Supanan Ampawa
Mahidol University, Thailand
Biography
Supanan Ampawa is studying for a Ph.D. at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. She has received a prestigious scholarship from Science Achievement Scholarship of Thailand since 2010. During her undergraduate study, she investigated the reactivities of allenes and alkenes in Diels–Alder reactions at Mahidol University. After obtaining the B.Sc. degree (Hons), her Ph.D. project involves the development of novel catalysts for sustainable chemistry. In particular, she prepared a series of bis(triazolyl)phenylmethanol–palladium (II) catalysts which were active for crosscoupling reactions in water. This work was published in Chemistry Select journal in 2018. To improve properties and extend the applications of the triazole-based catalysts, she has currently been investigating the synthesis of heterogeneous triazole-based catalysts on silica support and evaluating the effects of ligand structures on catalyst loadings and activities of Pd nanoparticle catalysts fo