Rithy Kan received the Engineering degree in Geo-resources and Geo-technical Engineering in 2015 from the Institute of Technology of Cambodia, Cambodia, and the M. Eng. degree in Environmental Engineering in 2019 from the Prince of Songkla University, Thailand. After being a researcher in the Institute of Technology of Cambodia and a research project consultant in the Higher Education Improvement Projects (HEIP) of the World Bank and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Cambodia, he is starting his PhD study in the School of Creative Science and Engineering at Waseda University, Japan. His research interests include micro- and nanoplastics, atmospheric particles, and waste-to-energy.