Leah Han

About

Studying the political economy of international public biodiversity finance (biodiversity-related development finance) and its potential role in transformative change. Interested in design x futures 🎨

Experience

• Consultant - Planetary Health Innovation Centre (Phic) at Institut Pasteur
  Jun 2025 - Mar 2026 · 10 mos

  Supporting food system transformation with a major Japanese seafood company and the researchers at University of Tokyo

• Oxford Sustainable Finance Summit Administrator at Oxford Sustainable Finance Group
  Feb 2025 - Jul 2025 · 6 mos

• Teaching Assistant at The University of Tokyo
  Jul 2018 - Jun 2023 · 5 yrs

  ■ Environmental Impact Assessment and Mitigation 2020S2, 2021S2, 2022S2, 2023S2 ■ Fieldwork and Case-studies for Environmental Sciences (III) 2022S2, 2023S2 ■ GLP-GEfIL (Global Education for Innovation and Leadership) Phase 1 2021

• Research Assistant - Landscape Ecosystems Lab at Tokyo City University
  Aug 2019 - May 2023 · 3 yrs 10 mos

  Research and translation of materials about EIA, prospect of biodiversity offsets policies in East Asia, corporate No Net Loss targets, and compensatory mitigation schemes in the U.S. under Prof. Akira Tanaka

• Project Intern at U-Tokyo DLX Design Lab
  Sep 2022 - Apr 2023 · 8 mos

  ■ Assisted the Ondjou project to design a non-intrusive tracking device and low-cost monitoring system for the conservation of highland elephants in Namibia ■ Assisted the Governors Island project of UTokyo