Lecturer: Associate Professor Klanarong Sriroth, Kasetsart University, Mitr Phol Sugar Corp., LTD, Thailand

Time: 9:00-10:30 am, Feb. 8, 2018, Thursday

Location: 111 Meeting Room, Energy Building

Introduction of Lecturer: 

Associate Professor Klanarong Sriroth has involved in sugar and starch industry for more than 35 years after his graduation “Doctor of Engineering in Sugar Technology / Biotechnology” from the Technical University of Berlin in 1986. He was one of the key persons who established the public awareness for the significant roles of Science & Technology to strengthen the competitiveness of Thai agro industry, in particular carbohydrate crops which are sugar cane and cassava. Consequently, with the collaboration between National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) and Kasetsart University, Cassava and Starch Technology Research Unit, a specialized unit on cassava, starch and sugar technology, was established in 1995 and he has been active as the unit director since then. He is very prominent in starch and sugar processing. His expertise is further extended to bioethanol processing where cassava and sugar cane are preferably used as the promising feedstock. With a great demand of carbohydrate uses in many industries, he has been inquired to conducted many works,granted by the government agencies. He also set up sugar and ethanol Technology Programme for factory personnel, which promotes academic and industrial networking. Through his long-accumulated experience in academic researches and collaborative works with industrial sectors, he currently serves as a technical committee in many National Boards concerning cassava, sugar and bioethanol. He has more than 60 peer-reviewed publications.