L’Oréal Thailand and the Thai National Commission for UNESCO have recently awarded fellowships to four Thai women in science. From the Sept. 7, 2011 news item on Nanowerk,

Material Science category

• Dr. Uracha Rungsardthong Ruktanonchai, NanoDelivery System Laboratory, National Nanotechnology Center, NANOTEC for her contribution to “Development of Encapsulation technology based on lipid nano carriers for bio applications”
• Assistant Professor Dr Hathaikarn Manuspiya from the Petroleum and Petrochemical College, Chulalongkorn University for her study on the “Development of Mesoporous Materials for entrapping heavy metals and gases in packaging for a better quality of food and water”

Life Science category

• Dr Natini Jinawath from the Research Center, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University for her study in “Genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array as a clinical diagnostic tool for unexplained developmental disabilities and congenital anomalies”
• Dr Saengchan Senapin National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) for her research on the “Study of shrimp molecular biology using yeast two-hybrid technique.”

The fellowships are valued at Baht 200,000 for each recipient.

Lat year in my Sept. 2, 2010 posting, I highlighted Singapore’s L’Oréal fellowships for women in science.