Faculty Members

Head of Department

Prof. Mokbul Morshed Ahmad
Professor
Program: Regional And Rural Development Planning
Email: morshed@ait.ac.th
Contact: (+66)2-254-5664
Room Number: E203, SERD Building
Area of Expertise
- Regional and Rural Development Planning,
- Community Development,
- NGOs/Civil Society, Adaptation to climate change,
- Human conflicts
Prof. Mokbul Morshed Ahmad
International Development
Faculty Members

Prof. Nophea Sasaki
Professor
Program: Natural Resources Management
Email: nopheas@ait.ac.th
Contact: (+66)2-254-5778
Room Number: E119, SERD Building
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. Nophea Sasaki
Forest and Carbon Management

Prof. Rajendra P. Shrestha
Professor
Program: Natural Resources Management
Email: rajendra@ait.ac.th
Contact: (+66)2-254-5602
Room Number: W209, SERD Building
Area of Expertise
- Human dimension of land-use change
- Climate change and land
- Land degradation and land management
- Sustainability
Prof. Rajendra P. Shrestha
Land-climate Change, Ecosystem

Prof. Kyoko Kusakabe
Professor, Department Head, Department of Development and Sustainability
Program: Gender and Development Studies
Email: kyokok@ait.ac.th
Contact: (+66)2-254-6131
Room Number: W251, SERD Building
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. Kyoko Kusakabe
Gender, Migration and Work

Prof. Vilas Nitivattananon
Professor
Program: Urban Innovation and Sustainability
Email: vilasn@ait.ac.th
Contact: (+66)2-254-5601
Room Number: E103, SERD Building
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. Vilas Nitivattananon
Urban Infrastructure / Systems

Dr. Thi Phuoc Lai Nguyen
Assistant Professor
Program: Regional and Rural Development Planning
Email: phuoclai@ait.ac.th Contact: (+66)2-254-6670 Room Number: W249, SERD Building 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. Thi Phuoc Lai Nguyen
Sociology of the Environment

Dr. Indrajit Pal
Associate Professor
Program: Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management
Email: indrajit-pal@ait.ac.th
Contact: (+66)2-254-6428
Room Number: E209, SERD Building
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. Indrajit Pal
Risk Governance, Risk Reduction

Dr. Takuji W. Tsusaka
Assistant Professor
Program: Natural Resources Management
Email: takuji@ait.ac.th Contact: (+66)2-254-5585 Room Number: E214, SERD Building 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. Takuji W. Tsusaka
Poverty and Natural Resources

Dr. Joyee S. Chatterjee
Assistant Professor
Program:Gender And Development Studies
Email: joyeec@ait.ac.th Contact: (+66)2-254-5671 Room Number: W253, SERD Building Area of Expertise- Global Health
- Gender & Media
- Development Communication
- Gender & Culture
- Popular Media and Social Change
Dr. Joyee S. Chatterjee
Media, Health, Gender, Culture

Dr. Philippe Doneys
Associate Professor
Program: Gender And Development Studies
Email: philippe@ait.ac.th Contact: (+66)2-254-5673 Room Number: W257, SERD Building Area of Expertise- Gender Politics, Empowerment and Human Rights
- Migration and Human Security
- Gender, Health and HIV
Dr. Philippe Doneys
Politics, Human Rights, Migration Policies and Gender

Dr. Malay Pramanik
Assistant Professor
Program: Urban Innovation and Sustainability
Email: malay@ait.ac.th Contact: (+66)2-254-5619 Room Number: E111, SERD Building Area of Expertise- Integrated Geospatial Solutions
- Urban Resilience and Sustainability
- Urban Environment Management
- Urban Logistics and Innovation
- Climate Change and Disaster
- Sea Level Rise and Urban Infrastructure Planning
- Urban modeling, Simulation and Innovative Solutions
Dr. Malay Pramanik
Urban Innovation and Sustainability
Affiliated / Visiting Faculty

Prof. Jagdish Singh
Visiting Professor
Program: Urban Environmental Management
Email: jagdish@ait.ac.th Contact: (+66)2-254-6133 Room Number: E120, SERD Building Area of Expertise- Urban Infrastructure Modelling
- Architectural Conservation
- Urban Planning
- Environmental Design
- Architecture, Energy and Water Resources
Prof. Jagdish Singh
Urban Infrastructure Modelling

Dr. Julaikha Bente Hossain
Senior Research Specialist and Affiliated faculty
Program: Gender and Development Studies
Email: jbhossain@ait.ac.th
Contact: (+66)2-254-6382
Room Number: E202, SERD Building
Area of Expertise
- Gender, law and legal issues.
Gender, environment and sustainable development.
Women, peace and security.
Dr. Julaikha Bente Hossain
Gender, law and legal issues

Dr. Sohee Minsun Kim
Assistant Professor
Program: Urban Environmental Management
Email: skim@ait.ac.th Contact: (+66)2-254-5619 Room Number: E106, SERD Building 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. Sohee Minsun Kim
Risk-sensitive Urban Planning

Dr. Anirban Mukhopadhyay
Senior Research Associate and Affiliated Faculty
Project: UKRI GCRF Living Deltas Hub
Email: anirban@ait.ac.th
Room Number: E127, SERD Building
Area of Expertise
- Climate Change Impact Analysis
- Ecosystem Services & Modelling
- Mangroves
- Coastal Vulnerability and Hazards assessments
- Sea Ice and Arctic Studies
- Hydrodynamic Modelling
- Remote Sensing and GIS
Dr. Anirban Mukhopadhyay
UKRI GCRF Living Deltas Hub

Dr. Mohammed Firoz Challappurath
Assistant Professor
Program: Urban Innovations and Sustainability
Email: firoz@ait.ac.th
Contact: +66 618671918
Room Number: E201, SERD Building
Area of Expertise
- Regional Development and Metropolitan Planning,
- Peri-Urban & Rural Urban Interface studies,
- Urban Development and Climate Change,
- Sustainable Cities,
- Urban Quality of Life and Livability
- Socio economic Development of Cities and Settlements
Dr. Mohammed Firoz Challappurath
Urban and Regional Planning

Dr. Nicolas Faysse
Visiting Assistant Professor
Program: Natural Resources Management
Email: nfaysse@ait.ac.th
Contact: (+66)2-254-5776
Room Number: W211, SERD Building
Area of Expertise
Natural Resources Management
Rural Sociology
Water Resource Management
Agricultural Innovation Systems
Agricultural and Rural Development Policies.
Dr. Nicolas Faysse
Governance of Natural Resources
Research Fellow

Mr. Brighton Nhau
Research Fellow
Project: UKRI GCRF Trade Hub
Email: brighton@ait.ac.th
Room Number: E126, SERD Building
Area of Expertise
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
- Project design and results frameworks
- Livelihoods and food security
- Sustainable development, Gender, Resilience and Climate change
- Agribusiness and Rural Finance
- Public Policy: Agriculture
Mr. Brighton Nhau
UKRI GCRF Trade Hub