Research Director
Research Topics & Areas of Expertise
- Water and sanitation in developing countries
- Decentralised domestic wastewater and septage management
- Circular economy perspectives for plastic (including macro- and microplastics) and municipal solid waste
- Sustainable consumption and production (SCP)
- Environmental systems analysis
- Climate change adaptation and mitigation technologies
- Integrated and high-integrity carbon markets in ASEAN
- Water–food–energy nexus for resource efficiency
Education
1. Institution: The University of Tokyo
Date: 2006-2009
Degree: Doctoral Degree (Ph.D)– Department of Urban Engineering
Graduate School of Engineering – The University of Tokyo, Japan.
Date of graduation: September 2009
2. Institution Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand;
Date: 2004 – 2006
Degree: M.Eng. - Environmental Engineering and Management
3. Institution Hanoi University of Civil Engineering, Hanoi, Vietnam;
Date: 1998 – 2003
Degree: B. Sc. - Water Supply, Sewerage and Environmental Sanitation
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Commissioned Report
This Final Commission Report was prepared for the National Institute for Environmental Studies as part of the outputs for the PoDIWM Project on "POLICY DIALOGUE & NETWORK BUILDING OF MULTI‐STAKEHOLDERS ON INTEGRATED DECENTRALIZED DOMESTIC WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT IN ASEAN COUNTRIES" led by NIES. IGES Team works as an international consultant for the...
Commissioned Report
This Final Commission Report was prepared for the National Institute for Environmental Studies as part of the outputs for the PoDIWM Project on "POLICY DIALOGUE & NETWORK BUILDING OF MULTI‐STAKEHOLDERS ON INTEGRATED DECENTRALIZED DOMESTIC WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT IN ASEAN COUNTRIES" led by NIES. IGES Team works as an international consultant for the...
Policy Report
Starting in August 2019, the SWITCH Asia SCP Facility has provided technical support to Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) for development of the National Action Plan on Sustainable Consumption and Production (2021.2030) (NAP on SCP). The SCP Facility established a team of international and national experts to conduct an assessment on...
Policy Brief
Over the last more than 2 years (2018-2020), the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) has worked closely with Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), and Thailand National Taskforce Team members on a project titled “Policy Dialogue and Network Building of Multi-stakeholders on...
Issue Brief
This Issue Brief has been developed for the discussion at the International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP2020), organized by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) from 9th -13rd November 2020. This Issue Brief aims to: (i) facilitate discussion on the need to properly address the existing issue of poor...
Presentation
Regional Workshop on New Paradigms of Innovation and Technology to Address the Challenges of Covid-19 Pandemic
International collaboration in technological innovation is critical in redesigning economies as countries are shaping strategies to address COVID-19 impacts. This presentation was made at the Regional Workshop on ‘New Paradigms of Innovation and Technology to Address the Challenges of Covid-19 Pandemic’. 3. 11. 2020 | held at Tashkent, Uzbekistan...
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Submission to Policy Process
The National Action Plan on Sustainable Consumption and Production for the Period of 2021-2030 in Vietnam was developed by the Ministry of Trade Industry of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam with the technical support from the working group of Vietnam (MOIT: Nguyen Thi Lam Giang - The Director General, Leader of the Group; The Government Office...
Discussion Paper
Unmanaged plastic waste poses a major socio-economic, environmental and health risk to urban and marine environments in the Asia Pacific. Each year South-east Asian countries produce 11.7 million metric tonnes of plastic waste, of which over 60% is derived from urban areas. Therefore a focus on effective city governance will be vital to tackle the...
Peer-reviewed Article
In Journal of Engineering and Technological Sciences
Because of the burgeoning urban population, there is huge pressure on both natural resources and basic urban infrastructure, especially sewerage systems, with Indonesia as no exception. It is estimated that about 95% of human waste in Indonesia ends up untreated or partially treated in septic tanks before being discharged in the natural environment...
PR, Newsletter or Other
This calendar is an awareness raising material targeting people living on and around Tonle Sap Lake. It aims to raise their awareness on water sanitation and health. Related materials can be found here: Policy report - https://www.iges.or.jp/en/pub/tonlesapsatreps/en
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Project
Updated: August 2024
PoDIWM-2: Strengthening Capacity Development for Local Governments in ASEAN to Tackle Microplastics and Water Pollution through Decentralised Wastewater Management Approach
PoDIWM is shorthand for a 2-year ASEAN Cooperation Project titled “Policy Dialogue and Network Building of Multi-stakeholders on Integrated Decentralized Domestic Wastewater Management in ASEAN Countries,” (PoDIWM) funded by the Japan-ASEAN Integrati