Banpot Napompeth

Background

Napompeth, Banpot was born on February 20, 1941 in Phitsanulok, Thailand. Son of Perm and Prapai Napompeth.

Education

Student, Kasetsart U., Bangkok, 1958-1959; ISc in Agriculture, Udaipur (India) U., 1962; Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Punjab Agriculture U., Ludhiana, 1964; Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy, U. Hawaii, 1973.

Career

Assistant professor, Kasetsart U., Bangkok, 1975; assistant dean research faculty agriculture, Kasetsart U., Bangkok, 1978-1979; vice president research, Kasetsart U., Bangkok, since 1992; crop protection expert, United Nations ESCAP, Bangkok, 1979-1981; executive director, National Biological Control Research Center (NBCRC), Bangkok, since 1978. President South and East Asia Regional section International Organisation for Biological Control, Bangkok, 1984-1988. Member steering committee World Health Organization, Geneva, 1984-1991.

Permanent committee member International Congress of Plant Protection, since 1988, National Research Council Thailand, Bangkok, 1985-1989. Vice president International Organisation for Biological Control Global. Consultant Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), Rome, World Health Organization, Geneva, since 1984.

Achievements

• Banpot Napompeth has been listed as a noteworthy Foundation administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Management Of Pests And Pesticides: Farmers' Perceptions And Practices (Westview Studies in Insect Biology)

    (Book by Tait, Joyce)

Membership

Member, advisor Office of Consumer Protection, Bangkok, 1982-1989. Fellow Royal Entomological Society London. Member Agricultural Science Society Thailand (life, Outstanding Researcher of Year in Biological Control 1989), Science Society Thailand (life), Siam Society (life), British Ecological Society, Aquatic Plant Management Society, Entomological Society American, New York Academy Science, Australian Entomological Society, Hawaiian Entomological Society, Weed Science Society Thailand (founding member), International Organisation Biological Control, Malaysian Plant Protection Society, Malaysian Society Parasitology and Tropical Medicine (life), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Ratana, November 13, 1966. Children: Pairath, Peera.

Father:

Perm Napompeth

Mother:

Prapai Napompeth

Spouse:

Ratana

child:

Pairath Napompeth

child:

Peera Napompeth