Unchulee Lualon

Unchulee “O” Lualon joined the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Asia Centre as Programme Coordinator in May 2018. She supports activities and projects under the Water Cluster, mainly the Sustainable Mekong Research Network (SUMERNET) and Sustainable Water Partnership (SWP).

Prior SEI, she worked with WWF-Thailand and the WWF GEF Agency (WWF-US) as a Programme Officer to assist Global Environment Facility (GEF) strategic approaches and support through development of GEF project proposals and supervising their execution by WWF for Greater Mekong countries. In 2017, the U.S. State Department awarded her a fellowship on Biodiversity Conservation for the International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP).

She also has experience in supporting and coordinating various capacity building programmes and training activities targeting Asian and African government officials, in addition to airports, seaports and airlines under the Reducing Opportunity for Unlawful Transport of Endangered Species (USAID ROUTES)  programme while she was supporting the Communications team at the NGO Freeland.

She was previously with Institute for Global Environment Strategies (IGES) at their Bangkok Regional Centre, where she managed contracts and all financial issues related to the ADAPT Asia Pacific Project. She prepared and negotiated contracts and coordinated with government line agencies and institutions.

Unchulee also has experience in project management in number of diverse areas, including freshwater ecology. She received her Masters of Science (MSc) degree in Environmental Biology from Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.