- Core Faculty, ESG and Sustainability, Sasin School of Management
- Teaching: ESG Factors for Business, Sustainability Lab’s Action Learning Course
- Research: Net-Zero Leadership and Strategies, Nature-based Solutions for Carbon Capture and Sustainability, Technology-based Solutions for Carbon Capture and Monitoring, Digital Transformation for Sustainability
- Sasaki, N., Phoumin, H., Vijitharan, S., & Ma, H. O. (2025). Carbon taxation and forest sustainability in ASEAN and East Asia: Challenges and policy responses. In H. Phoumin (Ed.), Navigating the complexities of energy transitions in East Asia. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-1754-8_7
- Sasaki, N. (2025). Carbon storage in harvested products along the wood supply chain through Industry 4.0 technologies: Challenges, opportunities, and policy implications. In P. Han & R. Nepal (Eds.), Energy transition and carbon neutrality in ASEAN: Developing carbon capture, utilization and storage technologies (pp. 173–200). World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811288050_0007
- Sasaki, N., & Vijitharan, S. (2025). Nature-based carbon capture through forest management in the Mekong region of Southeast Asia. In P. Han & R. Nepal (Eds.), Energy transition and carbon neutrality in ASEAN: Developing carbon capture, utilization and storage technologies (pp. 123–148). World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811288050_0005
- Bajaj, M., Sasaki, N., Tsusaka, T. W., Venkatappa, M., Abe, I., & Shrestha, R. P. (2024). Assessing changes in mangrove forest cover and carbon stocks in the Lower Mekong Region using Google Earth Engine. Innovation and Green Development, 3(3), 100140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.igd.2024.100140
- Vijitharan, S., Tsusaka, T. W., & Sasaki, N. (2024). Evaluating REDD+ progress and results-based incentives in Sri Lanka: A comparative analysis across Southeast and South Asian countries. Trees, Forests and People, 100574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100574
- Vijitharan, S., Sasaki, N., Tripathi, N. K., Pramanik, M., & Tsusaka, T. W. (2024). Assessing carbon emission reductions and removals in Vavuniya District, Sri Lanka: REDD+ project contributions to sustainability. Next Sustainability, 3, 100035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nxsust.2024.100035
- Diaz, A.C., Sasaki, N., Tsusaka, T.W., Szabo, S. (2021) Factors Affecting Farmers’ Willingness to Adopt a Mobile App in the Marketing of Bamboo Products. Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances 11, 200056 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcradv.2021.200056
- Upakankaew, K., Ninsawat, S., Virdis, SGP., Sasaki, N., (2022) Discrimination of Mangrove Stages Using Multitemporal Sentinel-1 C-Band Backscatter and Sentinel-2 Data – A Case Study in Samut Songkhram province, Thailand. Forests 13(9), 1433 https://doi.org/10.3390/f13091433
- Pertiwi, N., Tsusaka, T.W., Nguyen, T.P.L., Abe, I., Sasaki, N. (2022) Conservation of Indonesian Peatlands through Carbon Pricing of Ecosystem Services. Nature-based Solutions 2, 100023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbsj.2022.100023
- Sasaki, N. (2021) Management of Natural Forests for Carbon Emission Reductions through Improved Logging Practices and Wood Bioenergy Use. Resources, Conservation & Recycling 173, 105737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105737
- Sasaki, N., Myint, Y.Y., Venkatappa, M. (2021) Predicting Carbon Emissions, Emissions Reductions, and Carbon Removal due to Deforestation and Plantation Forests in Southeast Asia. Journal of Cleaner Production 312, 127728 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127728
- Venkatappa, M., Sasaki, N., Han, P., Abe, I. (2021) Impacts of droughts and floods on croplands and crop production in Southeast Asia – An Application of Google Earth Engine. Science of the Total Environment 795, 148829 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148829
- Myint, Y.Y., Sasaki, N., Datta, A., Tsusaka, T.W. (2021) Management of Plantation Forest for Bioenergy Generation, Timber Production, and Carbon Sequestration in Myanmar. Cleaner Environmental Systems 2, 100029 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cesys.2021.100029
- Chayaporn, P., Sasaki, N., Venkatappa, M., Abe, I. (2021) Assessment of the Overall Carbon Storage in a Teak Plantation in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand–Implications for Carbon-based Incentives. Cleaner Environmental Systems 2, 100023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cesys.2021.100023
- Venkatappa, M., Sasaki, N., Shrestha, R.P., Tripathi, N.K., and Ma H.O. (2019) Determination of Vegetation Thresholds for Assessing Land Use and Land Use Changes in Cambodia using Google Earth Engine Cloud-Computing Platform. Remote Sensing 11(13), 1514 https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11131514
- Cheng, Q., Sasaki, N., Shivakoti, P.G., Zang, Y. (2017) Local livelihood under different governances of tourism development in China – A case study of Huangshan Mountain Area. Tourism Management 61, 1-13 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2017.01.006
- Lowe, A.J., Dormontt, E.E., Bowie, M.J., Degen, B., Gardner, S., Thomas, D., Clarke, C., Rimbawanto, A., Wiedenhoeft, A., Yin, Y., Sasaki, N. (2016) Opportunities for improved transparency in the timber trade through scientific verification. BioScience 66 (11) 990-998 https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biw129
- Cheng, Q., Sasaki, N., Shivakoti, P.G. & Zang, Y. (2016) Effective governance in tourism development – An analysis of local perception in the Huangshan mountain area. Tourism Management Perspectives 20, 112–123 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2016.08.003
- Sasaki, N., Asner, G.P., Pan, Y., Knorr, Y., Durst, P.B., Ma, H.O., Lowe, A., Koh, LP. & Putz, F.E. (2016) Sustainable management of tropical forests can reduce carbon emissions and stabilize timber production. Frontiers in Environmental Science 4, 1-13 https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2016.00050
- Sasaki, N., Chheng, K., Mizoue, N., Abe, I., Lowe A. (2016) Forest reference emission level and carbon sequestration in Cambodia. i 7, 82–96 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2016.05.004
- Most-cited Paper Award in 2023 by Regional Sustainability and Elsevier. Paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcradv.2021.200056
- Most-cited Paper Award in 2023 by Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances and Elsevier. Paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcradv.2021.200056
- Winner of the Hitachi’s Innovation Challenge for Carbon Management for LEET CARBON Technology
- Winner of the SCG Bangkok Business Challenge – Thailand Competition 2022 for Defire Technology
- Next Step Award from Google (USA) for introduction of Krumap, a near real-time technology for land cover change detection and monitoring
- Award for best journal paper from the International Society of Environmental and Rural Development, Japan
- Charles Bullard Fellowship in Forest Research, Harvard University
- Zayed International Prize for the Environment “Scientific Achievements in the Environment”
- Volkswagen Postdoc Fellowship at Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (Germany)
- START Young Scientist Award for Outstanding Publication (START: The global change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training)
- University Presidential Award for Excellence, Gifu University, Japan
- Specialty Chief Editor, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
- Associate Editor, Heliyon
- Topical Editor, Earth System Science Data
- Editor, Journal of Forest Planning, Japan
- Editorial Board, Cambodian Journal of Natural History
- Editorial Board, Next Sustainability
- Ph.D. in Agriculture, Gifu University, Japan
- Postdoc in Carbon Cycle Modeling, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
- Bullard Fellow, Harvard University
- Professor, Asian Institute of Technology
- Associate Professor, University of Hyogo, Japan
- Visiting Associate Professor, Adelaide University
- Visiting Professor, Chulalongkorn School of Integrated Innovation
- Expert opinion for CarbonWire, Bridging the Biodiversity Funding Gap in Southeast Asia: Insights from Dr. Nophea Sasaki. https://bit.ly/40kfXFD
- Interviews with Voice of America “Clearance of Tropical Mountain Forests in Southeast Asia Expanding, Accelerating, Says Study” on a paper published in Natural Sustainability.
- https://bit.ly/2UFkkgG
- Interviews with China’s People Newspaper “Opinion on Ecosystem Restoration in China prior to COP15 of the UN Conventional on Biological Diversity”
- https://bit.ly/35DNfmv