Name: Atsalek Rattanawannee, Ph.D. (Biological Sciences: Entomology)

Office address: Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture,

Kasetsart University, Ngam Wong Wan Rd., Chatuchak, Bangkok

10900 Thailand

Telephone: 02-942-8350; Fax: 02-561-4882; E-mail: fagralr@ku.ac.th

EDUCATION 2002 B.Sc. (Biology), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand 2006 M. Sc. (Zoology), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand 2012 Ph.D. (Biological Sciences: Entomology), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

RESEARCH INTEREST - Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Honey bees and Stingless bees in Thailand - Molecular ecology and Conservation genetics of bees in Thailand - Population genetic of Insect pests

PUBLICATIONS A. Book 1. Rattanawannee, A. and Chanchao, C. (2011). Bee Diversity in Thailand and the Applications of bee products, In: Changing Diversity in Changing Environment, Grillo, O. and Venora, G., (Ed.), 133-162, InTech, ISBN 978-953-307-796-3, Rijeka, Croatia. B. Research article 1. Klakasikorn (Rattanawannee), A., Wongsiri, S., Deowanish, S. and Duangphakdee, O. 2005. New record of stingless bees (Meliponini: Trigona) in Thailand. The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University 5: 1-7. 2. Rattanawannee, A., Chanchao, C., and Wongsiri, S. 2007. Morphometric and genetic variation of small dwarf honey bees Apis andreniformis Smith, 1858 in Thailand. Insect Science, 14, 359-365.

3. Rattanawannee, A., Chanchao, C., Oldroyd, B. P., and Wongsiri, S. 2009. Genetic variation and the relatedness of Apis dorsata colony aggregation in Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand. Proceeding of the 9th International Conference on Apitherapy Health Care & International Forum of Apitherapy and Bee Products, Asian Apicultural Association 2009, Chiang Rai, Thailand, 137-143. 4. Rattanawannee, A., Chanchao, C., and Wongsiri, S. 2010. Gender and species identification of four native honey bees (Apidae: Apis) in Thailand based on wing morphometric analysis. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 103(6): 965–970. 5. Rattanawannee, A., Chanchao, C., Lim, J., Wongsiri, S., and Oldroyd, B. P., 2012. Population structure of Apis dorsata in Thailand: implication for conservation. Insect Conservation and Diversity, DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00193.x. 6. Kaewmuangmoon, J., Nonthapa, P., Rattanawannee, A., Winayanuwattikun, P., and Chanchao, C. 2012. Preliminary screening for various bioactivities in honey and propolis extracts from Thai bees. European Journal of Medicinal Plants, 2(2): 74-92. 7. Rattanawannee, A., Chanchao, C., and Wongsiri, S. 2012. Geometric morphometric analysis of giant honeybee (Apis dorsata Fabricius, 1793) populations in Thailand. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 15: 611-618. 8. Rattanawannee, A., Chanchao, C., Wongsiri, S., and Oldroyd, B. P. 2012. No evidence that habitat disturbance affects mating frequency in the giant honey bee Apis dorsata. Apidologie, 43: 761-770. 9. Rattanawannee, A., Orawan Duangpukdee, and Pisit Poolprasert. 2013. Insects diversity during different stages of Asiatic elephant dung deterioration in eastern Thailand. Kasetsart Journal (Natural Science), Accepted. 10. Rattanawannee, A., Orawan Duangpukdee, and Randall Hepburn. 2013. Discrimination of two Tetragonula (Apidae: Meliponini) species in Thailand using geometric morphometric analysis of wing venation. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, Submitted.

CURRENT RESEARCH TOPICS - Investigating population and genetic structure of stingless bees in Thailand using geometric morphometic analysis and DNA sequencing - Analysis of genetic diversity of Teak Beehole Borer in northern Thailand’s Forest Plantation, Forest Industry Organization, Thailand: application for control - Analysis of genetic structure and insecticide susceptibility of cassava mealybug Phenacoccus manihoti (Hemmiptera:

Pseudococcidae) populations in Thailand

Faculty of Agriculture Kasetsart University