Overall, I have been involved in inland fisheries research in Cambodia and the Mekong region for 24 years. Between 1998 and 2010, I worked as a Fisheries Researcher for the Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute (IFReDI) and the Fisheries Administration, Cambodia. Between 2011 and mid-2016, I worked as a (regional) Capture Fisheries Specialist for the Mekong River Commission in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam. During the period (1998-2016), I have been involved in both national, regional and international research programmes with national and international research institutions and universities. I then rejoined the IFReDI as a Deputy Research Director between 2018-2021. Currently, I am the Dean of the Faculty of Fisheries and Aquaculture at the Royal University of Agriculture. Apart from my fisheries research, I have been supervising many local under- and post-graduate students (Bachelor, Master and PhD) in partnership with other universities (e.g., Royal University of Agriculture, Royal University of Phnom Penh, University of Toulouse (France), Nevada, Reno and Arizona, USA etc. I am holding a PhD in Agronomical and Ecological Sciences specialized in Evolution, Biological Diversity and Biology from the University of Toulouse, France.