People｜Sustainability Policy & Practice atThe University of Tsukuba-JDS Program

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JDS Fellows

Bangladesh

MOMEN MAJUMDAR Mohammad Sayed
Research Interests:Mangrove forest livelihood, climate finance
Affiliation:Ministry of Public Administration

MAHAL ZINAT
Research Interests:Mitigation of Environmental Emissions from Livestock Waste Management in Bangladesh: Introducing Geo-spatial Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment.
Affiliation:Ministry of Public Administration

Kashfia Nowrin CHOUDHURY
Research Interests: Disasters Risk Reduction, Transport Policy, Sustainability
Affiliation: Ministry of Road Transport & Bridges, Bangladesh

AKTER MASHUDA
Research Interests: Technology-supported livestock waste management for a sustainable environment in Bangladesh: A study to assess the current practices and identify the challenges to adopting technology at the community level
Affiliation: Senior Assistant Secretary (as a member of the Bangladesh administration service) at the Industry and Energy Division (IED) of the Bangladesh Planning Commission

SARKER Md Manik
Research Interests: Agricultural Monitoring with Remote Sensing and GIS, Land Use and Land Cover (LULC), Machine Learning, Precision Agriculture and Paddy Rice Area Mapping
Affiliation: Additional Deputy Director at Department of Agricultural Extension, Ministry of Agriculture, Bangladesh

Arafat Kazi Md
Research Interests: Plastic & Microplastic Waste Management
Affiliation: Ministry of Affiliation: Ministry of Education

CHAKRABORTY Dibakar
Research Interests: Remote Sensing
Affiliation: Ministry of Education

HOSSEN Mohammad Amir
Research Interests: Life Cycle assessment of Anaerobic Digestion of Livestock Waste
Affiliation: Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock

BHUIYAN MD ABDUL AZIZ
Research Interests: An Integrative Analysis of Parcel-Level Spatio-Temporal Land Use/Land Cover Change Detection and Prediction Using Machine Learning Techniques: A Sustainable Planning Approach for the Coastal Region of Bangladesh.
Keywords: GIS, Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, Deep Learning
Affiliation: Senior Assistant Secretary (member of the Bangladesh Civil Service Administration Cadre), worked on deputation at the Department of Land Records and Surveys under the Ministry of Land, Bangladesh.

RAZE MD SHAMIM
Research Interests: GIS, Marine Resources Mapping, Marine Protected Area Management
Affiliation: Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock

Aktar Mst Taslima
Research Interests: Impact Analysis and Formulation of Sustainable Eco-friendly Integrated Waste Management System for Tannery Industry in Savar, Dhaka.
Affiliation: Ministry of Public Administration

Laos

KEODOUANGDY Yongthong
Research Interests: Water Availability Assessment and Flood Mapping by Arc SWAT Modeling
Affiliation: Irrigation Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR

CHANTHAVONG viengkhong
Research Interests: Environmental impact assessment in the Gold Mines sector
Affiliation: Ministry of Energy and Mines, Lao PDR

KEOVILAY SAKHONE
Research Interests: Landslide disasters management, Geology, Geophysics. (Earth structure, Sedimentary, ArcGIS)
Affiliation: Ministry of Education and Sports, Sciences and Innovation Research Institute, Earth Sciences Laboratory

SAENGTHOUMMY BOUNHEUANG
Research Interests: Disaster Risk Management focuses on Flood Risk Reduction in Lao PDR (Xiengkhouang Province).
Affiliation: Xiengkhouang Provincial Department of Labour and Social Welfare, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare.

Sirisomphone Kingthong
Research Interests: Behavioral analysis of single-use plastic, pro-environment behavior analysis, and environmental economics and policy.
Affiliation: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

YANG Party
Research Interests: Community flood preparedness for resilience in Lao PDR, Case study in Oudomxay Province
Affiliation: Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Social Welfare Department

Maldives

Amaany HABEEB
Research Interests: Conservation, Sustainable tourism, Conservation financing, Ecology, Social behavior, Nature-based solutions, Sustainability
Affiliation: Fuvahmulah City Council, Republic of Maldives

Aminath Maleeha Ibrahim
Research Interests: Coastal Adaptation Strategies, Land Reclamation, Environmental Impact Assessment, Sustainable Development
Affiliation: The Environmental Protection Agency, Maldives

Mongolia

BAASANJAV Bilguun
Research Interests: Urban Planning and Fire Protection
Affiliation: National Emergency Management Agency of Mongolia

Otgonbold Davaabold
Research Interests: Enhance provision of Disaster Prevention knowledge and understanding to people with disabilities
Affiliation: National Emergency Management Agency of Mongolia

KHURELSUKH Temuulen
Research Interests: Improving environmental policy In financial institutions in Mongolia
Affiliation: Non-bank Financial Institutions Department, Financial Regulatory Commission of Mongolia

ENKHBAT DAVAAKHATAN
Research Interests: Environmental friendly technology and construction
Affiliation: The Inspection agency of Ulaanbaatar city

SUKHBAT Jargalmaa
Research Interests: Chemical and Hazardous Waste Management and Disposal Policy
Affiliation: Central Customs Laboratory of Customs General Administration

Myanmar

Pa Pa Shwe Sin Kyaw
Research Interests: Dam Breach Analysis and Dam Safety Management regarding Environmental Disaster Prevention and Risk Mitigation
Affiliation: Assistant Engineer, Design Branch, Irrigation and Water Utilization Management Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, Myanmar.

Sri Lanka

RANASINGHE Rasanja
Research Interests: Sustainable agriculture, lignocellulose material, carbon sequestration, hydrothermal carbonization
Affiliation: GMinistry of Plantation Industries

KOKMADUWA GAMAGE Nilanthi Saroja
Research Interests: Sediment Disaster Prevention, Climate Change, Land Use Policies, Hydrogeology
Affiliation: Geologist at Landslide Research & Risk Management Division, National Building Research Organisation, Sri Lanka

Nadeeka DHARMADASA
Research Interests: An Assessment of Inclusive Disaster Management for Persons with Disabilities in Sri Lanka
Affiliation: Ministry of Women Child affairs and Social Empowerment, Sri Lanka

Ms. Jayasinghe J.A., Wethma wishwajee
Research Interests: Environmental Impact Assessment and Sustainable Environmental Management
Affiliation: Central Environmental Authority, Sri Lanka

Sudusinghe Sumudu Amani
Research Interests: interested fields are water management, Climate change, waste management, Sustainable development and Pollution control
Affiliation: Ministry of Justice, Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils, Local Government and Labour

Vietnam

TANG Quynh Anh
Research Interests: Quantitative assessment of climate policy, simulation analysis, input-output analysis, carbon market
Affiliation: Low Carbon Development Center, Department of Climate change, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

NGUYEN Phuong Anh
Research Interests: climate change, the impact of climate change on the agriculture sector, livelihoods adapt to climate change
Affiliation: Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Vietnam

HO Sy Nghe
Research Interests: Soil science, Application of radioactive isotope Cs-137 in soil erosion studies
Affiliation: Soils and Fertilizers Research Institute, Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Nguyen Vu Ky
Research Interests: Sustainable Development, Greenhouse gases in Agricultural Production, Adaptation, Mitigation
Affiliation: Western Highlands of Agriculture and Forestry Science Institute, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

TA HOANG TRUNG
Research Interests: Remote sensing, GIS, machine learning
Affiliation: Viet Nam Department of Survey, Mapping and GeoInformation

DUONG Binh Minh
Research Interests: Remote Sensing and GIS, Land Use and Land Cover (LULC), Machine Learning, Air quality forecast
Affiliation: Northern Center of Environmental Monitoring, Pollution Control Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

PHAM Lan Anh
Research Interests: Water Resources Economics and Management, Water Resources Policy, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Affiliation: Water Resources Institute, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

Vu Thi Kieu Loan
Research Interests: Aquaculture water and wastewater mornitoring, treatment and managament
Affiliation: Research institute for Aquaculture No.1, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Vietnam

Kyrgyz Republic

Zhigitekov Azamat
Research Interests: Development of agricultura in Kyrgyzstan
Affiliation: Head of sector of Karasaevskyi local administration, Tyup district, Issyk-Kul region

TILEGUL KYZY Aigul
Research Interests: Air pollution impact on health (P.M 10,P.M 2,5,NO2,bacterial aerosols ) Environmental risk exposure and health
Affiliation: Ministry of health Kyrgyz Republic .Public Health Department

TUTASHBAEVA Zhazgul
Research Interests: Natural disaster management, Remote Sensing and GIS
Affiliation: Department of monitoring, forecasting emergency situations under the Ministry of emergency situations of the Kyrgyz Republic

YSMANOV Murzabek
Research Interests: Effective ways to prevent and eliminate the qonsequences of mudflows and floods in the Kyrgyz Republic
Affiliation: Minisrty of Emergency Situation of the Kyrgyz Republic

Philippines

Kimberly R. PALOMIQUE
Research Interests: Sustainable development, renewable energy
Affiliation: Industrial Technology Development Institute - Department of Science and Technology, Philippines

Ronald F. RINGOR
Research Interests: Water and wastewater quality monitoring and management
Affiliation: Environmental Management Bureau - Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Frances Antonette C. BRILLO
Research Interests: Biodiversity Conservation, Protected Area Management, Management Effectiveness Assessment
Affiliation: Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Biodiversity Management Bureau

Hiromi D. FONTANILLA
Research Interests: Dam Breach Analysis, Flood Inundation, Dam Safety Assessment, Monitoring and Management, Environmental Disaster Prevention and Risk Mitigation
Affiliation: National Irrigation Administration, Philippines

Roald Ray B. TAPERLA
Research Interests: Environment and Climate Change Policy, Sustainable Urban Development, Economic Valuation
Affiliation: National Economic and Development Authority

Ghana

BAFFOE Jonathan Darkwah
Research Interests: Agricultural Sustainability Policy/Environmental Sustainability and Economic Policy/Climate Change Mitigation Policy. Doctoral Research: “Climate Change Effects and Postharvest Losses: Impacts on Farmers and Ghana’s Economy”.
Affiliation: Local Government Service - Department of Agriculture