Email hul.seingheng@misti.gov.kh

Dr. Hul Seingheng currently serves as the Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation and Permanent Vice Chair of National R&D Committee. Before assuming this role, he held the position of Director General within the same ministry. He also served as the vice president for research and innovation at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia. Dr. Hul earned engineering degree in food science for his BS, chemical engineering for his master degree, and Ph.D in environmental engineering.

In addition, he completed a one-year US-ASEAN fellowship focused on Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy Development. With over 15 years of experience in Science, Technology, Innovation, and STEM education, he has contributed to numerous development projects and research initiatives in Cambodia. Dr. HUL has published over 20 peer-reviewed journals and has been a speaker at more than a hundred scientific conferences. In the last five years, Dr. Hul’s expertise has been instrumentally contributing to the early development of Science, Technology & Innovation ecosystem in the Kingdom of Cambodia.

• NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
• Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation

• Digital-Enhanced health through building of National Innovation System
• Policy Development and implementation on public health
• Nutrition and public health
• AI ethics and responsibility

• STI policy development and leadership
• Environmental Management
• AI ethics

• Environmental Engineering
• Process integration

• Kolab Award 2026 on Math and Science
• Moha Sereivat Award by The King of Kingdom of Cambodia
• Winners of Grassroots Science Advice Promotion Awards 2022
• Gold Medal award by the Royal Government of Cambodia as a best performance working staff in higher education institutions of Cambodia
• Moha Sena Award by the Royal Government of Cambodia
• US-ASEAN Science and Technology Fellowship (2016–2017)

• Under Secretary of State/ National ASEAN COSTI Chair, Ministry of Industry Science Technology & Innovation | Aug 2023 – Present
• Director General, General Directorate of Science Technology & Innovation, Ministry of Industry Science Technology & Innovation | Jun 2020 – Aug 2023
• Vice President for Research and Innovation, Institute of Technology of Cambodia | Nov 2019 – May 2020
• Director of Research and Innovation Center (RIC)_Dean of ITC and lecturer for project management/Quality assurance/Research methodology subjects, Institute of Technology of Cambodia | Jun 2011 – Oct 2019
• Vice Head of Chemical Engineering and Food Technology Department, Institute of Technology of Cambodia | Sep 2010 – Jun 2011
• Lecturer of Chemical Engineering and Food Technology Department, Institute of Technology of Cambodia | Sep 2006 – Sep 2010

• Purviewing science, technology & innovation of the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation

• Advisory Board, National Council of STI
• Board of Cambodia Academy of Digital Technology
• Board of Cambodia-Japan Digital Manufacturing
• Board of Techo-Start Up Center
• Board of National Polytechnic Institute of Cambodia
• Advisory Board, ASEAN Young Scientist, ASEAN
• Advisory Board, ASEAN Foresight Alliance, ASEAN
• Board, Center for Sustainable Water, Cambodia
• Former Board, Kirirom Institute of Technology, Cambodia
• Collaborative Professor, Kanazawa University, Japan
• Former Coordinator for ITC alumni of AUN/Seed-Net JICA
• Board of Cambodian Chemical Society (CCS)
• Association of the former students ITC in Cambodia
• Former Scientific Committee of Ministry of Environment of Cambodia
• Former National committee for doctor course guideline of Cambodia
• Former Cambodian Drinking Water Quality Working Groups (CDWQWQ)
• Former Chef Editor of Techno-Science Research Journal

• Hul, Seingheng et al. Industrializing Cambodia through Technology Transfer and Adoption, IEEE publication, Skima Conference, 8-9 December, 2023.
• Hul, Seingheng. Innovative-driven EduTech Roadmap 2030, IEEE publication, Skima Conference, 2-4 December, 2022.
• Septorm Koeung, Alice Sharp, Seingheng Hul, and Fidero Kuok. Plastic bag management options in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Greater Mekong Submregion Academic and Research network, 29-36, 14, 2020
• A.K. Anal, Y. Wache, V. Louzier, R. Laurent, F. Mens, S. Acvallone, W. Mahakarnchanakul, P. Udompijitku, C. Tankitti, T.B.T. Nguyen, P. P. Thao, T.M.T. Nguyen, H.M.X. Nguyen, K. Thong, H. Seingheng, G. Schleining, L.F. Linder, M-L, Scippo, A. Guidi. AsiFood and its output and prospects: An Erasmus+ project on capacity building in food safety and quality for southeast Asia, Food Control, 109, 2020.
• Siev, S., Paringit, E., Yoshimura, C., and HUL Seingheng. Modeling Inundation Patterns and Sediment Dynamics in the Extensive Floodplain along the Tonle Sap River. River Research and Applications, 1–15, 2019.
• Michael, G., Todd, W., Minhaj, C., and HUL Seingheng. Evidence of Economically Sustainable Village-Scale Microenterprises for Arsenic Remediation in Developing Countries, Environmental Science and Technology, 53(3),1078–1086, 2019.
• Xaypanya, P., Takemura, J., Chiemchaisri, C. and HUL Seingheng. Characterization of Landfill Leachates and Sediments in Major Cities of Indochina Peninsular Countries—Heavy Metal Partitioning in Municipal Solid Waste Leachate, Environment, MDPI, 5 (6), 65–89, 2018.
• Siev, S., Yang, H., Sok, T., and H. Seingheng. Sediment dynamics in a large shallow lake characterized by seasonal flood pulse in Southeast Asia, Science of Total Environment, 631–632, 597–607, 2018.
• Suif, Z., Yoshimura, C., Ahmad, N. and H. Seignheng. Distributed model of hydrological and sediment transport process in Mekong River Basin, International Journal of Geomate, 14 (42), 134-139, 2018.
• Uk, S., Yoshimura, C., Siev, S., and H. Seingheng. Tonle Sap Lake: Current status and important research directions for environmental management, Lakes & Reservoirs: Research & Management, 1–39, 2018.
• Suif, Z., Yoshimura, C., Saavedra, O. and H. Seingheng. Suspended sediment dynamics changes in mekong river basin: Possible impacts of dams and climate change, International Journal of Geomate, 12 (34), 140-145, 2017.
• Siev, S., Paringit, E., Yoshimura, C., and H. Seingheng. Seasonal Changes in the Inundation Area and Water Volume of the Tonle Sap River and Its Floodplain, Hydrology, MDPI, 3(4),33–45, 2016.
• Leng, V., Ge, J., Hul, S. Phnom Penh’s Municipal drinking water supply: water quality assessment, Sustainable Water Resource Management, Springer, 1(1), 27–39, 2015.
• Suif, Z., Yoshimura, C., Saavedra, O. and H. Seingheng. Spatial and seasonal variation of suspended sediment load in the Mekong river basin, Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, JSCE, 70(4), I_7-I_12, 2014.
• Suif, Z., Yoshimura, C., Saavedra, O. and H. Seingheng. Spatially distributed model for soil erosion and sediment transport in the Mekong river basin, International Water Technology Journal, 3(4), 197–206, 2013.
• Michael, G., Hul, S., Arup, K.S. Mitigating Arsenic Crisis in the Developing World: Role of Robust, Reusable and Selective Hybrid Anion Exchanger (HAIX), Science of the Total Environment, ELSEVIER, 488–489, 547–553, 2014.

• Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) – “ASEAN Technology Platform Tested to Boost Innovation Commercialisation” – 2026.
• CCTV Plus – Coverage of the Tengchong Scientists Forum 2025, including remarks by Dr. Hul Seingheng on talent development, technology transfer and joint R&D with ASEAN and China – 2025.
• Phnom Penh Post – “ASEAN COSTI-85 convenes to shape regional science and technology agenda” – 2024.
• Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) – “COSTI Cambodia Aligns National Priorities with ASEAN’s 2035 Vision” – 2025.
• Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) – “Cambodia Reaffirms Commitment to Regional STI Cooperation at 89th ASEAN COSTI Meeting in Laos” – 2026.
• KHMERSME – “Cambodia Advocates Inclusive AI for Sustainable Growth at China-ASEAN Forum” – 2025.
• Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation (MISTI) – “European Investors Eye Cambodia’s Growing Technology Sector” – 2026.
• Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation (MISTI) – “National Research Foundation Key to Strengthening Cambodia’s Research Capacity, Innovation” – 2026.