Awards and Honours (Before 2009)

2006 – 2011 Outstanding Service Recognition as a Charter Online Mentor of the American Society for Microbiology Minority Program

2007               Selected Scholar in the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Scholar-in-Residents program (deferred until 2009 due to maternity leave)

2007               Selected Participant in the ASM Bioquest Bioinformatics workshop (deferred until 2009 due to maternity leave)

2006               Early Career Faculty Travel Award for theAmerican Society for Microbiology Conference for Microbiology Educators (ASMCUE), to attend and present at ASMCUE 2006 at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

2000               Honourable Mention – Academic Excellence Award on“Intellectual Property Management,” Thailand-Australia Science and Engineering Assistance Program

2000               Training Fellowship for the Thailand-Australia Science and Engineering Assistance Program (TASEAP)

2000               Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship       

1993-1999      Full Scholarship: MEXT Japanese Ministry of Education (Monbusho)       

1986-1993       Full Scholarship (High School and Undergraduate): Thai Department of Promotion in Science and Technology (DPST)

1991, 1992 and 1993     Awards for Outstanding Academic Achievement Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University

1989                   Second Place in All-Thailand Science Project Competition (High School)