Kansri Boonpragob ( th, กัณฑรีย์ บุญประกอบ) is a lichenologist and climatologist from Thailand, who leads the Lichen Research Unit at

Ramkhamhaeng University Ramkhamhaeng University (RU) ( th, มหาวิทยาลัยรามคำแหง) is Thailand's largest public university. It was named in honour of King Ramkhamhaeng the Great of Sukhothai. The university provides an effective and e ...

Career

Boonpragob is Head of the Lichen Research Unit and Assistant Professor of Biological Science at

. She has published widely, including several books and dozens of articles. She also has a PhD in Ecology. During 2007 she held a post as Vice-Chair of the

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations. Its job is to advance scientific knowledge about climate change caused by human activities. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) a ...

's Working Group I. Boonpragob's research has demonstrated that there are already severe economic impacts on Thailand due to the ongoing climate crisis. Much of this impact is on coastal regions, where livelihoods as well as species, are at risk. She is a member of the Graphidaceae Project, administered by the

Field Museum The Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH), also known as The Field Museum, is a natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world. The museum is popular for the size and quality of its educational ...

. In 2008 she organized the first workshop on thelotremoid

Graphidaceae The Graphidaceae are a family of lichens in the order Ostropales. Distribution and ecology The vast majority of Graphidaceae species are restricted to the tropics. Most Graphidaceae species are epiphytic (i.e. they grow only on plants). Gener ...

in Thailand. She is a member of the Editorial Board for the ''Journal of Tropical Forest Research''. The lichen '' Ocellularia kansriae'' is named after Boonpragob, who collected specimens from Eastern Thailand.

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