Dr. Veerachai Tanpipat is a remote sensing engineer and geographer. His work has focused on wildfires, transboundary haze, and flooding throughout Southeast Asia. Currently, he is an advisor to the Director-General of Thailand’s Pollution Control Department, a founding member of the Upper ASEAN Wildland Fire Special Research Unit, Senior Expert Faculty Member of Forestry at Kasetsart University, Co-Chair of APAN Disaster Mitigation Working Group, and Chairperson of APAN Open and Sharing Data Working Group.