KITIKORN CHARMONDUSIT

Address:10/53 Moo 14 Soi Prachachuen 38 Prachachuen Rd. Bangsue

Bangkok 10800

Date of Birth:June 12, 1973

Nationality:Thai

Gender:Male

Marital Status:Single

Telephone:+66-2-5898880 (Home)

+66-9-7729891; +66-1-5762363 (Cell Phone)

E-mail Address:

Education Background

1989-1991:King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology North Bangkok

Certificate in Civil Construction

1991-1995:King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology North Bangkok

B.Sc. in Industrial Chemistry (GPA. 2.99)

1995-1997:Chulalongkorn University

M.Sc. in Petrochemistry and Polymer Science (GPA. 3.86)

1998-2002:Chulalongkorn University

P.hD. in Chemical Technology (Ph.D. research at University of Waterloo, Canada; GPA. 3.88).

Achievement

1997:Top score award of department of petrochemistry and polymer science

from Prof. Tab’s Foundation, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn

Univerisity.

1998:Ph.D. student scholarship of the Royal Golden Jubilee (RGJ) Project,

supported by Thailand Research Fund (For more information, Please visit this website

2002:Best presentation award of engineering section, RGJ-Ph.D. Congress III,

Pattaya, Thailand.

Experience

1997:International training exchange student at Institute of Chemical

Technology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. The oxidation of methane using Perovkite’s catalyst was studied.

1995-2000:Special guest lecturer at Department of Industrial Chemistry, KMITNB

and Department of Chemical Engineering, Srinakarinwinwirot University

in organic chemistry and polymer chemistry fields.

2002-2003:Post-doctoral fellow at Department of Chemical Engineering, University

of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. The main project is try to developing a copolymerization of ethylene and polar monomer using metallocene and late transition metal catalyst. The project is connected directly to the Bayer Inc., Canada.

Publication and Presentation

2001:51st Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference in title of “Hydrogenation of Cis-1,4-Polyisoprene Catalyzed by OsHCl(CO)(O2)(PCy3)2”, Halifax, Canada.

2002:RGJ- Ph.D. Congress III in title of “Hydrogenation of Cis-1,4-Polyisoprene Catalyzed by OsHCl(CO)(O2)(PCy3)2”, Pattaya, Thailand.

2003:Publication paper; K.Charmondusit, P. Pasassarakich, N. T. McManus, and G. L. Rempel, “Hydrogenation of Cis-1,4-Polyisoprene Catalyzed by OsHCl(CO)(O2)(PCy3)2”, J. of Appl. Polym. Sci., 89 (2003), p. 142-152.

Skills and Specialists

-Synthesis and analysis of graft copolymerization by emulsion polymerization. Graft copolymerization of methyl methacrylate and styrene onto natural rubber using as an impact modifier for poly(vinyl chloride) has been studied in Master’s thesis.

-General physical and chemical testing of polymer such as tensile testing, impact testing, hardness etc. included basic characterization of polymer, for example, GPC, SEM, TEM etc.

-Spectroscopy characterization for polymer and catalysts such as IR, NMR, X-ray, and MS.

-Polymer processing such as extruder, compression molding, and two-roll mill.

-Reactor skills, reactor system design for copolymerization using air and moisture sensitive catalysts has been designed in Post-doctoral project. Modification of Gas-uptake apparatus for hydrogenation reaction has been done in Ph.D. work.

-Handling and working with air and moisture sensitive substances using Schlenk technique and dry box.

-Strong influence in homogeneous catalyst for hydrogenation and polymerization reaction. The metallocene and late transitions metal catalysts have been studied in Post-doctoral project.

Reference Persons

-Prof. Garry L. Rempel, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Telephone (Office): 1-519-888-4567 Ext. 2702, E-mail address:

-Prof. Pattarapan Pasassarakich, Department of Chemical Technology, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, Telephone (Office): 66-2-218-7517, 218-7523, E-mail address: .