Assoc. Prof. Supenya Chittapun, Ph.D. currently works as a lecturer at the Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University, Thailand. She received her Ph.D. in Biology from Prince of Songkla University, Thailand in 2004. Her research expertise is in algal and plankton biotechnology. She is interested in the development of algal cultivation, algal harvesting, algal cell disruption, and algal applications such as biofertilizer and filler agents. Her most recent publication is “Development of a fed-batch fermentation with stepwise aeration to enhance docosahexaenoic acid and carotenoid content in Aurantiochytrium sp. FIKU018”. She won the Gold Medal of invention for “GAIGON: Friend of aquarium” from ITEX'21 (Asia’s Leading Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition, Malaysia in 2021 and the Gold Medal of Invention and Special Award of Invention for “Easy and Small Biofertilizer Production: Algal Culture System” The 43rd International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva for the innovation of Inventions Geneva 2015, Geneva Switzerland and Association of Polish Inventors and Rationalizers, Poland 2015, respectively.
Assoc. Prof. Supenya Chittapun, Ph.D. currently works as a lecturer at the Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University, Thailand. She received her Ph.D. in Biology from Prince of Songkla University, Thailand in 2004. Her research expertise is in algal and plankton biotechnology. She is interested in the development of algal cultivation, algal harvesting, algal cell disruption, and algal applications such as biofertilizer and filler agents. Her most recent publication is “Development of a fed-batch fermentation with stepwise aeration to enhance docosahexaenoic acid and carotenoid content in Aurantiochytrium sp. FIKU018”. She won the Gold Medal of invention for “GAIGON: Friend of aquarium” from ITEX'21 (Asia’s Leading Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition, Malaysia in 2021 and the Gold Medal of Invention and Special Award of Invention for “Easy and Small Biofertilizer Production: Algal Culture System” The 43rd International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva for the innovation of Inventions Geneva 2015, Geneva Switzerland and Association of Polish Inventors and Rationalizers, Poland 2015, respectively.