Worayut Takaew (Nan)

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Worayut Takaew (Nan)
Field Research Officer (Part Time) & Drone Pilot

Nan graduated from CMU's Social Science Faculty, with a B.Sc. in Geography in 2014 and an M.Sc. in Geography and Geoinformatics in 2020. His master's thesis was titled: “Assessment of Land Surface Temperature of Burnt Areas using Thermal Infrared Bands of LANDSAT 8 imagery in Pua District, Nan Province”. He then worked as an assistant researcher with The Royal Project Foundation & The King’s Recommended Project-Support Center (Chiang Mai) and helped the FORRU-CMU field team with mapping restoration plots in Nan Province. He served as FORRU-CMU's full-time Field Research Officer from 2021 to 23). He is now studying for a PhD, on how to recognize tree species in drone imagery, whilst continuing to provide FORRU-CMU projects with drone-related services and outreach.

Key Publication:

  1. Takaew, W.,  P. Hemwan & A. Charoenpanyanet, 2020. Comparison of brightness temperature from thermal infrared band 1 and 2 of LANDSAT-8. Science and Tech. J. (Thai) of Thammasat Uni. 28(7):1161-1174. 
  2. Suwannarat, W., S. Elliott, W. Takaew, P. Laohasom & W. Khokthong. 2025. Assessing the recovery of tropical forest structure, canopy closure and above-ground carbon during restoration: comparing conventional with instrument-based metrics. Trees, Forests and People, 21, 100928. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2025.100928

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