Meet the SynGlyco Team

Thapakorn Jaroentomeechai (Tommy J)

Faculty member, Mahidol University, THAILAND 🇹🇭 2026-present
Guest Researcher, UCPH, DENMARK 🇩🇰 2025-present
NEYE Fonden Fellow, UCPH, DENMARK 🇩🇰 2023-2025
EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), DENMARK 🇩🇰 2021-2023
Research Scientist Intern, Biogen Inc., USA 🇺🇸 2021
PhD, Cornell University, USA 🇺🇸 2021
MEng, Cornell University, USA 🇺🇸 2013
Research intern, Gunma University, JAPAN 🇯🇵 2011
BSc, Mahidol University, THAILAND 🇹🇭 2011

Dr. Thapakorn Jaroentomeechai is a faculty member in the Industrial & Bioprocess Engineering module, Department of Biotechnology at Mahidol University's Faculty of Science, where he established the SynGlyco Lab in 2026. Dr. Jaroentomeechai received his PhD in 2021 from Cornell University, USA and completed his postdoctoral studies at the Copenhagen Center for Glycomics in Denmark. His research focuses on synthetic glycobiology, cell-free protein synthesis, and glycoengineering with applications in biosensors and therapeutic proteins.