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Get to know the CuHeMo team
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ingrid Boas
LPI, Wageningen University
Ingrid Boas is the Lead Principal Investigator (LPI) of the CuHeMo project, leading the research with the fishing community in Senegal and coordinating the overall project.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kwanchit Sasiwongsaroj
PI, Mahidol University
Kwanchit Sasiwongsaroj is a Partner Principal Investigator (PI) representing Mahidol University in the CuHeMo project, where she leads the research on the Moken coastal community in Thailand.
Asst. Prof. Dr. Simon Bunchuay-Peth
PI, University of Vienna
Simon Bunchuay-Peth is a Partner Principal Investigator (PI) for the CuHeMo project, leading the research with Nyangatom a community of Agro-Pastoralists in Southern Ethiopia
Asst. Prof. Dr. Annah Zhu
PI, Wageningen University
Annah Zhu is a Partner Principal Investigator in the CuHeMo project, from Wageningen University. She leads the research, which focuses on the Fulani pastoralists in Senegal.
Dr. Ismail Nuhu Adeiza
Postdoctoral Researcher, Wageningen University
Nuhu Ismail is a postdoctoral researcher on the CuHeMo project at Wageningen University. He focuses on the ethnographies of indigenous knowledge, climate change, and mobile livelihoods in Senegal, using the Guet Ndar fishing community and Fulani pastoralists in the Ferlo region as the main case studies.
Asst. Prof. Dr. Somrak Chaisingkananont
Researcher, Mahidol University
Somrak Chaisingkananont is a senior researcher in the CuHeMo project and with her experience in doing research with the Moken she co-leads our research in Thailand.
Ruben Dahm
Expert Consultant, Deltares
As a hydrologist, Mr. Ruben Dahm works as an expert consultant and senior researcher at Deltares. In t he CuHeMo project he will bring his knowledge on climate data analysis in relation to mobility aspects.
Dr. Lukas Husa
Postdoctoral Researcher, Mahidol University
Dr. Lukas Christian Husa is currently a a post-doctoral researcher at the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University, exploring the role of cultural heritage and indigenous knowledge in the climate change adaptation of the Moken in Ranong and the Surin Archipelago (Southern Thailand)
Dr. Adane Kebede Gebeyehu
Programme Coordinator, HoAREC
Dr. Adane K Gebeyehu has conducted numerous adaptation-oriented research projects at various levels, contributing to local-level adaptation and enhancing local adaptive capacity. His scientific background is in land use and land cover analysis, land use policy, pastoralism and climate change
adaptation is a great asset for the CuHeMo project.
M.Ed., M.Sc. Magdalena Berger
PhD Student, University of Vienna
Magdalena Berger is a PhD student and researcher in the CuHeMo project, where she is involved in the research with the Nyangatom community in southern Ethiopia.
Prof. Dr. Patrick Sakdapolrak
Full Professor, University of Vienna
Prof. Dr. Patrick Sakdapolrak conducts critical research at the intersection of migration, environmental change, and development. For this project, he will lend his expertise to strengthen the research design and integrative analysis across case studies.
Aliou Sall
Societal partner, CREDETIP
Aliou Sall is director of the NGO CREDETIP, and a fisheries researcher and specialist. He will support the research and societal impact activities for the fisheries case in Senegal.
Prof. Dr. Amadou Ndiaye
Full Professor, Amadou Mahtar Mbow University
Prof. Dr. Amadou Ndiaye, Is Full Professer at Amadou Mahtar Mbow University, (Sénégal). He will support the research activities, social impact and manuscript review for the pastoral component of the Senegal case study of the project. He speaks the local language.
Asst. Prof. Dr. Harald Sterly
Senior Scientist, Universtiy of Vienna
As a human geographer, Harald Sterly will bring his expertise on the intersections of climate and environmental change, mobility, and changing social and cultural practices.