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Munguntuul Ulziibaatar

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Munguntuul obtained a Master's degree in Environmental Sciences in Univerity of Tsukuba,Japan and a bachelor's degree in Geography, National University of Mongolia.
She brings expertise in rangeland research and monitoring, with focus on rangeland management and socio-economic analysis, geospatial data analysis. 

Employment Records
10/2021 - 12/2025   Researcher in the Division of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, Institute of Geography and Geo-ecology, MAS
10/2009 - 06/2018   Researcher in the Division of Geographic Information Systems and Cartography, Institute of Geography (former name), MAS

  

Projects
2023 - 2024   Project coordinator and Researcher in “Strengthening sustainable rangelands and pastoralist life for better food security, biodiversity restoration and resilience to Climate Change in Mongolia”, a UNESCO joint project
2023 - 2023   Project specialist and Researcher in the project of “Technical Cooperation research of Analysis of source-sink Relationship of Heavy Metal pollution in rice field at the Regional Scale”, an International joint project with Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, People’s Republic of China
2022 - 2024   Researcher in "Vulnerability Assessment of Pasture Industrial System to Global Climate Change and the Optimization Countermeasures of the Typical Case Regions in China and Mongolia on Mongolian Plateau" International joint project
2019 - 2022   Project specialist and Researcher in the project of “Key Technology Research & Development and Application Demonstration of China-Mongolia Pasture Monitoring based on multi-source Remote Sensing Data Fusion” an International Joint project with the People’s Republic of China
2017 - 2019   Researcher in the project of basic research “National Geographical Name of Mongolia tradition, change, preservation and spatial database”, funded by the Ministry of Education and Science,
2014 - 2016   Researcher in the project of basic research “Model of Mongolian geographic cover based on SPOT and MODIS satellite image”. Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences
2011 - 2013   Researcher in the project of basic research “Geographical database of the Central region in Mongolia” funded by the Ministry of Education and Science

Education
Since 02/2026   PhD Student of Giessen University &
scholarship holder funded by the SDG Nexus Network
2018 - 2020   Master of Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan
2005 - 2009   Bachelor of Science (Geography), Faculty of Geography and Geology (former name), The National University of Mongolia, Mongolia

 

Further Information
Affiliation          Member of ZEU | Scholarship Holder
Focus Area   Climate & Environment
References               
Fields of Interest  
  • Environmental and natural resources management
  • Rangeland study
  • Climate change
  • Socio-economic study
  • Land use and land cover change
Project involvement
  • SDG Nexus Network Projekt
Publications
  • Jugnee, U., Jiao, L., Dalantai, S., Huo, L., An, Y., Batsaikhan, B., Tsogtbaatar, U., Ulziibaatar, M & Natsagdorj, B. (2025). A general methodological framework for predicting and assessing heavy metal pollution in paddy soils using machine learning models. Heliyon, 11(4).
  • Sainbayar Dalantai, Munguntuul Ulziibaatar, Bayartungalag Batsaikhan, Unurnyam Jugnee, Undrakhtsetseg Tsogtsaikhan. (2023). Estimating the above-ground biomass of the pasture using machine-learning models in Mongolia. The fourth International Conference on Environmental science and Technology proceedings, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
  • Munguntuul, U., Boldbaatar, N., Sainbayar, D., and Altantuya, D. (2022). Estimation and validation of pasture aboveground biomass using Sentinel-2 and ALOS Palsar (A case study in Bayandelger soum, Tuv province), the 43rd Asian Conference on Remote Sensing e-proceedings, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2022, https://a-a-r-s.org/proceedings2022/
  • Boldbaatar.N, Ganchudur. Ts, Udval. B, Munguntuul. U. “Assessment of forest suitability in Selenge province using geographic information system and multi-criteria decision-making approach”, Hureltogoot -2022 conference proceedings, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2022
  • Natsagdorj, B., Tsetsegmaa, G., Bayarsaikhan, U., Ulziibaatar, M., & Ganbaatar, B. (2022). Assessment of forest suitability in Khuvsgul province using geographic information system and multi-criteria decision-making approach. Mongolian Journal of Geography and Geoecology, 59(43), 184–194. https://doi.org/10.5564/mjgg.v59i43.2526
  • Saruul G., Altanbagana M., Bayarjargal M., Otgonkhuu Ts., Munguntuul U., Urantamir G. “Determining variables of Rural Population’s Social, Economic, and Ecological Vulnerability to Climate Change” report, “Risk of natural disasters and their social and economic impact” conference by National Institute of Disaster Research, Mongolia. 2022
  • Galtbayar, S., Myagmarsuren, A., Munkhbat, B., Tsedev-Ish, O., Ulziibaatar, M., & Gankhuyag, U. (2022). Determining variables of social, economic, and ecological vulnerability to climate change. Mongolian Journal of Geography and Geoecology, 59(43), 30–42. https://doi.org/10.5564/mjgg.v59i43.2510
  • Ulziibaatar, M., & Matsui, K. (2021). Herders’ Perceptions about Rangeland Degradation and Herd Management: A Case among Traditional and Non-Traditional Herders in Khentii Province of Mongolia. Sustainability, 13(14), 7896. MDPI AG. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13147896
  • Ulziibaatar, M., & Matsui, K. (2021). Herders’ Perceptions about Rangeland Degradation and Herd Management: A Case among Traditional and Non-Traditional Herders in Khentii Province of Mongolia. In: Shoyama, K., Dasgupta, R., & Estoque, R. C. (eds). Ecosystem Service and Land-Use Changes in Asia: Implications for Regional Sustainability. Sustainability. (pp 201-215). Basel, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-0365-5855-4
  • Munguntuul Ulziibaatar “Using Herders’ Traditional Knowledge to Conserve Rangeland in Murun Soum, Mongolia”, Master’s thesis, University of Tsukuba, Japan, 2020
  • Danzanchadav.G, Nomintsetseg. Kh, Shiirev-Adiya. S, Sainbayar. D, Altantuya. D, Munguntuul. U, JinHuGeJiLeTu (2017). “Detection change of sand distribution in Mongolia” Issues of Geography and Geo-ecology in Mongolia, p.72-77,
  • Research project report of “Model of Mongolian geographic cover based on SPOT and MODIS satellite image”, 2014-2016
  • Research project report of “Collecting geographical information of Central Region of Mongolia”, 2011-2013
  • Shiirev-Adiya, S, and Munguntuul, U. “Calculate prospect of state investment projects using the GIS” 7th International Conference Proceedings on Environment and Sustainable Development in Mongolian Plateau and Surrounding Regions”, China, 2011
  • Shiirev-Adiya, S, and Munguntuul, U. “Calculate prospect of state investment projects using the GIS” report on “Human and Environment” conference by National University of Mongolia and Institute of Geography, MAS, 2011
  • Basic Rangeland Maps for selection of herder groups to be involved in Peri-Urban rangeland project, MCA /Uvurkhangai /, 2011
  • Maps of prospects of National development and investment of Mongolia, 2011
  • Mongolian Pasture imaging maps-/Khentii, Dornogovi, Bulgan, Khuvsgul, Selenge/-27 soums, 2010
  • Water map and database of Mongolia in 1:100 000 scale / Khentii, Bulgan, Arkhangai, Sukhbaatar, Govi-Altai/, 2009
  • The surface water database of Mongolia, its possibility to update using satellite image, bachelor’s thesis, National University of Mongolia, 2009