Natsurang Homchantara

Natsurang Homchantara (27 May 1957 – 11 August 2006) was a Thai lichenologist. In her relatively short career, she specialised in the taxonomy of the family Thelotremataceae, in which she helped describe many new species.

Life and career Born in Bangkok on 27 May 1957 to parents Sueb and Lamyai, Natsurang Homchantara was the fourth of five children. In 1979 she earned a B.Sc. in botany at Kasetsart University, and then went on to work at Chulalongkorn University, in the Department of Pharmacognosy in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science. Here she developed her knowledge of natural products, and herbal medicine from local plants. After entering the graduate program at this institution, she earned an M.Sc. in Pharmacy (Pharmacognosy) in 1985. Starting in 1991, she began working at Bangkok's Ramkhamhaeng University as an instructor in the biology department.

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