Research interests

  • Agroforestry systems
  • Vegetation ecology
  • Landscape ecology
  • Ecosystem services
  • GIS, Remote sensing

Study

05.2022 – now

04.2020 – 03.2022

09.2015 – 09.2019

Ph.D. in Environmental Science

Institute for Geography, University of Hildesheim, Germany

Research focus: Traditional agroforestry systems revisited

M.Sc. in Landscape Science

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

M.Agr. in Bioenvironmental Science

Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Japan

Master Thesis: Nutritional contribution of black locust trees to black pine coastal forests in Shonai, Japan

B.Sc. in Environmental Science

Faculty of Environmental Science, Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Vietnam

Bachelor Thesis: Assessment of the current status of mining and using underground water for life purposes, warning of the risk of impact on local residence health in Hung Yen Province, Vietnam

Others

04 – 12.2020

01 – 07.2018

Research assistant at the Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Japan

Internship at the CIAT- International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Vietnam

Publications

Le, T.H., Bonari, G., Sauerwein, M., Plieninger., T., Zerbe., S. (2025): Traditional agroforestry systems in Europe revisited: a systematic review. Agroforest Systems 99, 236. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-025-01335-0

Le, T. H., Zerbe, S., Indreica, A., Bricca, A., Tofan, G., Janssen, J. N., Sauerwein, M., & Bonari, G. (2025). Microscale plant diversity in traditional wood-pastures. Applied Vegetation Science, 28, e70043. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.70043 

Murata, K., Watermann, F., Gonroudobou, O.B.H., Le, T.H., Yamanaka, T., Lopez, C.M.L. (2022): Effect of black locust trees on the nitrogen dynamics of black pine trees in Shonai coastal forest, Japan. Plant and Soil. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05355-y

Nguyen, T.T., Herviault, T., Nguyen, H.T.T., Fouillet, E., Le, B.V., Otieno, M., Le, V.D., Le, T.H., Nguyen, T.A, Hermann L., Lesueur, D. (2018): Do legume-based intercrops concurrently halt soil erosion and boost soil health in cassava cropping systems of Northern Vietnam? (LEGINCROP). Cirad-Agritrop. https://agritrop.cirad.fr/591055/http