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Education: Ph.D. in Groundwater Management, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia; M.App.Sc. in Engineering Geology - Hydrogeology - Environmental Geology, University of New South Wales, Australia; วท.บ. (Geology) Khon Kaen University

Expertise:  Modeling of groundwater flow and mass movement, hydro-geochemistry and applications of isotope in hydrogeology, measurement of evapotranspiration, applications of geographic information systems in hydrogeological work

Undergraduate level teaching:  Hydrogeology 1, Hydrogeology 2, Groundwater Resources Evaluation and Management

Graduate level teaching:  Geotechnology of Waste Management, Research Methodology in Geotechnology

email:  rungr_le@kku.ac.th

Assistant Professor Surachai Sompadung

Education: M.Sc. (Geology) Chulalongkorn University; B.Sc. (Geology) Khon Kaen University

Expertise:  Environmental geology

Undergraduate level teaching:  Drawing for Technologists, Photogeology and Geomorphology, Environmental Geology

email:  sursom@kku.ac.th   

Assistant Professor Pachrasu Wannakao

Education: M.Sc. (Geology) Chulalongkorn University; B.Sc. (Geology) Khon Kaen University​

Expertise:  Petrology, Mineral exploration, Mineral deposit

Undergraduate level teaching:  Mineralogy, Petrology, Geology of Mineral Deposits

Associate Professor Peangta Satarugsa (Ph.D.)

Education: Ph.D. (Geosciences) University of Arizona; M.Sc. (Engineering Geology) Asian Institute of Technology; B.Sc. (Geology) Khon Kaen University

Expertise:  Geophysics, Structural geology

Undergraduate level teaching:  Structural Geology, Engineering Geophysics, Field Work 1, Geological Excursion

Graduate level teaching: 

email:  peangta@kku.ac.th 

Associate Professor Sarunya Promkotra (Ph.D.)

Education: Ph.D. (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering) Colorado School of Mines, Colorado; M.Sc. (Geology) Chiang Mai University; B.Sc. (Chemistry) Chiang Mai University

Expertise:  Mechanical Properties of Materials, Nanomaterials (Clays & Composite Materials), Colloidal Aggregation, Groundwater Hydrogeochemistry, Petroleum Geochemistry, Biopolymer

Undergraduate level teaching:  Geochemistry, Analysis of Geological Materials, Groundwater Pollution Monitoring and Control

Graduate level teaching:  Clay Technology and Engineering

email:  sarunya@kku.ac.th

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Associate Professor Kiattisak Sonpirom

​Education: M.Sc. (Geology) Chulalongkorn University; B.Sc. (Geotechnology) Khon Kaen University

Expertise:  Sedimentology

Undergraduate level teaching:  Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Paleontology

email:  sursom@kku.ac.th

Natthawiroj Silaratana (Ph.D.)

Education: Ph.D. (Geology) Chiang Mai University; B.Sc. (Geotechnology) Khon Kaen University

Expertise:  Geological exploration

Undergraduate level teaching:  General Geology, Geological Excursion, Field Work 1, Field Work 2, Special Projects in Geotechnology, Coal Geology

Graduate level teaching:

email:  thasil@kku.ac.th  TE01 Office tel. +66 (43) 009-700 ext. 44376   Office of the Assistant to the Dean for Student Development and Alumni Relations tel. +66 (43) 009-700 ext. 44636

Assistant Professor Nusara Surakotra

Education: Diplôme de Formation Specialisee en Exploitations a Ciel Ouvert des Mines et arrieres, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris; M.Sc. (Petroleum Geoscience) University of Brunei Darussalam; B.Sc. (Geotechnology) Khon Kaen University

Expertise:  Carbonate rocks, Paleontology, Stratigraphy, Evaporite Sedimentology, Structural Geology

Undergraduate level teaching:  Stratigraphy and Paleontology, Petroleum Geology, Geological Report Writing and Presentation, Geology for Teachers, Sedimentology, Earth Science, Paleobiology

email:  nussan@kku.ac.th   TE01 Office tel. +66 (43) 009-700 ext. 44607

Education: Ph.D. (Geotechnology) Khon Kaen University; Ph.D. Candidate (Geo-Environmental Engineering) Pennsylvania State University; M.Sc. (Geo-Environmental Engineering) Pennsylvania State University; B.Sc. (Geology) Chulalongkorn University

​Expertise:  geomechanics, flow in fractured porous rocks, slope stability analysis, reservoir effectiveness, groundwater modelling

Undergraduate level teaching:  Soil Mechanics, Rock Mechanics, Engineering Geology 1, Engineering Geology 2, Foundation Engineering, Geological Report Writing and Presentation, Seminar

Graduate level teaching:  Advanced Soil Mechanics, Geomechanics, Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Blasting Technology, Applied Engineering Geology, Ground Improvement Methods, Slope Engineering, Instrumentation and Development in Geotechnology, Open Excavation, Underground Excavation, Geotechnology of Waste Management

email:  krittr@kku.ac.th   TE01 Office tel. +66 (43) 009-700 ext. 44612   

Assistant Professor Rungroj Archwech (Ph.D.)

Education: Ph.D. (Geophysics) Texas A&M University; M.Sc. (Geotechnology) Khon Kaen University; B.Sc. (Geotechnology) Khon Kaen University

Expertise:  Geophysics

Undergraduate level teaching:  Geophysical Exploration, Surveying for Geotechnologists, Engineering Geophysics

Graduate level teaching: 

email:  rungroj@kku.ac.th   Office of the vice head department tel. +66 (43) 009-700 ext. 44606

Nudthawud Homtong

Education: ​ Currently a Ph.D. Candidate (Hydrogeology) University of Nevada, Las Vegas; B.A. (Geology) University of Colorado, Boulder

Expertise:  Hydrology, Hydrological Modeling, Hydrogeology, Applications of remote sensing, Applications of geographic information system, Climate Change and Climatology, Water Resources Management

Undergraduate level teaching:  Hydrogeology 1, Hydrogeology 2, Groundwater Resources Evaluation and Management, Field work 1, Field work 2

Graduate level teaching: 

email:  nudth@kku.ac.th  TE01 Office tel. +66 (43) 009-700 ext. 44611

Wimon Sukplum (Ph.D.)

Education: Ph.D. (Geotechnology) Khon Kaen University; M.Sc. (Geotechnology) Khon Kaen University; B.Sc. (Geotechnology) Khon Kaen University

​Expertise:  Engineering Geology

Undergraduate level teaching: Engineering Geology 1, Engineering Geology 2, and Surveying for Geotechnologists

Graduate level teaching: Geomechanics, Blasting Technology, Applied Engineering Geology, Ground Improvement Methods, Slope Engineering, Instrumentation and Development in Geotechnology, Open Excavation, Underground Excavation

email:  wimosu@kku.ac.th  TE05 Office tel. +66 (43) 009-700 ext. 44624  

Education: Ph.D. (Earth Science and Technology) Kasetsart University, M.S. (Geology) Chiang Mai University; B.S. (Geology) Chiang Mai University

​Expertise:  Petrology, Mineralogy, Geotourism

Undergraduate level teaching:  Mineralogy, Petrology, Seminar

email:  vimosi@kku.ac.th   TE01 Office tel. +66 (43) 009-700 ext. 44808  

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