Kanokarn Kocharin, MSc Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden Phone: +46(0)31 772 3833 Fax: +46(0)31 772 3801 E-mail: kanokarn [at] chalmers.se Office: Room 6112G     Education and degrees 2003 M.Sc. in Biotechnology, Dept. of Biotechnology, Mahidol University, Thailand Employments 2004 Research Assistant, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Thailand Since 2009 PhD student, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers Publications 2006 Semi-defined medium for in vitro cultivation of the fastidious insect pathogenic fungus Cordyceps unilateralis. Kocharin, K., Wongsa, P. Mycopathologia. 161, 255-260. 2007 Effects of different carbon and nitrogen sources on naphthoquinone production of Cordyceps unilateralis BCC 1869. Prathumpai, W., Kocharin, K., Phimmakong, K., and Wongsa, P. Appl Biochem Biotech.136, 223-232 2008 Effect of physical conditions on naphthoquinone production of Cordyceps unilateralis BCC 1869. Kocharin, K. and Prathumpai, W. Thai J Biotechnol . 8, 20-25. Grants, Awards and Prizes 2009 Thai Government Science and Technology Scholarship Personal text In 2009, I am awarded a Thai Government Science and Technology Scholarship.  With a recommendation from Dr. Wai Prathumpai, I have a great opportunity to persue my PhD in Systems Biology group, Chalmers University of Technology under supervision of Professor Jens Nielsens. My research works related to polyhydroxybutyrate production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.