Dr Thang Nam Do is a Research Fellow with the Zero-Carbon Energy for the Asia-Pacific Grand Challenge Program Initiative at The Australian National University (ANU).

Before joining ANU, he worked with the Vietnam Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment as Deputy Director General of International Cooperation, Global Environment Facility (GEF) Operational Focal Point, Chair of Association of Southeast Nations Association (ASEAN) Working Group on Climate Change, and national focal point of: ASEAN Working Group on Environmentally Sustainably Cities, Water Environment Partnership for Asia, and Clean Technology Fund.

He has led research projects on solar and wind power policies, cross-border electricity trade, carbon pricing, water environmental management for river basins, reviewing environmental economic instruments for revision of the Law on Environmental Protection, assessing environmental co-benefits of climate change mitigation policy, pollution damage, and national park valuation. In addition, he has acted as a resource person for various regional and national environmental policy issues, including water environmental management and sustainable cities.

Thang Nam Do attains PhD and Master in Environment Management and Development from the Australian National University and Bachelor in Environmental Engineering from the British Columbia Institute of Technology, Canada.