Keynotes Speakers

Prof.Dr. Ikuo HIRONO

Professor, Laboratory of Genome Science, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan

Innovation for shrimp diseases control

9:00 – 9:40, Tuesday, 28^th March 2017

Prof.Dr. Ikuo Hirono obtained his PhD from Kagoshima University in 1993, did a postdoctoral fellowship (JSPS) at Tokyo University of Fisheries in 1993-1994 and was a research scholar at Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University in 1998. He was Assistant Professor, Tokyo University of Fisheries from 1994-2002, and Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Fisheries, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology from 2002-2009. He is a Professor, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology from 2009. He is a co-editor in chief of Fish and Shellfish Immunology. He has over 350 publications in several international journals. His main research area is shrimp immune system and development of fish DNA vaccines. He is also conducting research on EMS/AHPND. He has many of students in Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, India, South Korea, China, and Columbia. He has/had many of international research collaborations under governments.

Professor Dr. Metha Wanapat

Professor in Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Sustainable livestock production and environment based on feeding innovation  in the tropics

9:41 – 10:20, Tuesday, 28^th March 2017

Awards: The Sarasin Outstanding Researcher Award (2011) of Khon Kaen University and the 7^th Outstanding Animal Science Award by the Asian-Australasian Animal Production (AAAP) Societies (2008).

Prof.Dr. Metha Wanapat, has been teaching and conducting research in ruminant nutrition at Khon Kaen University, Thailand for 36 years. His long time and profound research experiences covering rumen fermentation, microbiome, feed resources, feedings systems in beef cattle, dairy cattle, buffaloes and small ruminants. His research findings have been disseminated for practical use in many countries through the invitation of international organizations such as EU, FAO, ICARDA, ILRI, SIDA-SAREC, NUFU etc. He has published many books and scientific papers in the data base of ISI, SCOPUS (more than 160 papers). His current research works have been on food-feed-system, improvement of low-quality roughages and dietary sources to increase rumen fermentation efficiency and mitigate methane. Furthermore, human resource development and on-farm research work have been his current focal undertakings. In addition, Professor Dr. Metha Wanapat has been honored with numerous scientific awards including The Sarasin Outstanding Researcher Award (2011) of Khon Kaen University and the 7^th Outstanding Animal Science Award by the Asian-Australasian Animal Production (AAAP) Societies (2008).

Prof.Dr.Jingtair Siriphanich

Professor in Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture Kamphaengsaen, Kasetsart University, Kamphaengsaen, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

Development of postharvest technology for export of fruits from Thailand: case studies on longan and longkong

10:41 – 11:20, Tuesday, 28^th March 2017

Awards: The best research award 2014 by the Higher Education Commission.

Prof. Jingtair Siriphanich is a professor in Horticulture, Agricultural Plant Science, Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture Kamphaengsaen, Kasetsart University, Kamphaengsaen, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. He received his Ph.D, (Plant Physiology) from University of California, USA in 1984. After graduation, he joined the Department of Horticulture. He has focused his research on Postharvest physiology and technology of tropical fruits. He has published much more research articles in peer-review international journal indexed by the Web of Science.

Prof.Dr.Timothy William Flegel

The Center of Excellence for Shrimp Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (Centex Shrimp)

New research directions for disease prevention in cultured shrimp

8:30 – 9:10, Wednesday, 29^th March 2017

Awards: National Research Council of Thailand award as Outstanding Researcher in Agricultural Science and Biology,  the Ajinomoto Lecture Award, a Golden Shrimp Award, the Thai Toray Science Foundation Science and Technology Award, co-recipient of the Group Technology Development Excellence Award, Thai Foundation for Promotion of Science and Technology under the Patronage of HM King Phumipol Adulyadet.

Tim Flegel is currently located at the Center of Excellence for Shrimp Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (Centex Shrimp) that is co-operated by the Faculty of Science Mahidol University and the Thai National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) under the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA). He was the head of Centex Shrimp from 2001-2012. He has done research on shrimp pathology and shrimp defense mechanisms, particularly for viral pathogens, for the past 30 years. For most of that period, he has been a member of both the Fish Health Section of the Asian Fisheries Society and the World Aquaculture Society and has been active in regional and international activities related to shrimp health management. He has received several national awards for his research on shrimp, the most recent being the 2013 National Research Council of Thailand award as Outstanding Researcher in Agricultural Science and Biology. He became a Thai citizen in 2010. He retired as a Professor in the Department of Biotechnology in 2010 and as head of Centex Shrimp in 2012 and now serves as an advisor to BIOTEC/NSTDA. At Centex Shrimp, he continues to do research on shrimp pathology and on the shrimp response to viral pathogens.

Prof.Dr.Soottawat Benjakul

Professor in Food Science and Technology, Department of Food Technology, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand

Valorization of fish/shellfish processing byproducts

9:11 – 9:50, Wednesday, 29^th March 2017

Awards: the Outstanding & Young Scientists Award 2011, Thailand Best Scientist 2011, Ajinomoto Award, Recently, he has received the Thailand Research Fund (TRF) Distinguished Research Professor grant.

Prof. Soottawat Benjakul is a professor in food science and technology, Department of Food Science, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Prince of Songkla University (PSU), Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand. He received his Ph.D, (Food Science and Technology) from Oregon State University, USA in 1997 under the support from the Fulbright scholarship. After graduation, he joined the Department of Food Technology (PSU). He has focused his research on seafood science and technology. His major fields of interest are the seafood quality as well as the valorization of fish processing byproducts. He is interested in tackling the problem associate with seafood quality loss. Recently, the researches on nutraceutical and cosmeceutical products from fish/shellfish byproducts are on-going in his laboratory in collaboration with the faculty of pharmaceutical science. He has received the research grants from national and international agencies. Within approximately 20 years of his career path, he has been named as several prestigious award recipients. Recently, he has received the Thailand Research Fund (TRF) Distinguished Research Professor grant. He has published more than 490 research articles in peer-review international journal indexed by the Web of Science. He has served as the reviewer for a number of journals as well as research proposals submitted to several granting agencies. He was appointed as editorial board for Journal of Food Biochemistry since 2000, for Fisheries Science since 2015 and for Journal of Food Science since 2016. He has also served as the associate editor for International Aquatic Research since 2010. He has been invited as the keynote speaker, particularly in the field of seafood processing and quality. He has around 10 book chapters and two books. He has also appointed as the visiting professor at Dalian Polytechnic University and Zhejiang Ocean University, China, since 2014.