Dr. Thidarut Boonmars is a well-known researcher and professor in the Faculty of Medicine at Khon Kaen University in Thailand. She received her Ph.D. in veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) in 1998 from Khon Kaen University, Thailand, and her Ph.D. in parasitology in 2005 from Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan. She is an expert in the field of parasitology, particularly in the areas of epidemiology, diagnosis, and the control of parasitic diseases. Her research focuses on the study of parasitic diseases that affect humans, such as malaria, filariasis, and soil-transmitted helminths. She has published numerous research articles in peer-reviewed journals and has also written several book chapters on the subject of parasitology.