Former LIRE staff

lydie

Lydie Mateo

Education:
  • Graduated with a Masters Degree in International Management, Faculty of International Relations, Le Havre, France
Worked at LIRE on:
  • All communication tasks
  • Liaise with partners, institutions, donors etc.

Duration of placement:
December 2010 - March 2012


Phisakhone

Phisakhone Phongpadith

Education:
  • Bachelor Degree in Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, National University of Laos, 2011
  • Bachelor Degree in Business English, Vientiane, 2009
Work at LIRE on:
  • Public Relations and Communication

Duration of placement:
November 2011 - March 2012


neth

Khatthaneth Sensathith

Education:
  • Bachelor of Environment Management: Faculty Of Environment Science, National University of Laos
  • Bachelor of English for Business: KAVIN College
Worked at LIRE on:
  • bio energy program
  • decentralized bio-fuel project

Duration of placement:
November 2010 - November 2011


sengdeuan

Sengdeuan Thammavong

Education:
  • Bachelor Degree of Art at the Lao-American College, Vientiane, Laos
  • Informatics in Computing, Computer School Laos, Vientiane, Laos
Work at LIRE on:
  • Community Based Sanitation & Decentralized Waste Management Program (DEWATS)

Duration of placement:
January 2009 - April 2011


sisomtay

Sisomtay Phanthavong

Education:
  • Bachelor of Business Administration: Comcenter College, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
  • Certificate in Youth Moral Empowerment at Unity School of Management and Education
  • Certificate in English Studies at Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Company (NTPC)
  • Certificate in Basic Health & Safety First Aid Training at Nam Theun2 Hydroelectric Project
Worked at LIRE on:
  • Office Administration

Duration of placement:
November 2010 - April 2011


chinda

Chinda Nathavongdouangsy

Education:
  • Bachelor of Business and Administration in General Management at Rattana Business and Administration College (RBAC), Vientiane, Laos.
  • Certificate of Business and Administration at Bouth Viseth, Vientiane, Laos
Work at LIRE on:
  • Office administration

Duration of placement:
July 2009 - February 2011


thongsanti

Thongsanti B. Vongsaly

Education:
  • BA in Economics, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia
  • Certificate of English Intensive Course, Mara Institute of Technology, Malaysia
Worked at LIRE on:
  • Project Manager for Pico hydropower under ETC project
Duration of placement:
December 2008 - December 2010

sopha

Sopha Soulineyadeth

Education:
  • MSc. Environmental Engineering and Management, National University of Laos, Faculty of Engineering
  • Bachelor of Civil Engineering, National University of Laos, Faculty of Engineering
Worked at LIRE on:
  • Technical Officer Pico hydropower under ETC project
Duration of placement:
December 2008 - December 2010

soukvilay

Soukvilay Vilavong

Education:
  • Bachelor of Arts majoring in English at Faculty of Letters, National University of Laos
  • Current master student of agricultural resource and environmental management
Worked at LIRE on:
  • Jatropha researcher
Duration of placement:
September 2007 - November 2010

vonevilay

Vonevilay Vilayluck

Education:
  • Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Laos, Lao PDR
Worked at LIRE on:
  • Eletrical engineer for Pico hydropower
Duration of placement:
January 2010 - November 2010

julius

Julius Susanto

Education:
  • BEng (Hons), Electrical Engineering, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
  • Grad. Dip, Business Economics, University of Western Australia, Perth Australia (ongoing)
Worked at LIRE on:
  • LIRE - SNV Improved cook stove test Project
  • Electrical engineer for Borda Hydro projects
  • Engineering design and economic modelling for Drinking Water Purification, Pico Hydro and Shared Pico Hydro
Duration of placement:
March 2010 - July 2010
March 2009 - October 2009

jakob

Jakob Rietzler

Email: jakob@lao-ire.org
Education:
  • Dipl. Engineer; Energy and Environmental Techniques - Technical University Ansbach; Germany
  • Chemical Technician - Clariant Ag, Gersthofen; Germany
Worked at LIRE on:
  • Biomass related projects including:
    • Studies about the application of small scale renewable technologies
    • Feasibility studies for rural electrification
    • Processing of plant oils
    • Development and dissemination of extension material
    • Biofuel assessment and policy studies
  • Public relations, networking and conferences
  • Human resources and guidance for interns
Duration of placement:
September 2007 - May 2010
October 2006 - December 2006

leon

Leon Gaillard

Email: leon@lao-ire.org
Education:
  • PhD High Energy Nuclear Physics, University of Birmingham, UK
  • Master of Science, Physics with Astrophysics, University of Birmingham, UK
Worked at LIRE on:
  • Programme coordination: Biomass & Biofuel, Pico-hydropower, Solar, Waste & Biogas
  • Research supervision: design, implementation, review, quality assurance, documentation
  • Advocacy and fund raising: liaison to partners, drafting proposals, conferences
  • Institutional development: general management, internal training, administration systems
  • Project management: responsible for several short term projects (duration 2-12 months)
  • Research advisor to LIRE member: Sunlabob Renewable Energy Ltd
Duration of placement:
June 2008 – April 2010

mattijs

Mattijs Smits

Education:
  • BSc Science and Innovation Management, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands
  • MSc Management of Agro-ecological Knowledge and Social change, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
Worked at LIRE on:
  • Establishing the LIRE Pico-Hydro program phase I
  • Designing Pico-Hydro program II
  • Negotiating and Implementation of second project phase
  • Market assessment for Pico-Hydropower in Northern provinces
  • Extension material for Pico-Hydropower
  • Feasibility study biomass gasification
  • Biogas user Survey (evaluation of domestic biogas user satisfaction)
Duration of placement:
October 2008 - April 2009
September 2007 - May 2008