Panuwat Suppakul Ph.D. (Victoria University)
Assistant Professor
Department of Packaging and Materials Technology
Faculty of Agro-Industry
E-mail: panuwat.s@ku.ac.th
Tel: +66-2-562-5058   Fax : +66-2-562-5046

Area of interest:

• Developing new functional active packaging system with an emphasis on controlled and released packaging technology (e.g. antimicrobial, antioxidant, antianxiety, insect repellent)
• Developing new functional intelligent packaging system with an emphasis on diagnostic packaging technology (e.g. food spoilage indicator, time-temperature indicator, rancidity indicator, moisture indicator, ready-to-serve indicator, ripeness indicator)
• Mass transfer parameters and applications in shelf-life of food products

Current Researches:

• Development of antimicrobial packaging films containing natural plant extracts.
• Development of antioxidant packaging films containing natural plant extracts.
• Development of antimicrobial pad for extending the shelf life of table grapes.
• Development of bio-active nanocoated film containing natural plant extract using rapid expansion of supercritical solutions.
• Development of milled rice packaging for preventing insect infestation.
• Development of antianxiety film for transportation of Siamese fighting fish.
• Development of antimicrobial paper for packaging applications.
• Development of food spoilage indicator for monitoring microbial quality deterioration.
• Development of moisture indicator for monitoring quality deterioration of moisture sensitive foods.
• Development of rancidity indicator for monitoring quality deterioration of oxygen sensitive foods.
• Development of a vapor-phase lactic acid-based time-temperature indicator for monitoring food product quality.
• Development of ripeness indicator for monitoring ripening quality of sapodilla and mango.
• Consumer attitude towards intelligent packaging. Intelligent packaging technology with an emphasis on diagnostic packaging
• Determination of activation energy for water vapor permeability of plastic films and applications in moisture-sensitive food packaging