Dr. Ekbordin Winijkul is an Associate Professor at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), serving as Dean of the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering Dr. Winijkul’s expertise centers on emission inventory development, air pollution modeling and monitoring, air quality management, system dynamics, and environmental technology and management.

His prior professional experience includes roles as a project coordinator for international efforts to curb diesel vehicle emissions in Bangkok (in collaboration with the World Bank and the Pollution Control Department (Thailand)), as well as research positions at Argonne National Laboratory (USA), Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (USA), and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Austria), where he developed emission inventories for various combustion sources.

In ongoing and completed projects, Dr. Winijkul leads work on remote-sensing for particulate pollution, air quality management with national and international partners (including the United Nations Environment Programme), plastic-pollution management in Asia-Pacific, and satellite remote sensing for air quality monitoring and airborne microplastics. 

He earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana?Champaign (USA) in 2015; previously, he completed a Master’s degree in Environmental Technology and Management at Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand) in 2002; and a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Chiang Mai University (Thailand) in 2000.