Rector of Jember University, Dr. Ir. Iwan Taruna, M.Eng., IPM, officially inaugurated Prof. Drs. Dafik, M.Sc., Ph.D., as Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Jember, for the period 2024–2028 (8/3). On the same occasion, the Rector also inaugurated the Vice Rector III of the University of Jember, the Dean of FKM and FT UNEJ, the Secretary of the Institution, and the Head of the Unit Penunjang Akademik (UPA) at the University of Jember. Prof. Dafik continued the leadership baton of FMIPA UNEJ for the previous period, which was held by Drs. Achmad Sjaifullah, M.Sc., Ph.D. Present in the UNEJ Rectorate Hall, 3rd floor, were the Chairman of the Senate, the Vice Rectors, Heads of Bureaus, Heads of Institutions, and Deans of the UNEJ environment. Also, the Deputy Deans and Heads of General Affairs of the faculty were appointed.

Prof. Dafik is a mathematics lecturer who completed his education at FKIP UNEJ in 1992. Then he continued his studies at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), U.K., England, in 1998. Meanwhile, his doctoral degree was obtained from the School of Information and Technology and Mathematical Science (ITMS) at the University of Ballarat, Australia, in 2007. And was awarded the title of professor in 2013. He served as Dean of FKIP UNEJ in the 2016–2020 period and Chair of the Research Group Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Network Topology (CGANT) from 2018–present. Continue reading →