Dr. Lee is an Ecology & Biodiversity Specialist who graduated with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Biology from The National University of Laos (Lao), a Master of Science (MSc) in Natural Resource Management from the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand and a PhD in Conservation Biology from Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand. He is also an IUCN Member SSG/PSG. Dr. Lee specializes in Biodiversity, Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology and Natural Resource Management. He has designed and led numerous Ecological Baseline Surveys across a variety of habitats and jurisdictions throughout ASEAN including detailed studies in Lao (Laos), Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma) & Vietnam.  He has worked on numerous projects funded by international donor agencies including the ADB, World Bank and UNDP and his work with SLP has been to the IFC 2012 Performance Standards.  Dr. Lee has also worked with numerous NGO’s such as the Wildlife Conservation Society, IUCN and Birdlife International. His particular interests include formulating options for the integration of biodiversity safeguards into the project design stage and identifying the best strategies to mitigate and manage the ecological impacts of projects on the natural environment. He has several long term projects focused on gibbon conservation, climate change impacts on the wetlands of the Lower Mekong Basin, climate change adaptation and the fostering of community-based approaches to forest, wildlife and protected area management.

Ecology & Biodiversity