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

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JDS Fellows

Bangladesh

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

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

AKTAR KOHINUR
Research Interests:Sustainable poultry waste management using advanced technologies, with a focus on evaluating environmental and economic feasibility through Life Cycle Assessment and Techno-Economic Analysis in Bangladesh.
Affiliation:Department of Livestock Services, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock

BARUA Chaiti
Research Interests:Environmental Aspects of Abundance and Conservation of Ganges River Dolphin Regarding National and International Policy and Strategies
Affiliation:Ministry of Education

HASAN MD IQBAL
Research Interests:Municipal Solid Waste Management for Sustainable Society
Affiliation:Ministry of Public Administration, Bangladesh

Hassan Md Rabiul
Research Interests: Air pollution assessment and identifying hotspot through GIS, Remote sensing, Statistical analysis for policy recommendation.
Affiliation: Ministry of Public Administration, Bangladesh

MUSHA MD MAHAMUDUL HASAN
Research Interests: AGRICULTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY (AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING USING GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION (GIS AND REMOTE SENSING) IN BANGLADESH.
Affiliation: ADDITIONAL DEPUTY DIRECTOR AT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, BANGLADESH.

Laos

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

AROUNE Vimala
Research Interests: Assessing the Prevalence, Sources, and Impacts of Micro-plastics and Emerging Pollutants in Surface Water Systems
Affiliation: Vientiane Capital Administration Office.

KOPHIKOUN Thavatxay
Research Interests: Potential of green hydrogen development in Laos to support transport and logistic sector
Affiliation: Ministry of Industry and Commerce

Maldives

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

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

Batdelger Uranchimeg
Research Interests: Low-Level-Radioactive Waste Management in Uranium mining
Affiliation: The Executive office of Nuclear Energy Commission, Government of Mongolia

Sri Lanka

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

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

J.M. Nadun Shawinda Jayasekara
Research Interests: Agricultural Policy and Sustainable Agriculture
Affiliation: Department of Agrarian Development, Sri Lanka

WEERASINGHE MUDIYANSELAGE CHATHURIKA MENIKE NAWARATHNA
Research Interests: E-waste management
Affiliation: Central Provincial Council

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

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

Ho Thi Hang
Research Interests: Waste and wastewater treatment technologies
Affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry and Environment, Dalat University, Vietnam

NGUYEN QUOC VINH
Research Interests: Integrating GEDI LiDAR and optical–radar satellites to map forest aboveground biomass (AGB) in Viet Nam, 2024–2025
Affiliation: Forest inventory and planning institute

PHAM Thi Bach Quynh
Research Interests: Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) under climate change, Hydrological modeling and flood forecasting.
Affiliation: Institute for Water and Environment, Vietnam Academy for Water Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment

PHAM THUY HANH
Research Interests: Waste management, Circular economy, Environmental policy, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Affiliation: Vietnam Institute of Science and Technology Strategy (VISTS)/Ministry of Science and Technology.

PHAN Phuong Anh
Research Interests: Emission inventory in agriculture, estimation of methane emissions from cattle farming in Vietnam
Affiliation: Department of Livestock Production and Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment

Tong Tran Huy
Research Interests: Water and wastewater treatment; improving water quality in aquaculture systems; developing and applying eco-friendly materials (e.g., biochar, natural adsorbents, biodegradable media) for pollutant removal and sustainable water management.
Affiliation: Ministry of Agriculture and Environment

TRINH MANH HA
Research Interests: Water Resources Management, Water Resources Policy, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Affiliation: Vietnam National Mekong Committee Office, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment

Kyrgyz Republic

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

KALYBEKOV Adilet
Research Interests: socio-economic valuation of water resources
Affiliation: Ministry of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic

Zhamila Toktorbai kyzy
Research Interests: Renewable energy
Affiliation: Village council of the Ysyk Kol rural district, Kyrgyz Republic

Philippines

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

Jedidiah Marbella Mangubat
Research Interests: Water Quality Management, Water Quality Monitoring, Waterbodies Rehabilitation
Affiliation: Department of Environment and Natural Resources

ELEMENTO Chieko
Research Interests: Environmental economics and policy studies, and environmental engineering and psychology
Affiliation: Department of Economy, Planning, and Development Regional Office MIMAROPA

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