Having completed her degree and postgraduate degree in Microbiology at the same university, Dr Sasitorn has received awards for her outstanding achievements in microbiology, science and student activities. Upon completion of her PhD, Dr Sasitorn was appointed as a post postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland in 2014 until 2015. When Dr Sasitorn returned to her alma mater, she began focusing her research onthe use of natural products as antioxidants. Since then, she has successfully lead numerous research grants and published over 40 journals, chapters in books and proceedings and obtained a patent in the extraction method for bioactive compounds from Quercus infectoria Oliv.