Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Email Address
panya.sun@mahidol.ac.th
Education
BSc. (Chemistry) - Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
MSc. (Organic Chemistry) - Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
PhD. (Polymer Science) - University of Akron, USA
• Bio-based functional materials for being used in biomedical applications (e.g. controlled release drug delivery carriers, multi-functional hydrogels for wound dressing, and scaffolds for tissue engineering)
• Functional coating materials for medical devices (antimicrobial, protein/cell/tissue affinity)
• Fabrication of multi-responsive colloidal drug/vaccine delivery carriers
• Development of bio-based hydrogels for functional would dressing and tissue engineering scaffolds
• Synthesis of biopolymer/metal hybrid materials as antimicrobial coating agents
• National Research Award 2023, NRCT (Level: Outstanding research award, Category: Medical Science) “Development of An Intranasal Vaccine Against SARS-CoV-2 Using Mucoadhesive Nanodelivery-Adjuvant System” (Co-investigator)
• PST Rising Star Award 2015, from the Polymer Society of Thailand
• Outstanding Employee Award 2015 (Faculty of Science), Mahidol University