Training through research

Mr. KHY Panha
I am 23 years old. Currently, I am a fifth year’s student in Food Science and Technology at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia. I am extremely passionate about training through research and learning about Food Microbiology. I had an internship in Chemical analysis at the National Laboratory of Science, Technology & Innovation (NLSTI) of Cambodia. Thank this, I got more knowledge about food quality as well as relating to nutrition. I'm proud to be able to express some recommendation to people about what they should eat for their health.

In the AquaCAM project, my advisor is Dr PENG Chanthol and I am in charge of the topic “Abundance and characteristic of antibiotic-resistant E. coli in monoculture giant snakehead in different production systems”.

The expectation from this project is to get practical knowledge on microbiological analysis, laboratory training, as well as investigative techniques, such as sample collection and analysis, statistic and scientific communication experience. I hope to provide a scientific result for effective and safe use of antibiotic in the aquaculture system, contributing to highlighting the antibiotic resistance concern in Cambodian Aquaculture.

Mr. Khan Chan
Mr Khan Chan Dara is the current Chief of Office of Aquatic Animal Health and Disease Management of Department of Aquaculture Development, Fisheries Administration, Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries.

He was appointed to the above position in 2019 after his essential work on the Freshwater Fish Health Monitoring and Disease Diagnosis Program funded by the European Union for two years in 10 potential aquaculture provinces of Cambodia and after being appointed as the National Focal Point of Cambodia for the ASEAN Network on Aquatic Animal Health Centre (ANNAHC) where he attended a few important consultative meetings on the aquatic animal health-related issues in ASEAN member states. Besides, he is also the OIE National Focal Point for Aquatic Animal Health of Cambodia.

As for his educational background, Mr. Khan graduated with two Bachelor’s degrees of Education in English (TEFL) and Science of Fisheries from the Royal University of Phnom Penh and the Royal University of Agriculture in 2010 and 2011 respectively. With these two strong backgrounds of education, in 2012 he won a USAID-HARVEST Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in the U.S.

Thereafter, he earned the Master of Science in Fisheries and Allied Aquaculture from Auburn University, Alabama, the USA in late 2014. During his study there, Mr Khan took Fish Health Management and Fish Disease courses as required before conducting his experimental research on the Influence of Probiotics on growth performance and health of Columnaris infected in Tilapia and Channel catfish at Auburn

University’s Fish Disease Laboratory. In late 2017, Mr Khan was successfully awarded a VLIR-UOS scholarship to attend the International Training Program of Advanced Health Management in Aquaculture at Ghent University, Belgium for 3 months. Upon returning home, Mr. Khan was employed by the Food and Agriculture of the United Nation (FAO) as the National Consultant on Shrimp Health Management and he also has been invited to teach Fish Disease class to year four students of the Fisheries Faculty, Royal University of Agriculture.

Through AquaCam Project, Mr Khan is keen on researching any potential risk of emergence of major farmed fish pathogens in the project concerned areas via on-site study and disease diagnostic work in the laboratory of aquatic animal health, RUA. He is willing to share his knowledge and experience with other young researchers and open to discovering new things to improve his research skills in aquatic animal health management. He also envisages that through the AquaCam project, young researchers’ diagnostic skills and techniques, the existing prevention and control measures of major concerned aquaculture pathogens will be upgraded.

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