Education

• 1992 - 1996 B. Sc.( Microbiology), King Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
• 1997 - 2000 M. Sc. (Applied Microbiology), King mongkut University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
• 2001 - 2003 M. Agricultural science (Applied bioscience), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
• 2003 - 2006 Ph. D. (Applied Bioscience), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Awards

• July 1999    Fellow of the Workshop: 19th  International Workshop on Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology; Kansas, USA. 
• May-Aug 1999    Recipient of Young Science Scholarship from Kansas State University, Kansus, USA.
• 2001-2003    Recipient of Japanese Government Scholarship, (Monbukagakusho) as a Master Course Student in Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
• 2003-2006    Recipient of Japanese Government Scholarship, (Monbukagakusho) as a Doctor Course Student in Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
• 2007-2009    Recipient of Japanese Society Promotion of Science (JSPS) as a Post-doctor in Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Course Taught
General microbiology, Research Methods in Microbiology, Instrumentation for Microbiology, Determinative Bacteriology, Microbial Strain Manipulation, Environmental Science and Technology, Treatment technology for environment Soil Pollution, Life Skills For Undergraduate Student.

Research Experiences

1. Ecochemical studies of interrelationship between rhizobacteri and host plant
2. Molecular Mechanism of Three Monomeric Allosteric Glycosylases and Their Application
3. เทคนิคการแยกโปรตีนให้บริสุทธิ์
4. โมเลกุลาร์โคลนนิ่ง
5. การแยกหรือสกัดโพลีแซคคาร์ไรด์จากจุลินทรีย์และหาโครงสร้างทางเคมีของโพลี แซคคาร์ไรด์
6. การแยกเอนไซม์ที่ใช้ในการสร้ างและตัดโพลีแซคคาร์ไรด์ในแบคทีเรีย

Funding/Grant

1. ทุนสนับสนุนงานวิจัย ศูนย์ส่งเสริมและถ่ายทอดเทคโนโลยี คณะศิลปศาสตร์และวิทยาศาสตร์
2. ทุนพัฒนาศักยภาพในการทำงานวิจัยของอาจารย์รุ่นใหม่ (สกว)

Books

1. Okuyama M, Mori H, Hondoh H, Nakai H, Saburi W, Kang MS, Kim YM, Nishimoto M, Wongchawalit J, Yamamoto T, Son M, Lee JH, Mar SS, Fukuda K, Chiba S, Kimura A: Molecular mechanism of α-glucosidase. “Carbohydrate-active enzymes: structure, function, and applications (ed. by Park K-H)” Woodhead Publishing Ltd. (Cambridge, England), pp.64-76, 2008.

Patent

1. Patent number "2009-106015" under the title of "A novel microorganism having the ability to produce polysaccharide and a novel polysaccharide produced by this microorganism". 2009 Hokkaido University, Japan.

Publications/Presentations
Publication

1. Wongchawalit, J.*, Yamamoto, T., Nakai, H., Kim, YM., Sato, N., Nishimoto, M., Okuyama, M., Mori, H., Saji, O., Chanchao, C., Wognsiri, S., Surarit, R., Svasti, J., Chiba, S., and Kimura, A.*, Purification and characterization of α-glucosidase I from Japanese honeybee (Apis cerana japonica), and molecular cloning of its cDNA., Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 70: 2889-2899, 2006.
2. Kubota, M., Tsuji, M,. Nishimoto, M., Wongchawalit, J., Okuyama, M., Mori, H., Matsui, H., Surarit R., Svasti, J., Kimura, A., and Chiba, S.*, Localization of α-glucosidase I, II and III in organs of European oneybees, Apis mellifera, L., and origin of α-glucosidase in honeybee., Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 68: 2346-2352, 2004.
3. Nakai, H., Okuyama, M., Kim, YM., Saburi, W., Wongchawalit, J., Mori, H., Chiba, S., and Kimura, A.*, Molecular analysis of α-glucosidase belonging to GH-family 31., Biologia Bratislava 60: 131-135, 2005.
4. Nakai, H., Ito, T., Hayashi, M., Kamiya, K., Yamamoto, T., Matsubara, K., Kim, YM., Wongchawalit J., Okuyama, M. Mori, H., and Kimura, A.*, Multiple forms of α-glucosidase in rice seeds (Oryza sativa L., var Nipponbare). Biochimie 89: 49-62, 2007
5. LEE Jin-Ha, Saitou S., Mori H., Nishimoto M., Okuyama M., KIM Doman, Wongchawalit J., Kimura A*., and Chiba S. Molecular cloning of cDNA for trehalase from European honeybees, Apis mellifera L., and Its heterologous expression in Pichia pastoris. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 71: 2256-2265, 2007.
6. Nishimoto M., Mori H., Moteki T, Takamura Y., Iwai G., Miyaguchi Y., Okuyama M., Wongchawalit J., Surarit R. Svasti J., Kimura A*., and Chiba S., Molecular cloning of cDNAs and genes for three alpha-glucosidases from European honeybees, Apis mellifera L., and heterologous production of recombinant enzymes in Pichia pastoris., Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 71: 1703-1716, 2007.
7. Wongchawalit, J., Yamamoto, T., Osamu, S., Haruhide, M., Seiya, C., and Kimura, A., Purificaiton and properties of α-glucosidase II from Japanese honeybee, Apis cerana japonica, Proceeding of the international symposium: New Approaches in starch science and carbohydrate-active enzyme. 50, 297-298 (2003).

Presentation

1. Wongchavalit, J., Tuitemwong, P., Tuitemwong, K., and Fung, D.Y.C., Use of Membrane Fraction and Selective Motility for the Rapid Screening of Listeria monocytogenes".19th International Workshop on Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology; Kansas, USA. 1999.
2. Tuitemwong, P., Wongchavalit, J., Tuitemwong, K., and Fung, D.Y.C., Membrane Bio- catalysts as Growth Stimulator of Listeria monocytogenes in Enrichment Media. International Association of Milk Food and Environmental Sanitarians (IAMFES) 86th Annual Meeting, Dearborn, MI., USA 1999
3. Wongchavalit, J., Tuitemwong, P., Tuitemwong, K., and Fung, D.Y.C., Use of Membrane Fraction and Selective Motility for the Rapid Screening of Listeria monocytogenes".International Association of Milk Food and Environmental Sanitarians (IAMFES) 86th Annual Meeting, Dearborn, MI., USA. 1999
4. Purification and Properties of α-Glucosidase II from Japanese Honeybee, Apis cerana Japonica. International Symposium: New Approaches in starch Science and Carbohydrate-Active Enzyme. Tokyo, Japan. 2002
5. Jintanart Wongchawalit, Takeshi Yamamoto, Masayuki Okuyama, Haruhide Mori, Rudee Surarit, Jisnuson Svasti, Seiya Chiba, Atsuo Kimura Molecular Clonings of Two cDNA encoding α-Glucosidase From Japanese Honeybee (Apis cerana, Japonica), , New Approaches in starch Science and Carbohydrate-Active Enzyme. Kagoshima, Japan. 2003 
6. Jintanart Wongchawalit, Takeshi Yamamoto, Masayuki Okuyama, Haruhide Mori, Rudee Surarit, Jisnuson Svasti, Seiya Chiba, Atsuo Kimura Molecular analysis of alpha-glucosidase isozymes from Japanese honeybee (Apis cerana), 30th FEBS Congress - 9th IUBMB Conference Budapest, Hungary. 2005.
7. Jintanart Wongchawalit, Takeshi Yamamoto, Masayuki Okuyama, Haruhide Mori, Rudee Surarit, Jisnuson Svasti, Seiya Chiba, Atsuo Kimura. alpha-glucosidase isozymes from Asain honeybees to exhibit allosteric kinetics.20th IUBMB International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Kyoto, Japan. 2005
8. Nutsuko Sato, Jintanart Wongchawalit, Hikaru Tobase, Hiroyuki Nakai, Mamoru Nishimoto, Haruhide Mori, Masayuki Okuyama, and Atsuo Kimura. Allosteric α-glucosidase from bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) and expression of its gene. BMB2007 Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan and the Japanese Biochemical Society, Yokohama, Japan. 2007
9. Jintanart Wongchawalit, Yasuyuki Hashidoko, Masayuki Okuyama, Haruhide Mori, Seiya Chiba, Atsuo Kimura. Allosteric α-glucosidase from Japanese Honeybee (Apis cerana, Japonica)24th International Carbohydrate Symposium (ICS2008), July 27th to August 1st at University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. 2008
10. Jintanart Wongchawalit, Yasuyuki Hashidoko, Masayuki Okuyama, Haruhide Mori, Seiya Chiba, and Atsuo Kimura Preliminary Structure Determination of Water Insoluble Polysaccharide Extracted from Soil Bacteria, 8th Carbohydrate Bioengineering Meeting, Ischai, Naples, Italy. 2009
11. Jintanart Wongchawalit, Yasuyuki Hashidoko, Masayuki Okuyama, Haruhide Mori, Seiya Chiba, and Atsuo Kimura Preliminary Structure Determination of Polysaccharide Extracted from Rhizobium sp. JAG, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan 2009