of Fine and Applied Arts Bangkok, Thailand where I have been for over the last 25 years.
- Thailand’s Official representative to the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) since 1997
- Music Therapy Researcher - Author of Thailand’s First Music Therapy Book (in Thai)
- A Founding Member of the International Association for Music & Medicine (IAMM) 2009
- Ethnomusicologist specializing in Southeast Asia’s indigenous music
- Director of the Thai Music and Culture Research Unit, Chulalongkorn University
- Research project leader: Thai Music and Culture in Thailand’s 5 Regions (76 provinces)
- Co-Director Urban Research Plaza (URP) Osaka City University, Thailand Branch
- Research Fellow Urban Research Plaza (URP) Osaka City University, Japan
- Founder and Project Director of the Living Cultural Map of Bangkok
- Editorial boards: Cities Journal, Cities, Culture and Society Journal, Music and Medicine Journal, and Journal of Urban Culture Research
- Thai music composer and percussion Specialist
- Leader of Thai music workshops worldwide from the doctoral level to age 4
- Chair, Thai Music Graduate Program and Phd program board member, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University
- Deputy Dean Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University from 2002-9
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