Yon Machmudi is from, Indonesia. He received his doctoral degree from the Faculty of Asian Studies, the Australian National University (ANU) Canberra in 2007, where he specialized Political Islam in Southeast Asia and Middle East. He also researched on The Impact of Social Changes and Modernization of Pesantren Toward the Decline of Ulama’s Authority in Indonesia (2013-2015), Why They Resist the State: The Transformation of Darul Islam in Indonesia (2015-2017), Malay Ottoman Relations (2020-2021) and Bawean Diaspora in Southeast Asia (2020-2022).He is currently an associate professor at the Department of History, Faculty of Humanities and the Head of Post Graduate Program of The Middle East and Islamic Studies, School of Strategic and Global Studies Universitas Indonesia (UI). He is also the executive director of Yayasan Inisiatif Moderasi Indonesia.