Our Team in Philippines

Dr. Alexander Hamilton assumed his post as Regional Coordinator for South East Asia in April 2020, continuing UNICRI’s long-term support to the implementation of the European Union Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence Initiative. With UNICRI since 2012, he has worked extensively with partner countries in South East Asia and Africa, among other regions, to develop strategic actions plans and to deliver capacity-building actions that have helped strengthen national and regional capacity to prevent, detect and respond to CBRN emergencies. Dr. Hamilton holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) specializing in risk governance and biosecurity. He has published extensively on these subjects, and is a regular contributor to international efforts dedicated to combating biological weapons.

Amielle del Rosario is the Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Programme Office in the Philippines, a role she assumed in February 2026. She has more than a decade of experience across international criminal justice, rule of law, governance, and institutional reform, with work spanning Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, and Latin America.

Since joining UNODC in 2018, Ms. del Rosario has helped shape and lead the Office’s work in the Philippines across a wide range of justice, security, and rule of law priorities. Her portfolio has covered criminal justice and prison reform, terrorism prevention, cybercrime and child protection, anticorruption and anti-money laundering, maritime crime, and drug policy reform.

Before joining UNODC, Ms. del Rosario worked in international criminal justice, governance, and rule of law roles in the Philippines, Thailand, the Netherlands, South Africa, Canada, and the United States, with professional engagement in Latin America. Her earlier experience includes positions with the Coalition for the International Criminal Court, the Institute for International Criminal Investigations, and the University of British Columbia.

Ms. del Rosario studied Law at the University of British Columbia.

Ms. Atsuko Okuda is the Regional Director of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for Asia and the Pacific. She has considerable years of professional and leadership experience in the field of ICT and development working with different UN organizations. Prior to joining ITU, she was the Chief of the ICT and Development Section of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in Bangkok, Thailand where she promoted the development of regional broadband connectivity through the implementation of the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway (AP-IS) initiative. Ms. Okuda has also worked with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in Beirut, UNHQ, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the UNDP Country Office in Bhutan. Ms. Okuda obtained a BA from Kyoto University (Japan), MA from Helsinki University (Finland) and a PhD from the United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (Netherlands).

Mr. Candra Samekto is the IFAD Country Director and Representative for the Philippines. He is an international development professional with over 25 years of experience in investment programme operations, public policy and financing, climate resilience, and infrastructure and water resources management.

Prior to this appointment, Mr. Samekto temporarily served as Lead Portfolio Advisor for Asia and the Pacific, based in IFAD’s Regional Office in Bangkok, Thailand. He also previously held the position of IFAD Country Director and Representative for the Pacific Island Countries, based in Suva, Fiji, where he managed IFAD’s portfolio across 13 nations in the region. Mr. Samekto also served as IFAD Country Director for Afghanistan, managing a complex portfolio in a fragile and conflict-affected context.

Before joining the United Nations, Mr. Samekto spent over a decade at Indonesia’s Ministry of National Development Planning, where he provided technical leadership on national development planning, water and irrigation policy reforms, and public investment programmes.

Mr. Samekto holds a Ph.D. in Natural Resources Management and Policy from the University of Queensland, an MSc in Water Management from UNESCO-IHE Delft, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering from Gadjah Mada University.

Mr Christophe Bahuet is the UNDP Resident Representative in the Philippines. Prior to this role, he was the UNDP Deputy Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific and Director of the UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub since October 2020, where he oversaw the work of 24 UNDP Country Offices throughout the region and the cooperation between UNDP and regional organizations across Asia-Pacific.

From January 2019, Mr Bahuet was the UNDP Resident Representative in Indonesia, and Country Director in the same country for the period 2015-2018. His earlier assignments with UNDP included China, Vietnam, Ghana, Uzbekistan and Ukraine. He also worked in UNDP Headquarters in New York, in the Evaluation Office and then in the Partnership Bureau. Prior to joining UNDP, he was posted at the French Embassy in Yugoslavia.

Mr Bahuet, a French national, holds a Master’s Degree with Honours from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, a Diploma in Southeast Asian studies from the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations in Paris, a Law Degree and a Degree in Slavic languages from the University of Bordeaux. He speaks French, English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and other Asian languages. Mr Bahuet is married with two children.

Dr Ko was appointed as the WHO Representative to the Philippines in June, 2026. She is a public health practitioner with experience in humanitarian medical aid, maternal and child health, and primary health care programmes.

Before moving to the Philippines as Deputy Representative to the WHO Philippines in 2025, Dr Ko was WHO’s Country Liaison Officer in Vanuatu from 2021 to 2024, providing policy and technical advice to ministries of health and supporting key public health initiatives. She also served as WHO’s Country Liaison Officer in the Northern Pacific from 2016 to 2021, serving the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. From 2012 to 2016, Dr Ko led the maternal and child health programme in the WHO office in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, supporting the country’s MDG 4 and 5 achievement through workforce capacity building and financing free delivery care. Dr Ko first joined WHO Lao PDR in 2010 through a secondment by the Korea Foundation for International Health Care (KOFIH), following her earlier international work with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) in Niger, Sierra Leone and Haiti.

Dr Ko is a board-certified paediatrician with a Doctor of Medicine degree from Ewha Women’s University in Seoul, Republic of Korea. She earned a Master of Public Health degree in epidemiology from Seoul National University.

Ms. Johanna Diwa Acallar has led the International Maritime Organization’s Regional Presence Office for East Asia since June 2026. As IMO Regional Coordinator, her leadership serves as a bridge to IMO’s technical assistance programmes, strategic policy guidance, and capacity development initiatives, promoting a safer, more secure, environmentally sustainable, and resilient maritime sector in the region.

She brings over two decades of experience in international development, with expertise spanning ocean governance and maritime affairs, sustainability science, international cooperation, educational administration, and capacity development.

Prior to joining IMO, Ms. Acallar’s career in the last decade includes serving as Deputy Global Coordinator for Capacity Development at the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, where she coordinated global capacity development programmes since the beginning of the United Nations Ocean Decade for Sustainable Development from 2020-2030. She also managed the IOC Group of Experts on Capacity Development.

She holds advanced qualifications and postgraduate degrees in philosophy and social sciences from the University of the Philippines, doctoral training in international education administration and human sciences from Hiroshima University, and specialized training in ocean governance from the International Ocean Institute.

Mr. Khalid Hassan is the Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines. Mr. Hassan has an extensive background on fundamental principles and rights at work, rural development and primary education. Prior to the Philippines, he served for 17 years in ILO Country Offices for Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and in Tanzania and Pakistan. In Africa, Mr. Hassan led teams in the fight against child labor, inequality and poverty as Chief Technical Adviser of ILO Projects on Achieving Reduction of Child Labour in Support of Education (ARISE) in 2013-2016, and the Support to the National Action Plan on Child Labour (SNAP) in 2010-2013. The ARISE and SNAP Projects contributed to significantly reducing child labour while implementing national action plans in Africa.Mr. Hassan holds a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from the University of Peshwar.

Ms. Kyungsun Kim is the UNICEF Representative in the Philippines, a role she assumed in September 2025. She brings over two decades of experience advancing child rights, humanitarian action, and sustainable development across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Prior to her current role, Ms. Kim served as UNICEF Representative in Thailand (2021–2025), where she built strategic partnerships to advance the Sustainable Development Goals. She supported Thailand in granting citizenship to 142,000 stateless children, expanded education in remote areas, and strengthened protection from violence, including online abuse.
From 2016 to 2021, she was UNICEF Representative in Panama, leading the organization’s COVID-19 response and national reforms in early childhood development, education, child protection, and adolescent participation. Earlier, she served as Senior Advisor for UN and Intergovernmental Affairs in New York, and as Senior Programme Specialist in Sudan, where she helped shape UNICEF’s “One Country Two Systems” approach and founded the Youth LEAD peacebuilding programme.

A Korean national, Ms. Kim holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Princeton University and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science from Rutgers University. She is fluent in English, Korean, and Spanish.

Dr. Lionel Dabbadie assumed this post on 31 January 2023. Before this posting, Lionel served as Senior Fisheries and Aquaculture Officer of FAO based in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. In this role, he was responsible for providing support to Gulf Cooperation Council States and Yemen. Prior to this, he has been working at FAO Headquarters in Rome where he was responsible for a programme aimed at developing guidelines for sustainable aquaculture.

A doctoral graduate of the University of Paris-Jussieu and an Agronomist Engineer of Montpellier SupAgro, Lionel served for over 25 years as a scientist for the French Agricultural Research Center (Cirad), working in partnership with local institutions in Africa, Latin America and Asia.

Dr. Louie Ocampo assumed his post as Country Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) in the Philippines in January 2018.

Prior to his appointment, Dr. Ocampo served as the Provincial Health Officer in Palawan from 2012 to 2015.

He acquired his hospital management experience from stints as Chief of Medical Professional Staff at the Department of Health’s Ospital ng Palawan from 2015 to 2017, and at the Northern Palawan Provincial Hospital from 2013 to 2014.

As the Medical Coordinator for STI, HIV, and AIDS Control Program, he was engaged in advocacy and awareness campaigns. He has also provided medical care and psychosocial support to People Living with HIV (PLHIV) and pioneered the establishment of Palawan and Puerto Princesa City’s Local AIDS Council. Dr. Ocampo afforded significant technical input to the creation and passage of local legislation for PLHIVs, leading to the establishment of the first HIV and AIDS Treatment Hub in the MIMAROPA Region.

Dr. Ocampo holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Philippines, and Master’s degrees in Public Health and Management in Hospital Administration from the University of the Philippines.

Ms. Ma. Rosalyn ‘Lenlen‘ Mesina has served as UN Women’s Country Programme Coordinator since July 2022, tasked to lead the organization’s coordination and programming work in the Philippines.

Ms. Mesina brings to this role 25 years of experience of advancing women’s issues and causes in diverse settings in the Philippines and at the international level.

Prior to joining UN Women, she led national projects that looked into the factors affecting women’s leadership in the Philippine corporate setting, as well as the development of a framework for the gender-based violence observatory of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights. She also served as the Gender Justice Adviser for Oxfam Pilipinas. From 2012-2017, she was the Executive Director of Enrich, a Hong Kong-based NGO, and was instrumental to its growth as one of the most recognized charities in Hong Kong which provides economic empowerment through financial education and personal development programmes for migrant domestic workers and ethnic minorities.

She has also engaged with various women’s organizations, local government units and national government agencies to further women’s rights, empowerment and gender equality through capacity building, planning, programming and policymaking.

Ms Maki Katsuno-Hayashikawa brings experience of over 30 years with UNESCO, UNICEF and JICA at global, regional, and country levels. She assumed her role as the Director of UNESCO Regional Office in Jakarta, and UNESCO Representative to Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Timor Leste, and Liaison to ASEAN in July 2023.

Prior to her current assignment, she served as the Director of the Division for Education 2030 at UNESCO Headquarters overseeing UNESCO’s global programmes on Gender and Inclusive Education, Higher Education, Education in Emergencies and led the global SDG4 coordination mechanism. In addition, during 2022, she served as the Executive Secretary of the Secretariat for the Transforming Education Summit convened by the UN Secretary-General in September 2022.

Ms. Katsuno-Hayashikawa holds Master’s degrees in Educational Planning from the Institute of Education, University College London, and in Early Childhood Education from the South Australia University; and a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Mr. Marco Toscano Rivalta is the current Chief of the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). He has a wealth of expertise spanning more than 25 years, dedicating his career to international cooperation, collaborating with the UN and various international organizations. His extensive experience extends across both headquarters and fieldwork, focusing on critical areas such as sustainable development, disaster risk management, humanitarian relief, and the protection of refugees, IDPs, and human rights.

Atty. Maria Ermina “Iya” Valdeavilla-Gallardo is the Head of the Philippines Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). She assumed the position in 2021 after over a decade working in and eventually leading the Protection Unit for refugees and stateless persons in Manila.

Throughout her career in UNHCR, Atty. Gallardo has contributed to the operation’s efforts in policy and legal development advocacy, as well as to build the protection capacities of duty-bearers through the provision of technical and practical knowledge. While her expertise is focused on refugee and statelessness issues, she has also worked in the field of protection of internally displaced persons (IDPs), having assisted in the advocacy efforts for national IDP legislation.

Prior to joining UNHCR, Atty. Gallardo worked with the Department of Agriculture and law firms in Manila. She has been a member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines since 2010.

She obtained a degree in Speech Communication from the University of the Philippines Diliman, and her Bachelor of Laws from the San Beda College of Law. Currently, she is pursuing a Master of Laws degree from the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila.

Ms. Marie Michelle Liquigan officially onboarded as lead of the Manila Humanitarian Advisory Team (HAT) for UNOCHA on 13 July 2026. In this role, she will lead humanitarian coordination and support preparedness and response efforts with the government, UN agencies, NGOs, and other humanitarian partners.

Prior to UNOCHA, Ms. Liquigan served as Partnerships Officer at UNICEF Philippines (2023-2024) where she supported coordination with bilateral and multilateral donors and with UNICEF's global network of National Committees.

She previously spent over a decade (2012-2022) with UNHCR Philippines where she established and expanded the office's Private Sector Partnerships Programme and helped build sustainable public support for the refugee cause.

Ms. Liquigan has worked across humanitarian emergencies including responses to Typhoon Haiyan, the Marawi crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

She holds a degree in Sociology from the University of the Philippines and is currently pursuing a Masters in Leadership for Development, a joint programme of the University of Manchester and University of Melbourne.

Mr. Miklos Gaspar is the Director of the UN Information Centres (UNIC) for South East Asia, including UNIC Manila. He has more than 25 years of experience in public information, communications and international relations, both at the United Nations and externally. His UN experience includes being Chief of Digital Media and Public Information Materials at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and Chief of Communications and Events at the International Trade Centre (ITC). Before joining the UN in 2009, Mr. Gaspar had held several senior-level positions in the private sector, including as Editor-in-Chief of the Budapest Business Journal and Chief Operating Officer and Vice-President of Pressflex, LLC. Mr. Gaspar holds a Doctoral degree in Linguistics from the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest.

Ms. Neus Bernabeu holds degrees in Communication Sciences and Political Science, with a specialization in International Relations. She has further augmented her qualifications with a diploma in International Cooperation, a Master's degree in Gender and Development from the Complutense University of Madrid, and a postgraduate degree in Gender and Public Policy from FLACSO/PRIGEPP.

Her professional journey commenced at an early age as a journalist in both radio and print media in Barcelona, her native city, concurrently engaging in various social and development cooperation organizations.

Ms. Bernabeu possesses over two decades of experience in the fields of development and international cooperation, having served private foundations, non-governmental organizations, and the United Nations, specifically the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Her work has spanned several countries across Africa and Latin America.

Her primary professional focus has encompassed human development, human rights, equality and non-discrimination, and the empowerment of women and youth at local, national, and regional levels within Latin America and the Caribbean.

From 2016 to 2021, she held the position of Gender and Youth Advisor at the United Nations Population Fund's Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean. In this capacity, she spearheaded regional initiatives concerning gender equality, adolescence and youth, and contributed to organizational strategies designed to advance the rights of marginalized population groups, including indigenous peoples, Afro-descendant populations, and persons with disabilities. Notably, her assignments included multi-stakeholder regional coordination efforts to monitor the ICPD.

From 2021 to 2025, she served as the UNFPA Representative in El Salvador promoting effective strategies to reduce teenage pregnancy, sexual violence and early unions and marriages. She also led the technical assistance for the successful development of the population census. She mobilized important financial and in-kind resources from public and private partners to support key initiatives for the UNFPA mandate.

As of 29 August 2025, she assumed the role of Country Representative in the Philippines.

Mr. Peter Browne is the UNOPS Country Representative to the Philippines and Global Director of Asian Development Bank Partnerships, roles he assumed in January 2026.

He brings 25 years of experience in international development, including over 10 years as a Director at UNOPS Headquarters in Copenhagen, where he led global communications across more than 1,100 projects in over 130 countries. He joined UNOPS in 2014 from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Kenya, having previously worked in Tanzania. His experience spans communications strategy, partnerships, crisis communications, and digital outreach. Earlier in his career, he worked as a journalist, contributing to The New York Times and The Guardian on development and environmental issues.

He holds master’s degrees in Environmental Science and Media and has completed executive studies in Organizational Leadership at Harvard Business School.

Ms. Rakhi Sinha was appointed Security Advisor for the Philippines in October 2024.

Ms. Sinha has over 15 years of experience with the UN Department of Safety and Security. Her career as a security professional with UNDSS began in 2009 in Darfur, Sudan. She has since led UNDSS teams in managing diverse and complex security situations, from high-risk duty stations to multi-country UN Security Management System teams in Sudan, Zambia, Malaysia-Singapore and Brunei, Libya and Cambodia.

Prior to joining UNDSS, Ms. Sinha spent 22 years as a commissioned officer in Indian (federal) Police services across various commanding capacities. She has the distinction of being part of the first batch of women Commissioned Officers in the Indian federal Police.

Her pioneering leadership extends to international peacekeeping, where she led the first all-female Indian Formed Police Unit in the United Nations (UNMIL, Liberia), an initiative and rare distinction that gained global recognition for empowering women in conflict zones.

Her longstanding commitment to women empowerment, both in security and beyond, earned her the rare honor of addressing the launching event of UN Women in UN General Assembly Hall.

Mr. Regis Chapman has over 27 years of international development and humanitarian experience, having served with the United Nations World Food Programme in a variety of contexts since 2005.

He assumed his role as the Representative and Country Director of WFP Philippines in June 2024 following his tenure at the helm of WFP’s Caribbean Multi-Country Office, which oversees the organization’s work throughout the English and Dutch-speaking Carribean. He led the implementation of a portfolio of support designed to strengthen national social protection, disaster management, and food systems, covering regional entities and 22 countries and territories.

Mr. Chapman has extensive field experience in humanitarian and development programmes around the world in a variety of leadership roles, including in the Regional Bureau for Latin America & the Caribbean, Somalia, Afghanistan, Regional Bureau for East and Central Africa, Timor Leste, Regional Bureau for Asia and Pacific and Indonesia.

Before joining WFP, he worked with the Red Cross Movement on food security programmes and emergency response, and with the United States Peace Corps on grassroots community development efforts in rural El Salvador.

Mr. Chapman holds a graduate degree in Marketing from Arizona State University.

Ms. Signe Poulsen has served as the Senior Human Rights Adviser to the United Nations in the Philippines since July 2020, deployed by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

She is responsible for providing advice on mainstreaming human rights in the UN’s work in the Philippines, and contributes technical cooperation and capacity building for the protection and promotion of Human Rights.

Ms. Poulsen previously served as Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Seoul, where she opened the field-based structure; as Human Rights Adviser in Papua New Guinea; and held positions with OHCHR in Timor-Leste, Kyrgyzstan and Liberia. She also served as Adviser for Human Rights Education and Torture Prevention with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

Sylvie Bétemps Cochin is a seasoned international trade expert with over two decades of experience advancing development cooperation and delivering trade-related technical assistance across Asia and the Pacific.

As Chief of the Asia and the Pacific Office at the International Trade Centre (ITC), she leads high-impact initiatives that strengthen private sector competitiveness, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and drive inclusive, sustainable economic growth throughout the region.

Fostering partnership building and fundraising, Sylvie has collaborated closely with policymakers, business support institutions and entrepreneurs to deliver measurable results for the private sector. Her work spans a diverse range of countries, where she has successfully designed and managed development programmes.

Sylvie’s expertise encompasses trade and market analysis, institutional capacity-building, regional integration, south-south cooperation, and the development of dynamic business networks.

She holds a master’s degree from the Institute of Political Studies in France.

Mr. Teddy Monroy assumed the role of Country Representative for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in the Philippines in August 2021.

Mr. Monroy initially served as a UNIDO National Consultant for Development Programming in 2011. He rejoined the organization as National Program Officer and National Expert for the United Nations Development Assistance Framework in 2013.

In recent years, his work in the UN has focused on SME development; facilitating the strengthening of quality infrastructure for market access and participation in global value chains; fostering the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies; promoting circularity, resource efficiency, cleaner production, and bankable business models; management of chemicals and wastes; climate action; and building partnerships with the private sector within the ISID framework.

Mr. Monroy has a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from De La Salle University, Manila, where he also served as Assistant Professor and Researcher for more than five years. Prior to that, he worked in a multi-national consumer goods manufacturing company in the Research and Development Division in charge of process development.

Ms. Tristan Burnett works for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and is the newly appointed Chief of Mission in the Philippines. Prior to this post, she was the Deputy Director of the Department of Operations and Emergencies at IOM Headquarters which coordinates IOM’s humanitarian response to conflict and natural disasters, and its movement and resettlement operations.

Her role included overseeing a multi-year initiative to strengthen IOM’s crisis response capacity and role in the humanitarian system, including systems, platforms, training, and guidance. She was the co-chair of the Joint Intersectoral Analysis Framework’s Steering Committee and the institutional focal point to the Interagency Standing Committee, engaging in its subsidiary structures and contributing to special initiatives including the IASC Protection Policy
Review; Review of the Humanitarian System; UN Secretary-General’s Action Agenda on Internal Displacement, and on the Humanitarian, Development and Peace Nexus.

Previously, Tristan served as the head of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Division (PRD) responsible for sudden onset and protracted crises, overseeing the institutional units on shelter; camp coordination and camp management (CCCM); displacement tracking (DTM); protection; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); and preparedness for natural hazards and conflict-derived and complex emergencies. She has also managed programmes to prevent and
address human trafficking, including capacity building for law enforcement and consular officials and reintegration assistance for survivors, and has led a system-wide initiative on joint complaint handling mechanisms for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) incidents.
Tristan has been posted in Washington, DC; Afghanistan; Indonesia; and Switzerland. She graduated from Willamette University College of Law with a Juris Doctor and from Boston University with a BA in International Relations.

Ms. Yujeong Kim is the Senior Programme Management Officer for the United Nations Environment Programme’s Asia Pacific Office based in Bangkok. Her current work focuses on enhancing environmental science-policy interface in the region. Before joining UNEP, she worked for the Office for Sustainable Development of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, where she led capacity building and policy advisory activities aimed at accelerating the achievement of the SDGs for Member States. Her dedication to sustainable development extends to her previous roles in the Korean Government, where she led policy design and implementation on crucial environmental issues, including air quality, chemicals, water, climate change, and green growth. Ms. Kim holds a Master of Public Affairs from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Science in Earth System Sciences from Seoul National University.