Dean, College of Science

President’s Chair in Earth Sciences, Asian School of the Environment Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Professor Redfern is an Earth scientist, exploring the physics and chemistry of our planet and environment. His work within geosciences spans more than 35 years. 

He left Cambridge in 2019 to move to NTU and take up the post of President’s Chair in Earth Sciences, alongside the role of Dean of the College of Science. 

He is also the recipient of the European Mineralogical Society’s Medal for Research Excellence and fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America and of the Geological Society of London. 

He was also a member of the UK ministerially-appointed Committee on Radioactive Waste Management charged with providing independent scrutiny of the development of a geological radioactive waste repository in the UK.

Director, Climate Change and Disaster Centre, Rangsit University,

Pathumthani, Thailand

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Seree Supharatid is  the Director at Climate Change and Disaster Centre, Rangsit University, Thailand.

Previously, he was Dean, College of Engineering, Rangsit University, a General Director at Sirindhorn International Environmental Park and also a Director General at Provincial Waterwork Authority.

He received his Doctor of Engineering in Hydraulic & coastal Engineering from Tohoku University, Japan.

Currently, he is a lead author of IPCC.

He has been awarded Historical Climate Change, Climate Vulnerability and Climate Change Projection for Thailand, Indian-Asian Green Fund for 2017-2019.

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Sociology and Anthropology Department, University Brunei Darusalam

Dr. Meredian Alam is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University Brunei Darusalam (UBD), Brunei. 

He used to be an environmental consultant for Biogas Project in Indonesia and also consultant for Women and Children Welfare - Plan International. 

His key interest in the area of international comparative education specifically situates in the current trend of global environmental education that has become a space for contemporary youth cultures and cultural capital modalities. 

His PhD Dissertation “When Environment is Ours: Youth Environmentalism” received Research Higher Degree Award (Distinction) from the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia. 

He attained M.Phil in Culture, Environment, and Sustainability from the University of Oslo, Norway and took up research fellowship at the Nordic Institute for Asian Studies (NIAS) at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark to undertake research in comparative biogas development in Nepal, China, India, and Pakistan during his study from 2010-2012. 

He has been awarded University of Newcastle International Research Scholarship from 2014-2017 under Faculty of Education and Arts (FEDUA) Research Fund, The Macquarie University Conference Travel Bursar and The University of Sydney Digital Media Training Scholarship.

Director, Institute of Climate Change, UKM, Malaysia

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zaini Sakawi is an established scientist in environmental and waste management focusing on odour measurement and analysis, environmental management, physical geography, environmental impact assessment and social impact assessment

He is the Director of Institute of Climate Change and also a senior lecturer at Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia. 

He received his PhD in 2013 from UKM specializing in Odour Measurements and Analysis.

He is a member of Institute Waste Management, United Kingdom since 2001 and also a member of Global Network for Environmental Science and Technology. 

He was an evaluator for Environmental Impact Assessment, Social Impact Assessment, a committee for Greenhouses Gas (GHG) for Sisa Buangan Sector and also a technical committee for Climate Change.

Head, Environmental Management Centre, Institute of Climate Change, UKM

Dr Hanna is a civil engineer by training and receives her education from Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand and United Kingdom. She likes to challenge herself in conducting multi-disciplinary research in water resources management, environmental hydraulics, water and wastewater engineering. She now heads the Environmental Management Centre, one of the research wings in Institute of Climate Change, UKM.