Faculty

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Prof. Vilas Nitivattananon

Professor, Dean SERD
Prof. Shobhakar Dhakal

Professor and Vice President of Academic Affairs (VPAA)
Prof. Anil Kumar Anal

Professor
Prof. Chettiyappan Visvanathan

Professor
Prof. Joyashree Roy

Bangabandhu Chair Professor
Prof. Kyoko Kusakabe

Professor
Prof. Nophea Sasaki

Professor, Department Head, Department of Development and Sustainability
Prof. P. Abdul Salam

Professor
Prof. Rajendra P. Shrestha

Professor
Prof. Sivanappan Kumar

Professor
Prof. Thammarat Koottatep

Professor
Prof. Weerakorn Ongsakul

Professor
Dr. Avishek Datta

Associate Professor, Department Head, Department of Food, Agriculture & Bioresources
Dr. Krishna R. Salin

Associate Professor
Dr. Loc Thai Nguyen

Associate Professor
Dr. Mokbul Morshed Ahmad

Associate Professor
Dr. Ekbordin Winijkul

Assistant Professor
Dr. Farhad Zulfiqar

Assistant Professor
Dr. Ha Thanh Dong.

Assistant Professor
Dr. Indrajit Pal

Assistant Professor
Dr. Jai Govind Singh

Associate Professor, Department Head, Department of Energy, Environment & Climate Change
Dr. Joyee S. Chatterjee

Assistant Professor
Dr. Simon Guerrero Cruz

Assistant Professor
Dr. Sushil Kumar Himanshu

Assisstant Professor
Dr. Takuji W. Tsusaka

Assistant Professor
Dr. Thi Phuoc Lai Nguyen

Assistant Professor
Dr. Wenchao Xue

Assistant Professor
Dr. Julaikha Bente Hossain

Senior Research Specialist and Affiliated faculty
Dr. Ram C. Bhujel

Research Associate Professor and Director of Aqua-Centre

Adjunct Faculty

Dr. Amararatne Yakupitiyage

Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Duanghathai Buranajaroenkij

Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Jitti Mungkalasiri

Adjunct Faculty
Dr. John K. M. Kuwornu

Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Noppadon Khiripet

Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Nuwong Chollacoop

Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Oleg V. Shipin

Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Peeyush Soni

Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Philippe Doneys

Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Sohee Minsun Kim

Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Suwussa Bamrungsap

Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Sylvia Szabo

Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Uracha Ruktanonchai

Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Wonnop Vissesanguan

Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Wai Prathumpai

Adjunct Faculty

Prof. Vilas Nitivattananon

Professor, Dean SERD

Urban Innovation and Sustainability

Email: vilasn@ait.ac.th

Contact: (+66-2)524 6074, (+66-2)524 5601

Fax: (+66-2) 524 6071

Room Number: S 100, E 103

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Area of Expertise

Systems approach and management for urban sustainability
Urban competitiveness and resilience
Climate change, urbanization and tourism
Waste recycling and circular economy
Strategic water and infrastructure development
Sustainability and impact assessment

Prof. Shobhakar Dhakal

Professor and Vice President of Academic Affairs (VPAA)

Sustainable Energy Transition

shobhakar@ait.ac.th
Contact: 
Fax:  
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Area of Expertise

Low carbon and climate-resilient cities
Energy policy and energy-economic modelling
Climate policy and climate change mitigation assessment
Improving energy access in developing countries
Cross-border electricity trade and regional energy market integration
Climate finance and carbon market

Prof. Anil Kumar Anal

Professor

Food Engineering And Bioprocess Technology

Email: anilkumar@ait.ac.th
Contact:  (+66-2)524 5473
Fax:  (+66-2) 524 0147
Room Number:  203- AFE Building

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Area of Expertise

Bioprocessing and Value additions of Agro-Industrial Residues, Aquatic Resources and Non-timber Forest Products
Functional Foods and Neutraceuticals Processing and Product Analysis
Food Safety and Risk Assessment Analysis in Food Supply Chain Systems
Application of Nanotechnology in Food, Agriculture and Pharmaceutics
Delivery and pharmacokinetic studies of Bioactive Compounds including Neutraceuticals, drugs, etc. in Human and Veterinary Applications

Prof. Chettiyappan Visvanathan

Professor

Environmental Engineering Management

Email: visu@ait.ac.th
Contact:  (+66-2)524 5640
Room Number: W 108

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Area of Expertise

Membrane Technology
Integrated Solid Waste Management
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Sustainable Production and Consumption
Industrial Environment Management

Prof. Joyashree Roy

Bangabandhu Chair Professor

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Sustainable Energy Transition

joyashree@ait.ac.th
Contact: (+66-2)524 5401
Fax: (+66-2) 524 5439
Room Number: ET - 205

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Area of Expertise

Economics of Pollution and Climate Change
Modeling energy demand
Economy-wide modeling exercises for deriving policy implications
Water quality demand modeling
Water pricing
Sustainable development
Natural resource accounting
Valuing environmental services
Developmental and environmental issues relevant to informal sectors
Coastal Ecosystem service evaluation

Prof. Kyoko Kusakabe

Professor

Gender And Development Studies

Email: kyokok@ait.ac.th
Contact:  (+66-2)524 6131
Fax: (+66-2) 524 6166
Room Number: W 251

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Area of Expertise

Gender and Development
Labor Migration
Women in the informal economy
Unpaid work
Gender issues in fisheries and aquaculture
Gender assessment of development projects

Prof. Nophea Sasaki

Professor, Department Head, Department of Development and Sustainability

Natural Resources Management

Email: nopheas@ait.ac.th
Contact:  (+66-2)524 5778
Room Number: E119

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Area of Expertise

REDD+
Forest carbon monitoring and modeling
Forest management
Green technovation for sustainability
Carbon project development, selective logging, biodiversity conservation, impact investment in forestry

Prof. P. Abdul Salam

Professor

Sustainable Energy Transition

Email: salam@ait.ac.th
Contact:  (+66-2)524 5420
Fax:  (+66-2) 524 5439
Room Number: ET 214, Energy Building

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Area of Expertise

Bioenergy
Waste to Energy
Sustainable and Renewable Energy
Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation
Climate change mitigation
Clean coal technologies
Carbon capture and storage

Prof. Rajendra P. Shrestha

Professor

Natural Resources Management

Email: rajendra@ait.ac.th
Contact: (+66-2)524 5602
Room Number: W-209

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Area of Expertise

Human dimension of land-use change
Climate change and land
Land degradation and land management
Environmental Sustainability
Natural Resource Management
Geoinformatics

Prof. Sivanappan Kumar

Professor

Sustainable Energy Transition

Email:  kumar@ait.asia
Contact: (+66-2)524 5410
Fax:  (+66-2) 524 5439
Room Number: ET 208

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Area of Expertise

Renewable energy resource and technologies
Climate change and greenhouse gas mitigation
Solar energy
Energy and sustainable development

Prof. Thammarat Koottatep

Professor

Environmental Engineering and Management

Email: thamarat@ait.ac.th
Contact: (+66-2)524 6188
Fax: (+66-2) 524 5625
Room Number: W 129

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Area of Expertise

Sustainable decentralized wastewater treatment systems
Waste/wastewater reuse and recycle
Innovative sanitation systems
Fecal sludge management
Uses of constructed wetlands for waste/wastewater treatment

Prof. Weerakorn Ongsakul

Professor

Sustainable Energy Transition

Email: ongsakul@ait.ac.th
Contact: (+66-2)524 5421
Fax: (+66-2) 524 5439
Room Number: ET 216

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Area of Expertise

Power System Operation & Control
Computer Applications to Power Systems
Parallel Processing Applications
Artificial Intelligence Applications to Power Systems
Power System Restructuring and Deregulation
Distributed Generation.

Dr. Avishek Datta

Associate Professor, Department Head, Department of Food, Agriculture & Bioresources

Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Systems And Engineering

datta@ait.ac.th
Phone Number: (+66-2)524 5479
Fax:(+66-2) 524 0148
Room Number: AFE 210

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Area of Expertise

Crop production under conventional and organic farming systems in relation to food security and climate change
Crop tolerance to soil and environmental stresses
Crop water management
Dryland agriculture; Ecological agriculture and organic farming
Integrated pest and nutrient management
Soil fertility management; Crop weed management and herbicide tolerance
Weed ecology and management
Experimental design and data analysis

Dr. Krishna R. Salin

Associate Professor

Aquaculture And Aquatic Resources Management

Email: salinkr@ait.ac.th
Contact: (+66-2)524 5489
Fax:  (+66-2) 524 6071
Room Number: 204- AFE Building

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Area of Expertise

Cleaner Aquaculture Production Systems
Applied genetics in aquaculture / stock improvement and management
Aquaculture-environment interactions
Innovative hatchery techniques for fish and crustaceans
Climate-smart fisheries and aquaculture production / consumption

Dr. Loc Thai Nguyen

Associate Professor

Food Engineering And Bioprocess Technology

Email: locnguyen@ait.ac.th
Contact: (+66-2)524 5458
Fax:  (+66-2) 524 6200
Room Number: 205 - AFE Building

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Area of Expertise

Non-thermal food processing technologies
Mathematical modeling of foods and food processes
Chemical sensors and biosensors for food safety application
Food waste recycling and utilization

Dr. Mokbul Morshed Ahmad

Associate Professor

Development Planning Management and Innovation

morshed@ait.ac.th

Phone : (+66-2)524 5664

Fax: (+66-2) 524 6431

Room Number: E – 203

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Area of Expertise

Regional and Rural Development Planning,
Community Development,
NGOs/Civil Society, Adaptation to climate change,
Human conflicts

Dr. Ekbordin Winijkul

Assistant Professor

Environmental Engineering Management

Email: ekbordinw@ait.ac.th
Contact: (+66-2) 524 5648
Room Number: W102, EEM/SERD, Academic Building

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Area of Expertise

Air Quality Management
Air Pollution Emission Inventory
Air Quality Monitoring and Modeling
Traffic and Household Air Pollution Mitigation
Livable and Smart City
Dynamic Models of Environmental System

Dr. Farhad Zulfiqar

Assistant Professor

Department of Food, Agriculture, and Bioresource
Agri-Business Management Program

Room: AFE Building, Room No: 207,
Extension number: 5459
Email: farhad@ait.ac.th
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Scientific and professional interests are in the areas of:

Sustainability in value chains,
Innovations for sustainable development,
Agricultural sustainability,
Agriculture policy analysis,
Community-based resource management,
Agricultural marketing and trade,
Agricultural development,
Climate change, Food security,
Agribusiness management.

Dr. Ha Thanh Dong.

Assistant Professor

Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management

Room number: 206 AFE Building
contact : 66-2-524-5476
Email: htdong@ait.ac.th

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Areas of Expertise:

Aquatic Animal Health
Infectious and Emerging Infectious Diseases
Disease Diagnostics
Fish Immunology & Vaccines

Dr. Indrajit Pal

Assistant Professor

Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management

Email: indrajit-pal@ait.ac.th
Contact: (+66-2)524 6428
Room Number: E – 209

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Area of Expertise

Disaster Risk Reduction,
Incident Command System (ICS)
Risk Governance
Community-Based Disaster Risk Management
Risk Perception
Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk
Urban Resilience
Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment
GIS / RS in disaster risk management

Dr. Jai Govind Singh

Associate Professor, Department Head, Department of Energy, Environment & Climate Change

Sustainable Energy Transition

Email: jgsingh@ait.ac.th
Contact: (+66-2)524 5426
Fax: (+66-2) 524 5439
Room Number: ET217

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Area of Expertise

Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles Technologies
Smart grid and Microgrid Design and Operation
Renewable Energy Generation and Integration
Power System Planning, Operation, and Control
Restructuring of Electricity Market and Power Trading
Distribution System Design, Planning, and Automation
Energy Storage Technologies and Integration

Dr. Joyee S. Chatterjee

Assistant Professor

Gender And Development Studies

Email: joyeec@ait.ac.th
Contact: (+66-2)524 5671
Fax: (+66-2) 524 6166
Room Number: W 253

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Area of Expertise

Global Health
Gender & Media
Development Communication
Gender & Culture
Popular Media and Social Change.

Dr. Simon Guerrero Cruz

Assistant Professor

Environmental Engineering and Management

Room No.:  W104,
Contact:  66-2-524 5644
Email:  simongc@ait.ac.th

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Areas of expertise:

Environmental microbiology of Carbon and Nitrogen cycles in human-influenced ecosystems.
Anaerobic eco-physiology of methane microbiology in wastewater treatment and rice agriculture.
Microbial physiology of nitrogen oxide-dependent methane oxidation in anaerobic bioreactor systems.
GHG sources and sinks in natural and anthropogenically-influenced ecosystems. Mitigation of GHG with microbial applications.
Consulting on microbial contamination control and risk assessments in vaccine and biologic manufacturing processes in the biopharmaceutical industry.
Collaborative research and mentoring in international and multicultural environments.

Dr. Sushil Kumar Himanshu

Assisstant Professor

Agricultural Systems and Engineering

Email: sushil-kumar@ait.ac.th
Contact:  (+66-2)524 5480
Room Number:  209- AFE Building

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Area of Expertise

Precision Agriculture
Regenerative Agriculture Technology
Climate-smart Irrigation Management
Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Agriculture
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Agriculture
Big Data Analysis and Applications
Integrated Watershed Management
Hydrologic/Cropping System Modelling

Dr. Takuji W. Tsusaka

Assistant Professor

Natural Resources Management

Email: takuji@ait.ac.th
Contact: (+66-2) 524 5585
Room Number: E213

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Area of Expertise:

Agricultural Economics
Natural Resources Economics
Poverty Reduction
Social Capital Formation
Technology Adoption
Ex-post Impact Evaluation
Gender in Smallholder Agriculture
Survey Methods
Spatial Econometrics
Monitoring and Evaluation
Corporate Management

Dr. Thi Phuoc Lai Nguyen

Assistant Professor

Development Planning Management and Innovation

Email: phuoclai@ait.ac.th
Contact: (+66-2)524 6670
Room Number: W 249

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Area of Expertise

Rural and environmental sociology
Coupled human-environment complex systems
Social dimensions of climate and environmental and technology
changes
STEM education and sustainable development
Agri-environmental policy

Dr. Wenchao Xue

Assistant Professor

Environmental Engineering Management

Email:  wenchao@ait.ac.th
Contact:  (+66-2) 524-5626 
Room Number:  W105

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Area of Expertise

Environmental membrane and electrochemical technologies
Resources/energy productive wastewater treatment
Monitoring and elimination of environmental emerging contaminants
Sustainable watershed management

Dr. Julaikha Bente Hossain

Senior Research Specialist and Affiliated faculty

Gender And Development Studies

Email: jbhossain@ait.ac.th
Contact: (+66-2)524 6382
Fax:  (+66-2) 524 6166
Room Number: E - 202

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Area of Expertise

Gender, law and legal issues.
Gender, environment and sustainable development.
Women, peace and security.

Dr. Ram C. Bhujel

Research Associate Professor and Director of Aqua-Centre

Aquaculture And Aquatic Resources Management

Email: bhujel@ait.ac.th
Contact: (+66-2)524 5222
Fax: (+66-2) 524 6200
Room Number: Aqua Outreach Building –A 24

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Area of Expertise:

Sustainable seafood and nutrition security
Aquaculture nutrition and feed supplements
Aquaponics & Green aquaculture
Industry Linkages Aquaculture Business
Tilapia farming and Fry Production technology
Curriculum Development & Internship
Technology Transfer/ Extension / Commercialization,
Biostatics and research design

Dr. Amararatne Yakupitiyage

Adjunct Faculty

Aquaculture And Aquatic Resources Management

Email: amara@ait.ac.th
Contact:  (+66-2)524 5456
Room Number: 202- AFE Building

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Area of Expertise

Aquaculture systems development
Aquaculture nutrition and energetics
Fish feed technology and Aqua-feed business
Fish Pocessing Technologies (small-scale)
Systems approach for aquatic/ coastal resources management
Community based/ participatory resources development and management
Logical Framework Approach (LFA)
Systems modeling
Life Cycle Assessment (Aquaculture)
Outcome-based curriculum development
Chemistry/ Biology/ Biochemistry (specially UG level courses).

Dr. Duanghathai Buranajaroenkij

Adjunct Faculty

Department of Development and Sustainability
Gender and Development Studies

Email: nuch@ait.ac.th

Dr. Jitti Mungkalasiri

Adjunct Faculty

Development Planning Management and Innovation

Email: drjitti@ait.asia

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Dr. John K. M. Kuwornu

Adjunct Faculty

Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Systems And Engineering

Email: jkuwornu@ait.ac.th

Area of Expertise

Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Marketing and Trade
Agricultural Development Agricultural Policy
Marketing Channels
Consumer Behaviour
Supply Chain Management
Commodity Futures Markets
Climate Change
Agrobiodiversity
Stock Markets.

Dr. Noppadon Khiripet

Adjunct Faculty

Sustainable Energy Transition

Email: drnoppadon@ait.asia

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Dr. Nuwong Chollacoop

Adjunct Faculty

Sustainable Energy Transition

Email: drnuwong@ait.asia

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Dr. Oleg V. Shipin

Adjunct Faculty

Environmental Engineering Management

Email: oshipin@ait.ac.th

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Area of Expertise

Ecological Engineering for climate change adaptation
Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment
Natural systems (ponds and wetlands) as wastewater treatment systems
Microbial aspects of Environmental Engineering
Health and Ecological Risk assessment
Water Safety Plans
Microbial biotechnology and nanotechnology

Dr. Peeyush Soni

Adjunct Faculty

Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Systems And Engineering

Email: soni@ait.ac.th
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Area of Expertise

Sustainable agricultural production
Energy input-output analysis of agricultural systems
Techno-Economic & environment performance of agricultural systems
Design & testing of smallholders farm machinery for sustainable mechanization
Field scouting & precision farming using low-altitude remote sensing
Controlled environment agriculture
Wetland traction studies.

Dr. Philippe Doneys

Adjunct Faculty

Gender And Development Studies

Email: philippe@ait.ac.th

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Area of Expertise

Gender Politics, Empowerment and Human Rights
Migration and Human Security
Gender, Health and HIV

Dr. Sohee Minsun Kim

Adjunct Faculty

Urban Innovation and Sustainability

Email: skim@ait.ac.th

Area of Expertise

Urban-rural sustainable land-use planning.
Community-based ecosystem and resource management.
Building climate resilience and adaptation strategies into urban planning.

Dr. Suwussa Bamrungsap

Adjunct Faculty

Development Planning Management and Innovation

Email: drsuwussa@ait.asia

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Dr. Sylvia Szabo

Adjunct Faculty

Development Planning Management and Innovation

Email: sylviaszabo@ait.ac.th

Area of Expertise

Climate-sensitive development
Adaptation to climate change
Poverty alleviation
Population change
Public Policy
Monitoring and evaluation

Dr. Uracha Ruktanonchai

Adjunct Faculty

Food Innovation Nutrition and Health

Email: druracha@ait.asia

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Dr. Wonnop Vissesanguan

Adjunct Faculty

Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology

Food Innovation Nutrition and Health

Email: wonnop@biotec.or.th

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Dr. Wai Prathumpai

Adjunct Faculty

Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology

Food Innovation Nutrition and Health

Email: wai.pra@biotec.or.th,

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