August 15, 2023 at 9:00 a.m., Associate Professor Dr. Sura Pattanakiat, Dean of the Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies at Mahidol University, alongside Assistant Professor Dr. Allan Sriratana Tabucanon, the Assistant to the Dean for Corporate Communication and International Relations, and Lecturer Assistant Andaman Chankao, along with the faculty staff, extended a warm welcome to Professor Dr. Hideki NAKAYAMA from the Faculty of Environmental Science at Nagasaki University, Japan, on the occasion of his visit to the faculty for a meeting to explore the potential expansion of collaborative efforts between the Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies and the Faculty of Environmental Science, as well as other relevant departments at Nagasaki University, the particular interest of which was the collaboration with the Asian Environmental Resilience Research Center (AERRC) and the Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences. The aim is to establish initiatives involving student internships, personnel exchange programs, joint research projects, and the pursuit of funding opportunities. Additionally, discussions focused on selecting faculty members to partake in the Doctor of Philosophy Program at Nagasaki University, supported by the Japanese Government's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Associate Professor Dr. Sura and Professor NAKAYAMA also discussed the particulars of an upcoming visit to Nagasaki University, during which they intend to finalize an agreement to extend the collaboration between the two institutions as well as other preparations for his attendance at the "Transdisciplinary Summer School on the Environment" students' project presentations, scheduled to take place at Nagasaki University from August 23-26, 2023.
