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| Résumé of CEO |  |
| Name: | Lars Bertil Bætz Reutergårdh |
| Title: | Professor |
| Career Objective: | Progressive programme and project leadership in environment and/or education |
| Years of experience: | 30 |
| Nationality: | Swedish |
| Degree: | PhD. Analytical Chemistry, Diploma Environmental Engineering |
| Publications: | More than 110 publications, scientific reports and seminar contributions |
| More: |
2000
Outstanding Intellectuals of the 20th Century,
International Bibliographic Centre, Cambridge, UK. The Asia 500; Leaders
for The New Century, Barons Who’s Who (USA) 1st edition
2000. Who'sWho in the World, Marquis Publications, 16th
edition 1999, 17th edition 2000. |
| Qualifications | Progressive Programme Management and Implementation as Principal Investigator, Environmental Assessment and Audits, Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, Quality Assurance and Quality Control, Validation, Educational Proficiency in Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, personal integrity, cultural sensitive, interpersonal skills, substantive administrative and supervisory experience, computer literate. |
Position and Accomplishments
| 1997-2001 | Guest Professor of River Basin Environment Research Centre of Gifu University, Department of Civil Engineering, Japan. | |
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Research on Emissions and Immissions of Anthropogenic and Xenobiotic Contaminants, their transport and distribution in the environment. | |
| 1991-1996 | Associate Professor, Co-ordinator, Programme Manager,
and Team Leader at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT,University),
Pathumtahni, Thailand. |
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| Ø | Managed the AIT/Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency’s (Sida) Environment Programme (1 MUSD per annum). | |
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Managed the environmental component of Asia
Regional Research Project on Energy, Environment and Climate. | |
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Conducted Environmental Audits and Assessments
of industries in the region | |
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Started Air and Water Environmental Monitoring
Programmes in the region. | |
| Ø | Vitalized the Environmental Engineering Programme. The number of student rose from 30 to 117. Increased the Swedish scholarships from five to 15, and research funds from nil to 1 MUSD per annum. | |
| Ø | Promoted Quality Assurance and Control in higher education. | |
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Developed a new joint degree post-graduate programme in
Environmental Toxicology, Technology & Management together
with the Chualabhorn Research Institute and Mahidol University. | |
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| Ø | Launched, revised and instructed Advanced Methods in Environmental Analysis, Environmental Chemistry and Laboratory, Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Economics and Legislation, Experimental Design, Marine and Estuarine Environments, Water Quality Management | |
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Modernized the Environmental Engineering Laboratories
with GC-IRD-MS, LC-Fluorescence-UV, SFE, GC-ECD, air-, water-sampling
equipment, and basic laboratory apparatus. Instigated Good Laboratory Practise
to meet accreditation standards. | |
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Reconstructed and upgraded 1200 m2 laboratory areas to meet present quality assurance and safety standards | |
| 9410-9410 | International Water Quality Expert, Dobbin Milus International, and the Asian Development Bank. Coastal Environment Management Planning Project for Indonesia. | |
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Contributed to an environmental-economic planning model
that optimised the sustainable value of the coastal resources for the Indonesian
coastal zone, based on water sheds. The estimated cost of coastal
degradation’s net present value was 50 GUSD, discounted at 7% over 25 years. | |
| 9005-9010 |
Team Leader, World
Bank | |
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Co-ordinated a feasibility study of the
Environmental Study Centres at Indonesian Universities, as a part
of a bank mega-programme (170 MUSD) preparation. Proposed a detailed plan for
the disbursement of 15 MUSD for a three-year period. | |
| 8807-8908 | Chief Technical Advisor, Unesco (United Nations’ Education Science and Cultural Organisation). | |
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Implemented the Marine Pollution Monitoring and Training Programme, Indonesia (1MUSD/a). | |
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Consultant,
Manila Philippines, FAO (United Nations' Food and Agriculture
Organization) 7th
FAO/SIDA Workshop on Aquatic Pollution in Relation to Protection of Living
Resources. | |
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Educated participants from Asia on sampling and analysis of aquatic pollutants. | |
| 7509-9206 | Chief of Immissions, Swedish Environment Protection Agency and Institute for Applied Environmental Research of Stockholm University. | |
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Represented the Government of Sweden as an
environmental expert at the international level. Led a group that determined the
presence, concentration, distribution, and impact of persistent organic
micro-pollutants in environmental monitoring programmes. Traced unknown
contaminants, developed quality assured analytical methods and protocols, and
refined existing ones. Led the Swedish European Commission’s quality assurance
and validation efforts in the area, established the Special Analytical
Laboratory as a reference laboratory world-wide. | |
| 7311-7508 |
Executive Officer
of Produktkontroll Leander & Fri AB. | |
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Synthesized reference chemicals, including radioactive labeled. Analyzed environmental samples as a part of Environmental Assessments. | |
Education
| 87-96 |
Continuing
education courses in leadership, management, and education. |
| 8209-8806 | Ph D, with distinction in Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Chemical Section, Stockholm University; Environmental Engineering at Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. |
| 7109-7312 | M Sc (Organic Chemistry, Biology), Stockholm University, Sweden. |
| 6709-7106 | B Sc (Chemistry, Economics and Statistics), Stockholm University, Sweden. |
| Military service |
Expert Evaluations and Honorary
| 9805 | Fellow of the International Union for Pure and applied Chemistry. |
| 9708 | Competent for the Chair as Professor of Environmental Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. |
| 9603 | Honorary Professor of Environmental Science, Viet Nam National University, Ha Noi, Viet Nam. |
| 8501-9712 |
Member
of International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry. |
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Competent for the Chair as Professor of
Analytical Environmental Chemistry at the Institute of Applied Environmental
Research, Laboratory for Analytical Environmental Chemistry of Stockholm
University, Sweden. |
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Competent and short-listed for the Chair as
Professor of Environmental Chemistry at Wallenberg Laboratory of Stockholm
University, Sweden. |
Professional
Societies
American
Chemical Society
Association of Official Analytical Chemists
European Union Community Bureau of References 1982-91
Japan-Sweden Science Club 1997-
International Association for Impact Assessment
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) 1980-91
International Society for Environmental Biotechnology, Executive Board Member 1994-
International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)1986-
Oslo and Paris Commission, Joint Monitoring Group and other missions, 1984, 1986, 1988
Swedish Association of Graduated Engineers 1975-
The Committee for the Gulf of Bothnia, 1984-91
The Royal Society of Chemistry
The West Sea, Research Project Committee Member 1989-91
Other
Skills & Languages
Familiar with common DOS, Windows and Macintosh-based software; Corel & MS Offices, HTML, Programme Managers, Chemical Software etc. Communicate excellently in Swedish and English, German - good, French – fair, reasonably in Danish and Norwegian, and some ability to communicate in Indonesian, Japanese and Thai.