Ms Nafesa Ismail joined the APN Secretariat in 2018 as a Programme Officer for Knowledge Management, Science and Institutional Affairs. She supports the management of national and regional projects in the Asia-Pacific region and the management and monitoring of the knowledge generated from APN activities, including the APN Science Bulletin, a flagship web-based and peer-reviewed publication. She also supports the empowerment of early-career professionals in leading and participating in international research through the APN’s proposal development training workshop.
Ms Ismail holds a doctorate from Kyoto University and a Master’s degree from Kansai University.
Recent work
Building global change capacities across the Mekong: APN Call for Proposals outreach seminar for the SEI Sustainable Mekong Research Network in Vientiane, Lao PDR.
Unveiling new horizons with APN’s virtual seminars on research funding opportunities
Driving early career professional capacity and opportunities in global change: APN Call for Proposals outreach and capacity building seminar for the Transdisciplinarity for Early Career Researchers in Asia (TERRA) School
Empowering the next generation: APN’s PDTW Water Security Workshop in Southeast Asia
APN South Asia Proposal Development Training Workshop in Colombo, Sri Lanka
International Writeshop on Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Loss and Damage (L&D)
Third APN-contributed lecture at the University of Hyogo shares regional efforts on climate change, waste management, and disaster risk reduction
APN knowledge syntheses and tools highlighted at international “Go Green” forum
