Faculty serving as academic advisers
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Assoc. Prof. George A. Gale, PhD
Nickname: "Ajaan George" Home countries: Thailand, USA. Ajaan George is an avian ecologist by training, but has been working with a very wide range of organisms for most of his 18 years at KMUTT. He enjoys working with students enormously – and has been an advisor or co-advisor for more than 30 students who have successfully completed MSc. or Ph.D. degrees. He is particularly interested in learning more about factors which affect avian nest predators and nest predation rates in general. He would also like to collaborate more with researchers to develop habitat models for critically endangered species such as Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis). During his free time he likes to read about wacky US politics and current events, and read a good book of fiction now and then. Prof. Gale is currently accepting graduate students. |
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Assoc. Prof. Tommaso Savini, PhD
Nickname: "Ajaan Tommaso" Home countries: Thailand, Belgium, Italy Starting from the concept that effective conservation can only be achieved when based on strong scientific foundations, focusing on the understanding of the species and/or the habitats/ecosystems one is attempting to preserve, Tommaso has spent the past 15 years studying the interaction between target species and their environment. Researching mainly on Primates and Galliformes (and to a lesser extent tigers, passerines, dolphins, and small carnivores) he investigates species status and distribution, socio-ecology, micro- and macro-habitat selection and the effects of human disturbance. Together with his graduate students (25 between current and graduated), he enjoys field research in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Bangladesh and recently began a long-term cooperation with colleagues in Belgium and in Brazil, comparing differences in primate seed dispersal and social structure between Southeast Asia and the Neotropics. While not working he enjoys spending time with his kids, cooking and reading. Prof. Savini is currently accepting graduate students. |
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Worata Klinsawat, PhD, Lecturer
Nickname: "Pai" Home country: Thailand Pai believes that good scientific research starts with asking good questions, then analysing and interpreting data from well-designed studies and refined methodology. Advances in genomics and spatial statistics open up an exciting era of possibility that facilitates the emerging field of conservation genetics. Pai’s PhD work focused on the phylogeography and landscape genetics of large mammals with tiger (Panthera tigris) and Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) as case studies. She is an advocate for using integrated ecological and genetic monitoring to better understand wildlife population dynamics at both evolutionary and recent timescales. Pai wants to assist her students to become determined and passionate learners. She enjoys balancing the lab and field work as well as meeting people from diverse cultures and backgrounds. In her free time, Pai loves capturing the moments through the lens, watching documentaries, biking and baking. |
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Assist. Prof. Dusit Ngoprasert, PhD
Nickname: "Soy" Home country: Thailand Dusit was born in the "Land of Durian". He became involved in large mammal monitoring in 2001 as a field assistant in Khao Yai National Park. Now a PhD and indispensable member of the lab, his interests include a range of questions related to conservation ecology. Most of his research has focused on conservation of bears and several small carnivore species, including otters and Asia's various cat species. Carnivores live at the top of the food chain and are thus under serious pressure, but little is known about them. Dusit is a member of the IUCN Bear Specialist Group and works extensively with a number of technical collaborators. He conducts field research and teaches a method course. In addition, Dusit assists students/collaborators to deploy appropriate methodologies and undertake data analysis for population estimation, distribution models, and habitat connectivity, using advanced computational techniques that are still relatively new to the region. A key focus is thus to capacitate regional researchers and graduate students in the quantitative skillsets required to perform data analysis for effective conservation action. Dusit is currently accepting graduate students. |
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Naruemon Tantipisanuh, PhD, Researcher
Nickname: "June" Home country: Thailand June is interested in landscape-level vertebrate conservation using Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Her PhD work supports systematic conservation planning in Thailand and the Indo-Burma Hotspot using MARXAN software. She has performed species distribution modeling using bayesian networks. She is currently working on a threatened species hotspot map of Thailand, and has been collaborating with several colleagues to conduct surveys of small carnivores in coastal wetlands and mangroves in southern Thailand, including otters and the endangered Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus). June is the main lecturer for the "Introduction to GIS" course held for graduate students during term one each year. She has plans to do further research on application of Bayesian methods for conservation management, application of MARXAN with Zone (for landuse mapping), image classification using object-based method, and landuse change analysis. She'd like to expand her fields to urban conservation, ecosystem services, and conduct outreach activities for school students. During her free time, June likes to play sports/music and find something to eat :-)... |
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Wanlop Chutipong, PhD, Researcher
Nickname: "Dterm" Home country: Thailand For the past several years, Wanlop has explored the basic ecology of small mammalian carnivores in protected areas by looking at how resource and species interactions (e.g. predation risk) affect spatial and temporal habitat use. He is now turning his focus beyond the thin line separating protected and non protected areas, exploring the occupancy status and threats of threatened small carnivores in coastal and wetland habitats of southern Thailand - a landscape undergoing rapid anthropogenic transformation. Focus species include vulnerable Small-clawed Otter (Aonyx cinereus) and Smooth-coated Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) and the endangered Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus). Come visit the Facebook group "Small Carnivore Conservation Thailand." |
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Postdoctorates and researchers
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Andrew Pierce, Researcher
Nickname: "Khun Andy" Home countries: Thailand, UK Andrew assists MSc and PhD students with their fieldwork and manuscript preparation. He coordinates a study of nest predation at Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve. As a licensed bird ringer he is involved in several projects at sites around the country as well as travelling regionally to assist training local ringers. He is a leading member of a team studying raptors migrating through Thailand that is about to enter an exciting phase with the use of Satellite tags. Andrew travelled extensively before settling in Thailand in 2001. He likes to photograph birds and other wildlife, read classics and travel writing. |
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Juan Manuel José Domínguez, Postdoctoral Researcher
Nickname: "Juanma" Home country: Thailand, Spain At first Juanma’s parents didn’t understand why their son travelled to distant lands to study primates; however, nowadays they realise that working in tropical forests invigorates him. Jungle life is never monotonous. Juanma is interested in ranging patterns and seed dispersal among primates as well and how human disturbance affects them within protected areas. In addition, he is studying the ecology and landscape spatial distribution of territorial gibbons living in inter-group contact zones. In his free time, Juanma likes to read and play sports. Although he used to spend at least half of his time in the forest, since his new little family member was born, Juanma’s “core area” has been more restricted to home and the lab. |
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Niti Sukumal, Postdoctoral Researcher
Nickname: "P' Id" Home country: Thailand Niti's current research focuses on landscape ecology of Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus), an endangered species that once ranged across Southeast Asia. Research questions include peafowl ecology, landscape conservation, and association with other species in shared habitat. Although his work to date has largely focused on galliformes, Niti is also interested in other lifeforms. He spends most of the time in the field but always seems to spend too much time in the office dealing with data analysis and write-up. Niti's focus on landscape-level ecology allows him to travel abroad (e.g. Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, and eventually also Indonesia). During his free time, Niti enjoys birding, horticulture, raising chickens and fish, drawing, reading, watching movies, listening to music, running, cycling, perfecting his signature dish "Thai Scrambled Eggs Flambé", and imbibing British ales. |
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Tananun Chotprasertkoon, MSc, Office manager
Nickname: "Lew" Home country: Thailand Lew decided to join the conservation ecology lab after earning her BSc in microbiology. She decided that it would be more fun to work with organisms larger bacteria, virus and fungi. She did her fieldwork on White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus) nest site selection in a fragmented habitat. |
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Tiwa Ong-In, MSc, Researcher
Nickname: "Dtoon" Home country: Thailand Tiwa's master's research involved use of radiotelemetry to study home ranges of Scaly-breasted Partridge (Arborophila chloropus) in Khao Yai National Park. Since then, he has been working on a project that could assist the IUCN Galliforme Specialist Group through monitoring the conservation status of the five species of partridges inhabiting forests of southern Peninsular Thailand. He has been in the field often of late conducting point counts and line transects in protected areas across the south. These partridges are under extreme pressure due to lowland forest loss, hunting, and capture for wildlife trade. Tiwa is a keen birder, photographer, and observer of nature, frequently contributing his observations to vertebrate expert groups. His photos of local birds are currently exhibited on posters across the university campus. |
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Students and field assistants
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Anucha Kamjing, MSc, Research Assistant
Nickname: "Por" Home country: Thailand Por is interested in otter species distribution using occupancy techniques. He is currently studying habitat utilisation and occupancy among vulnerable Smooth-coated Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) populations in the Inner Gulf of Thailand through sign transect and comparison with land use categories using Geographic Information System (GIS). Results thus far indicate the need to focus conservation efforts on persistence of otters in highly disturbed habitat as well as reducing conflict with fishing communities. He is currently assisting in the assessment of otter and other small carnivores in Southern Thailand using camera traps and transects. During his free time, Por enjoys sport (especially biking and basketball) as well as listening to his favourite music. It makes him happy when people come to him to talk about otters. [^_^] |
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Chenzing Yu, PhD Student
Nickname: "Xing" Home country: China Xing is studying the migration and winter ecology of Spotted Greenshank (Tringa guttifer), an endangered shorebird of the East Asian—Australasian Flyway. Much of her work includes satellite tracking, habitat investigation, behaviour observation, and macrobenthic sampling. Although her current work mainly focuses on wildlife, Xing is also interested in Buddhism and meditation. In her free time, she enjoys in volunteering and participating in meditation training at the monastery. |
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Chhin Sophea, PhD Student
Nickname: "Sophea" Home country: Cambodia Sophea is studying the ecology and conservation status of Chestnut-headed Partridge (Arborophila cambodiana) and its ecological association with Green-legged Partridge (Arborophila chloropus) in the Cardamom and Elephant Mountains of southwestern Cambodia. |
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Daphawan Khamcha, PhD Student
Nickname: "Jib" Home country: Thailand Jib started in the CEG lab in 2005 as research assistant working on a project focusing on the diversity and population dynamics of forest birds in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. Nowadays, she spends most of her time in the forest investigating the effects of forest edge on avian communities, nest survival, and the nest predator community - speaking of which, nest predators such as snakes and macaques really love dining on bird eggs and chicks!! During her free time she enjoys watching movies, especially about war and history, or exploring and photographing small & cute creatures like caterpillars and bugs. |
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Greg Irving, MSc Student
Nickname: "Tristón" Home countries: Thailand, USA Greg is exploring the effects of a hydroelectric dam on avian species diversity in southern Thailand. He is also interested in the impact of climate change on avian movements and distribution in highlands, galliforme ecology, as well as human-carnivore conflict in periurban areas near his future home on the Olympic Peninsula of western North America. In his spare time, Greg is often on his bike, looking for a tennis partner, listening to jazz, reading about phylogenetics, biogeography and/or extinct megafauna, or off in a forest somewhere recording birdsong. His xeno-canto portfolio can be found here. |
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Inêz Silva, PhD Student
Home country: Portugal |
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Israt Jahan, PhD Student
Nickname: "Jebin" Home country: Bangladesh Israt is studying the ecology and conservation of grassland birds of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, with a focus on investigating the seasonal movements of the Striated (Megalurus palustris) and globally vulnerable Bristled (Chaetornis striata) grassbirds in two sites in north-west Bangladesh. Her work includes tracking seasonal migration and non-breeding habitat preference on a macro-scale, observing breeding behaviour, and exploring micro-level habitat selection within breeding territories. Israt’s passion for birding started in 2008 when she became involved with the Bangladesh Bird Club. Since then, she has been an avid birder who has gained familiarity with Bangladesh’s avifauna, including vocalisations, and has joined several national bird surveys. Israt worked five years in bird conservation for the Forest Department, closely collaborating with several NGO partners. She is a qualified bird bander and is now leading her own ringing team in Bangladesh and is interested in avian morphometry and evolutionary genetics. She rarely passes up an opportunity to go birding! |
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Kanoktip Somsiri, Research Assistant
Nickname: "Tiffy" Home country: Thailand Tiffy started in the CEG lab as research assistant, working on a study of mechanisms that impact nest predation of forest birds in the fragmented landscape of Sakaerat Environmental Research Station. She has now begun working towards a MSc in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Khon Kaen University. She'll be studying territorial behaviour and group size among Scaly-crowned Babblers (Malacopteron cinereum indochinense), comparing the breeding and non-breeding seasons, in a long-term plot within Sakaerat. Tiffy is interested in ecology, geography and animals such as birds and macaques. During her free time, she likes to play sports, especially sepak takraw, as well as watching football because she loves Liverpool, and reading books on traveling around the world to places such as South America. |
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Katie Oliver, MSc Student
Home country: England Katie is investigating the factors which affect the vulnerable Bengal Slow Loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) distribution at Sakaerat Environmental Research Station. She is particularly curious to find what influences their detectability in order to improve success when searching for the animals. In her free time she enjoys painting and trampolining, although more recently, she is trying (and often failing) to learn more about statistical programmes. |
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Khamkeo Syxaiyakhamthor, MSc Student
Nickname: "Keo" Home country: Lao PDR Khamkeo was a tour guide for a national protected area northeastern Laos for a few years before changing his field work to wildlife monitoring and research. Presently, he is studying the population size and distribution of the Northern White-cheeked Gibbon (Nomascus leucogenysin), a critically endangered primate, in a protected area in Laos. Khamkeo is also interested in protected area and wildlife management. He likes travelling to remote areas to visit natural sites and meet the local peoples. |
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Kitipat Phosri, MSc Student
Nickname: "Tae" Home country: Thailand Tae started working as a research assistant in 2015, collecting field data on the Eurasian Wild Pig (Sus scrofa) at Sakaerat Environmental Research Station and vulnerable Malayan Sun Bear (Helarctos malaynus) and Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus) at Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary. Much of his work has included setting up camera traps and hair-snares. At present, he is slogging through mangrove swamps in support of a study on the distribution of small carnivores in southern Thailand. This past year or so, while getting his feet "wet" [Editor's note: perhaps "muddy" is the more appropriate word], he has gained increased interest in exploring the home range and distribution of small carnivores, a data deficient group of species, and is considering pursuit of a MSc on related topic. In his spare time, Tae enjoys playing football and other sports. |
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Matthew Crane, PhD Student
Nickname: "Matt"
Home country: USA
Nickname: "Matt"
Home country: USA
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Nay Myo Shwe, PhD Student
Nickname: "Nay Myo" Home country: Myanmar Nay Myo is studying response to habitat disturbance among several endangered avian species, including the Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus), Gurney's Pitta (Hydrornis gurneyi) and the Asian vultures. These species are particularly sensitive to habitat disturbance, yet in order to persist they must co-exist inside or near to human settlements. His interests are not limited to birds, but include other species as well - he is especially fond of the Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus). Nay Myo spends most of his time in Myanmar's forests for conservation work and birding. He's a keen sportsman who also enjoys playing guitar and reading in his spare time. |
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Ngwe Lwin, PhD Student
Nickname: “Ngwe” Home country: Myanmar Ngwe began his conservation career in 2008 as Field Project Coordinator for the Hoolock Gibbon Conservation Status Review Project in Myanmar for Fauna and Flora International, Myanmar Programme. He and his team conducted hoolock gibbons population surveys in their distribution range in Myanmar for more than 2 years. He is now studying the habitat preference of hoolock gibbons and Shortridge’s langur in Myanmar. Ngwe is interested in protected area management and community-based conservation. He likes bird watching and bird photography. |
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Ni Putu Diana Mahayani, PhD Student
Nickname: "Diana" Home country: Indonesia Diana is interested in understanding plant community ecology, including how anthropogenic disturbance affects biodiversity maintenance. Her work focuses on forest succession after timber harvesting, particularly how different logging practices impact plant community assembly, which shapes local communities and leads to variation in the diversity and composition of species pools from phylogenetic (evolutionary process) and functional trait (ecological interaction) perspectives. |
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Phan Channa, PhD Student
Nickname: "Channa" Home country: Cambodia Channa is studying the ecology and conservation status of the vulnerable Large-spotted Civet (Viverra megaspila) in Cambodia. His research provides a broad understanding of the role of this species in interaction with sympatric small carnivores in order to improve species conservation both locally and internationally. |
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Poramad Doungkomna, Research Assistant
Nickname: “Por” Home country: Thailand A passionate birder, upon completing his BSc in environmental science Por began working as a field assistant in avian research projects. He is currently part of a fledgling survival project at Sakaerat Environmental Research Station. In his spare time, Por enjoys riding his motorcycle around Thailand to visit the national parks, watching crime and investigation series, and amazing his friends by dexterously snatching butterflies ** from mid-air ** using nothing but the tip of his nose! |
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Rongrong Angkaew, MSc Student
Nickname: "Fai" Home country: Thailand Fai has for a long time had an interest in wildlife conservation and ecology, especially bird life. Thus, after graduating from university, she worked as a research assistant at Sakaerat Environment Research Station under a project that monitored the nest survival and predator community in forest fragments and edges. For several years, she has also volunteered to support research on passage migrants in southern Thailand. Fai enjoys conducting fieldwork and has gained a wealth of practical experience. She thus decided to move forward and start her masters. Her present focus is on habitat selection and post-fledgling survivorship among White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus), with the use of light-weight radio transmitters. This will hopefully shed light on the ability of this species, which is facing unprecedented levels of persecution for the caged bird trade, to persist in degraded habitat fragments. |
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Sakawrat Vaeokhaw, MSc Student
Nickname: "Gif" Home country: Thailand Gif enjoys fieldwork but has often wondered "how can I apply field data for my master's thesis?" The answer finally came to her while enjoying her hobbies of reading mystery novels, watching mystery TV shows, playing Sudoku, and travelling. EUREKA! She decided to try to combine biological samples from the field with DNA in the laboratory. Gif is exploring the impact on genetic diversity of a major highway that acts as a dispersal barrier and thus divides an Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus) population into separate sub-populations. Can they continue to survive in these smaller forests? Wish her success!! |
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Thura Soe Min Htike, MSc Student
Nickname: "Thura" Home country: Myanmar Thura is now studying the distribution of the Giant Nuthatch (Sitta magna) in Shan State, Myanmar. He is excited to study this species because there has been very limited published scientific research on this endangered habitat specialist. Before joining the Conservation Ecology Program, Thura worked as a Range Officer for the Myanmar Forest Department. He is interested in wildlife management and forest conservation, but in his free time he also enjoys watching movies and reading novels. |
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Vattikorn Sophonrat, MSc Student
Nickname: "Bank" Home country: Thailand Vattikorn is studying the ecology of the Java Sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora), an introduced species that has been thriving for several decades in very localised pockets around Bangkok. He is an avid birder who is also fascinated by other vertebrates, particularly snakes. Vattikorn frequently engages in community outreach and has been volunteering with the Bird Conservation Society of Thailand (BCST) for over six years. |
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Worrapan Phumanee, PhD Student
Nickname: "Tor" Home country: Thailand Worrapan works with long-term monitoring of large carnivores in Mae Wong and Khlong Lan National Parks, located in the Western Forest Complex of Thailand. The team is exploring diet, habitat utilisation, and demography of large carnivores as well as interaction with prey species. His hobbies are bat surveying, reading cartoons, and birdwatching. |
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Wyatt Petersen, MSc Student
Nickname: Home country: USA Wyatt joined the Conservation Ecology lab in 2016 with an interest in small carnivore ecology. Over the next two years with us Wyatt will investigate how the seasonality of dry tropical forests shapes small carnivore distributions and habitat use. Since coming to Thailand Wyatt has picked up a few new hobbies to fill his spare time, including Muay Thai at the local community center and free-diving off the Gulf of Thailand. |
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"Fledglings"
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Abu Naser Mohsin Hossain
MSc, graduated in 2011 Thesis title: Investigating factors associated with the spatial distribution of tiger abundance across the Bangladesh Sundarbans. PhD, graduated in 2018 Thesis title: Compliance and enforcement mechanism for preventing wildlife crime in Bangladesh. |
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Achara Simcharoen "Tom"
PhD, graduated in 2013 Thesis title: Home range of female tiger (Panthera tigris) in relation to prey abundance in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Uthai Thani province. |
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Anucha Kamjing "Por"
MSc, graduated in 2015 Thesis title: Local and landscape effects on otter (Mustelidae) occupancy in the inner gulf of Thailand. |
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Apirat Iamsiri "Uth"
PhD, graduated in 2008 Thesis title: Distribution and abundance of Hume’s pheasant in Thailand. |
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Chanratana Pin "Vuong"
MSc, graduated in 2017 Thesis title: Modeling dry season waterhole use by Wildlifevin Mondulkiri Protected Forest, Eastern Plain Landscape, Cambodia |
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Chanthasone Phommachanh “Olay”
MSc, graduated in 2017 Thesis title: Survey of large and medium-sized mammals in likely Saola habitat by camera trapping in Xaichamphone, Lao PDR. |
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Dai Ran “Nina”
MSc, graduated in 2018 Thesis title: Seed predation by rodents on seeds dispersed by two groups of gibbons (Hylobates lar) with effects of forest type in HuaiKhaKhaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Thailand. |
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Daphawan Khamcha "Jib"
MSc, graduated in 2009 Thesis title: Movement pattern, seed dispersal and tree-fall gap use by a forest interior frugivore: Puff-throated bulbul (Alophoxius pallidus). |
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Dusit Ngoprasert "Soy"
MSc, graduated in 2004 Thesis title: Effect of roads, selected environmental variables and human disturbance on Asiatic leopard (Panthera pardus) in Kaeng Krachan National Park. PhD, graduated in 2012 Thesis title: Habitat selection and density estimation of sympatric Asiatic black bears (Ursus thibetanus) and Malayan sun bears (Ursus malayanus) in evergreen forest. |
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Jitwadee Khoonwongsa "Oh"
MSc, graduated in 2012 Thesis title: Post fledging survival and juvenile dispersal in Abbott’s babbler (Malacocincla abbotti) in Khao Yai National Park. |
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Korakoch Pobrasert "Mong"
MSc, graduated in 2005 Thesis title: Nesting habitat selection of Abbot’s Babbler (Malacocincla abbotti) in Mo Singto, Khao Yai National Park. |
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Manoon Pliosungnoen "Gi"
MSc, graduated in 2009 Thesis title: Density estimate and habitat use by Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis). |
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Naruemon Tantipisanuh "June"
PhD, graduated in 2014 Thesis title: Systematic conservation planning in Thailand and Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot. |
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Nay Myo Shwe
MSc, graduated in 2015 Thesis title: Temporal changes in habitat use by avifauna in seasonally dry tropical forest. |
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Nichanan Namwong "Namwan"
MSc, graduated in 2014 Thesis title: Cavity-nest availability and community use in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand. |
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Niti Sukumal "Id"
MSc, graduated in 2009 Thesis title: Habitat use and home range analysis of Siamese fireback (Lophura diardi) and Silver pheasant (L. nycthemera) in sub-montane forest, Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. PhD, graduated in 2016 Thesis title: Ecology and landscape conservation of green peafowl (Pavo muticus). |
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Phetprakhai Wonkson "Phet"
MSc, graduated in 2011 Thesis title: Effects of habitat quality on the number of alloparents and subsequent nesting success in a cooperatively breeding tropical passerine, Puff throated bulbul (Alophoixus pallidus). |
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Pichani Saengtharatip "Luk-Kaew"
MSc, graduated in 2014 Thesis title: The effects of elevation and other environmental factors on patterns of anuran species richness and abundance in Huai Chang Tai stream at the Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand. |
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Pornpimon Tangtorwongsakul “Ping”
MSc, graduated in 2016 Thesis title: Influencing of crop type along land-use intensity gradient on bee communities in suburban area. |
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Puntipa Pattanakaew "Pin"
MSc, graduated in 2002 Thesis title: Effect of local and landscape environment on seed dispersal by birds in regenerating forest. |
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Rungnapa Phoonjampa "Rung"
PhD, graduated in 2010 Thesis title: Density estimation, habitat use, and ranging patterns of Pileated Gibbons (Hylobates pileatus) in lowland evergreen forest, Thailand. |
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Saranphat Suwanrat "Pick"
Postdoctoral Researcher 2015-2017 |
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Siriya Sripanomyom "Teng"
MSc, graduated in 2009 Thesis title: Effects on landscape characteristics on migratory shorebirds communities in the Inner Gulf of Thailand. |
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Somchai Nimnuan "Win"
MSc, graduated in 2009 Thesis title: Effect of food supply on foraging patterns and weights of wintering shorebirds on a managed wetland in the Inner Gulf of Thailand. |
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Somying Thunhikorn “Neng”
PhD, graduated in 2016 Thesis title: Ecology and landscape conservation of gray peacock-pheasant. |
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Souvanny Ounmany
MSc, graduated in 2012 Thesis title: Evaluating whether conservation campaign interventions change community attitudes towards biodiversity conservation in the Nam Kading National Protected Area, Lao PDR. |
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Suchada Phiphatsuwannachai “Jibbie”
MSc, graduated in 2015 Thesis title: Seed dispersal by gibbons in Hui Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sancruary. |
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Sukanya Chaisuriyanane "Kanya"
MSc, graduated 2005 Thesis title: A comparative study of diet of great hornbill (Buceros bicornis) and rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) during the breeding season on Budo Sungai Padi National Park, southern Thailand. |
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Tananun Chotprasertkoon "Lew"
MSc, graduated in 2015 Thesis title: Influence of surrounding vegetation on White-rumped shama (Copsychus malabaricus) nest tree selection and nesting success in a dry evergreen forest of north-eastern Thailand. |
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Thanee Dawrueng “Nong”
MSc, graduated in 2015 Thesis title: The long term variation of abundance and micro-habitat selection of Great Argus (Argusianus argus) in the rainforest of Southern Thailand. |
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Tiwa Ong-in "Dtoon"
MSc, graduated in 2011 Thesis title: Study of home range, nest- and roost-site selection by Scaly-breasted partridge (Arborophyla chloropus) in Khao Yai National Park. |
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Vy Nguyen Tran
PhD, graduated in 2017 Thesis title: Ecology of galliformes species geographically limited to South Vietnam. |
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Wangworn Sankamethawee "Khieo"
PhD, graduated in 2009 Thesis title: Survival and nest dispersal in cooperative breeding puff-throated bulbul (Alophoixus pallidus). |
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Wanlop Chutipong "Dterm"
MSc, graduated in 2009 Thesis title: The effects of forest structure and food availability on the small carnivore community in Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, western Thailand. PhD, graduated in 2016 Thesis title: Estimation of and factors affecting the probability of resource use, distribution and density of small carnivores in western Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary. |
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Waraporn Kaewprom "Priao"
MSc, graduated in 2004 Thesis title: Responses to burning and edge effects of small mammals at Klong E Tao substation, Khao Yai National Park. |
External affiliated students
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Current
Clarisse Porcheron, MSc student University of Liège Country: Belgium Eva Gazagne, PhD student University of Liège Country: Belgium Kanoktip Somsiri, MSc student Khon Khaen University Country: Thailand Shany Dror, MSc student University of Hohenheim Country: Germany |
Graduated
Aurélie Albert-Daviaud, PhD University of Liège (Belgium) Feeding and ranging behavior of northern pigtailed macaques (Macaca leonina): impact on their seed dispersal effectiveness and ecological contribution in a tropical rainforest at Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. Chandara Tak, MSc Royal University of Phnom Penh (Cambodia) Estimating green peafowl Pavo muticus status in Mondulkiri Protected Forest, Cambodia. Christopher A. Salema, MSc Prince of Songkla University (Thailand) Habitat Use and Diet of the Common Green Magpies Cissa chinensis at Sakaerat Environmental Research Station. Fany Brodcorne, MSc University of Liège (Belgium) Eco-behavioural profile of a long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) population in a human managed area of Bangkok (Thailand). Franziska Harich, PhD University of Hohenheim (Germany) Conflicts of human land-use and conservation areas: The case of Asian elephants in rubber-dominated landscapes of Southeast Asia. Gilles P. Bottin, MSc University of Liège (Belgium) Primate communities in northern Thailand Juan Manuel José Domínguez, PhD University of Granada (Spain) University of Liège (Belgium) Impact of edge effect on the ecology, behavior and composition of pigtail macaque (Macaca nemestrina) in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. Lydia Light, PhD University of Texas Sant Antonio (USA) Life at the extreme: the behavioral ecology of white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar) living in a dry forest in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Thailand. Moira Wilputte, MSc Free University of Brussels (Belgium) Factors affecting the distribution of Macaca leonina in the fragmented forest of Sakaerat, Thailand Olivier Kaisin, MSc University of Liège (Belgium) Predatory impact of the northern pigtailed macaques (Macaca leonina) on passerine bird reproduction in the Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve in Thailand Rehan Ul Haq, PhD Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand) Factors Affecting the Abundance, Species Richness, and Behavior of Waterbirds in Bung Boraphet Wetland, Central Thailand Rajendra Dhungana, MSc Prince of Songkla University (Thailand) Human-Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) Conflict in Chitwan National Park, Nepal. Saranpat Suwanrat, PhD Soranaree University of Technology (Thailand) Habitat selection and abundance estimates of Siamese fireback Lophura diardi at Sakaerat Environmental Research Station. Supatcharee Dhanasarnphaiboon, MSc Mahidol University (Thailand) Relationship among habitat quality, home range size and group size in the puff-throated bulbul (Alophoixus pallidus) at Mo Singto, Khao Yai National Park. Trevor T. Caughlin, PhD University of Florida (USA) The role of seed dispersal in the life history of tropical trees. |
