Sreetheran Maruthaveeran is an Associate Professor at the Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). He also has served as a senior researcher at the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) since 2003 before joining the academic line in 2016. His main research interest lies in the social aspect of urban forestry, arboriculture, recreation and leisure sciences. Currently, he serves as the Editorial Board Member for Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism and also the Editor-in-Chief for ALAM CIPTA International Journal of Sustainable Tropical Design Research. He is the Coordinator for the Urban Forestry Unit, 6.07.00 of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). He is also a Professional Technologist (Ts) registered under the Malaysian Board of Technologists (MBOT) and a Certified Arborist (MY0300A) under the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), USA since 2007.