Ryan is the Communications, Education and Media Coordinator for the FPIC Team. He obtained his Bachelors Degree in Social Sciences with honors (Geography) from University Malaysia Sabah (UMS). Since graduating, he grabbed many opportunities to take part in research and consultancy projects, as wells as volunteering in environmental conservation activities with a local based NGO. His area of interests include environmental sociology and anthropology research on rural communities and social aspects of palm oil production landscape in East Malaysia.