Nattawut Boonyuen is a Researcher of the Plant Microbe Interaction Research Team, Integrative Crop Biotechnology and Management Research Group, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), with his research focuses on the systematics, evolution, biodiversity, and polyphasic method of environmental fungi, micro-fungi, & aquatic fungi. He earned his Ph.D. in Tropical Agriculture from Kasetsart University. His publications delve into the evolutionary connections among various fungal species that were previously unknown, the richness of fungal diversity, newly discovered fungi capable of producing compounds, preliminary utilization and biotechnological screening of fungi, composite materials based on mycelium, and mycological degradation.