Dr. Nababan worked with Akhmad Solihin and Yoppie Christian on research entitled The Socio-economic Impact of the Prohibition of Trawl and Seine Nets in North Coast of Java. This project was supported by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies.

Dr. Nababan is a lecturer in the Department of Environment of Economic Resources, Faculty of Economic and Management at Bogor Agricultural University and is also a Research Assistant on Policy of Marine Economic at the Center for Coastal Resources and Marine Studies. He completed his doctoral degree on Tropical Marine Resources Economics at Bogor Agricultural University.