Academic Staffs

Academic Staff  | Supporting Staff

Name: Krai Meemon Krai Meemon
Title: Associate Professor Dr.
Education: Ph.D. (Mahidol University)
  Postdoctoral study (Karolinska Institutet), Sweden
Expertise: • Molecular and cellular biology of liver fluke
  • Anthelmintic drug and vaccine development
  • C. elegans as a model organism organism  
  • Longevity and anti-aging research  
  • Neurodegenerative diseases (Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases)
     
Website: Meemon Laboratory  
     
Contact Address: Department: Anatomy  
  Room: B114
  
  Lab: B 101
  Phone: +66 2201 5407, Fax +66 2354 7168
  E-Mail: krai.mee@mahidol.ac.th, krai.mee@mahidol.edu
FULL CV    
Research Interest: • Longevity and anti-aging research of extracts from sea cucumber and medicinal plants
  • Neuroprotective effects of the extracts from sea cucumber and medicinal plants
  • Human gross anatomy and embryology
  • Anthelmintic drug and vaccine development
Education:        
Year Degree Place
1995-1998 B.Sc. Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
  (Physical therapy; First Class Honor)    
1999-2004 Ph.D. (Anatomy)      Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Work Experiences and Training:                               
Year  Detail
2000-2001 Research fellowship, Department of Genetics, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
2007-2009 Postdoctoral studies, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet,
  Sweden  
GRANT AND FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT:
  1. Research Grant for New Scholar, Thailand Research Fund: Molecular cloning and characterization
    of saposin-like proteins from Fasciola gigantica, 2005-2010. (2 years) (Principal Investigator)
  2. Mahidol University: Development of diagnosis, vaccine and drugs for protection and therapeutics against fasciolosis by Fasciola gigantica, 2008-2010. (3 years) (Co-investigator)
  3. Research Grant for New Scholar, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University: Investigation of Antiparasitic Effects of Plumbagin, Artesunate and Dihydroartemisinin Using C. elegans As a Model, 2010-2012.
    (2 years) (Principal Investigator)
  4. Agricultural Research Development Agency: Screening for Pharmacological and Nutraceutical
    Benefits of Extracts from the Sea Cucumber, Holothuria scabra, 2013-2016. (3 years)
    (Co-investigator)
  5. Agricultural Research Development Agency: Vaccine development using juvenile-specific proteases against fasciolosis, 2014-2015. (1.5 years) (Principal Investigator)
  6. Thailand Research Fund and Mahidol University: Novel target validation program in neurodegenerative diseases – Parkinson’s disease, 2014-2017. (3 years) (Co-investigator)
  7. Mahidol University: Investigation of antioxidant, longevity and anti-aging effects of bioactive compounds from Thai medicinal plants, 2014-2017. (3 years) (Principal Investigator)
  8. Agricultural Research Development Agency: Effect of the extracts from the sea cucumber, Holothuria leucospilota, in lowering the body fat and hypertension in C. elegans and rabbits, 2015-2017. (2 years) (Co-investigator)
  9. Agricultural Research Development Agency: Nutraceutical potentials of the extracts from marine algae, Caulerpo lentillifera and Halymenia durvillei, 2018-2019. (1 year) (Principle Investigator)
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER:
  1. Microscopy and Microanalysis Research- The Journal of Microscopy Society of Thailand
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS: