EDUCATION

• 2013 – 2019 Ph.D., Major Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
• 2009 – 2013 B.Sc., Major Medical Technology, Thammasat University (First-class honors)

AWARDS

• 2015 – 2018 Thailand Graduate Institute of Science and Technology (TGIST) scholarship from National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA)

WORK EXPERIENCE 

2019 Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine and Public Health, HRH Princess Chulabhorn College of Medical Science, Chulabhorn Royal Academy

Highlighted Publication

• Chamchoy K, Pakotiprapha D, Pumirat P, Leartsakulpanich U, Boonyuen U. Application of WST-8 based colorimetric NAD(P)H detection for quantitative dehydrogenase assays. BMC Biochem. 2019;20(1):4.
• Chamchoy K, Boonyuen U. (2017) Dehydrogenases in glucose metabolism and their role in diseases. In Collins M (Editor), Biochemistry research trends (pp 39-190). New York, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
• Boonyuen U, Chamchoy K, Swangsri T, Junkree T, Day NPJ, White NJ, et al. A trade off between catalytic activity and protein stability determines the clinical manifestations of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. Int J Biol Macromol. 2017;104(Pt A):145-56.
• Boonyuen U, Chamchoy K, Swangsri T, Saralamba N, Day NP, Imwong M. Detailed functional analysis of two clinical glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) variants, G6PDViangchan and G6PDViangchan+Mahidol: Decreased stability and catalytic efficiency contribute to the clinical phenotype. Molecular genetics and metabolism. 2016;118(2):84-91.

Research of Interests

• High-throughput genotyping for heterozygous glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency
• CYP2D6 genotyping by high resolution melting (HRM) analysis