Dr Quyen Van Nguyen

Lecturer, Researcher

Hanoi National University of Education, Vietnam

Dr Quyen is a lecturer and researcher, currently working at the Faculty of Biology, and a researcher at the Centre for Environmental Research and Education, Hanoi National University of Education. His research interests include plant development and biotechnology of crops and medicinal plants, plants and planktons diversity, ecology and conservation. He also works for Vietnam National Committee for Man and the Biosphere Programme, co-ordinating activities of Vietnam biosphere reserves network and assessing the designation of new biosphere reserves, reviewing and consulting biosphere reserves’ activities. He joins the working group of Vietnam’s component of the “Blue communities” project. He participates in several sections of the project component in Vietnam, including marine governance analysis, ecosystem valuation for Cu Lao Cham - Hoi An biosphere reserve and development of ecological friendly livelihoods.