Previously, she was the deputy director for academic affairs and the secretariat for the Nutrition Association in Thailand. She is a member of the International Scientific Committee for the Symposium on Measurement and Assessment of Food Deprivation and Under-nutrition. She was also vice-chair of the scientific committee for the 19th International Congress of Nutrition. Pattanee holds a B.S. in food technology from Chulalongkorn University, an M.S. in nutrition from the University of Hawaii, and a Ph.D. in international nutrition from Cornell University.