size and shape, however, the yield of those methods is not very high. Moreover, the use of organic solvent is another drawback for an environmental issue. On the other hand, mechanical milling is better than wet chemistry for obtaining a high yield amount of nano-sized powders. However, contamination from milling media and inhomogeneous particle size are the common problems in this method. Therefore, CTP method is an alternative to the existing method characterized by a high-yield amount of powder and high purity, which was invented by Dr. Alfian Noviyanto and his colleagues in NIMS. This method has been registered and granted a patent (No. 6610929). Moreover, this method is also an alternative to re-cycle “urban mines”. After almost nine years living abroad as a researcher, in 2017, he decided to go back for good to Indonesia. He worked at Mercu Buana University as a lecturer and became an assistant professor in August 2019.

Meanwhile, he is also a principal investigator at Nano Center Indonesia. His main objective in Nano Center Indonesia is to obtain scientific data on the Nano Center Indonesia group's commercial product and publish the results in a reputable journal. In March 2021, Dr. Alfian Noviyanto was appointed as chief of the foundation of Yayasan Pusat Penelitian and Pengembangan Nanoteknologi Indonesia and served as director of technology and engineering in PT. Nanotech Indonesia Global, Tbk. Since the foundation is growing rapidly and has many divisions, Nano Center Indonesia was established as an independent research institution under the foundation in May 2022, and Dr. Alfian Noviyanto was appointed as Managing Director of Nano Center Indonesia.