Director, Institute for Circular Economy Development (ICED)
Associate Professor, Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City

Dr. Nguyen Hong Quan is currently an associate professor at the Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM). He is leading a newly established Institute for Circular Economy Development (ICED) and is also affiliated with the socio-hydrology group at the Center of Water Management and Climate Change (WACC) and the Institute for Environment and Resources (IER), VNU-HCM. He has a special interest in solving environmental-related issues based on inter/trans-disciplinary study and by a strong partnership among academia-industry-government. He has been working in environmental hydrology (e.g. saline intrusion, flood/drought, water pollution) in Southern Vietnam over the past 20 years and has expanded his expertise in other disciplines (e.g. climate change adaptation/mitigation, circular economy, socio-ecological system, sustainability science). Dr. Nguyen has been leading and participating in a number of projects (international, national, ministerial, and provincial levels) with a total funding of about USD 1,500,000. He has published actively at various (inter-)national journals, conferences/workshops including 80 ISI/Scopus indexed articles (75 % in Q1, Q2), including 2 impact ones (e.g. Nature, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Cities and Society, Science of The Total Environment). He currently serves as a member of the Editorial Board of Circular Economy and Sustainability (Springer) and Frontier – Sustainability, section Circular Economy.