Chakriya Sansupa (Tar)

Tar earned her BSc in 2015 studying “The Effects of Fertilizer and Aspirin on Propagation of Ficus Species from Seed” as her special project topic. She went to completed her PhD on “Comparison of Soil Microbial Communities in Opencast Limestone Mine and Mine Rehabilitation Sites ” in 2021. This study took place at the SCG’s opencast limestone mine, Lampang, northern Thailand, where she compared soil physicochemical properties, microbial biomass, microbial community and soil enzyme activities among mine sites, rehabilitation plots and adjacent forest. Her study increased understanding of the effects of mining on soil microbial communities and the role they play during rehabilitation.

Key publication:

1. Sansupa, C., 2021. Comparison of Soil Microbial Communities in Opencast Limestone Mine and Mine Rehabilitation Sites. PhD thesis, The Graduate School, Chiang Mai University. 
2. Sansupa, C., W. Purahong, T. Wubet, P. Tiansawat, W. Pathom-Aree, N. Teaumroong, P. Chantawannakul, F. Buscot, S. Elliott & T. Disayathanoowat, 2021. Soil bacterial communities and their associated functions for forest restoration on a limestone mine in northern Thailand. PLoS ONE 16(4): e0248806. 
3. Sansupa, C.; Purahong, W.; Nawaz, A.; Wubet, T.; Suwannarach, N.; Chantawannakul, P.; Chairuangsri, S.; Disayathanoowat, T. Living Fungi in an Opencast Limestone Mine: Who Are They and What Can They Do? J. Fungi 2022, 8, 987. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8100987 

Email: chakriya.sansupa@gmail.com