Dr. Pawiya Pupa

Office:

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science Chulalongkorn University
Phayathai Road, Pathumwan
Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Contact Information:

Tel:  02-2187765

E-mail: pawiya.p@chula.ac.th

Teaching/Research Field:

  • Animal physiology
  • Animal biotechnology (especially microencapsulation technology)
  • Veterinary microbiology and pathology
  • Probiotics, gut microbes, and pathogens
  • Gut health and microbiome

Research Laboratory/Unit/Center of Excellence:

Diagnosis and Monitoring Animal Pathogens Research Unit

Current Research Topics:

  • Microencapsulated probiotic ameliorate diarrhoea in piglets challenged with                           enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
  • Use of probiotic as replacements for antibiotic-growth promotants in pigs
  • The efficacy of three double-microencapsulation methods for preservation of probiotic bacteria

Education:

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) 2009-2015 Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Veterinary Pathobiology Program 2015-2021 Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Research training:

Research assistance, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand (2017-2018)

Short-term researcher, National Institutes of health (NIH), USA (Sep-April 2020)

Scholarship and awards:

  1. Outstanding Presentation Research Award – 17th Chulalongkorn University Veterinary Conference (CUVC) (2018)
  2. Excellent Research Award in Agriculture and Biology “Sustainable Insight Knowledge of Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria and Probiotics in the Swine Industry” – National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) (2023)
  3. Excellent Research Award for Ph.D. candidate “Development of microencapsulated probiotic prototype and evaluation their efficiencies on performance and antibacterial effect to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in pigs” – Ratchadapiseksompotch Fund, Chulalongkorn University (2023)

Representative publications

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