Kansri Boonpragob

Kansri Boonpragob (, ) is a lichenologist and climatologist from Thailand, who leads the Lichen Research Unit at Ramkhamhaeng University. In 2024, she was awarded the Acharius Medal for her achievements in lichenology. She has published widely, including more than 50 scientific journal articles, several books, and numerous introductory works on lichens, ecology, and botany written in Thai. As part of the IPCC team, she shared in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Much of this impact is on coastal regions, where livelihoods as well as species, are at risk. In 2008 she organized the first workshop on thelotremoid Graphidaceae in Thailand.

The lichen Ocellularia kansriae is named after Boonpragob, who collected specimens from Eastern Thailand.

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