Pornpawee Laohasom (Som)

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Pornpawee Laohasom (Som)
Field and Nursery Research Officer

Som graduated with a B.Sc. in Ecology from CMU's Biology Department in 2019. She participated in a student camp  on forest restoration hosted by CMU Nature Centre  and joined FORRU as a volunteer during her BSc special project. Her study focused on the "Diversity of Ground Flora in the Restoration Area of The Siam Cement (Lampang) Co., Ltd Limestone Quarry". She then worked with the CMU Nature Centre, helping to develop the seed bank there and providing instructional media design. Since 2022, she has served as FORRU-CMU's full-time research officer, managing seed collection, nursery work and field trial establishment and monitoring.

Key Publication:

  1. Laohasom, P. (2019). Diversity of Ground Flora in the Restoration Area of The Siam Cement (Lampang) Co., Ltd Limestone Quarry' BSc Special Project, Chiang Mai University.
  2. Suwannarat, W., S. Elliott, W. Takaew, P. Laohasom & W. Khokthong. 2025. Assessing the recovery of tropical forest structure, canopy closure and above-ground carbon during restoration: Comparing conventional with instrument-based metrics. Trees, Forests and People, 21, 100928. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2025.100928

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