About Me
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Tawan Sooknoi
Associate Professor of Chemistry
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Education
Ph.D. in Chemistry (1996)
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), Manchester, UK
M.Sc. in Petrochemicals & HydrocarbonChemistry (1993)
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), Manchester, UK
B.Sc.Hons in Industrial Chemistry (1991)
King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), Bangkok, Thailand
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Grants & Awards
2009
Basic Research Grant from the Thailand Research Funds (TRF) for Decarbonylation / Decarboxylation of fatty acid to produce renewable long chain α-olefin
2008-2009
Research Scholar-University of Oklahoma, USA.
2007
Fulbright Scholar-Advanced Research and University Lecturing Awards in the US for Study on Hydrogenation and Hydrogenolysis Activity of Basic Zeolite Catalysts
2006
Research and Technology Development Grant from Nanotechnology Research Center, NSTDA for Zeolite Membrane for Selective Gas Sensor Device
2005
The Royal Golden Jubilee Ph.D. Programme (for Advisor) from the Thailand Research Funds (TRF)
2002
Researcher Development Grant from the Thailand Research Funds (TRF) for Study on Catalytic Activity of Titanium containing Zeolites
2001
Science and Technology Research Grant from Thailand Toray Science Foundation (TTSF) for Catalytic Cracking of Polystryrene over Base Catalysts in Continuous Process
2000
Certificate of Excellence for Oral Presentation from the Thailand Research Funds (TRF)
1998
Postdoctoral Grant from the Thailand Research Funds (TRF) for Synthesis and Catalytic Activity of Titanium containning Zeolites
1997
Young Researcher Grant from National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) for Design and Contruction of Catalytic Testing Rig
1996
First Prize, Oral Presentation at Postgraduate Colloquium on Catalysis, BP Chemicals, U.K
1995
First Prize, Poster Presentation at Manchester Inorganic Colloquium, U.K
1992
Thai Governmental Scholarship for MSc.-Ph.D study in the U.K.
1991
Scholarship for Promoting Talented Scholar to be a Lecturer in the University
CAO (Thailand) CO.,LTD Scholarship for Master Degree Study
First Prize Scholarship for M.Sc. programme in Organic Chemistry, Mahidol University