Dr. Suwannapong received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Zoology from the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, and her Ph.D. in Biological Sciences (Entomology) from the Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America. She received a Fulbright scholarship as a visiting professor at the Section of Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, California, United States of America. She was a visiting professor at the Department of Zoologie, University of Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany, the Department of Entomology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, and the Institute of bee health, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Her research focuses on honey bee histopathology, diseases, and honey bee communication.