研究方向：
My research mainly focuses on the conservation of biodiversity and forest ecosystems, especially in the tropics. My research aims to understand population structure, habitat distribution patterns, and structural and functional connectivity patterns among the natural remanent habitat patches of the terrestrial, and semi-terrestrial species by using robust spatial modeling techniques, and determine the biotic, abiotic, and anthropogenic factors in the landscapes shaping those patterns, prioritize the species-specific habitat conservation areas, investigate human-wildlife interactions, develop conservation measures for coexistence。学习经历EDUCATION
2016.09 – 2020.07, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (China), Ecology, PhD；
2014.09 – 2016.07, Beijing Forestry University (China), Forest Management and Economics, MSc;
2005.12 – 2010.09, University of Forestry (Myanmar), Forestry, BSc。
工作经历ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2022.10至今Postdoc, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences。
社会兼职SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES & SERVICE and OTHER POSITIONS
2018.05 – 2021.03, Forest Officer, Watershed Management Division, Forest Department, Myanmar;
2012.02 – 2018.05, Range Officer, Forest Research Institute, Forest Department, Myanmar;
2012.02 – 2011.06, Range Officer, Watershed Management Division, Forest Department, Myanmar。
代表论著PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Publications
1. Than, K.Z., Zaw, Z. & Hughes, A.C. (2021). Investigating seasonal habitat-use of saltwater crocodiles in the Ayeyarwady Delta to identify potential conservation areas in Myanmar. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3652；
2. Than, K. Z., Strine, C. T., Sritongchuay, T., Zaw, Z., & Hughes, A. C. (2020). Estimating population status and site occupancy of saltwater crocodiles Crocodylus porosus in the Ayeyarwady delta, Myanmar: Inferences from spatial modeling techniques. Global Ecology and Conservation, 24, e01206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01206;
3. Than, K. Z., Zaw, Z., & Hughes, A. C. Integrating local perspectives into conservation could facilitate human–crocodile coexistence in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar. Oryx, 1–9. http://doi.org/10.1017/S003060532000037X;
4. Zaw, Z., Fan, Z. X., Br？uning, A., Liu, W., Gaire, N. P., Than, K. Z., & Panthi, S. (2021). Monsoon precipitation variations in Myanmar since AD 1770: linkage to tropical ocean atmospheric circulations. Climate Dynamics, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-021-05645-8;
5. Zaw, Z., Fan, Z. X., Br？uning, A., Xu, C. X., Liu, W. J., Gaire, N. P., ... & Than, K. Z. (2020). Drought reconstruction over the past two centuries in southern Myanmar using teak tree‐rings: Linkages to the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(10), e2020GL087627. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL087627。
承担科研项目情况GRANTS:
1. Postdoctoral Fund for Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Conservation status and comparison of biodiversity patterns across the same ecoregion for global protected area ecological performance, 2022/10-2024/09, 200000 RMB;
2. Rufford Small Grant for Nature Conservation (RSG Reference – 21646-1)，2017-2018，5000 USD;
3. IDEA WILD Equipment Grant for Biodiversity Conservation, Education and Research，2018-2019，1000USD.