is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahasarakham University, Khamriang, Kantarawichai, Maha Sarakham, Thailand. She obtained her Ph.D. degree in Biological Sciences at Chulalongkorn University. Dr. Pimvichai is currently a full time Professor at Mahasarakham university, and has research collaboration agrement with the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium (Thierry Backeljau), where she did a researcher under Marie Curie postdoc fellowship. Her research has focused on the systematics, taxonomy, and phylogenetics of millipedes, mainly from Southeast Asia. Dr, Pimvichai has around 48 publications between papers, books, and revisions, and she has obtained several awards and scholarships, such as “The Best Initiative Research Award” from Shinshu University, Japan in 2010 and “Congress funding” from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Science in 2014. Dr. Piyatida Pimvichai has previously participated in the International Congress of Myriapodology in 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017, and 2019. Currently, she is one of the members of The CIM Council.
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