Name: Tun Lwin
Date of Birth: 17 January 1948
Father’s name: U Thein Maung
Affiliation: Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Myanmar
Ministry of Transport
Position: Director-General & PR of Myanmar with WMO (Retired)
Date of entry; 3 May 1965
Service: > 44 years (Retired on 29 May 2009)
Marital Status: Married
Wife: Daw Mu Mu Than
Daughters: Dr. Myat Su Tun Lwin (Medical Officer, School
Health team, Yankin Township, Ministry of Health)
Ma Swan Ye Tun Lwin ( 1st Year Secondary, Raffle, Singapore)
Son: Mg Zwe Marn Tun Lwin (1 st Year(English), MFLI, Yangon)
(1 st Year, TEAMASEK Poly Technic, Singapore)
Address: No.6/1, Thanthumar Street, 24th Quarter, Thuwunna, Yanngon, Myanmar
Phone: Res: +(95-1)-560938/561947
Mobile: +(95-9)-50-99920
+(95-9)-86-01180
E-mail: tunlwin48@gmaill.com
wisemanontheroad@yahoomail.com
Study field: Meteorology/ Hydrology/ Natural Disasters/ Environmental Science/ Climate Change
Studies
Education: B. Sc. (Physics), Arts & Science University, Mandalay, 1971
D.I.E.P (English), University of Miami, 1973
B.S. (Meteorology), Florida State University, 1975
M.S. (Meteorology), Florida State University, 1989
Ph.D. (Physics), Yangon University, 2008
Positions held: Current:
Consultant, Myanmar Climate Change Watch, Myanmar Climate Consultancy Service,
2009 -
Chairman and Technical Advisor, Steering Committee, Regional Integrate
Multi-hazard Early Warning System-RIMES, 2005-
Advisor, FREDA Consultant, CARE Myanmar, Action Aid, MRCS, EcoDev, NAG
Resource Person, ICHARM, Tsukuba City, Japan EGRESS, World Vision,
Global Green
Previous:
Permanent Representative of Myanmar with WMO, 2005-2009
Focal Point, National Multi-hazard Early Warning Centre, 2005-2009
Member, APN Research Group on Extreme Weather Events, 2001-2009
Team Leader, Vulnerabilty and Adaptation Assessment Group on Climate Change for
Myanmar, NCEA, 2007-2009
Project Manager, NAPA, UNEP, Myanmar. 2008-2009
WMO Focal Point for Public Information of Myanmar, 1985-2009
Focal Point, Commission on Atmospheric Science (CAM), WMO, 1998-2009
Member, National News Authority on Natural Disasters, 2008-2009
Member, Task Force , DRR , UNDP_ADPC, PONREEP, Myanmar, 2008- 2009
Current Research Interests:
1. Climate Change Research on Myanmar
2. Clmate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment
3. Disaster Management Development
4. Research Development on Monsoon Climatology of Myanmar
5. Earthquake and tsunami hazard assessments for future earthquakes
Tsunami generation process on the basis of submarine observation (bathymetry,
submersible observation) and numerical computations
6. Storm Surge Numerical Prediction Model development in Myanmar
7. Climate Adaptation, Mitigation and Vulnerabilty Assessment
8. Model Development on Climate Scenario Formulation
Current Activities
1. Member, Publication Collaboration (Edited Book on Forms of Community Participation in
DRM), ICHARM/PWRI Tsukuba Science City, Japan
2. Chairman, RIMES(Regional Integrated Multi-hazard Early Warning System)
3. Member, APN (Asia and Pacific Network), Research Group on Extreme Events
Awards:
1. Outstanding Student in Mathematics, Gold Medal Award, 1964
2. Outstanding Student in Physics, Certificate, MASU, 1971
3. Award for National Peace and Development (29-5-1990)
4. Award for National Outstanding Government Service for (4-1-1995)
5. National Award for Peace, Law and Order Restoration(4-1-1995)
6. National Award for Outstanding Government Service (4-1-1996)
7. National Award for Industrial Economy Science, Second Grade, (4-1-2003)
8. First Literary Prize of “Thuta Syweson” for the category on Knowledgeable Science for 2008
9. Winner of the ” Saya Kha Memorial Award” for the best physics Ph.D. dissertation award
for 2008.
10. Winner of the Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science’s Best Science Doctoral Dissertations
Research Report Award for 2008.
Seminars: Abroad > 80 times
Domestic > 350 times
Publications Books 3
Research Papers 85
Articles >300
Reports,
Some selected Publications
1. Maung, Ohn and Tun Lwin, 1967; “ The Stage Correlation Method of Flood
Forecasting for Khamti and Monywa”
2. Lwin, T, 1984; “ The twenty six years Cycle in the Flood Events in Pyay”
3. Lwin T 1986; “The numerical classification of climate of Myanmar” Paper presented at
the paper reading session in Yangon, February, 24 pp
4. Lwin T, Daw Khin Cho Cho Shein2 2006; “ Climate Change in Myanmar during the last five
decades”.
5. Lwin T 2006; “ The Impacts of El-Nino and La-Nina events
on the Climate of Myanmar “.
6. Lwin T , Kyaw Lwin Oo2 2006: “ The Inter-annual variations in the Monsoon Climatology
of Myanmar and its perspectives “
7. Lwin1 T , Zin Aung, 2006;
“ The Indian Ocean Tsunami of 26 December 2004 - Myanmar Experiences”
8. Lwin1 T, Nyein Nyein Moe2, 2006; “ Storm Surge Prediction in Myanmar: Operational
and Post Storm Field Survey Perspectives “.
9. Lwin1 T, Lei Lei Aung2 and Than Naing3 2006; “ The Volcanic Ash Eruption in Barren Island ”,
Departmental Paper
10. Lwin1 T and Aung Than2 2006; “ The Substantial Increased Earthquake Activities in
Myanmar and Its perspectives “.
11. Lwin1 T, Kyaw Lwin Oo2 and Than Naing 2006; “ The Indian Ocean Tsunami of; The Changes
in the Climatology of the Bay Storms “, Departmental Paper
12. Lwin[1]T, Dr. Win Swe[2] and Dr. San Hla Thaw3 2006; “ The Volcanic Ash Eruption in
Barren Island “., PACON Paper Reading Seminar, Yangon.
13. Lwin1 T, Aung Than2 , 2006;
“ The Substantial Increased Earthquake Activities in Myanmar and Its perspectives :
. PACON Paper Reading Seminar, Yangon.
14. Lwin1 T, Kyaw Lwin Oo2 and Than Naing 2006; “ The Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004 and its
impacts on the climate of Myanmar “.PACON Paper Reading Seminar, Yangon.
15. Myanmar Climate Change Performance Assessment Report, 2009. ( Processing for publication)