Piyada Theerakulpisut is a Professor in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Thailand. She earned a Bachelor's degree and Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Biology from the University of Melbourne, Australia. For her Master's degree, she graduated in plant biology from Chaingmai University, Thailand. She works on plant stress physiology, plant physiology, and molecular biology, especially salt and water stress in different crop and plant species such as rice, cassava, soybean, etc.