Through the ASEAN -U.S. S&T Fellowship, Dr. Hul worked closely with the National Council for Science and Technology within the Ministry of Planning as was pleased to assist his host ministry with the development of S&T policy in Cambodia. During the Fellowship Dr. Hul also worked to raise awareness of S&T for public and political support, presenting at “Scientific Day”, an event organized by the Cambodia’s Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports to bring together officials from the line ministries to highlight the importance of S&T. Furthermore, Dr. Hul provided inputs to legal papers on topics such as ranking criteria for researchers and national S&T research grant guidelines, the latter of which has been incorporated into a “call for applications” for a National Research Grant on S&T and disseminated to academic institutions, government sectors, and civil society.
Dr. Hul holds a Diplôme d’Etudes Aprofondie in Chemical Engineering and Food Technology from Institute of Technology of Cambodia (2004), a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from De La Salle University-Manila, Philippines (2006), and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of the Philippines-Diliman and Shizuoka University-Japan (2010).