{{Short description|Thai lichenologist and climatologist}} {{Infobox academic |name=Kansri Boonpragob |native_name=กัณฑรีย์ บุญประกอบ |native_name_lang=th |discipline=Ecology; botany |sub_discipline=Lichenology |workplaces=[[Ramkhamhaeng University]] | }}
'''Kansri Boonpragob''' ({{langx|th|กัณฑรีย์ บุญประกอบ}}) is a [[Lichenology|lichenologist]] and [[Climatology|climatologist]] from [[Thailand]], who leads the Lichen Research Unit at [[Ramkhamhaeng University]]. In 2024, she was awarded the [[Acharius Medal]] for her achievements in lichenology.<ref name="Lumbsch 2024"/>
==Education==
Boonpragob completed her bachelor's degree at [[Kasetsart University]] in [[Bangkok]], followed by a master's degree in [[Tennessee]]. She later earned a diploma in environmental management and protection from the [[TU Dresden|Technical University in Dresden]]. In 1987, she completed her PhD at [[Arizona State University]] under the supervision of [[Thomas Hawkes Nash III|Tom Nash]], focusing on the [[ecophysiology]] and impact of [[air pollution]] on lichens, particularly ''[[Ramalina menziesii]]'' in California.<ref name="Lumbsch 2024"/>
==Career==
Boonpragob is Emeritus Professor and former Head of the Lichen Research Unit and Assistant Professor of Biological Science at [[Ramkhamhaeng University]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=รศ.ดร.กัณฑรีย์ บุญประกอบ|url=http://www.lichen.ru.ac.th/index.php/personnels?layout=edit&id=31|access-date=2021-04-07|website=www.lichen.ru.ac.th}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-09-29|title=The Second Interim Scientific Advisory Group on the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia|url=http://www.eanet.cc/event/isag/isag02.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929041040/http://www.eanet.cc/event/isag/isag02.pdf|archive-date=2007-09-29}}</ref> She has published widely, including more than 50 scientific journal articles, several books, and numerous introductory works on lichens, ecology, and botany written in Thai.<ref name="Lumbsch 2024"/> She also has a PhD in Ecology.<ref name=":1" /> During 2007 she held a post as Vice-Chair of the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]]'s Working Group I.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tay|first=Simon|date=2007|title=Climate Change and Insecurity in the Asia Pacific:: Regional Initiatives to Address Emerging Threats|journal=Cscap Regional Security Outlook 2007|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep22254.8|pages=45–48}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-05-09|title=IPCC AR4 WGI Organization|url=http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/wg1_org.html|access-date=2021-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509054518/http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/wg1_org.html|archive-date=2008-05-09}}</ref> As part of the IPCC team, she shared in the 2007 [[Nobel Peace Prize]].<ref name="Lumbsch 2024"/> Boonpragob's research has demonstrated that there are already severe economic impacts on Thailand due to the ongoing climate crisis.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Scientists: Southeast Asia losing billions to climate change - China Climate Change Info-Net|url=http://en.ccchina.org.cn/Detail.aspx?newsId=34258&TId=97|access-date=2021-04-07|website=en.ccchina.org.cn}}</ref> Much of this impact is on coastal regions, where livelihoods as well as species, are at risk.<ref name=":2" /> She is a member of the Graphidaceae Project, administered by the [[Field Museum of Natural History|Field Museum]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Collaborators {{!}} Graphidaceae collections|url=https://graphidaceae.fieldmuseum.org/collaborators|access-date=2021-04-07|website=graphidaceae.fieldmuseum.org}}</ref> In 2008 she organized the first workshop on thelotremoid [[Graphidaceae]] in Thailand.<ref name=":0" /> She later organized the International Association for Lichenology (IAL7) congress in 2012.<ref name="Lumbsch 2024"/> She is a member of the Editorial Board for the ''Journal of Tropical Forest Research''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Editorial Board {{!}} Journal of Tropical Forest Research|url=http://www.jtfr.forest.ku.ac.th/?page_id=12|access-date=2021-04-07|language=en-US}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
The lichen ''[[Ocellularia kansriae]]'' is named after Boonpragob, who collected specimens from [[Eastern Thailand]].<ref name="Homchantara & Coppins 2002"/>
==See also== * [[:Category:Taxa named by Kansri Boonpragob]]
==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em|refs=
<ref name="Homchantara & Coppins 2002">{{cite journal |last1=Homchantara |first1=N. |last2=Coppins |first2=B.J. |year=2002 |title=New species of the lichen family Theotremataceae in SE Asia |journal=The Lichenologist |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=113–140 |doi=10.1006/lich.2002.0382|bibcode=2002ThLic..34..113H }}</ref>
<ref name="Lumbsch 2024">{{Cite journal |last=Lumbsch |first=Thorsten |year=2024 |title=Acharius Medal to Kansri Boonpragob |journal=International Lichenological Newsletter |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=3–4 |url=https://ial-lichenology.org/wp-content/uploads/Issue572.pdf}}</ref>
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