Principal investigator

Professor Peerasak Paoprasert (Ph.D.)

CONTACT INFORMATION

Email: peerasak73@hotmail.com, peerasak@tu.ac.th

Address: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University

              99 Paholyothin Rd, Klong 1, Klong Luang, Pathumthani, Thailand 12120

TEL: +66-2-5644440 ext. 2408

CURRENT AFFILIATION

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand 12120

WORK EXPERIENCE

2021-present Professor at Thammasat University

2016-2021 Associate Professor at Thammasat University

2013-2016 Assistant Professor at Thammasat University

2011-2013 Lecturer at Thammasat University

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

2022-present Deputy Dean for Finance and Budgeting

2021-present Director of Ph.D. Program in Chemistry

2014-2017  Assistant Dean for International Affairs

2011-2014, 2019 Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies

EDUCATION

--Ph.D. 2005-2010 (Organic Chemistry) University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

(Advisor: Professor Padma Gopalan) (Thesis title: Tailoring organic/inorganic interfaces by surface grafting molecules)

--B.A. 2001-2005 (Chemistry) Northwestern University, USA 

(Advisor: Professor SonBinh Nguyen) (Thesis title: The Effect of a-Halogen Incorporation in Substrate in the Catalytic Asymmetric Meerwein-Schmidt-Ponndorf-Verley (MSPV) Reduction)

AWARD

2022 Best Research Paper Award by Thammasat University (Label-free carbon dots from water hyacinth leaves as a highly fluorescent probe for selective and sensitive detection of borax)

2020 Wiley-CST Award for Contribution to Green Chemistry

2019 Best Research Paper Award by Thammasat University (Highly fluorescent carbon dots from enokitake mushroom as multi-faceted optical nanomaterials for Cr6+ and VOC detection and imaging

2018 Best Oral Presentation Award at ICMENS 2018, Hong Kong

2016 PTTGC Open Innovation Challenge winner (Smart-eco plants)

2015 New Researcher Award, Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University

2014 Outstanding Poster Presentation Award, PACCON 2014, Khon Khan, Thailand

2014 รางวัลวิจัยด้านวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี มูลนิธิโทเรเพื่อการส่งเสริมวิทยาศาสตร์ ประเทศไทย (Thailand Toray Science Foundation)

2013 รางวัลเกียรติคุณด้านการวิจัย จากมหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์

2012 Thailand Thesis Award (รางวัลวิทยานิพนธ์ จากสำนักงานคณะกรรมการวิจัยแห่งชาติ (วช))

2005 Departmental Honor in Chemistry, Northwestern University

2000 Scholarship from the Royal Thai Government