CV Sakuntala Saijai 2016.12.07

Personal Details Name : Miss Sakuntala Saijai Date of Birth : June 4, 1985 Nationality : Thai Address : 606-8232, Joyful Comfort Nishimura, Room 115, : 6-1 Tanakafurukawa-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan Phone : +81-80-4828-6774 Email address : [email protected] Educational Background Doctor of Philosophy (Agricultural Science) Oct. 2013 - Sept. 2016 Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan Thesis: Analysis and application of microbial consortia involved in ammonification and nitrification for organic hydroponics Master of Engineering (Advanced Science and Engineering) Oct. 2008 - Sept. 2010 Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan Thesis: Construction of a new organic agricultural system based on biomass material circulation Bachelor of Science (Microbiology) May 2004 - Feb. 2008 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Thailand Project: Ethanol production from soybean curd whey by Saccharomyces cerevisiae V1116 Work Experience Oct. 2016-present  Postdoctoral researcher, Graduate School of Agriculture, Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2016 Kyoto University, Japan May 2011 - Sept. 2013  Academic Affair Team, 76th Thai students’ Association in Japan under the Royal Patronage (TSAJ) Oct. 2010 - May 2011  Lecturer of Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Sept.2007 - Oct. 2007 Technology, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi (RMUTT), Pathum Thani, Thailand  Research Assistance, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Thailand  Student trainee of the Central Laboratory (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Chiang Mai, Thailand Scholarship and Award  Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Scholarship for Doctoral Program at Kyoto University, Japan, Oct. 2013-Sept. 2016  “The Most Influential Presentation” awarded from 2nd JSBBA Kansai Student Forum, Nov. 28th, 2015  Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Scholarship for Master Program at Ritsumeikan University, Japan, Oct. 2008-Sept. 2010 1

Areas of Expertise  Agricultural and environmental microbiology  Nitrogen cycle  Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria  Organic hydroponics Publication  Boonpan, A., Pongswat, S., Pongthai P. and Saijai, S., 2011. The effect of chitosan on quality and extension of shelf life of tofu. Science and Technology RMUTT Journal. 1, 45-57  Saijai, S., Ando, A., Inukai, R., Shinohara, M., and Ogawa, J., 2016. Analysis of microbial community and nitrogen transition with enriched nitrifying soil microbes for organic hydroponics. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry. 80 (11), 2247-2254 Conference  Investigation of organic compounds-mineralizing conditions by designed microbial consortia. Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry convention 2016, Mar. 27th- 30th, 2016.  Effect of combining heterotrophic and autotrophic nitrifying bacteria on nitrification process for organic hydroponics. 2nd JSBBA Kansai student forum, Kyoto. Nov. 28th, 2015  Effects of heterotrophic bacteria in the designed nitrifying microbial consortia for organic hydroponics. 67th meeting of the Society for Biotechnology, Kagoshima, Japan, Oct. 26th-28th, 2015  Construction of a model nitrifying bacteria community for organic hydroponics. Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry convention 2015, Mar. 26th- 29th,2015  Analysis of pathogenic bacteria in the microbial community useful for organic hydroponic culture. Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry Kansai convention 2014. Sept.19th-20th, 2014  Analysis of pathogenic microorganisms from the microbial community of organic hydroponic cultivation. 1st JSBBA Kansai student forum, Kyoto. Japan. Jan. 31st,2015  Analysis of pathogenic bacteria from the microbial community of organic hydroponic culture. 66th meeting of the Society for Biotechnology, Hokkaido, Japan. Sept. 9th-11th, 2014  Construction of evaluation system for soil environment and agricultural product based on nitrogen cycle. The 2nd young scientist seminar, Yamaguchi, Japan, Oct. 10th-11th, 2009  Ethanol production from soybean curd whey by Saccharomyces cerevisiae V1116. Industrial and research project for undergraduate students, Bangkok, Thailand, March 28th-30th, 2008 References  Prof. Jun Ogawa Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University Kitashirakawa Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan 606-8502 Phone: +81-75-753-6115 Email address: [email protected] 2

 Prof. Motoki Kubo Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan 525-8577 Phone: +81-77-561-3901 Email address: [email protected]  Assoc. Prof. Abhinya Plikomol Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University Muang District, Chiang Mai, Thailand 50200 Phone: +66-5394-1948 Email address: [email protected] 3