1. How did you get interested in doing research on this topic/region?
2. What recommendations do you have for people entering the field?
3. What recommendations do you have for people entering research in your region?
4. Challenges/difficulties to research? Rewards?
5. Are there cultural/political/other challenges to working in the area?
6. What institutions are there? What institutional research opportunities?
7. What is the biggest challenge (environmental, political, economic) to the Mekong region?
8. What are your field research strategies? Interviews, etc.
9. Do the people feel as though they have been overstudied?
10. Linguistic (national, local languages) challenges? How many languages do you have to interact with?
11. What other disciplines do you see as vital to your research? (collaboration)
12. What’s your favorite color?
13. Musical interests? Hobbies?
14. Any hobbies that assisted you in your research, or brought you to your discipline?
15. What’s your biggest fear?
16. Most embarrassing moment?
17. Favorite regional cuisine?
18. What is your next project?
19. If money and time were of no concern, what would you research?
20. What plants do you see as introduced in your region? Has it upset the balance with native plants?