Contents

• Renewable Energy Dynamics
• Earth Environment Dynamics
• Nuclear Fusion Dynamics
• Center for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
• Center for Ocean Plastic Studies
• • Ocean Plastic Monitoring and Modeling
  • Assessment on Ocean Plastic Influences
• Advanced Fusion Research Center
• Renewable Energy Center
• Technical Service

Center for Ocean Plastic Studies

Center for Ocean Plastic Studies

The Center for Ocean Plastic Studies (COPS) is launched in April 2022 as a satellite research center placed in the Chulalongkorn University in Thailand Kingdom.

Background

• Marine plastic pollution including microplastics is recently concerned worldwide as a serious marine environmental problem. An urgent topic is the risk assessment of ocean plastics on the marine ecosystem.
• Marine plastic pollution is rapidly regarded as a hot topic for a wide range of world’s stakeholders as well as scientists.

Our objectives

To establish a center of excellence regarding ocean plastic studies in the world. We have an expected advantage because of the research fields in Southeast Asian regions with a large amount of mismanaged plastic waste.

Expected works in COPS

• Plastic flow analyses from the land polluted by plastics to oceans via rivers
• Monitoring of ocean plastics in estuaries and surrounding oceans
• Creating an action plan to reduced ocean plastics, based on future prediction
• 'Easily-accessible' research center for scientists in both Northern and Southern Hemispheres

　

　

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Ocean Plastic Monitoring and Modeling

[ Distinguished Professor ]　ISOBE Atsuhiko ^(*)
[ Assistant Professor ]　NAKANO Haruka　　　JANDANG Suppakarn

Assessment on Ocean Plastic Influences

[ Associate Professor ]　ALFONSO Belén María