Staff

Orapan Nabangchang. Dr. Nabangchang is an Associate Professor of economics at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University. She completed her Bachelor Degree from the University of York, UK in the field of Politics and Sociology; her Masters in Rural Development from the University of East Anglia, UK and her Ph.D. in Land Economy from University of Cambridge, UK. Dr. Orapan has extensively researched the land and environmental issues of Thailand and Southeast Asia. She is also currently Deputy Director of the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA) which is an agency that aims at building capacities of environmental economists in this Region. As part of the EEPSEA management team she has been involved in training programs in Southeast Asian countries and organizer and Resource Persons in the field of economic valuation of natural resources and the environment. She also supervises researchers fro EEPSEA supported projects in Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia and Myanmar. In Thailand, Dr. Orapan has conducted research for agencies that are interested in the theory and application of environmental economics such as the Court of Justices, the Department of National Park Wildlife and Plants and the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources.

Rawadee Jarungrattanapong. Dr. Jarungrattanapong is currently an academic staff at school of Economics, Sukhothai Thammathirat University. She holds a B.A. in Statistics from Srinakarinwirot University and an MA in economics from the National Institute of Development Administration, both of which are Thai institutions. She also holds a MSc. in Environmental Management from National University of Singapore. She got her PhD in Asia Pacific Studies (Environmental Economics) from Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan. Her specialize is Natural Resources and Environmental Economics and her current research focuses on Behavioral Economics and Environmental Management.

Kunlayanee Pornpinatepong. Mrs. Pornpinatepong is an Assistance Professor of Economics at Prince Songkla University (PSU), Thailand. Presently, she is the Head of Economic Department, Faculty of Economics, PSU. She completed her Masters in Resource Economics from the University of Rhode Island, USA. Her research interests are in the areas of economic valuation of natural resource, experimental economics, and policy analysis which most of her study are involved with coastal resource or lake management. Two of her outstanding research was selected for the 4th and the 5th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists in 2010 and 2014.

Piyaluk Buddhawongsa. Dr. Buddhawongsa is currently an assistant professor in School of Economics, Chiang Mai University. She was received her Ph.D in Economics from Texas A&M University, USA in 2005. She attained several environmental economic courses funded by EEPSEA. She conduct research with EEPSEA entitled “Guidelines for conducting extended cost-benefit analysis of dam projects in Thailand” in 2001, “Household Demand for Improved Drinking Water Quality: A Cross Country Project” in 2012 and “Farmers’ Adaptation to Flood Disaster: Evidence from the Mekong River Basin in Thailand” with Phumsith Mahasuweerachai in 2012. She was a teaching assistant of Dr. Benoit Laplante in an EEPSEA short training course in LOAS in 2001. She was also a resource person in an EEPSEA short training courses in Cambodia (2008), LAOS (2011), Vietnam (2013), Cambodia (2014) and Myanmar (2015).

Phumsitth Mahasuweerachai. Dr. Mahasuweerachai is an Assistant Professor of economics at Khon Kaen University. He completed his Bachelor Degree from Khon Kaen University, Thailand in the field of Economics; his master degree in Economics from National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Thailand and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Oklahoma State University, USA. Dr. Phumsith has researched water, environmental, behavioral economics, and sustainable rural development issues of Thailand. With Dr. Orapan, he has also involved in national and international payment for ecosystem services training programs.

Mya Lwin Lwin Aung. Ms. Mya Lwin Lwin Aung received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from University of Yangon in 1999. She completed her master degree (Master of Public Administration) from Yangon Institute of Economics in early 2014. She attended the research methodology course in Mekong Institute, MINZAS2013 and attended some more courses of environmental economics at EEPSEA. She has done one project about Solid Waste Management granted by EEPSEA. Currently, she is Liaison officer of EEPSEA.