Thanh-Noi Phan, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

My broad research interests center on understanding the dynamic interactions among human activities, climate change, and policy in shaping social, economic, and environmental outcomes across spatial and temporal scales. I integrate quantitative approaches, including field-based inventory data, remote sensing, data harmonization, and geocomputational methods, with qualitative insights to explore these complex interactions, especially in the context of human-environment relationships and cultural adaptations to environmental change.

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💻 Technical Expertise

#00CCBB Geostatistical Analysis, Machine Learning, Classification Algorithms

#00CCBB GIS Software: ENVI, ArcGIS

#00CCBB Programming & Tools: R, Python, Google Earth Engine (GEE)

Education

#00CCBB PhD in Geography (magna cum laude)
University of Göttingen, Germany, July 2019
Dissertation: Air Surface Temperature Estimation Using MODIS Land Surface Temperature Data in Northwest Vietnam

#00CCBB MSc in Natural Resources Management
Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, June 2012
Thesis:Detecting Land Use and Land Cover Change Using Remote Sensing and GIS: Case Study of Tam Nong District, Phu Tho Province, Vietnam

#00CCBB BSc in Geodesy (Survey Engineering)
Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, Vietnam, July 2007
Thesis: GPS Positioning

🔬 Research Experience

#00CCBB Postdoctoral Researcher Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany
June 2019 – Present

#00CCBB Associate Researcher University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
November 2018 – May 2019

#00CCBB Lecturer and Researcher Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA), Hanoi, Vietnam
March 2008 – October 2013

#00CCBB Geodesy Engineer Geodetic and Topographic Division
July 2007 – February 2008
Specialized in marine geospatial data acquisition and bathymetric mapping.

Teaching Experience

#00CCBB Lecturer, Geodesy for Land Management Program (Basic & Advanced Geodesy courses), Vietnam National University of Agriculture
March 2008 – October 2013

#00CCBB Lecturer, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, and GIS courses, Vietnam National University of Agriculture
March 2008 – October 2013

#00CCBB Instructor, Introduction to Google Earth Engine for Big Data Analysis (3-day intensive course), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
October 2024