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Asst. Prof. Eakachai Prompetchara, Ph.D.

ACADEMIC POSITION:

Assistant. Professor

E-MAIL:

Eakachai.p@chula.ac.th

CLINICAL AND RESEARCH BACKGROUND

Eakachai Prompetchara received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from Chulalongkorn University in 2014. He has a comprehensive knowledge in Immunology, Virology and Molecular Biology. He has been working on dengue DNA vaccine since he was a Ph.D. student and continuing such research during his postdoctoral fellowship under a supervision of Professor Kiat Ruxrungtham.

Prompetchara is currently a lecturer at Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University. His current research focuses on the development of viral vaccine by using various platforms including nucleic acid-based vaccine (DNA, mRNA), virus-like particles and recombinant proteins.

He also works on the establishment of humanized mice model for vaccine immunogenicity testing and pathogenesis in collaboration with Professor Bradford K. Berges, Brigham Young University, UT, USA.

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION :

  • 2003-2006    Bachelor of Science (Medical Technology), Honors
    Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University Bangkok, Thailand
  • 2007-2013    Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Program of Biomedical Sciences Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

SCHOLARSHIP and AWARD

  • 2009-2013  Royal Golden Jubilee Ph.D. Scholarship, The Thailand Research Fund
  • April 2013 Outstanding Poster Presentation Award RGJ-Ph.D. Congress XIV, Pattaya, Thailand
  • June 2013 Awarded, Oral Presentation, 52nd Annual Scientific Conference, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • February 2016  Dissertation Award, National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT)

RESEARCH OF INTEREST

  • Immunology, Virology and Molecular biology
  • Vaccine development (nucleic acid-based (DNA, mRNA), recombinant protein, virus-like particles)
  • Animal study for vaccine immunogenicity testing
  • Clinical Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, Hematology
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