M-TROPICS was in the spotlight at the OZCAR annual meeting 2022

Emma Rochelle-Newall (iEES Paris-IRD) gave a talk as ‘Grand Témoin’ at the OZCAR annual meeting in Vogüé, Ardèche (March 7-10). She explained how sediment and their interactions with pollutants influence ecosystem and human health, and she took examples from the many studies carried out by M-TROPICS in Lao PDR and Vietnam.

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Ratboren Chan defended his PhD thesis

Ratboren Chan, PhD student at GET cosupervised by Laurie Boithias and Olivier Ribolzi at GET and by Layheang Song and Pinnara Ket at ITC, defended his thesis on November 3. His thesis is entitled “Effect of hillslope geomorphology and riparian wetland on hydro-sediment dynamics in a mountainous agro-ecosystem ofthe humid tropics” and was performed within […]

Inpeng Saveng defended her PhD thesis

Inpeng Saveng, PhD student at GET cosupervised by Olivier Ribolzi and Laurie Boithias with the participation of Phouthasone Sibounnavong at NUoL, defended her thesis on October 23. Her thesis is entitled “Headwater wetlands: a key environment for the fate and transfer of faecal indicator bacteria in tropical mountain streams of the Mekong basin” and was […]

Passing of PHAM DINH Rinh

PHAM DINH Rinh has passed away on September 24, 2026. Rinh was a researcher in soil science and hydrology, Deputy Head of the Department of Soil and fertilizer analysis center, Soils and Fertilizers Research Institute (SFRI), Vietnam. He was a loyal partner in the MSEC program, which later became M-TROPICS. For this long-term research program, […]

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