Nipada Ruankaew Disyatat, Ph.D. อาจารย์ ดร. นิพาดา เรือนแก้ว ดิษยทัต TELEPHONE: 0-2218-7537 E-mail: Nipada.R@chula.ac.th

EDUCATION BACKGROUND:

• Princeton University
Ph.D. 2004, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Dissertation: Changing land use patterns in Northern Thailand: effects of agricultural practices in Mae Chaem.
Dissertation committee: Henry S. Horn (chair), Stephen W. Pacala, Andrew P. Dobson
M.A. 1998, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Washington University
B.A. 1996, Biology, summa cum laude

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Lecturer, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. April 2004-present
• Assistant-in-Instruction, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. Fall 1996-Spring 1997
• Teaching assistant, Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri Fall 1995

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

• International Center for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) Ph.D. fellowship. 2000-2003
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth System Science Fellowship. 1997-2001
• Thai government scholarship under the Development and Promotion of Science and Technology Talents Project (DPST). 1989-2004
• Dean’s List, Washington University: Fall 1993, Spring and Fall 1994.

PUBLICATIONS

Lumlertdacha, B., S. Wacharapluesadee, J. Denduangboripant, N. Ruankaew, W. Hoonsuwan, A. Puanghat, P. Skarasaeranee, D. Briggs, and T. Hemachudha. 2006. Complex genetic structure of rabies virus in Bangkok City and its surroundings: implications for canine rabies control. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 100(3):276-281.
Denduangboripant, J., S. Wacharapluesadee, B. Lamlertdacha, N. Ruankaew, W. Hoonsuwan, A. Puanghat, and T. Hemachudha. 2005. Transmission dynamics of rabies virus in Thailand: Implications for disease control. BMC Infectious Diseases 5: 52.
Ruankaew, N. 2005. GIS and epidemiology. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 88(11):1735-1738.

CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS

• Presented “Agrobiodiversity”, Biodiversity Research and Training (BRT) Annual
Meeting, Krabi, Thailand, 10-12 October 2006.
• Presented “The Importance of Farmland Biodiversity to Sustainable Rural Livelihoods”,
Invited talk, International Workshop on Sufficiency Economy, Bangkok, Thailand, 27-29 July 2006.
• Presented “Management of Forests of Thailand” at the 23rd Conference of the Japan
Environmental Council at Matsuyama University, Matsuyama, Japan, 26-27 March 2005.
• Presented “Rice production systems in Thailand” (with Sithicharoenchai, D.) at
Ecological Methods in Biodiversity and Pest Management Research Workshop,
International Rice Research Institute and Imperial College London, Los Ba?os,
Philippines, 30 August-3 September 2004

TRAININGS AND WORKSHOP

• Ecological Methods in Biodiversity and Pest Management Research Workshop,
International Rice Research Institute and Imperial College London, Los Ba?os,
Philippines, 30 August-3 September, 2004
• Ecological Modeling for Conservation and Management, Chulalongkorn University,
5-16 July, 2004
• MAS in the Field of Economics, Asia IT&C Project on Multi-Agent Systems, Social
Sciences and Integrated Natural Management, Chulalongkorn University, 26-30
April, 2004
• Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) in the Field of Computer Science, Asia IT&C Project on
Multi-Agent Systems, Social Sciences and Integrated Natural Management,
Chulalongkorn University, 15-19 March 2004

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Graduate courses:
- Systematics and Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology, Seminar in Zoology, Doctoral Seminar
and Doctoral Dissertation Seminar in Agricultural Technology. Chulalongkorn University. (2004-present)
• Undergraduate courses:
- Principles of Ecology for Economists, Field Studies in Biology, Ecology, Ecology
Laboratory, Man and Environment, General Biology, Ecosystem Ecology. Chulalongkorn University (2004-present)
- Introduction to Ecology and Evolution (Spring 1997) and Biology of Organisms (Fall
1996). Princeton University
- Vertebrate Structure Laboratory. Washington University (Fall 1995)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

• Association of Tropical Biology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Impact of land use changes on ecosystems, infectious disease dynamics, community and ecosystem ecology, applications of GIS for natural resource management and conservation