Sreetheran Maruthaveeran is currently working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia. He received his PhD from the University of Copenhagen in 2015 under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Cecil van den Bosch Konijnendijk. Sreetheran was also a former Senior Researcher at the Forest Research Institue Malaysia for 15 years before joining the academic line. He is also currently the Deputy Coordinator for the Urban Forestry Section under the International Union Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). He is also an Editorial Board Member of several high ranking journals, such as the Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, the Journal of Leisure Studies and the World Leisure Journal. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sreetheran also received the 2% World Top Scientist in 2021.