Weerapong Prasongchean, PhD Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, , Researcher, Chulalongkorn University Drug and Health Products Innovation & Promotion Center, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Blog: https://gankspace.wordpress.com FB: https://www.facebook.com/weerapong.prasongchean Fanpage: https://www.facebook.com/drgank.weerapong/ IG: @drgankdrgula Education and Key Experiences 2005 BSc in Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand 2005 Pharmacy license, Thailand Pharmacy Council 2006 Certificate of English, University of Otago Language Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand 2007 MSc in Integrative Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Imperial College London UK 2011 PhD in Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Institute of Child Health, University College London UK 2011 Science Policy Workshop, House of Parliament, Newton's Apple Think Tank Ltd, London UK 2011 Developing The Future Leaders in Experimental Medicine, UK National Institute Of Health Research Summer School (UCL Representative), Department of Health, London UK 2015 Certificate, Collaboration in the digital classroom, Intel Teach Elements 2015 Certificate, Project-based approches, Intel Teach Elements 2016 Certified Facilitator, Franklin Covey 7 Habits of Highly Effective College Students for Chulalongkorn University 2016 Animals for scientific work license, Research Council of Thailand Key Awards & Achievements 2016 STEM Ambassador for STEM Education Newton Fund, British Council Thailand, The Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology (IPST) https://www.facebook.com/BritishCouncilThailand/photos/a.1082041905199504.1073741878.106876039382767/1082042435199451/?type=3&theater 2016 Pharmacist Ambassador for Samsung Career Discovery, Samsung Smart Learning Center http://www.samsungslc.org/scd/career-exploration/?careerid=58 2013 Representative of the Royal Thai Government Scholarship graduates to present research achievement, Office of the Civil Service Commission 2014-present Member of national committee for stem cells, cell therapy and biopharmaceuticals Present information to House of parliament, attend country strategy meeting, and formulate regulations and laws. 2012 TEDx Speaker, STEMkids project for high schools in Thailand, TEDx Thapaegate clip available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6JJ_ESPaPk 2011 Initiator/Coordinator, Nam Aoey Nam Jai Campaign, raising money over 500,000 Thai Bath for flood relief. UK FB: https://www.facebook.com/namjai.uk/?ref=ts&fref=ts International FB: https://www.facebook.com/namjai.international/?ref=ts&fref=ts 2011 The Anglo-Thai Society Educational Excellence Awards (Medicine), The Anglo-Thai Society, UK http://www.anglothaisociety.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=102&Itemid=178 2007-2011 The Royal Thai Government Scholarship in Neuroscience, Office of the Higher Education Commission, Thailand Strategic Scholarships for Frontier Research Networks 2006 National Youth Award (Academy & Education), Ministry of Social Development and Human Security 2006 Excellent scholarship holder award, Damrongchaitham Foundation Initiatives 2011-present Co-founder, Health Challenge Thailand, Global health Challenge network for Thai students in the UK and Thai professionals. Blog: http://healthchallengethailand.wordpress.com/ 2010-present Founder, STEMkids, a branded campaign to promote awareness of role of stem cells in health, and to develop stem cell cross-curricular learning in high schools. Blog: http://thaistemkids.wordpress.com/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/STEMkids/ 2006-Present Founder, Stem Cells & Regenerative Pharmacy Blog: http://cellrx.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/regenerativepharmacy/ 2016-Present Founder, Dr.GULA, social enterprise for sufficiency economy & sustainable development https://www.facebook.com/thedrgula Mass media engagement 2016 Learning kids, Posttoday Newspaper 2015 Life story exclusive, News programme, ONE HD TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89lsivkRrcc&app=desktop 2556 Damrongchaitham scholarship student, Ch7 TV 2012 Life story talk show, VIP programme, MCOT modern 9 TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WovqMi1mU4M 2012 Advances in stem cells, Newspapers namely; Thairath, Prachachart Business, Neawna, Komchudleuk, Thaipost, Bangkok Business, Preaw magazine. 2012 Stem cell treatments; new hope. Health programme, TRUE 71 TV Television presenter & Radio DJ 2012-present TV Host, Science Guide programme, MCOT HD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUPn1-WQYR8 2012-Present Pharmacy radio, Chulalongkorn University Radio 2013 Radio DJ, “Global News & Music”, feel good radio 2014 Radio DJ, “Healthy Mind, Healthy Body”, feel good radio Research Experience Head, Development of innovative platforms for health promotion in vulnerable populations; focus on aging society, Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth), 2016-2018 Head, Active Learning in Biochemistry, Learning Innovation Centre, Chulalongkorn University, 2016 Head, Classroom action research on blended learning, Learning Innovation Centre, Chulalongkorn University, 2015 Researcher, Evaluation of Early Childhood Education in Local Settings, ThaiHealth, 2015 Head, Properties and therapeutics potential of adipose stem cells, Chulalongkorn University 2013 Research associate, Development of information for a 15-year-strategic plan of Chulalongkorn University (2012-2027), 2012 Research associate, Foresight for Thailand University Research Status in the Field of Physical and Biological Sciences, Thailand University Ranking, Commission on Thailand’s Higher Education. Research Articles 1. Prasongchean W, Blended learning in biochemistry classroom for pharmacy students, Isan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Conference Proceeding of U.S. Thai Consortium Pharmacy Education, 2016 2. Prasongchean W, Vernay B, Asgarian Z, Jannatul N and Ferretti P (2015) The neural milieu of the developing choroid plexus: neural stem cells, neurons and innervation. Front. Neurosci. 9:103. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00103 3. Prasongchean W. and Lerdvilai T. “Stem Cell Cross-curricular Learning in High School Education” 5th International Conference on Educational Research (ICER) 2012 4. Prasongchean W. and Ferretti P., Autologous Stem Cells For Personalized Medicine, New Biotechnology, 2012 5. Leonardo Guastia,* Weerapong Prasongchean,* Georgios Kleftourisa, Sayandip Mukherjeeb, Adrian J. Thrasherb, Neil W. Bulstrodec and Patrizia Ferretti, High Plasticity of Pediatric Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells: Too Much for Selective Skeletogenic Differentiation?, STEM CELLS Translational Medicine 2012 (*first authors) 6. Prasongchean W. Introduction to Stem cells and Regenerative Medicine, เวชสารโรงพยาบาลมหาราชนครราชสีมา ปีที่ 36 ฉบับ ที่ 1 มกราคม – เมษายน 2555 7. Prasongchean W., Bagni M., Calzarossa C., De Coppi P. & Ferretti P., Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells Increase Embryo Survival Following Injury, Stem Cells & Development, 2011 8. Prasongchean W., Calzarossa C., De Coppi P. & Ferretti P., Transplanted Rat Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells Increase Survival In A Chick Injury Model, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 2009 9. McArthur S, Prasongchean W, Gillies G, and Solito E., A Critical Role For The Anti-Inflammatory Protein Annexin A1 In Microglial Phagocytosis, FUND CLIN PHARMACOL., 2008 Text Books 1. K.I. Papadopoulos, P. Wattanaarsakit, W. Prasongchean, R. Narain, Gene therapies in clinical trials, Polymers and Nanomaterials for Gene Therapy, 2016, Pages 231–256 Woodhead Publishing, Elsevier, UK 2. Ferretti, P., & Prasongchean, W. (2015). Adult neurogenesis and regeneration – focus on non-mammalian vertebrates. In A. Eisch, G. Kuhn (Eds.), Neural Stem Cells. New York: Humana Press. 3. Prasongchean, W., & Ferretti, P. (2014). Amniotic fluid stem cells for the repair of prenatal and perinatal defects. In A. Atala, S. Murphy (Eds.), Perinatal Stem Cells (pp. 115-123). New York: Springer.

Invited Speaker for stem cells and regenerative medicine

2016 Developmental Biology of adipose stem cells and its medical applications, The Royal College of Otolaryngologists-Head and Neck Surgeons of Thailand. (>100 persons) 2016 Benefits of Alternative Tests to Thailand, The 1st Thailand Meeting on Alternatives to Animal Testing co-organized by TCELS and NANOTEC in collaboration with EPISKIN Academy (>200 persons) 2016 Stem cell medicine, Greater Pharma Inc (>20 persons) 2015 Neurogenesis and Neural development, National Institute for Child and Family Development, . (>30 persons) 2016 Exploring animal models of regeneration, Stem Cell Annual Meeting, Faculty of Medicine, (>50 persons) 2016 Share & Learn activity on Stem cell cosmetics, Damrongchaitham Foundation (>30 persons) 2016 SUT Stem cell forum, The Suranaree University of Technology (>30 persons) 2015 STEM Cell Research: The Revitalizations, The 1 st International Conference on Research and Education, Arts, Management, and Science, Roi Et Rajabhat University (>100 persons) 2015 Stem cell pharmaceuticals, Pharmacy council of Thailand (>100 persons) 2015 Stem Cell Registry: From Research to Applications, TCELS, Chulalongkorn University, National Science Technology and Innovation Policy Office (STI) (>100 persons) 2015 Stem cells and Nutrition”, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University (>30 persons) 2014 Stem cell technology and regenerative pharmacy, Conference on new drugs and novel concepts, (>300 persons) 2013 Plenary Talk on Inspiration for Science Career, National Science Research Conference, Phayao University (>500 persons) 2013 Current status of stem cell cosmetics, Chulalongkorn University (>30 persons) 2013 Stem Cells & Biomedical applications, Bangkok Hospital (>100 persons) 2013 Stem cells based biologicals at a glance, ASEAN Life Sciences Conference and Exhibition 2013, Bangkok, Thailand (>100 persons) 2013 Choroid plexus development and neurogenesis, 1st CU-NIPS Symposium, Thailand (>200 persons) 2013 Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine: A Primer for Health Professionals, Bangkok Hospital annual conference (>50 persons) 2013 Stem cells & Wellness, Alumni Network of the Dormitory of Chulalongkorn University (>50 persons) 2012 The 1st Thai stem cell forum, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand (>100 persons) 2012 Annual Meeting of Thai Society for Stem Cell Research and Thai-UK Stem Cell Network Symposium 2012 (>100 persons) 2012 Chulalongkorn University 4th Annual Stem Cells Meeting (>500 persons) 2012 STEMkids project for high schools in Thailand, TEDx ThapaeGate, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6JJ_ESPaPk (>200 persons) Invited Speaker for STEM Education 2016 Thailand STEM University Network Conference, Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology (IPST) (>100 persons) 2016 STEM Ambassador Talk & Activity, Sai Namthip School, Bangkok Thailand (>300 persons) 2016 STEM Ambassador Talk & Activity, National Science and Technology Fair 2016, British council, Bangkok Thailand (>500 persons) 2016 Thailand STEM Education festival, Phra Pathom Wittayalai School, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand (>1000 persons) 2016 STEM Ambassador Talk & Activity, Phra Tamnak Suan Kularb, Bangkok, Thailand (>100 persons) 2016 Curriculum design workshop for STEM teachers, Phra Tamnak Suan Kularb, Bangkok, Thailand (>15 persons) Invited Speaker and trainer for Educational Technology 2014 Connecting Knowledge: Library, New Media & Technology, OAR Conference 2014 (>500 persons) 2014 MERLOT online learning platform for Educational supervisors, Office of the Basic Education Commission (>100 persons) 2014 Educational Technology for STEM education, Educational supervisors, Office of the Basic Education Commission (>1000 persons) 2014 Educational Technology for effective classroom management, Nakornrachasima province (>50 persons) 2014 Educational Technology for STEM education, Educational supervisors, Office of the Basic Education Commission (>500 persons) 2014 Educational Technology for STEM education, Nakorn na yok province (>200 persons) 2014 MOOCs & STEM Education, Pi Jit province (>200 persons) 2015 Educational supervisors & ICT for social engagement (>2,500 persons) Coach and Facilitator for Lifelong Learning 2016 Turning poverty into learning assets, SVEIM Talk (Sharing Visions and Experiences that Inspire and Motivate people), CPRAM Inc (>300 persons, clip available on YouTube) 2016 Designing a Life of Your Choice, National Youth Day (>300 persons) 2016 Inspirational talk about my life journey, Faculty of Medical Science, , Phitsanulok, Thailand. (>300 persons) 2016 Moving Forward To Achieve Your Best Life, Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Scholarship holders, Commission on Higher Education (>500 persons) 2016 Learning workshop for STI talent student, Faculty of Science, Silapakorn University & Princess Sirindhon's Sollege (>50 persons) 2016 Inspirational talk about my life journey, Triam Udomsuksa Pattanakan Roiet school (>300 persons) 2016 Workshop on brain executive function and leadership, Samut Sakhon Wittayalai School, Samut Sakhon province (>200 persons) 2015 How to get the Royal Government Scholarship, Westminster International – Thailand (>10 persons) 2015 Workshop on science learning experience, Kamphaeng Phet Province and Phichit Province (>300 persons) 2015 Workshop on local wisdom & science, Suwannaphumwittayalai School, Roi-Et province (>50 persons) 2014 “Science IDOL” STI Youth project, Ubonrat Pittayakhom School, Ubolratana District, Khon Kaen, National Science Technology and Innovation Policy Office (>300 persons) 2015 “Science IDOL” STI Youth project, Pichai Rattanakarn school, Ranong province, National Science Technology and Innovation Policy Office (>200 persons) 2015 “Science IDOL” STI Youth project, Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand, National Science Technology and Innovation Policy Office “(>200 persons) 2015 Inspirational talk about my life journey, Her Royal Highness Scholarship Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn holders, Commission on Higher Education (>500 persons) 2015 Inspirational talk for first year university student orientation, The Suranaree University of Technology (>8000 persons) 2015 Inspirational talk about my life journey, Student Loan Fund holders, The Suranaree University of Technology (>500 persons) 2014 Seminar on PPE Open Classroom, Thammasat Academic Expo for the People, Thammasat University (>200 persons) 2014 Inspirational talk about my life journey, LOVE A LOT Land Co-Happy Space (>20 persons, clip available on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lFFxR5xQcg ) 2014 Inspirational talk for First year student orientation, University, Thailand (>1000 persons) 2013 How to get a PhD, Chulalinet Fair, Chulalongkorn University (>100 persons) 2013 Cultivating your scientific minds & discovering your best self, Department of Chemistry Naresuan University (>300 persons) 2013 How to give a great scientific presentation?, Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University (>100 persons) 2013 How to be a happy learner?, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, (>50 persons) 2012 Tips for post training graduates, , Thailand (>500 persons) 2012 The JOURNEY Inspirational talk, The Shirt Talk #5 Young Blood Ph.D. (>30 persons)