Hung Vuong PHAM

WORKING EXPERIENCE

12/2019 - present
Researcher fellow at Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Ca'Foscari)

Porta dell'Innovazione Building - 2nd Floor, Via della Libertà, 12 - 30175 Venice (VE), Italy.

▪  Supporting in writing project proposals, fundraising, and project management.

▪  Spatial analysis in both  GIS program (e.g. QGIS, ArcGIS) and programming language (e.g. R, Python).

▪  Ecosystem service modeling (e.g. InVEST model)

▪  Exposure, hazard, vulnerability, damage and risk assessment, and scenarios analysis using Machine Learning methods such as Bayesian network.

Current projects:

▪  VENEZIA2021. Topic: Analysis of exposure and vulnerability of the Venice lagoon and metropolitan city of Venice under climate change

01/2017 - present
Research associate at  the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC)

▪  Supporting in writing project proposals, fundraising, and project management.

▪  Working on reports, deliverables, milestones of CMCC project:

-       MaCoBioS (present) - Marine Coastal Ecosystems Biodiversity and Services in a Changing World. Topic: Risk and adaptation of marine coastal socio-ecological systems

-       LODE (2020)-  Loss Data Enhancement for DRR and CCA Management. Topic: Multi-sectoral flood damage assessment and multi-scenario analysis using the Bayesian Network approach.

-       TRITON (2019) Development of management tools and directives for immediate protection of biodiversity in coastal areas affected by sea erosion and establishment of appropriate environmental control systems

-       PROLINE-CE (2017) Efficient Practices of Land Use Management Integrating Water Resources Protection and Nonstructural Flood Mitigation Experiences – funded by INTERREG

12/2011 – 09/2016
Water Resource Management Specialist
Institute of Water Resources Planning, Hanoi, Vietnam – 162A - Tran Quang Khai, Hoan Kiem, Ha Noi
▪  Carry out all activities related to water resources management such as flood prevention plans, drought prevention plans, and water supply system;

▪  Collect, analyze project data and propose the best management options for water resources;

▪  Deal with issues related to climate change phenomena such as extreme floods, droughts and salt intrusion in coastal areas.
List of participated projects

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

09/2016 – 03/2020
Ph.D. in Science and Management of Climate Change
Ca’ Foscari university – Dorsoduro 3246, 30123 Venezia, Italy.

http://http://www.unive.it/

Thesis: Multi-risk assessment of freshwater ecosystem services under climate change conditions

▪  Ecosystem services (ES) modeling (i.e., InVEST model) to project the capacity of the freshwater ES.

▪  Identify and quantify the joint impacts of climate change and land-use change on ES.

▪  Assess the potential space, using the Bayesian Network approach, to improve the capacity of ES toward sustainable, supporting decision-makers.

2019-10/2020
Professional Master’s Programme (2nd level) in  Science and Management of Climate Change

Ca’ Foscari university – Dorsoduro 3246, 30123 Venezia, Italy.

http://http://www.unive.it/

12/2018 – 03/2019
Visiting student in Catalan Institute for Water Research
101, Emili Grahit street, 17003, Girona, Spain

http://icra.cat/
07/2017
Summer school “Training course on Modelling of freshwater-related ecosystem services” – Catalan Institute for Water Research

101, Emili Grahit street, 17003, Girona, Spain

http://icra.cat/
09/2016
Summer school “Framing global change and green economy in the Sustainable Development Goals” – Venice International University

Isola di San Servolo, 30133 Venice, Italy

https://www.univiu.org/

09/2013 – 10/2015
Master of Science degree in Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (110/110)
Politecnico di Milano, Como campus – via Castenuovo 7, Como, 22100, Italy.

http://www.polimi.it/
▪  Modeling natural phenomena and territorial processes;

▪  Modeling the exploitation of natural resources, especially water resources;

▪  Designing sustainable exploitation plans.

Final thesis: Using ENSO information to improve the operations of the Hoa Binh reservoir, Vietnam.
08/2006 – 03/2011
Bachelor of Hydraulic Engineering (8.13/10 ~ 105-110/110)
 
Hanoi Water Resources University, Vietnam – 175 Tay Son, Dong Da, Ha Noi.

http://en.tlu.edu.vn/
▪  Solid concept of hydraulic systems;

▪  Designing hydraulic works such as dams, culverts, irrigation system, and water supply system;

▪  Short-term and long-term plans for the water system adapting to climate changes.

Final thesis: Designing the reservoir system A Trum, Quang Tri, Viet Nam including a gravity dam, a culvert, a spillway, and a canal system.

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