Kansri Boonpragob
กัณฑรีย์ บุญประกอบ
Academic work
DisciplineEcology; botany
Sub-disciplineLichenology
InstitutionsRamkhamhaeng University

Kansri Boonpragob (Thai: กัณฑรีย์ บุญประกอบ) is a lichenologist and climatologist from Thailand, who leads the Lichen Research Unit at Ramkhamhaeng University.

Career

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Boonpragob is Head of the Lichen Research Unit and Assistant Professor of Biological Science at Ramkhamhaeng University.[1][2] She has published widely, including several books and dozens of articles.[1] She also has a PhD in Ecology.[1] During 2007 she held a post as Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Working Group I.[3][4] Boonpragob's research has demonstrated that there are already severe economic impacts on Thailand due to the ongoing climate crisis.[5] Much of this impact is on coastal regions, where livelihoods as well as species, are at risk.[5] She is a member of the Graphidaceae Project, administered by the Field Museum.[6] In 2008 she organized the first workshop on thelotremoid Graphidaceae in Thailand.[6] She is a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Tropical Forest Research.[7]

The lichen Ocellularia kansriae is named after Boonpragob, who collected specimens from Eastern Thailand.[8]

See also

  • Category:Taxa named by Kansri Boonpragob

References

  1. 1 2 3 "รศ.ดร.กัณฑรีย์ บุญประกอบ". www.lichen.ru.ac.th. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  2. ↑ "The Second Interim Scientific Advisory Group on the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia" (PDF). 2007-09-29. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  3. ↑ Tay, Simon (2007). "Climate Change and Insecurity in the Asia Pacific:: Regional Initiatives to Address Emerging Threats". Cscap Regional Security Outlook 2007: 45–48.
  4. ↑ "IPCC AR4 WGI Organization". 2008-05-09. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  5. 1 2 "Scientists: Southeast Asia losing billions to climate change - China Climate Change Info-Net". en.ccchina.org.cn. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  6. 1 2 "Collaborators | Graphidaceae collections". graphidaceae.fieldmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  7. ↑ "Editorial Board | Journal of Tropical Forest Research". Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  8. ↑ Homchantara, N.; Coppins, B.J. (2002). "New species of the lichen family Theotremataceae in SE Asia". The Lichenologist. 34 (2): 113–140. doi:10.1006/lich.2002.0382. S2CID 85429979.
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