DR.  SNOH  UNAKUL


Chairman of the TDRI Foundation. Former Chairman of the Council of Trustees and the Board of Directors. Diploma in Accounting, Thammasat University; B. Com., University of Melbourne; Ph.D. in Economics, Columbia University. Former Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Executive Board, Bank of Asia Public Company Limited; Secretary-General of the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB); Governor of the Bank of Thailand; Deputy Undersecretary of State for the Ministry of Commerce; Chairman of the University Council, NIDA; President of the Economic Society of Thailand; and Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand. 
 


DR.  AMMAR  SIAMWALLA 


Acting President of TDRI. B.Sc. in Economics, University of London; Ph.D. in Economics, Harvard University. Assistant Professor and Research Staff Economist, Department of Economics, Yale University; Former Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University; Visiting Professor, Food Research Institute, Stanford University; and Research Fellow with the International Food Policy Research Institute (1978-1984), Washington, D.C.; Former Program Director for Agriculture and Rural Development, TDRI; and Former President of TDRI. 



DR.  CHALONGPHOB  SUSSANGKARN


Distinguished Fellow. B.A. and Ph.D. in Economics, University of Cambridge. Former Economist, the World Bank; Lecturer in Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.
 
 
 
 



DR.  MINGSARN  SANTIKARN  KAOSA-ARD


Senior Advisor on Environment and Social Issues. B.A. (First Class Honours), and Ph.D. in Economics, Australian National University. Professor, Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University; and Director of the Social Research Institute, Chiang Mai University. Former Transnational Corporations Affairs Officer to the ESCAP/UNCTC Joint Unit on TNCs, United Nations.
 



DR.  NIPON  POAPONGSAKORN 


Senior Consultant. B.A. in Economics, Thammasat University; Ph.D. in Economics, University of Hawaii. Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University; Former Research Fellow, Population Institute, East West Center; Lecturer of the Executive MBA Program, Thammasat University; Trade Competition Commissioner; Member of the Special Committee for Information Disclosure Tribunals for National Economy on Finance; and Board member of the Board of Investment.


KHUN  SONGKRAM  GRACHANGNETARA


Advisor to TDRI. M.A. in Economics, University of Cambridge; Diploma, Graduate School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. Former Research Fellow in Monetary Policy Studies with the Bank of Italy; Senior Economist, the Economic Cooperation Centre for the Asian and Pacific Region (ECOCEN); and Director of the Evaluation Division, Bureau of the Budget, Office of the Prime Minister.
 



DR. WISARN PUPPHAVESA


Advisor to TDRI. B.A. in Linguistics, Thammasat University; M.A. in Public Administration, NIDA; M.A. in Public Policy and Administration, University of Wisconsin; Ph.D. in Economics, University of Hawaii. Former Director of the International Economic Relations Program, TDRI (1993-1995). Former Dean of the School of Development Economics, NIDA; Economist with the Asian Development Bank, Manila; Consultant for ESCAP, Bangkok; and the First Vice President of the Council of the University Faculty Senates of Thailand (1988-1989).



DR.  PAKORN  VICHYANOND 


Research Director for Financial and Capital Markets, the Macroeconomic Policy Program. B.A. in Mathematics and Economics, Williams College; M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics, Harvard University. Former Dean of Graduate Studies, MBA Program, Assumption University; Manager, private consulting firm; Economist, the Bank of Thailand; and Researcher, the East Asia and Pacific Regional Office, the World Bank. 



DR.  SRAWOOTH  PAITOONPONG


Senior Research Specialist of the Human Resources and Social Development Program. B.Ed. Srinagarintara Wiroj University; M.A. in Economic Development, Kasetsart University; M.A. in Manpower and Human Resources Economics, University of Hawaii; Ph.D. in Economics, University of Hawaii. Former Project Expert, Population and Development Section, Population Division, ESCAP, United Nations; and Head, Manpower Assessment Section, Manpower Planning Division, NESDB. 



DR.  YONGYUTH  CHALAMWONG


Research Director for Labor Development, Human Resources and Social Development Program. B.A. and M.S. in Agricultural Economics, Kasetsart University; Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics (Resource Economics), Pennsylvania State University. Former Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, Kasetsart University; and Visiting Assistant Professor, Ohio State University. 



DR.  DEUNDEN  NIKOMBORIRAK


Research Director for Economic Governance, Sectoral Economics Program. B.A. and M.A. in Economics, Queen's University. Ph.D. in Economics, McGill University, Canada.



DR.  SOMCHAI  JITSUCHON 


Research Director for Macroeconomic Development and Income Distribution, Macroeconomic Policy Program. B.A. and M.A. in Economics, Thammasat University. Ph.D. in Economics, the University of British Columbia, Canada. 



DR.  SOMKIAT  TANGKITVANICH 


Research Director for Information Economy, Science and Technology Development Program. B.E. and Ph.D. Eng. in Computer Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology. Former Senior Researcher, Nomura Research Institute, Japan. 



DR.  ADIS ISRANGKURA


Advisor to TDRI. B.A. and M.A. in Economics, University of Canterbury, New Zealand; Ph.D. in Economics, North Corolina State University. Associate Professor, the School of Development Economics, NIDA; Director of NIDA Training Center. Former Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University.



DR.  NARONG  POMLAKTONG 


Research Director for Transport and Logistics, Human Resources and Social Development Program. B.Eng. (Civil Engineering), Chiang Mai University; M.Eng. (Transportation System), Asian Institute of Technology; M.A. (Policy Science), Saitama University, Japan; M.B.A. Thammasat University; M.Ec.Dev., The Australian national University; Ph.D. (Econ), The University of Queensland, Australia. Former member of the Expressway and Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand. 



DR.  VIROJ  NARANONG 


Research Director for Health Economics and Agriculture, Sectoral Economics Program. B.Sc. in Pharmacy, Chulalongkorn University; M.A. in Economics (English Language Program), Thammasat University; M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics, Vanderbilt University. Former Postdoctoral Fellow, Economic Growth Center, Department of Economics, Yale University (1995-1997). 



DR.  WORAWAN  CHANDOEVWIT 


Research Director for Social Security, Human Resources and Social Development Program. B.A. and M.A. in Economics, Thammasat University. M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics, University of Alberta, Canada. 
 
 



DR.  CHAIYASIT ANUCHITWORAWONG 


Research Specialist of the Sectoral Economics Program. B.A.A. in Business Administration, Assumption University; M.A. in Economics, Osaka University; and Ph.D. in Economics, Osaka University, Japan.  

 



DR.  JIRAWAT PANPIEMRAS 


Dr. Jirawat PanpiemrasResearch Specialist of the International Economic Relations Program. B.A. in Economics, Chulalongkorn University; M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder.  

 



DR.  SUMET  ONGKITTIKUL


Dr. Jirawat Panpiemras
Research Specialist of the Human Resources & Social Development Program. B.Eng. (Civil Engineering) and M.Eng. (Transportation Engineering), King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi; M.A. Transport Economics, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, UK; Ph.D. in Social Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

 



DR.  SAOWARUJ RATTANAKHAMFU


Research Specialist of the Human Resources Social Program. B.A (Hons.) in Political Science (International Relations), Chulalongkorn University; M.A. in Economics (Applied Economics), Ohio University; M.A. in Economics, University of Washington, USA; Ph.D. in Economics, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Last Updated: April 1, 2008