Roderich von DettenAssistant Professor |
Roderich von Detten, Assistant Professor, Chair of Forestry Economics and Forest Planning. Main research & teaching areas: Organizational Studies; Management; Strategic Management & Planning; organizational management of Uncertainty, Risk, and Ignorance; Communication & Normative Management; History of forestry sciences and history of theories, ideas & guiding principles in forestry; Special language in forestry. Teaching: Management, Strategic Planning & Economics in international Master Programs FOM (Forestry Sciences) & REM (Renewable Management & Engineering). He has experience in teaching and supervising Master and PhD students from diverse national and cultural backgrounds, as well as in capacity building and curriculum development for academic institutions in Asia (Projects FORHEAL & REACT) |
Dietrich Schmidt-VogtHonorary Professor |
Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt is a Geographer and Honorary Professor at the Chair of Silviculture of Freiburg University, Germany, since 2015. Previous affiliations were with University of Central Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China, Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand, and South Asia Institute of Heidelberg University, Germany. Spanning 40 years of research experience in Asia, his research interests include forest-farming interactions, multifunctional landscapes, integrated land use systems, and land use change and livelihoods in mountains. He has extensive experience in teaching and supervising Master and PhD students from diverse national and cultural backgrounds, as well as in capacity building and curriculum development for academic institutions in Asia. |
Roderich von Detten
Email: r.v.detten@ife.uni-freiburg.de
https://www.ife.uni-freiburg.de/ueber/team/vondetten
| No. | Name/Contact/Photo | Position | Expertise |
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Ho Dac Thai Hoang, PhD hodacthaihoang@husta.vn, |
Chairman of Thua Thien Hue Union of Science and Technology Associations (HUSTA), Thua Thien Hue province, Vietnam
Position in FORSU project: - Project legal signatory - Participant contact |
Dr. Hoang received his PhD in Silviculture from Freiburg University, Germany. He is currently the director of IREN, a senior lecturer in Hue University, a visiting lecturer of Cologne University of Applied Science, Germany and Okayama University, Japan. His work focuses specifically on climate change, rural development, tropical silviculture, forest ecology, application of GIS and RS in natural resources and environmental management, and social networking and communication. Hoang has over 20-year experience worked as the leader and coordinator of various projects relating to climate change, capacity building, livelihood enhancement, ecosystem-based adaptation, and natural resources conservation and management at regional and global scales. |
| 2 |
Dinh Tien Tai, PhD Email: dinhtientai@hueuni.edu.vn |
University researcher Position in FORSU project: Team member |
Dr. Dinh Tien Tai received his Ph.D in Plant Ecology from Okayama University, Japan. He is currently working as a researcher in Institute of Resources and Environment (IREN), Hue University. He has over 10 years of working experience in ecological restoration, biodiversity conservation and forestry projects. His researches focus on forest restoration, biodiversity conservation, applied biostatistics and GIS and RS application in natural resources and environmental management. He has experience in experimental design, data analysis, and project evaluation. He has a good ability in working with local people and other stakeholders in ecological, biodiversity and forestry projects and a good skill in data analysis and visualization with R and Python. |
| 3 |
Do Thi Xuan Dung, PhD Email: dtxdung@hueuni.edu.vn |
University lecturer; Vice-President of Hue University
Position in FORSU project: Task manager |
Dr. Do Thi Xuan Dung is currently Vice-President for Science-Technology and International Relations at Hue University, Vietnam. She is a senior lecturer of English language and Linguistics, TESOL, and Cross-cultural studies. She has been working in international cooperation for higher education for twenty years and in ERASMUS CBHE project management for eight years. She is presently coordinating two ERASMUS+ projects and has been involved in eleven other similar projects implemented at Hue University. |
| 4 |
Nguyen Thi Hong Mai, PhD Email: nthmai@hueuni.edu.vn |
University lecturer Position in FORSU project: Team member |
Dr. Mai got B.Sc. in Silviculture in 1996 from Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry (HUAF). Then she was pointed out as a lecturer at HUAF in the same year. In 1999, she started her master's degree at Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines), where she received her Master of Science in Social Development in 2001. In 2010, she enrolled in Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen (Germany) for her doctoral study and successfully graduated with a Ph.D. in natural resource management in 2015. She has more than 20 years teaching and researching modules and issues related to gender in natural resource management; rural/community development; livelihood and forest resource management; forest policy, Forestland use, and community forestry; resource economic and environment. Consultancy and Training for planning, monitoring and evaluation for rural development projects; Consultancy on Enhancing Community Resilience and Livelihood Security to Cope with Natural Disaster in Central Vietnam. She has worked with NGO and international organization such as: World Agroforestry (ICRAF); RECOFTC, JICA, FAO, Helvetas-SDC, WWF |
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Tran Nam Thang, PhD Email: trannamthang@huaf.edu.vn |
University lecturer Position in FORSU project: Team member |
Dr. Thang got his PhD in Natural Resource Management from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. He is currently a lecturer in Hue University, Vietnam. He has over 20 years’ experience working as leader and key member in projects of training and capacity building relating to climate change, livelihood improvement and biodiversity conservation. Dr. Thang has significant experience in FLEGT, REDD+, participatory governance assessment and Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES). |
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Ngo Tung Duc, PhD Email: ngotungduc@huaf.edu.vn |
University lecturer Position in FORSU project: Team member |
Dr. Duc received his PhD in Social Informatics from Kyoto University, Japan. He is lecturer and researcher in Hue University. He has good ability in Multiple Criteria Analysis and System Dynamics Modeling. Dr. Duc has over 20 years of working experience in consultancy, training and capacity building relating to climate change, community forest management, livelihood security, natural disaster prevention and community resilience. |
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Van Thi Yen, PhD Email: vanthiyen@hueuni.edu.vn |
University lecturer Position in FORSU project: Team member |
She is a lecturer and researcher at Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry. She got her Ph.D. in forest science in 2021 from Dresden University of Technology, Germany. She has 16 years’ experience working on biodiversity conservation, plant ecology and forest genetics. |
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Tran Khuong Duy, MSc Email: tkhuongduy@hueuni.edu.vn |
University lecturer Position in FORSU project: Team member |
Mr. Duy received Master degree in Forestry from Hue University. He has over 5-year experience working as coordinator and member of developmental projects relating to ecosystem-based adaptation, climate change, business modes, and community development. He has expertise in project monitoring and evaluation, using M&E tools, networking, community outreach and development. |
| Sl | Name | Role/Task | Professional profile and expertise |
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| 01 | Md. Alamgir Kabir, PhD | Overall administration of project staffs, supervision of the activities, signature and approval of progress and financial project documents |
Md. Alamgir Kabir, PhD Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh Overall administration of project staffs, supervision of the activities, signature and approval of progress and financial project documents Professor of Agroforestry. He was involved in forest management and restoration related research work and actively guided several forest management plan preparation works in Chittagong Hill tracts and different forest areas of Bangladesh including the Sundarban. He was involved in Forestry and Environmental Science related research works and has authored 34 scientific articles in journals and one book chapter published by Springer. He acted as a focal point and resource person for the KFW funded training programs among people of coastal region of Bangladesh including Engineers and Government Officials regarding Capacity development in climate change mitigation and adaptation conducted under Coastal Climate Resilient Infrastructure project by the Local Government Engineering Department of Bangladesh during 2013-2017. He is currently working as a Project Director of the Nuffic (the Netherlands) funded institutional collaborative project titled “Climate Smart Agriculture for a resilient coastal Bangladesh” jointly being implemented by Wageningen University and Research (WUR) and Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU) since June 2019. |
| 02 | Md. Ektear Uddin, PhD | Overall coordination of the project activities, and liaison with different stakeholders. |
Md. Ektear Uddin, PhD Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh Overall coordination of the project activities, and liaison with different stakeholders. Professor and Chairman at the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development. He has worked as a fellow researcher in Soil Solarization Project of Cornell University, USA which promoted Healthy Seedling Technology in Northern Bangladesh. He also worked as fellow of International Poverty Reduction Center, China. He is a life member of Bangladesh Agricultural Extension Society (BAES), International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS), and Australasia-Pacific Extension Network (APEN). He has published about 50 journal articles in national and international journals as author and coauthor. He has worked as project manager and coordinator in several donor funded international projects including World Bank and Nuffic. |
| 03 | Md. Shahidul Islam, PhD | Assist Curriculum development and arrangement of different meetings/ workshops and documentation |
Md. Shahidul Islam, PhD Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh Assist Curriculum development and arrangement of different meetings/ workshops and documentation Professor of Faculty of Agriculture. He has been working in Plant Pathology since 2002, with a concentration on Plant Disease Management. He has supervised 35 master's theses and one doctoral dissertation. He has worked on a number of research initiatives and has published over 25 scientific papers in peerreviewed journals. He has also served as a resource speaker for more than 15 training programs and workshops on the development of outcome-based curriculum. He has been serving as the director of Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), PSTU from 2016 to till date. |
| 04 | Khadiza Khatun, PhD | Assist curriculum development and arrangement of different meetings / workshops and documentation |
Khadiza Khatun, PhD Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh Assist curriculum development and arrangement of different meetings / workshops and documentation Professor of Department of Biotechnology. As a professor she is pursuing both academic and research work at Department of Biotechnology with a special focus on molecular plant biotechnology and tissue culture. She has experience of conducting research projects funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology, and University Grants Commission, of Bangladesh as Project investigator and widen her horizons in the sphere of agriculture related to different stress environments and their impact on crop production and plantation. She has participated several national and international research projects and conferences and has authored more than 13 research articles in national and international journals. Moreover, Dr. Khatun reviewed many scientific articles of Elsevier and Nature publisher as a resource person. |
| Name and Function | Professional profile and expertise |
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Dr. Suprio Chakma Project Manager of FORSU |
Dr. Suprio Chakma has over 16 years’ experiences of coordinating field work and implementing different projects in the biodiversity conservation sector. He has completed his PhD on Large Mammals of the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh with emphasis on Tiger (Panthera Tigris ) from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Currently, he is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Biological Science and Chairman of the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science in RMSTU where he joined in 2020. Before joining RMSTU, Dr. Chakma worked for Wildlife Conservation Society, a world leading conservation NGO as Marine Megafauna Program Manager. Keen on herpetology later turned in large mammals study; expertise in wildlife study design, survey, data analysis and technical report writing. He has experiences of manging donor funds such as USFWS and USAID. Dr. Suprio had worked in all forested areas of Bangladesh and participated many national and international training and conferences held in India, Nepal and Malaysia. |
Dr. Nikhil Chakma Project Coordinator of FORSU |
Dr. Nikhil Chakma has more than 12-year of professional working experiences at national and international development organizations/academic instituions in Bangladesh. His major field of expertise include National Forest inventory, food security, extreme poverty, natural resource mangement, biodiversity and conservation, crop pest management, and overall livelihood development of the rural people. He did PhD in Bamboo and rodent ecology from University of Dhaka, Bachelor (Honours) and Master in Forestry from the Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. He has more than 10 publications related to his field of expertise. He attended and presented scientific research findings in different national and international seminars/conference/workshops/training in United States of America (USA), Germany, Thailand, Australia, South Africa and Philippines. |
Ms. Saptarshi Chakma Senior expert of FORSU |
Ms. Saptarshi Chakma has been working at the Department of Management, RMSTU for about 6 years as a faculty member. She completed graduation and Master in Management from the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Her research interest and expertise includes gender in natural resource managment, nature based tourism, financial behabiour and managment and overall human reosurce management. She received different awards for the contribution of education (women education) in the society. She has contributed more than 3 research articles in her professional career. |
Ms. Rishita Chakma Junior expert of FORSU |
Ms. Rishita Chakma has almost 3 years experience in the field of Teaching and Research work. She did her Graduation from Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh and her postgraduation research work is ongoing under the same university . She attended and presented research paper in conference/workshops/seminar in the field of Energy Technology, Photovoltaic Development, Smart Energy, Energy and Environment. |
Mr. Shourav Dutta Junior expert of FORSU |
Mr. Shourav Dutta, an expert in natural resource management, is working as a Faculty member at Rangamati Science and Technology University, Bangladesh. He received B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.S. (Thesis) with 1st position/distinction from the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. He also obtained EU funded-Erasmus Mundus double MSc in European Forestry, jointly from Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany and University of Eastern Finland, Finland. He has more than 8-year of professional research experiences and contributed more than 20 scientific articles to the international referred journals and conference proceedings. Mr. Dutta has conducted research projects in Austria, Bangladesh, Germany, and India in the fields of Forest growth, Silviculture, Community development, Plant physiology; Silviculture-Genetics, Biodiversity Conservation, Forest-People relationship, Plantation Forestry etc. |
Mr. Saddam Hossen Junior expert of FORSU |
Mr. Saddam Hossen Mr. Saddam Hossen is working as a Lecturer in Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Rangamati Science and Technology University. He has completed his undergraduation and graduation in Forestry from University of Chittagong. As a professional expert, he has worked as more than 3-years in different research based National and International projects. His major field of expertise include- Biodiversity (Plant) asssesment and Conservation, Ecotourism, Community Based Forest Management, Livelihodd development, NTFP, Reserach methodology, Forest landsacpe restoration, GIS and Remote sensing Analyst etc. He has attended and presented scientific research findings in different national seminars/conferences/workshops/training. He has more than 18 publications. |
Dr. Nikhil Chakma
Department of FES
Rangamati Science and Technology University
Rangamati - 4500, Bangladesh
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Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong 
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Project manager |
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Ho Dinh Bao, MSc 
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Core member |
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| 03 |
Phan Thi Hang, MSc 
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Core Member |
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Le Dinh Nam, MSc 
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Core Member |
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Vo Hung, PhD 
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Core Member |
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Nguyen Duc Dinh, MSc. 
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Core member |
Involved in assisting the development/update of course curriculum and project activities. |
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Ngo The Son, MSc 
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Core Member |
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Tran Thi Xuan Phan, MSc 
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Core Member |
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Cao Thi Hoai, MSc 
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Core Member |
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Nguyen Thi Hai Yen, PhD. 
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Pham Van Truong, PhD. 
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| Name and Function | Professional profile and expertise |
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Tran Thi Thu Ha |
She is the Director of the Institute of Forestry and Sustainable Development, Dean of Forestry Faculty and senior lecturer at the Faculty of Forestry, Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry, Vietnam. She obtained a Master’s degree in Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Managent (2001) from University of Life Science (Norway) and a PhD in Environmental Science (2007) from the Australian National University. She focus on tree improvement and medicinal plants to adapt climate change conditions. She got KOVALEVSKAIA PRIZE 2019 for Outstanding Achievements in Science by an Invidual Female Scientist. She is honoree on the Asian Scientist 100 list 2021 edition (https://www.asianscientist.com/as100). |
Bui Tuan Tuan, MSc |
He is Director of Center for Natural Resouces and Human, Institute of Forestry and Sustainable Development, and lecturer at the Faculty of Forestry, Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry. He obtained the Degree of Master of Science (Water Resources Management) at Flinders University, Australia. His expertise focuses on climate change response, water resources management and natural resources governance. He has many years of experience in acting as project coordinator and manager for many international development project funded by CARE, DFAT, EU Commission, USAID, etc. |
Nguyen The Hung |
He is Chancellor of Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry. He is Professor in Environmental Science at Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry and a PhD in Environmental Science in Canada. He has many years working as senior lecturer in soil science and environmental sciences, international affairs department of Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry. He had great contribution in establishing advanced education program in Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry. |
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Duong Van Doan |
He is the Vice director of the Institute of Forestry and Sustainable Development, and lecturer at the Faculty of Forestry, Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry, Vietnam. He obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Agriculture Science) at Kyushu University, Japan. He is professor in Wood Science at Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry. His field of specializations are Sustainable forest management; Genetic basics of wood formation and properties; Wood anatomy; and Evaluation of wood quality of fast-growing trees by non-destructive evaluation. His studied results have been contributed information to selected fast growing species for forest planting in Vietnam. |
Ho Ngoc Son |
He is a Professor in Climate change and Indigenous knowledge at Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry. He obtained a Master’s degree in Forestry (2004) and a PhD in Global Environmental Change (2013) from the Australian National University. He has many years of experience on student affairs and curriculum evaluation as a Vice Dean of Forestry Faculty. He also acted as a project coordinator and manager for many development projects funded by the CARE International in Vietnam and University coordinator for ERAMUS project such as European-Vietnamese Higher Education Network for Sustainable Forest- and Bio-Economy (2018-2021). |
Duong Van Thao, Phd |
Duong Van Thao curently is head of Department of Science, Technology and International Cooperations. Before that, he served as the Dean of the Forestry Faculty. He is senior lecturer in forest genetics and silviculture at Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry (TUAF), Vietnam. Much of his research is in the areas of silviculture and forest genetic conservation. Beside academic roles, he has been working actively with both domestic & international partners in promoting collaboration activities such as technology transfer, joint research projects, student & faculty mobility. Thao graduated from Kyushu University, Japan with a PhD Degree in Forest genetics. He earned his Master Degree in Forestry from the Australian National University, Australia. Before that, he graduated from Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry, Vietnam with a Bachelor Degree in Forestry. |
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Edward Webb, is a Professor of Global Forests and Land Use, at the Department of Forest Science, University of Helsinki. Director of the Viikki Tropical Resources Institute. More than 20 years of research experience in tropical forest ecology, conservation, and management in the Asia-Pacific region. Contributed to the development of Forestry curricula in Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Nepal. |
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Nicholas Hogarth ,has over 12-years’ experience living and working in the Global South on forestry and rural development issues, including field-research and capacity-building. Geographical foci include China, Laos, Indonesia, and Cambodia, but he also has long-term experience co-managing a 24-country research project on forests and livelihoods. He has also worked as a consultant for the UN, CIFOR, Australian Aboriginal Corporations, and others. Key expertise include: analysing rural livelihoods, design of household data collection tools, field-based data collection, quantification of forest & environmental income, forest landscape restoration, small and large-scale tree plantations, bamboo, scientific writing and editing, systematic reviews, project monitoring and evaluation. |
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Adrian Monge , has been working on research and capacity building projects in Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America over the last 20 years. His experience includes teaching forestry and environmental issues in Finland and abroad, preparation, coordination and implementation of e-learning courses, drafting and submitting research and development cooperation proposals. Key expertise areas include developing digital tools for data collection, forest and climate change (adaptation and mitigation), forest inventories and management, participatory research, and ecosystem services. |
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Dipjoy Chakma , is working as a Project Planner at the Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki. He holds a MSc degree (Agri. & For.) from University of Helsinki majoring in Forest Products Marketing. He has over 10 years of field-research and capacity building project experiences in Mekong region. His expertise includes project management, project proposal writing, non-timber forest products research and market analysis, participatory research, field-based data collection, livelihood analysis and forest policy analysis. |
Dipjoy Chakma
B Building, Room no. 537,
VITRI, Department of Forest Sciences,
University of Helsinki, Finland,
Tel: +358(0)2941 58644 (office)
https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/dipjoy-chakma
Higher Education Cooperation for Forest Landscape Restoration and Sustainable Livelihoods in Bangladesh and Vietnam (FORSU)
