Sakunnee Bovonsombut is an Associate Professor at Chiang Mai University, Thailand. She received her PhD from Essex University, UK. Her research work focused on food and environmental microbiology, especially the ecology of bacteria important in these systems, their interactions, functions, and genetic characteristics related to their functions. In environmental microbiology, she has a particular interest in microbes involved in hydrocarbon degradation and MEOR. In food microbiology, she has extensively worked on beneficial bacteria in indigenous foods, food fermentation, and food control.