Samsuri was born in a village in the southern part of Ponorogo Regency, East Java, on January 9, 1974. He completed his Bachelor's degree in Forestry at the Faculty of Forestry, IPB University, in 1998 and obtained his Doctorate degree in 2014 with an innovation in compiling the Priority Index for the Restoration of Degraded Tropical Forests. Additionally, Samsuri, affectionately known as Pak Sem, attended a one-month short course in Thailand to deepen his expertise in the application of GIS and RS in tropical rainforest restoration planning, particularly mangrove forests.

Throughout his professional career, his focus has been on geographic information systems, spatial ecology, landscape conservation, and remote sensing. As a researcher, his studies concentrate on the application of Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) in forest resource inventory and management. Some research topics he has explored include the application of remote sensing in estimating standing stock in peat swamp forests, GIS application for modeling and monitoring forest fires, GIS and RS applications for modeling and planning ecosystem restoration, forest biomass modeling, analysis of tropical forest biodiversity distribution, wildlife habitat suitability, GIS for ethnography and forest degradation, and other topics related to GIS and RS. Several national and international collaborative research projects have been conducted with research grant funding from the Directorate General of Higher Education, SEAMEO BIOTROP, JAFTA, and ITTO Japan.

Courses he teaches in the Undergraduate Program in Forestry include Forest Inventory, Forest Management, Forest Planning, Forest Management, Geographic Information Systems, System Analysis, Remote Sensing, and Geodesy and Cartography. Some of the published books authored by Samsuri include "Introduction to Spatial Analysis with ArcGIS," "Digital Image Analysis Techniques for Natural Resource Management," "Planning for Restoration of Degraded Tropical Forest Landscapes," and "Forest Management."

In fulfilling the third pillar of higher education, community service, Samsuri has contributed to assisting the government in planning Forest Area Spatial Planning, establishing Forest Management Units, and participating as a resource person in various activities related to forest management policy-making in Indonesia. He is also involved in assisting communities, such as facilitating the development of spatial information systems for village potential and conducting training on the use of ArcGIS, GPS usage, and forest potential survey techniques. To expand his network and knowledge sharing, he is a member of professional organizations such as the Indonesian Remote Sensing Society (MAPIN), the Indonesian Biodiversity Society (MBI), the Indonesian Engineers Association (PII), and the Indonesian Geospatial Association (PAGI).