Dr. Chawanphat Muangnoi obtained his Ph.D. (Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Natural Products) from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. He received a scholarship for research on evaluating the effects of bioactive compounds on age-related macular degeneration (AMD) using cell culture models at the Institute of Ageing and Chronic Diseases, Liverpool University, United Kingdom. He is a lecturer for the Master's of Science and Ph.D. programs in Nutrition and the Master of Science program in Toxicology and Nutrition for Food Safety, Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Thailand. His area of research interest is the evaluation of biological activities and mechanisms of natural bioactive compounds using various cell culture models as tools. He is also interested in the development of natural bioactive compounds for anticancer agents.