Faculty Directory for Department of Food, Agriculture and Bioresources

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Prof. Peter Edwards

Emeritus Professor
Prof. Vinod Jindal

Emeritus Professor
Prof. Gajendra Singh

Emeritus Professor
Dr. Peeyush Soni

Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Loc Thai Nguyen

Associate Professor
Dr. Ram C. Bhujel

Research Associate Professor and Director of Aqua-Centre
Dr. Krishna R. Salin

Associate Professor
Dr. John K. M. Kuwornu

Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Avishek Datta

Associate Professor
Prof. Anil Kumar Anal

Professor, Department Head, Department of Food, Agriculture & Bioresources
Dr. Amararatne Yakupitiyage

Adjunct Faculty

Prof. Peter Edwards

Emeritus Professor

Department of Food, Agriculture, and Bioresource

Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management Program

Prof. Vinod Jindal

Emeritus Professor

Department of Food, Agriculture, and Bioresource

Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology Program

Prof. Gajendra Singh

Emeritus Professor

Department of Food, Agriculture, and Bioresource

Agricultural system and Engineering Program

Dr. Peeyush Soni

Adjunct Faculty

Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Systems And Engineering

Email: soni@ait.ac.th

Contact: (+66) 2 524 5450

Fax: (+66) 2 524 6200

Room Number: 210-AFE Building

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Area of Expertise
Sustainable agricultural production

Energy input-output analysis of agricultural systems

Techno-Economic & environment performance of agricultural systems

Design & testing of smallholders farm machinery for sustainable mechanization

Field scouting & precision farming using low-altitude remote sensing

Controlled environment agriculture

Wetland traction studies.

Dr. Loc Thai Nguyen

Associate Professor

Food Engineering And Bioprocess Technology

Email: locnguyen@ait.ac.th

Contact: (+66-2)524 5458

Fax: (+66-2) 524 6200

Room Number: 205 – AFE Building

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Area of Expertise

Non-thermal food processing technologies
Mathematical modeling of foods and food processes
Chemical sensors and biosensors for food safety application
Food waste recycling and utilization

Dr. Ram C. Bhujel

Research Associate Professor and Director of Aqua-Centre

Aquaculture And Aquatic Resources Management

Email: bhujel@ait.ac.th

Contact: (+66-2)524 5222

Fax: (+66-2) 524 6200

Room Number: Aqua Outreach Building –A 24

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Area of Expertise

Sustainable seafood and nutrition security
Aquaculture nutrition and feed supplements
Aquaponics & Green aquaculture
Industry Linkages Aquaculture Business
Tilapia farming and Fry Production technology
Curriculum Development & Internship
Technology Transfer/ Extension / Commercialization,
Biostatics and research design

Dr. Krishna R. Salin

Associate Professor

Aquaculture And Aquatic Resources Management

Email: salinkr@ait.ac.th

Contact: (+66-2)524 5489

Fax: (+66-2) 524 6071

Room Number: 204- AFE Building

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Area of Expertise

Cleaner Aquaculture Production Systems
Applied genetics in aquaculture / stock improvement and
management
Aquaculture-environment interactions
Innovative hatchery techniques for fish and crustaceans
Climate-smart fisheries and aquaculture production /
consumption

Dr. John K. M. Kuwornu

Adjunct Faculty

Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Systems And Engineering

Email: jkuwornu@ait.ac.th

Contact: (+66-2)524 5459

Fax: (+66-2) 524 6200

Room Number: A207, AFE Building

Area of Expertise
Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Marketing and Trade

Agricultural Development Agricultural Policy

Marketing Channels

Consumer Behaviour

Supply Chain Management

Commodity Futures Markets

Climate Change

Agrobiodiversity

Stock Markets.

Dr. Avishek Datta

Associate Professor

Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Systems And Engineering

datta@ait.ac.th

Phone Number: (+66-2)524 5479

Fax:(+66-2) 524 0148

Room Number: AFE 210

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Area of Expertise

Crop production under conventional and organic farming systems
in relation to food security and climate change
Crop tolerance to soil and environmental stresses
Crop water management
Dryland agriculture; Ecological agriculture and organic farming
Integrated pest and nutrient management
Soil fertility management; Crop weed management and herbicide
tolerance
Weed ecology and management
Experimental design and data analysis

Prof. Anil Kumar Anal

Professor, Department Head, Department of Food, Agriculture & Bioresources

Food Engineering And Bioprocess Technology

Email: anilkumar@ait.ac.th

Contact: (+66-2)524 5473

Fax: (+66-2) 524 0147

Room Number: 203- AFE Building

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Area of Expertise

Bioprocessing and Value additions of Agro-Industrial Residues,
Aquatic Resources and Non-timber Forest Products
Functional Foods and Neutraceuticals Processing and Product
Analysis
Food Safety and Risk Assessment Analysis in Food Supply
Chain Systems
Application of Nanotechnology in Food, Agriculture and
Pharmaceutics
Delivery and pharmacokinetic studies of Bioactive Compounds
including Neutraceuticals, drugs, etc. in Human and Veterinary
Applications

Dr. Amararatne Yakupitiyage

Adjunct Faculty

Aquaculture And Aquatic Resources Management

Email: amara@ait.ac.th

Contact: (+66-2)524 5456

Room Number: 202- AFE Building

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Area of Expertise
Aquaculture systems development

Aquaculture nutrition and energetics

Fish feed technology and Aqua-feed business

Fish Pocessing Technologies (small-scale)

Systems approach for aquatic/ coastal resources management

Community based/ participatory resources development and management

Logical Framework Approach (LFA)

Systems modeling

Life Cycle Assessment (Aquaculture)

Outcome-based curriculum development

Chemistry/ Biology/ Biochemistry (specially UG level courses).