Congratulations to the new doctorate 
“Mr. Krissanapat Yomthong”
“Mr. Krissanapat Yomthong”For his wonderful performance on the thesis defense under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Chularat Wattanakit (VISTEC, Thailand). His thesis title is "Sustainable design and engineering of heterogeneous catalysts for catalytic biomass conversion and energy production"
He has received a Ph.D. degree in Chemical engineering from VISTEC.
We sincerely thank all committees: Prof. Dr. Jatuporn Wittayakun, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kittisak Choojun, Asst. Prof. Dr. Sareeya Bureekaew, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alejandro Montoya.
All or his research outputs:
1. Yomthong K., Makdee A., Soyphet A., Saenluang K., Maineawklang N., Ittisanronnachai S., Limphirat W., Kidkhunthod P., Wattanakit C. Engineering ultrafine Cu nanoparticles supported on zeolites via solvent-free inter-zeolite transformation for bioethanol dehydrogenation. J Mater Chem A. 2026;14:2120-2135.
2. Yomthong K., Iadrat P, Maineawklang N., Prasertsab A., Atithep T., Ittisanronachai S., Oikawa T., Sato H., Maeyama M., Wattanakit C. Rational Design of a Novel ETL/OFF Intergrowth Zeolite Using Renewable Silica Resources for Catalytic Cracking of n-Hexane. J Phys Chem C. 2025;129(41):18480–18495.
3. Maineawklang N., Prasanseang W., Yomthong K., Iadrat P., Wattanakit C. Accelerated synthesis of ferrierite nanoneedles via the ETL seed-assisted approach for catalytic ethanol dehydration. Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 2025;397:113769.
4. Somsri S., Villani E., Yomthong K., Wattanakit C., Kuhn A., Loget G. Optochiral Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor (MIS) Electrodes. ACS Appl Opt Mater. 2025;3(6):1192-1196.
5. Klinyod S., Yomthong K., Suttipat D., Pornsetmetakul P., Kidkhunthod P., Choojun K., Namuangruk S., Sooknoi T., Wattanakit C. Tailoring the first coordination shell of isolated Ti (IV) active sites in zeolite frameworks boosting catalytic activity in epoxidation. ChemCatChem. 2025;17(9):e202401862.
6. Klinyod S., Yomthong K., Iadrat P., Kidkhunthod P., Choojun K., Sooknoi T., Wattanakit C. Rational design of isolated tetrahedrally coordinated Ti (IV) sites in zeolite frameworks for methyl oleate epoxidation. Chem Asian J. 2024;19(20):e202400669.
7. Prasertsab A., Leangsiri W., Salakhum S., Yomthong K., Ittisanronnachai S., Watcharasing S., Kiattikomol P., Wattanakit C. Transformation of Production Sand Waste to FAU and LTA Zeolites for selective moisture adsorption and ethanol Conversion. Topics in Catalysis, 2023;66(19):1631-1648.
8. Somsri S., Suwankaisorn B., Yomthong K., Srisuwanno W., Klinyod S, Kuhn A., Wattanakit C. Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Pharmaceuticals at Chiral‐Encoded Metal Surfaces. Chem Eur J, 2023;29(61):e202302054.
9. Iadrat P., Yomthong K., Rodaum C., Pornsetmetakul P., Thivasasith A., Prasertsab A.,Fan X., Sooknoi T., Wattanakit C. Effects of zeolite frameworks and hierarchical structures on catalytic bioethanol dehydration: In-situ DRIFTS and DFT studies. Fuel, 2023;338:127208.