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Pairat Kaewsarn

 

Current address: Department of Chemical Engineering

Ubon Ratchathani University

Warinchamrab, Ubon Ratchathani 34190 Thailand

Ph. +66 45 288400 ext 3803, 1650 Fax. +66 45 288378

E-mail. P_kaewsarn@hotmail.com

 

Permanent address: Department of Chemical Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Ubon Ratchathani University

Warinchamrab, Ubon Ratchathani 34190 Thailand

Ph. +66 45 269599

 

WORK HISTORY

 

1987-1989 Lecturer, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Khon Kaen University

1989-present Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, Ubon Ratchathani University

 

EDUCATION

 

1983-1987 B. Eng. (Chemical Engineering), Khon Kaen University, Thailand

1995-1997 M. Eng (Chemical Engineering), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia

1997-2000 Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering), Griffith University, Australia

 

AWARD RECEIVED

 

• 1998 Griffith University Postgraduate Students Association awards for Excellence in Postgraduate Research.

 

SCHOLARSHIPS RECEIVED

 

• A scholarship from Khon Kaen University (the staff recruitment from high-grade achievement students project, 1985-1987).

• A Royal Thai Government scholarship for pursuing higher degrees (Master-Ph.D.) (1995-present).

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

International journal papers

 

  1. Kaewsarn, P. (with Yu, Q., Matheickal, J. T. and Yin, P.) "Heavy Metal Uptake Capacities of Common Marine Macro Algal Biomass" Water Research, vol. 33, no. 6, pp.1534-1537, 1999.
  2. Kaewsarn, P. (with Yu, Q.) "Binary Adsorption of Copper (II) and Cadmium (II) from Aqueous Solutions by Biomass of Marine Alga Durvillaea Potatorum" Separation Science and Technology, vol. 34, number 8, pp. 1595-1605, 1999.
  3. Kaewsarn, P. (with Yu, Q.) "Fixed-Bed Study for Copper (II) Removal from Aqueous Solutions by Marine Alga Durvillaea Potatorum" Environmental Technology, In Press, 1999.
  4. Kaewsarn, P. (with Yu, Q.) "Adsorption of Nickel from Aqueous Solutions by Pre-treated Biomass of Marine Macro-Alga Durvillaea Potatorum" Separation Science and Technology Journal, Submitted in Oct 1998.
  5. Kaewsarn, P. (with Yu, Q. and Loc, V. D.) "Electron Microscopy Study of Biosorbents from Marine Alga Durvillaea Potatorum" Chemical Engineering and Processing Journal, Submitted in Dec 1998.
  6. Kaewsarn, P. (with Yu, Q.) "A Model for pH Dependent Equilibrium of Heavy Metal Biosorption" The Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Submitted in Jan 1999.
  7. Kaewsarn, P. (with Yin, P., Yu, Q. and Lin, Z.) "Biosorption and Desorption of Cadmium(II) by Biomass of Laminaria japonica" Water Research Journal, Submitted in June 1999.
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    International conference papers

     

  9. Kaewsarn, P. (with Yu, Q.) "Biosorption of Copper(II) from Aqueous Solutions by Pre-treated Biomass of Marine Alga Padina sp." Accepted for presentation at the 8th APCChE Congress and SIChEM’99 Conference, Korea, 16-19 August 1999.
  10. Kaewsarn, P. (with Yu, Q., Matheickal, J. T. and Yin, P.) "Pre-treated Biomass of Marine Macro Algae as Low Cost High Efficiency Adsorbent for Heavy Metal Ions" Accepted for presentation at the 8th APCChE Congress and SIChEM’99 Conference, Korea, 16-19 August 1999.
  11. Kaewsarn, P. (with Yu, Q.) "Correlation of Isotherm Data for Selected Heavy Metal Ions onto Biosorbents" Accepted for presentation at the 27th Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference (Chemeca'99), Newcastle, Australia, September 1999.
  12. Kaewsarn, P. (with Yu, Q. and Loc, V. D.) "Microstructure of Biosorbents from Australian Marine Algae Durvillaea potatorum" Accepted for presentation at the 27th Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference (Chemeca'99), Newcastle, Australia, September 1999.
  13. Kaewsarn, P. (with Yu, Q.) "Cadmium Removal from Aqueous Solutions by Pre-treated Biomass of Marine Macro-Alga Durvillaea potatorum" Accepted for presentation at the International Conference on Urban Pollution Control Technology, Hong Kong, 13-15 October 1999.
  14. Kaewsarn, P. (with Yu, Q., Matheickal, J. T. and Yin, P.) "Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Wastewater by using Biosorbents from Marine Algae-A Cost Effective New Technology" Accepted for presentation at the International Conference on Urban Pollution Control Technology, Hong Kong, 13-15 October 1999.
  15. Kaewsarn, P. (with Yu, Q., Matheickal, J. T. and Yin, P.) "Heavy Metal Uptake Capacities of Biomass: A Comparison" In: Proc. of the 26th Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference (Chemeca'98), Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia, 28-30 September 1998.
  16. Kaewsarn, P. (with Yu, Q.) "Kinetics of Binary Adsorption of Copper (II) and Cadmium (II) from Aqueous Solutions by Low-cost Biosorbents from Durvillaea Potatorum" In: Proc. of the 26th Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference (Chemeca'98), Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia, 28-30 September 1998.
  17. Kaewsarn, P. (with Yu, Q. and Matheickal, J. T.) "Lead, Copper and Cadmium Removal from Aqueous Solution using Australian Marine Alga Durvillaea Potatorum" In: Proc. of the 2nd Asia Pacific Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Technology, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 14-17 June 1998.