Thao Nguyen Danh
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Danh Thao, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT)
Thao Nguyen Danh
Nguyen Danh THAO is an Associate Professor at the Department of Port and Coastal Engineering, HCMC University of Technology (HCMUT). His research interests include Port and coastal zone management; Natural disasters and climate change; Change of coastal areas due to human’s activities and Digital transformation in construction industry. He has achieved his expertise through different academic, research and practical activities by closely working with many international experts and researchers as well as engaged in a number of research conducted in Vietnam, Asia and Africa in field of climate change, sea level rise and natural disasters. He also cooperated with businesses to research on local issues, significantly contributed to the improvement of living conditions in coastal areas. Thao was key member who organized and chaired many conferences/seminars in local and regional areas. He bridged the academia with businesses, government and community. Particularly, he focused on capacity building activities which helped raise public awareness about natural disasters & climate change in the central land and southern part of Vietnam. He was the principal investigator and co-investigator of many research projects in field of coastal disaster and climate change.
