Associate Professor Lian Pin Koh

University of Adelaide

Singaporean researcher Lian Pin Koh is an Associate Professor at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, the University of Adelaide. He is also a Founding Director of ConservationDrones.org, a non-profit that seeks to build capacity in the use of unmanned aerial systems for conservation applications in the developing tropics. Lian Pin has authored numerous cutting-edge scientific publications and is a staunch advocate for the need to balance economic development with environmental protection. Lian Pin has received many professional honors and awards, including a Swiss National Science Foundation Professorship, being named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and “Highly Cited” Researcher in Ecology and Environment by Thomson Reuters. He was trained at Princeton University.