Director of Polymer Science and Engineering Research Lab

Education
Ph.D. (ChemicalEngineering), University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1993 M.Sc. (Chemical Engineering), University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA, 1984
B.Eng. (Chemical Engineering), Chulalongkorn University , Bangkok, Thailand, 1982

Work Experience
- 1994 Part-time Consultant, Better Pharma Co., Ltd. Bangkok, Thailand
- 1994 Member, Faculty Senate Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- 1993 Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- 1988 Research and Teaching Assistant, Polymer Engineering Laboratory Department of Chemical Engineering University of California at Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1983 Research Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa Alabama, USA
- 1981 Training Engineer, Siam Manufacturer (Thailand) Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand

Research Group
- Polymer Engineering

Research Interests
Permeability of Nanocomposite Polymeric Film

Selected Publications

Parnas, R.S., Chaimberg, M., Taepaisitphongse, V., Browne, T., and Cohen, Y., “The Effect of Surface Chemistry on Polyvinylpyrrolidone Adsorption”, AIChE Annual Meeting, New York, paper 5e, November 1987.

Parnas, R.S., Chaimberg, M., Taepaisitphongse, V., Parnas, R.S., Chaimberg, M., Taepaisitphongse, V., and Cohen, Y., “The Adsorption of Polyvinylpyrrolidone and Polyethylene Oxide onto Chemically Modified Silica”, J. Colloid and Interface Sci., 129, pp. 441, 1989

Taepaisitphongse, V. and Cohen, Y., “Adsorption of Water-soluble Polymers onto Chemically-modified Silica Surfaces”, AIChE Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, paper 195b, November 1991