Articles by Klomjit Chandrapanya

color = "#B693B5"; Profile: Amaret Bhumiratana An accomplished academic scientist believes innovation in the private sector is the key to Thailand’s future. By Klomjit Chandrapanya © Tatree Saengme-Anuparb Amaret Bhumiratana believes that one of the key factors missing in Thailand’s advancement in science and technology is the lack of entrepreneurial spirit among young Thais. A product of American education, Amar

color = "#B693B5"; Profile: Kanyawim Kirtikara A young scientist leads Thailand’s premier biotechnology organization with a mix of passion and practicality. By Klomjit Chandrapanya © Tatree Saengme-Anuparb Friends and family members tell Kanyawim Kirtikara, the head of the National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), that she has changed since she became the leader of the country’s premier

She is just a few years out of school, and already Nitsara Karoonuthaisiri is head of the government’s first microarray lab, and helping the next wave of even younger scientists achieve the same success.

color = "#FFB459"; A Policy Pioneer Yongyuth Yuthavong is not your ordinary biochemist. By Klomjit Chandrapanya © Tatree Saengme-Anuparb Holding 7,000 Thai baht (about $300) in his hands, Yongyuth Yuthavong had an epiphany. It was the late 1960s and he was a fresh-faced researcher, back in Thailand with a doctorate degree from Oxford, and about to embark on his own research project studying enzymes from papaya. The research

color = "#FFB459"; Watchara Kasinrerk The head of Chiang Mai University’s Biomedical Technology Research Center has broken down the walls between the university’s scientists, producing impressive and marketable results. By Klomjit Chandrapanya © Tatree Saengme-Anuparb Watchara Kasinrerk almost cancelled his interview. He wasn’t sure he wanted to talk about himself so much. It was not until he was assured