Full-time

Nanong

Nigel Murphy

Summary

Nigel Murphy is a Director of Earth Systems and Earth Systems Lao. He has 20 years of experience as an environmental and earth scientist. In addition to specialist technical skills in environmental science, Mr Murphy has extensive experience in interdisciplinary environmental assessments and management for private sector, government, aid and development projects.

Bouavong

Summary

Bouavong Luangkhot has almost 10 years professional work experience, including 5 years involvement with large infrastructure projects.  Bouavong has sound technical abilities in various engineering disciplines including environment, electrical and civil.  More recently he has developed skills in the water supply and sanitation sector.

Sengdavanh

Summary

Sengdavanh holds the position of Environmental Engineer with Earth Systems Lao.  She has a strong interest in the areas of Environmental Management, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment and Community Consultation.

Vilayphone

Summary

Vilayphone Vongpith holds the position of Environmental Engineer with Earth Systems Lao.  She has strong technical abilities and specialised expertise and experience in renewable energy.  She also has professional experience in socio-economic and gender-related studies.

Kongmeng

Summary

Kongmeng Ly holds the position of Environmental Engineer with Earth Systems Lao.  In this position he has dealt with transportation, water, and waste management, as well as environmental technology and environmental management plans.  Kongmeng had assisted in undergraduate research works at the University of Minnesota, and also has experience working with ethnic minorities, youth, government, private industry and the development sector.   

Kate Wallace

Summary

Kate Figueiredo has been studying and working in the field of environmental science and management for 7 years. She has completed a Masters in Environmental Management in Scotland.  Her previous work experience includes consulting in Edinburgh (Scotland), managing non-profit environmental work in the United States, and research with the University of Toronto

After completing her undergraduate degree in Environment and Health, Kate spent a year managing volunteers for a non-profit environmental service organisation, EcoWatch.  Project work included catchment management, stream restoration, revegetation / rehabilitation and environmental education.

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Phetlavanh

Summary

Phetlavanh SINPASEUTH has almost 5 years professional work experience. She holds the position of Environmental Scientist with Earth Systems Lao.  She has a strong interest in the areas of Environmental Management, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment. In this position she has dealt with socioeconomic surveying, health & nutrition surveying and environmental management plans. She has experience working with government and private sector.

Bandith

Summary

Bandith Chanthavong has 1 and half years of work experience with Swiss Foundation for Mine Action. And my position was GIS Specialist, trained new GIS Staff.

Khamsone

Summary

Khamsone Xaysomphou holds the position of Environmental Scientist with Earth Systems Laos. He is a graduate from a National University of Laos in agricultural science.  Khamsone has project experience in land / asset and livelihood impact assessment, agronomy, environmental monitoring and water quality analysis.

Andrew Mellor

Summary

Andrew is an Environmental Consultant, who manages the GIS and data management components of Earth Systems’ projects and land and water resource use impact study components of environmental and social impact assessments. Andrew has been involved in a number of hydropower and mining impact assessments and environmental and social studies including, Pak Beng and Pak Lay hydropower Initial Environmental Examination projects; SLACO Bauxite Project EIA and SIA, and most recently, the Sepon Copper expansion SIA. He is proficient at a variety of GIS and remote sensing software applications and has highly developed skills in spatial analysis and spatial data management. Most recently he was Project Manager for a community-wide socioeconomic census for the LXML Sepon gold-copper mine.

Tom Callander

Summary

Tom holds a Bachelor of Business International Trade from Monash University and a Masters of Social Science – Environment and Planning from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Tom previously worked for the Victorian Government’s Department of Sustainability and Environment and Victorian Catchment Management Council supporting the development and implementation of environmental policy and programmes. He has 3 years experience working in Laos.

Vonesili Saysana

Summary

Vonesili holds a Bachelor of Economics from National University of Lao and another Bachelor of Agricultural Science from the University of Melbourne.
She commenced her career as an Auditor with PriceWater HouseCooper Pty. Ltd. Since then she has worked as a part time research assistant at Earth Systems Melbourne office and a Project Administration and Finance Officer at Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise (COPE)

Viengvilay

Summary

Viengvilay Douangphachan holds the position of Environmental Scientist with Earth Systems Laos. He is a graduate from the Water Resource Engineering of the National University of Laos; Viengvilay has project experience in Irrigation system and development, water supply, community consultation, socio-economic surveying, environmental monitoring and water quality analysis.