The President |
Professor Dr. Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn
Mahidol, the President of the Chulabhorn Research Institute, is the youngest daughter
of Their Majesties King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit of Thailand. As a qualified
scientist, she has always attached the greatest importance to the role of sciences
in social and economic development, and accordingly conceived the idea of establishing
a national institute to assist in the development of Thailand.
H.R.H. Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol has been a
lecturer in Chemistry at Mahidol University since 1985, with special interests in
chemistry and synthesis of natural products, as well as in research on Thai medicinal
plants. She was the third person in the world who has been awarded the UNESCO's
Einstein Medal for her continuous efforts in promoting scientific collaborations
in Asia and Pacific. She was also the first Asian who has been invited to join the
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), England, as an Honorary Fellow. Currently, she
is the chairperson of the Working Group on the Chemistry of Natural Products Collaborative
Programme between the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and the
National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT).
H.R.H. Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol has received
international recognition for her scientific accomplishments. She has also been
appointed to various United Nations posts, namely, a special advisor to the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and a member of the Special High-Level Council
for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction of the United Nations.
In addition, she has not only been a visiting professor at various universities
in Germany, Japan and U.S.A., but has also received numerous honorary doctoral degrees
from a number of universities in U.S.A., U.K., Japan, and elsewhere. Furthermore,
she has been an executive member of the Board of International Organization for
Chemical Sciences in Development (IOCD), as well as the Patron of the International
Foundation for Science (IFS) in Sweden. |
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