In Myanmar, she has been leading the Ayeyarwady Futures (2013-2014) and Chindwin Futures (2015-present), the programs that collaborated with state and non-state agencies to support evidence based multi-stakeholder engagement in water resources management and development in the Chindwin River Basin and Ayeyarwady River Basin.
Prior to joining SEI, Chayanis worked as a Programme Officer and Operational Hydrologist at the Mekong River Commission, Vientiane where she focused on managing the hydro-meteorological database, formulating and managing several projects relevant to water resources monitoring and data collection activities and undertaking various hydro-meteorological analyses as required by the MRC programmes.
Chayanis used to work as a water resources engineer in a number of consulting firms (Dhara Consultants, PAL Consultants and ASPAC Consultants) and as a research assistant in Asian Institute of Technology, an international academic institute in Bangkok, Thailand.
Chayanis holds a Ph.D. in Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering from the University of Tokyo and is the winner of two distinguished scholar prizes in Japan.
- Robust decision-making in the Mekong: strengthening inclusive climate change adaptation and natural resource management
- Climate change impacts on the water, food and energy sectors in Myanmar's Sittaung river basin
- Leveraging Multi-Source Data and Digital Technology to Support the Monitoring of Localized Water Changes in the Mekong Region
- Chindwin Futures: Natural resources, livelihoods, institutions and climate change in Myanmar's Chindwin River Basin
- A stakeholder‐centric tool for implementing water management strategies and enhancing water cooperation (SDG 6.5) in the Lower Mekong Region
- SUMERNET contributes to Mekong Environment Ministers meeting
- Stories of change from the Mekong: Celebrating 10 years of SUMERNET
- Developing river basin management solutions in Myanmar
- Stories of change from Asia: 10 years of SEI’s Asia Centre
- Asia-Pacific forum focuses on mainstreaming adaptation to climate change