Hoang Duc Nghia, PhD is a senior specialist in the field of hydrogeology and environment. After graduating from the University of Mining in 1999, he completed the MSc equivalent degree in Geoscience and Environment at Joint Educational Training Center, Hanoi-Greifswald” and then got his PhD at the University of Greifswald – Germany in 2008.

Since 1999, he has been working for and involved in many projects on a wide range of fields (e.g., environment, groundwater development, water resources planning, etc.). Hoang Duc Nghia, PhD in particular published some articles in professional journals and international proceedings dealing with groundwater quality and water resource engineering. He is proficient with the use of advanced techniques in the field of geostatistics and environment including multivariate methods. His current research interests are in the area of optimization methods for sampling programs, data analysis and environmental systems. Modeling the groundwater flow and solute transport process modeling is his prospective interest. Hoang Duc Nghia, PhD is a main founder of VSDI firm and he has been director of Vietnam Sustainable Development Incorporation since July 2008”.