Nudjarin Ramungul
Dr. Nudjarin Ramungul is a research specialist at the National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency, Ministry of Science and Technology, Thailand. She also serves as the director of MTEC's Environmental Research Unit and the chairman of the Thai Industrial Standards' Technical Committee (TC) 1008 on the Environmental standardization for electrical and electronic products and systems. Dr. Ramungul focuses on the uses of hazardous substances in Thailand's export products and strategic approaches to developing green supply chains to cope with emerging chemical safety and environmental regulations. She has conducted several research and development activities in collaboration with international partners to foster appropriate supply chain network and infrastructure to support the production of Thai Hazardous Substances Free Products. She also conducted policy research to identify appropriate approaches to improve competitiveness of Thai industry in the green marketplace. During the past 10 years, her work has helped increase the capacity of Thai industry to meet challenges from both environmental legislation and markets' expectations. In her role as the Environmental Research Unit's director, Dr. Ramungul oversees research activities in the development of eco-innovative materials and the developement of national indicators for the assessment of environmental impacts of materials and products from the life-cycle perspective. Dr. Ramungul received a Ph.D. Degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.