Montarop Yamabhai

Profile Thai Name: มณฑารพ ยมาภัย

Born: 8 January 1967

Married to Prof. Dr. Dietmar Haltrich with one daughter; Thanika Yamabhai Haltrich (18/9/2005)

Experience

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY, SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY  2008 - PRESENT Assistant Professor (2005-2007); Lecturer (1998-2002)

HUMBOLDT RESEARCH FELLOW, MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS, DRESDEN, GERMANY  2003 - 2004 Performing research on molecular cell biology of protein trafficking in epidermal (MDCK) cell via lipid- raft system at the laboratory of Prof.Dr. Kai Simons, president of the European Life Science Organisation and Director of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany

POSTDOC, DEPARTMENT OF CELL BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS (UTSW-DALLAS)  2000-2002 Perform research on molecular mechanism of Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) localization to caveolae membrane microdoma at the laboratory of Prof. Dr. Richard GW Anderson, Department head

FULBRIGHT PRE-DOCTORAL VISITOR, DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, TWIN CITIES, USA  1993

LECTURER, FACULTY OF PHARMACY, RANGSIT UNIVERSITY, PATUMTHANI, THAILAND  1991-1992 Teach various laboratories courses in Pharmacy

HOSPITAL PHARMACIST, HUATAPAN HOSPITAL, UBON RATCHATANI, THAILAND  1989-1990 The first pharmacist of this hospital, establish the stock and patient care system.

Education Chulalongkorn Demonstration School, Bangkok, Thailand  M6, 1984

Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand  B.Sc. (Hons), 1989

Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA  Ph.D., 1998 (Thesis title: Identification of Intersectin: a novel component of the endocytic machinery, under the supervision of Brian K. Kay)

Research Interests The research in my laboratory involves molecular aspect of biotechnology. Current research activities are divided into two domains i.e. 1) Phage Display Biotechnology, focusing on human antibody engineering and II) Enzyme Technology, focusing on enzyme expression and engineering

Awards/Fellowship Fulbright Predoctoral Fellowship (USA), Distinguish PhD thesis award (NRCT, Thailand), Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Germany

Research Grants National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), National center for genetic engineering and biotechnology (BIOTEC), Thailand Research Fund (TRF), International Foundation for Sciences (IFS)