Gusti Ngurah Alit Susanta Wirya was born in Singaraja on January 15, 1968, began working at the Faculty of Agriculture, Udayana University in 1994. Graduated from The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science at Gifu University, and earned his Dr. in 2006 in the field of Plant Diseases. Graduated from the Masters Program at the Graduate School of Agriculture, Shizuoka University by earning an M.Agr degree in 2003. and Graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at Udayana University by earning an SP, in 1993. He has written more than 25 publications in peer reviewed Scientific Journals and International conference with 2 articles indexed by Scopus with H-index 2.

Experienced in conducting research in collaboration with international partners on: disease management and cabbage pests using Trichoderma sp. and Bacillus Thuringensis in Bangli Village, Baturiti District and Tabanan Regency, Bali with Clemson University USA-USAID. Adaptation of several rows of tomatoes to local conditions in Tabanan (Bali) with AVRDC-USAID, - Collaborating with Texas A&M Univ. USA-USAID, disease management and cabbage pests using Trichoderma sp. and Bacillus Thuringensis in Bangli Village, Baturiti District and Tabanan Regency, Bali with Clemson University USA-USAID And has conducted various studies in the field of Agriculture in collaboration with various national partners.

Interest Field:
- Plant Diseases
- Biological Control of Plant Diseases
- Molecular identification of plant pathogens
- Biotechnology