Title: Lecturer

Address: Environmental Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University,

Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330. Thailand

Tel: 66-95- 545-3958

Email: aurorasunt@yahoo.com, Kallaya.s@chula.ac.th

Education Background:

2001-2005 - Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey – Newark, New Jersey, USA 10102

1991-1994 - Master of Science in Environmental Science, Chulalongkorn University, Phayathai Road, Phathumwan, Bangkok, Thailand 10330

1987-1990 - Bachelor of Science in Microbiology, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Working Experiences:

2022-present - Project director of FlexFreeForm Business Unit. Environmental Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University.

2019-present - Executive committee, Thai Network for Disaster Resilience of Thai Disaster Preparedness Foundation.

2014- present - Editorial Board Member of Fungal Mycology Reviews. British Mycological Society.

2017- 2023 - Deputy Director of Risk and Disaster Management Program. Graduate School. Chulalongkorn University

2014--2016 - User Advisory Board Committee of XAS user. Synchrotron Light Research Institute, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

2011-2013 - Deputy Director of Environment, Development and Sustainability Program. Graduate School. Chulalongkorn University

Research Interests:

Soil microecology for agricultural environment sustainability, waste management technology, plant and fungi association in rhizosphere, biogeochemical mechanisms, natural regeneration, ecological restoration and resilience, biodiversity products and value chain, climate impact attenuation by biodiversity development for agriculture

Professional Activities:

She is interested in the biodiversity development, and soil management on degraded lands for healthy ecosystem services of agriculture and agroforest through research based projects. Those projects mainly approach the principle of ecological regeneration balancing with sustainable uses for new market opportunity. Her expertise in ecological and environmental management especially biodiversity production, water and soil pollution and treatment technology was transferred among farmers to be a hub of sustainable product network.