Ratboren Chan defended his PhD thesis

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3 November 2026

Ratboren Chan, PhD student at GET cosupervised by Laurie Boithias and Olivier Ribolzi at GET and by Layheang Song and Pinnara Ket at ITC, defended his thesis on November 3. His thesis is entitled “Effect of hillslope geomorphology and riparian wetland on hydro-sediment dynamics in a mountainous agro-ecosystem ofthe humid tropics” and was performed within the ANR DinBuam project and the M-TROPICS CZO in Lao PDR.

Congratulations Dr. Chan!

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