Department of Environmental Science
Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University
Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University
Educating and training students to become a critical thinking environmental scientist is one of the department main missions. We offer three degrees that meet Thailand’s TQF standard.
A minimum requirement of 140 credits, including: 30 credits of general education, 104 credits of specialized courses and 6 credits of free elective courses.
Two options are offered.
Plan A1 Thesis option (36 credits of thesis)
Plan A2 Thesis with coursework (12 credits of thesis and 24 credits of coursework)
Four options are available.
Plan 1.1 Dissertation without coursework (48 credits of dissertation, applicants with M.Sc.)
Plan 1.2 Dissertation without coursework (72 credits of dissertation, applicants with B.Sc.)
Plan 2.1 Dissertation with coursework (36 credits of dissertation and 12 credits of coursework, applicants with M.Sc.)
Plan 2.2 Dissertation with coursework (48 credits of dissertation and 24 credits of coursework, applications with B.Sc.).
The Department organizes excursions, field trips in ecology and environmental science for students every year. Environmental issues, including biodiversity loss, deforestation, water pollution, air pollution, global warming and climate change become a concern of many sectors both government and private. To become a leader in environmental conservation, students need to follow what is happening locally, nationally and globally. Field courses aim for students to have hands-on experience in environmental science and ecology. Working in the field will help broaden student vision by connecting theories to real-world situation. Environmental work requires both knowledge and practical experiences since environment is part of our every day life.
Read MoreOur faculty and staff members have conducted a broad range of research projects. Key research interests include: tropical forests, wildlife ecology and avian ecology; ecological and environmental modeling; payments for ecosystem services; community-based resource management; ecotourism; alternative energy; air quality management, climate change and sustainable development; soil carbon and environmental effects; genetics and environmental toxicology; environmental monitoring; and water pollution and wastewater treatment.
She has been working on the effects of heavy metals in the environment and various organisms focusing on bio-molecular and cytotoxicity levels.
Her background is meteorology and environmental Science. She has been working in the field of Meteorology including whether forecasting, air pollution modelling. She enjoys working with rural community in the field especially environmental technology and management. She has joined the www.tshe.org since 2000. She also has various experiences on Environmental and Health Impact Assessments
Her background and expertise is Energy science and Renewable energy conservation. She has been working on Ecotourism research and Conservation of biodiversity.
She has studied environmental applications of recycled and natural materials for wastewater treatment.
She has worked on waste utilization (ethanol, organic acids as well methane production) and wastewater treatment focusing on nitrogen removal. Her area of academic work and future research are related to air pollution management and application of bio-indicator for detection of environmental contamination.
Her areas of interest are ecological economics and forest management. She has participated in various natural resource management projects, especially community forest management, wetland livelihoods, restoration of salt-affected soil areas, economic valuation and payment for forest ecosystem services.
He has been working on bird diversity, freshwater turtle (Malayemys spp.) genetic and diversity. His background is wildlife toxicology where he conducted his MSc thesis on organochlorine pesticide in egg of little egret and studied sex determination of snail-eating turtle for his dissertation. He has published his research on pesticide in aquatic invertebrate and heavy metal in little grebe egg at wastewater treatment pond. Furthermore, he has supervised previous graduate students in breeding ecology of purple swamphen, arsenic contamination near gold mine area, risk assessment (Dermal contact) of pesticide in kale farmer and determination of amoxicillin in synthesis water.
Evolution of dispersal and movement, Animal ecology, population and community ecology (focus on butterflies and other insects), Molecular ecology and Biological control
Her background is avian ecology, but have been working with wide range in the field of ecology including plant taxonomy, plant-animal interactions (seed dispersal and pollination). She enjoys working in the field especially with tropical forest birds where she has joined the nest predation project to investigate avian nest success, factors affecting avian nest predation and nest predators. She is also interested in monitoring invasive species.
