Associate Professor
Chulalongkorn University
Pathumwan, Krung Thep, Thailand
Sorada Kanokpanont, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and the Center of Excellence in Biomaterial Engineering in Medical and Health, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.
Sorada Kanokpanont has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (Specialization in Biochemical Engineering) from Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA. She is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. She co-founded multidisciplinary programs at her university in Engineering, such as Biomedical Engineering, Nanobioengineering, and the Center of Excellence in Biomaterial Engineering in Medical and Health. Her expertise is in applications of natural-derived biomaterials for health and food industries. In addition to her academic works, 60+ international publications, and several International Invention Awards, she continuously involves in industrial R&D projects and translated 5 biomaterial technologies at commercial scale. In 2018, she received funding for two consecutive training programs in Deep Tech entrepreneurship from The Royal Academy of Engineering UK, Leaders in Innovation Fellowship, Newton Fund, and from the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, the Innovation-Driven Entrepreneurship Academy program, at MIT Enterprise Forum, MA, USA. During 2017 - 2026, she coordinated two consecutive European Commission Horizon 2020-supported projects in Natural Biomaterial Research in the framework of Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions. She is now setting her goal on a clinical translation of silk-based medical devices in Thailand.
SOA 25.2 - Hemocompatibility of Thai Silk Fibroin
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
08:55 – 09:15 ICT