Hassarutai Yangthong obtained her bachelor’s degree in rubber industry management and her Ph.D. degree in rubber technology from Prince of Songkla University, Thailand. She then worked as a research fellow at the Specialized Center of Rubber and Polymer Materials in Agriculture and Industry (RPM), Department of Materials Science, at Kasetsart University. Her research focuses on natural rubber and polymer composites and she has applied industrial waste as a filler or activator in the formulation of products. She is on the committee for the 4th – 6th International Conference on Materials Research and Innovation (ICMARI). She also collaborates with industry to promote the utilization of recycled plastics in polymer composites.

Phattarawdee Nun-anan is a specialist at Chemical Innovation Co., Ltd. She received a bachelor’s degree in Rubber Industry Management and a Ph. D. in Rubber Technology from the Prince of Songkhla University. She worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Materials Science at Chulalongkorn University for one year and also worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the industrial sector at Chemical Innovation Co., Ltd., for another year. Her research has focused on both upstream and intermediate natural rubber, including modified oil from bio-based materials. Currently, with her extensive experience in the natural rubber field, she is specializing in upstream and intermediate natural rubber products as latex and solid forms. Moreover, she is also involved in the management system and quality management in a rubber factory.

Apinya Krainoi holds a B.Sc. in Rubber Industry Management and a Ph.D. in Rubber Technology, both from the Prince of Songkhla University. She has also worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Chemistry at King Mongkut's University of Technology, Thonburi, and in the Department of Materials Science at Chulalongkorn University. Her research has focused on disinfectant-based natural rubber films and strain-sensor natural rubber composites. With her extensive expertise in natural rubber research, she is currently working as a researcher in the glove industry, where she applies her academic knowledge to the development of innovative natural rubber products.

Boonphop Chaisrikhwun is a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University (Thailand). He received a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry for Industry and a master’s degree in Rubber Technology from the Prince of Songkla University (Thailand). He finished his Ph.D. in Petrochemistry and Polymer Science at the Chulalongkorn University. His current work focuses on developing surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) techniques to detect tiny polymer particles (micro/nano plastics) or contaminants in aquatic environments.

Seppo Karrila earned his BS and MS degrees from the Universities of Turku (Math, Physics, Theoretical Physics) and Abo Akademi (Chemical Engineering) in Finland. His Ph.D. is from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (Chem Eng). He has worked in academia; in industrial consortium-managed research on engineering for papermaking; and in proprietary research for a pharmaceutical company. He is currently retired in Thailand (from the Prince of Songkla University). He claims to be a scientific generalist, and has been unable to commit lifelong to any single discipline, although he mentions math as a unifying discipline across all his serious interests. His track record is easily accessed with a web search.

Suphatchakorn Limhengha is a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Science and Industrial Technology, Prince of Songkla University (Thailand). He received a master’s degree in Industrial Management Engineering from the Prince of Songkla University (Thailand). His Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering is from King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand. His research is focused on materials, nanocomposites, rubber composites, wood composites and biomass energy.