Asst Prof Dr. Chitchai Chantangsi

Office:

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

Contact Information:

Tel: 02-2185378

E-mail: chitchai.c@chula.ac.th

Teaching/Research Field:

  • Parasitology
  • Protozoology and Protistology

Research Laboratory/Unit/Center of Excellence:

Protistology Laboratory

Current Research Topics:

  • Molecular diversity of marine benthic protists
  • Morphological characterization and molecular phylogeny of some parasitic alveolates
  • DNA barcoding of protists, parasites, and some insects
  • Cytotoxicity and bioremediation by ciliated protozoa

Research Grants:

  • TRF-CHE Research Grant for New Scholar; The Thailand Research Fund (TRF)
  • Plant Genetic Conservation Project under the Royal Initiative of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn – Chulalongkorn University

Education:

B.Sc. (Biology) 1997-2001 Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

M.Sc. (Zoology) 2004-2006 University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Ph.D. (Zoology) 2006-2009 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Scholarship and Award:

  1. A scholarship from Office of the Civil Service Commission (OCSC), Royal Thai Government Scholarship, 2004 in Biological Science in Insect Biology (declined)
  2. A scholarship from Biological Cooperative Research Network Scholarship (CRN), Commission on Higher Education, Ministry of Education, 2004 in Biology in Protozoology
  3. Book Publication Award, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
  4. Best Student Oral Presentation Award: 13th East Coast Conference on Protozoology, Russell Sage College, Troy, New York, USA
  5. University of Guelph Campus Author 2005 Recognition

Representative publications

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