From the Editorial Board At first, when I was contacted by editorial board of NANO Newsle er to be editor-in-chief of NANO Newsle er issue 7, since this issue was to be focused on the Southeast Asia region, I wasn’t sure that I could do it well. However, because I am an alumnus of NANO, I agreed to do it without hesita on. Due to the help of the editorial board team, this 7th issue has been completed as you are reading it right now whether from the hard copy or computer screen. I would like to thank the editorial board team for all your support. Above all, the editorial board team and I have to say thank you to everyone who sacrificed their precious me to write and submit the ar cles to us, as well as sharing their valuable (personal) experiences. In this issue, it starts with sharing experience ar cles of our trainers during the training program whether at Bermuda or the latest in the Philippines, followed by ar cles from alumni including the latest recruits from the NF-POGO CofE Regional Training in the Philippines. Many of you may not know that Associa on of Southeast Asian Na ons (ASEAN), which has an emphasis on regional integra on in security, socio-cultural, and economic issues, has developed and is working towards the establishment of an ASEAN Community by 2015. This is a great opportunity for SEA countries to intensify coopera on in the region. With regard to scien fic coopera on, this has happened for a while. An example of collabora ve project is NANO SEA Project which is a collabora on between the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. In this issue, we have updated the progress of the SEA project, as well as progress reports from NANO in La n America and Africa. In the Q&A session, we have an interview of Dr. Shovonlal Roy, alumnus from Visi ng Professorship in India 2004/2005, who is currently a professor at the University of Reading. He has a background as an applied mathema cian, but his research interest is in biological oceanography. The interview provides interes ng insights into his career progression since the NF-POGO training he received ten years ago. The VP at that me, which I also a ended, was about primary produc on for Indian waters. For the field research, this issue contains the story of Arc c research at Polar Ice Camp “Barneo” and Kirby cruise off Queensland, Australia studying the rela onship between de and zooplankton abundance. In addi on, in the research community sec on, we also have the result of research studies on HABs, distribu on of Sargassum seaweed, and salt intrusion in a lake. Since the theme of this special issue of NN is about SEA, we have added a topic about apprecia on of NF-POGO alumni, including alumni from the Philippines workshop and CofE at Bermuda and AWI tell us about their impressions during the training and what they are doing in the present and their plans for the future. The editorial board team and I hope that this issue of NN will make you happy and keep you informed about NANO and its alumni whenever you pick it up and read it.
Suriyan Saramul Editor-in-chief
Patrons: Sophie Seeyave / Execu ve Director - POGO Shubha Sathyendranath and Trevor Pla / Former Execu ve Directors - POGO Victoria Cheung / Scien fic Coordinator - POGO Kentaro Ogiue / Mari me Affairs Department, Nippon Founda on Editorial Board: Suriyan Saramul (Editor-in-Chief), Olga Shatova, Sophie Seeyave, Victoria Cheung and Gerry Plumley. NANO News layout design editor: Lilian A. Krug info@nf-pogo-alumni.org, lilian.krug@nf-pogo-alumni.org Contact us: Suriyan.S@chula.ac.th, ssve@pml.ac.uk, lilian.krug@nf-pogo-alumni.org 1 NANO website: www.nf-pogo-alumni.org
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