Boripat SIRIAROONRAT

Boripat received his veterinary degree from Chulalongkorn University in 1994 and Master of Science in Zoology in 1998. He has been interested in the wildlife research and conservation since he was a veterinary student. He used to teach at Chulalongkorn University and Mahidol University before going to USA for his PhD training at the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park and its Conservation & Research Center (currently renamed Smithsonian’s Conservation Biology Institute) and received a PhD in Environmental Science and Policy from George Mason University in 2006. His extensive research experience in reproductive science and integrated conservation with international partners and organizations has led him to come home to work for the Zoological Park Organization of Thailand (ZPOT). The establishment of Endangered Species Conservation & Research Institute with a component of reintroduction program, Wildlife Assisted Reproductive Technology Center and Wildlife BioBank were a few accomplishments during his 12 years of service at ZPOT. ZPOT team and partners successfully produced live offspring from giant panda, clouded leopard and Eld’s deer and Asian elephant using assisted reproduction. He is currently a researcher at the Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University in Thailand.