Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science CB-1212, Chemistry I Building, Chiang Mai University Chiang Mai, Thailand, 50200
Email Address
kiattikhun.m@cmu.ac.th
Phone Number
+66-53-943-341
Education
BSc. (Chemistry) - Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
MSc. (Chemistry) - Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
PhD. Materials Science and Engineering (Polymer Science Option) - The Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.
• Polymer Physics and Chemistry
• Stimuli Responsive Polymers
• Biodegradable Polymers
• Polymer Hydrogels for Drug and Protein Delivery
• Polymer in Solutions
• Molecular Design of Polymers for Biomedical Applications (MEDIPOL) Project
• Development of Frontier Basic Research in Materials Science for Knowledge-based Innovations
• Designing polymer-protein conjugated networks as injectable biodegradable hydrogels with affinity control drug delivery
• Production of High Quality Resorbable Polymers for Medical Devices
• Controllable sol-gel phase transition of smart hydrogels derived from pectin for use in controlled release applications
These smart hydrogels are injectable so they can minimized the risk of infection from surgical operation. The polymers are designed to effectively encapsulate drug and protein for sustain release.
In this part, smart polymers are prepared either as in LCST polymers or polymer micelles depending on microstructural design. LCST polymers demonstrated complete phase transition so that polymer poor phase and polymer rich phase can be visible in the solution. For polymer micelles, these polymer undergo partial phase transition where only polymer emulsion is observed. These polymers, both LCST polymers and polymer micelles, serve as S.I. for further functionalization of biomacromolcules. So the S.I. polymers will act as A.I. (artificial intelligence) to take control if they are functionalized (embedded) onto the hosts.
the synthesized S.I. polymers are functionalized onto the host polymers, i.e. biomacromolecules such as bovin serum albumin, chitosan, pectin, alginate, etc., to alter the gelation behaviors of such macromolecules. The sol-gel transition of the system can be tuned to selectively match the target site, where drugs and therapeutic proteins are delivered.
• 2018 Advisor to “2018 The Best Thesis Award”, Graduate School, Chiang Mai University
• 2017 Japan-Asia Youth Exchange Program in Science (Sakura Exchange Program in Science, (SSP) at Osaka University), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan
• 2012 Brain Korea 21, Theranostic Macromolecules Research Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea
• 2005-2010 Office of the Higher Education Commission, Royal Thai Government
• 2002 Excellent Graduate Study Award, Chiang Mai University, Thailand