On October 5, 2020, Professor Pewpan Maleewong, Assistant to the President for Research and Higher Education and Professor of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, was awarded “Outstanding Technologist Award 2020: Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Technology under the Patronage of His Majesty the King” by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn at the 46th International Congress on Science, Technology and Technology-based Innovation in Bangkok.

Professor Pewpan Maleewong is named the winner of this award due to her great contribution to develop the rapid ICT Kit for tropical parasitic infectious diseases which will improve the efficiency of parasite detection and reduce the time and cost of laboratory test as well as increase the income and stimulate Thai industry to compete in international markets of medical equipment manufacturing.

Written by: Natakon Naowarojna