Yaowapha Waiprib is an assistant professor at the Department of Fishery Products, Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand. Regarding her educational background, she received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Food Technology from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand and her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia in 1999. Her research of interest includes functional ingredients from fish processing by-products, such as chitosan and related products, chitosan nanoparticles, chitooligosaccharides, chitinase-producing actinomycetes isolation and screening from tropical marine sponges and sediments, and the application of functional ingredients in seafood for a safety aspect. She is currently a member of the Thai Society for Biotechnology and the Japan Oil Chemists' Society (JOCS).