Darminto is a professor of condensed matter physics at the  Department of Physics, Institute of Technology Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Surabaya, Indonesia, with research interests on superconductivity, magneto-electronics, 2D- and nano-materials. Research visits have been conducted on single crystal growing of oxide materials, University of Amsterdam, 1998; on high-Tc Bi-based superconductivity, The University of Tokyo, Japan, 1998–1999; superconducting interfaces and devices, MESA+ Research Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, The Netherlands, 2002–2003; and collaborations on muon based science with RIKEN Nishina Center, Japan, 2007–present; superconducting and magnetic materials with Chiba University, Japan, 2009–2012; materials processing and corrosion with Federal Institute for Material Research and Testing (BAM) Berlin, Germany, 2013–present; neutron scattering and diffraction experiments with National Nuclear Energy Agency, Indonesia, 2005–; synchrotron X-ray experiments with Synchrotron Light Reserach Institute (SRLI) on oxides and carbon based materials, Thailand, 2015–present.