Prof. Dr. Wanchai De-Eknamkul

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsPlant Biochemistry and Biophysics,Natural Product Chemistry
KeywordsDrug Discovery, Natural Products, Secondary metabolites, Bioactive compounds, Biosynthesis
Honours and awards

2018: Chair, Jury Members to the Falling Walls Lab Thailand from the Freidrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom

2018: Outstanding Alumni Award from the Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

2017: President, Humboldt Club Thailand

2010: Invention Award 2010 from the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), Thailand

2008: Innovation Ambassador Award from the National Innovation Agency (NIA), Thailand

2003: Chair Professor Grant from the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand

2000: JSPS-UNESCO Visiting Scientist (the Univetsity of Tokyo)

1999: Best Research Award from the Thailand Research Fund (TRF), Thailand

1989: AvH Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Current contact address

CountryThailand
CityBangkok
InstitutionChulalongkorn University
InstituteFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Meinhart H. ZenkPharmazeutische Biologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/1989

Programme(s)

1989Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2003Supachai Samappito, Jonathan E. Page, Jürgen Schmidt, Wanchai De-Eknamkul, Toni M. Kutchan: Aromatic and pyrone polyketides synthesized by a stilbene synthase from Rheum tataricum. In: Pytochemistry, 2003, 313-323
2002Supachai Samappito, Jonathan Page, Jürgen Schmidt, Wanchai De-Eknamkul, Toni M. Kutchan: Molecular charcterization of root-specitic chalcone synthases from Cassia alata. In: Planta, 2002, 64-71
2000Wanchai De-Eknamkul, Nitima Suttipanta, Toni M. Kutchan: Purification and characterization of deacetylipecoside synthase from Alangium lamarckii Thw. In: Phytochemistry, 2000, 177-181
1994Lothar Kammerer, Wanchai De-Eknamkul, Meinhart H. Zenk: Enzymic 12-Hydroxylation And 12-0-Methylation Of Dihydrocherlirubine In Dihydromacarpine Formation By Tahlictrum Bulgaricum. In: Phytochemistry, 1994, 1409-1416
1992Wanchai De-Eknamkul, Takao Tanahashi, Meinhart H. Zenk: Enzymic 10-Hydroxylation And 10-0-Methylation Of Dihydrosanguinarine In Dihydrochelirubine Formation By Eschscholtzia. In: Phytochemistry, 1992, 2713-2717
1992Wanchai De-Eknamkul, Meinhart H. Zenk: Purification And Properties Of 1,2-Dehydroreticuline Reductase From Papaver Somniferum Seedlings. In: Phytochemistry, 1992, 813-821