Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200 THAILAND. Educations: 1983, B.Sc. (Med. Tech.) Chiang Mai University, Thailand. 1989, M.S. (Biochemistry) Mahidol University, Thailand. 2000, Ph.D. (Haematology) University of London, United Kingdom. 2009, Mini-Master (Management) National Institute of Development and Administration, Bangkok, Thailand. Field of interests: Iron overload and oxidative stress in thalassemia, Iron metabolism and chelation in cells and animals, Free radicals and anti-oxidants, Biochemistry of malaria parasites, Functional fruits and medicinal plants: Biochemical Aspects.