Assistant Professor Dr. Nawaporn Vinayavekhin
- Room 1527/5 Mahamakut Building, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Chulalongkorn University Phayathai Road, Patumwan Bangkok 10330, THAILAND
- 02-2187738
Education
- [2012] Ph.D., Harvard University
- [2008] M.S., Harvard University
- [2006] B.S., University of Chicago
Work Experiences
- [2012 - present] Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
- [2007 - 2012] Research Assistant under Prof. Alan Saghatelian, Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- [2007] Teaching Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- [2006] Research Assistant under Prof. Richard F. Jordan, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- [2005 - 2006] Chemistry Tutor, College, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Current Research Topics
- Chemical biology, Discovery of biologically-active or novel small-molecule metabolites through liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)-based untargeted metabolomics, Natural product discovery, Biocatalysis, Plant-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions, Biochemical and molecular mechanisms of microbial environmental stress response, Microbial biotransformation, Environmental technology
Scholarship and Awards
- [2016] Outstanding New Researcher Award in Biological Sciences, the Science Forum
- [2006] Francis E. Knock Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement in Chemistry
- [2005] Elected member of Sigma Xi (the scientific research society)
- [2005] Recipient of Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) award through DAAD, Munich, Germany
- [2001] DPST Scholarship Award, Thailand (from B.S. to Ph.D.)
- [2000] Silver Medal Prize at 32nd International Chemistry Olympiad, Copenhagen, Denmark
Research Summary
Publications
•Metabolomics responses and tolerance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa under acoustic vibration stress. PLoS ONE.
2024. Cited 1
•Lowering of lysophosphatidylcholines in ovariectomized rats by Curcuma comosa. PLoS ONE. 2022. Cited 0
•Aspergillus niger upregulated glycerolipid metabolism and ethanol utilization pathway under ethanol stress. MicrobiologyOpen. 2020. Cited 8
•The effects of disruption in membrane lipid biosynthetic genes on 1-butanol tolerance of Bacillus subtilis. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 2018. Cited 4
•Proteomic analysis of isozymes in Butea superba leaves. Russian Journal of Plant Physiology. 2017. Cited 0
Full list
•Lowering of lysophosphatidylcholines in ovariectomized rats by Curcuma comosa. PLoS ONE. 2022. Cited 0
•Aspergillus niger upregulated glycerolipid metabolism and ethanol utilization pathway under ethanol stress. MicrobiologyOpen. 2020. Cited 8
•The effects of disruption in membrane lipid biosynthetic genes on 1-butanol tolerance of Bacillus subtilis. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 2018. Cited 4
•Proteomic analysis of isozymes in Butea superba leaves. Russian Journal of Plant Physiology. 2017. Cited 0
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