Kattareeya Kumthip, Ph.D.
Associate professor
kattareeya.k@cmu.ac.th
Office
50th Anniversary building, Room 719, Faculty of Medicine
Research interest
Dr. Kattareeya Kumthip focuses on the molecular epidemiology and characterization of the viruses that cause diarrhea in humans and animals including rotavirus, norovirus, sapovirus, astrovirus, adenovirus, enterovirus, kobuvirus, parechovirus, saffold virus, cosavirus, etc. The emerging and re-emerging of new variants as well as zoonotic potential of these viruses are also the aspects of her interest. In addition, she is also interested in hepatitis viruses, foodborne and waterborne viral pathogens.
Short biography
Dr. Kattareeya Kumthip is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine at Chiang Mai University. She earned a Bachelor of Science (Medical Technology) in 2005 from Chiang Mai University. She received her PhD in Microbiology in 2012 from Chiang Mai University under supervision of Professor Dr. Niwat Maneekarn. During her PhD study, she also worked with Drs. Raymond Chung and Wenyu Lin at Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, USA from 2010-2011. She did postdoctoral work at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, USA from 2013 to 2015, working with Dr. Kui Li and joined the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University as a faculty member in 2015.
Field of research
virology, epidemiology, bioinformatics, viral genetics
Current projects
“1. Emerging and re-emerging diarrheal viruses 2. Analysis of genetic relationship of diarrheal viruses in humans, animals and environmental water reservoir”