• Ph.D. in Applied Chemistry, Tohoku University, Japan
• M.Eng. in Applied Chemistry, Tohoku University, Japan
• B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering (1st class honors), Kasetsart University, Thailand

• SIIT High Quality Publication Award 2021
• SIIT Best Teaching Award 2020
• SIIT High Quality Publication Award 2018
• SIIT Silver Publication Achievement Award 2018
• Honorary Research Award from a Division outside TU 2018
• SIIT Citation Award 2017
• TU Outstanding Young Researcher 2017
• Best poster award at the 3rd Symposium on Graphene Oxide, Tokyo (Japan), 2014.
• BCSJ Award Article from Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2014.
• Recipient of Sato Yo International Scholarship, 2011-2013.
• Best poster award at the Annual World Conference on Carbon, Shanghai (China), 2011.
• Best poster award at the 37th Japanese Carbon Conference, Himeji (Japan), 2010.
• Recipient of Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship, 2008-2010.

• Carbon-based materials and their surface functionalization.
• Electrochemical capacitors and related hybrid systems for energy storage
• Electrochemical processes.
• Energy storage and conversion technology

Template synthesis of novel carbon materials
Zero-, one-, two-dimensional sp2-hybridized carbon materials, e.g., fullerene, carbon nanotubes, and graphenes, are well-known carbon allotropes. Scientists naturally expect their analogical substance, i.e., three-dimensional graphene-based ordered architecture (known as Schwarzite). By using a template carbonization approach, variety of interesting carbon materials with an ordered pore structure can be synthesized. Introduction of a large amount of carbon into the confined nanochannels of zeolite template could lead to a formation of a novel carbon structure, such as fullerene network and even Schwarzite, which is an as-yet-unsynthesized hypothetic material and would probably show specific properties due to its unique valence electron structure.

Functionalization of carbon frameworks and their applications for electrochemical energy storage
Carbon materials with high specific surface area are commonly used as electrodes for electrochemical capacitors (or supercapacitors). However, their applications are still limited by relatively low energy density. This research aims to develop hybrid carbon-based electrode by finely tunning their surface functionalities, which lead to an energy density enhancement resulting from a pseudocapacitance. Some other hybrid systems, such as an asymmetric and a redox capacitors will be also investigated.

• Feb 2022 – Present: Head, School of BCET, SIIT
• Mar 2019 – Present: Assistant Professor, SIIT
• Jul 2015 – Mar 2019: Lecturer, SIIT
• Oct 2013 – Mar 2015: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Japan
• Oct 2010 – Sep 2013: Research Assistant, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Japan
• Jul 2007 – Mar 2008: Research Assistant, cooperation between Kasetsart University and the Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT) Public Company Limited

• Member, American Chemical Society
• Member, American Carbon Society
• Member, Carbon Society of Japan
• Member, Electrochemical Society of Japan
• Member, Thai Young Scientists Academy (TYSA)
• Member, Old Japan Students Association Kingdom of Thailand (OJSAT)
• Reviewer, Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier)
• Reviewer, Materials and Design (Elsevier)
• Reviewer, Scientific Reports (Nature Research)
• Reviewer, Carbon (Elsevier)
• Reviewer, ACS Omega (American Chemical Society)
• Reviewer, Journal of The Electrochemical Society (IOP Science)
• Reviewer, Chemosphere (Elsevier)
• Reviewer, Process Safety and Environmental Protection (Elsevier)
• Reviewer, Carbon Resources Conversion (Elsevier)
• Reviewer, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (Elsevier)

International Journal Publications

1. Light olefins synthesis from CO₂ hydrogenation over mixed Fe-Co-K supported on micro-mesoporous carbon catalysts. Thongthai Witoon, Thanapha Numpilai, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Chin Kui Cheng, Metta Chareonpanich, Jumras Limtrakul, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2022) In press
2. Electrochemical production of 2,5-furandicarboxylic (FDCA) from 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) using ultrathin Co(OH)2 on ZIF-67. Taweesak Pila, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Sombat Ketrat, Vetiga Somjit, Kanokwan Kongpatpanich, ACS Applied Energy Materials 4(11) (2021) 12909-12916.
3. Sulfur-Doped Carbons from Durian Peels, Their Surface Characteristics, and Electrochemical Behaviors. Susilo Sudarman Desa, Takafumi Ishii, Khanin Nueangnoraj, ACS Omega 6 (2021) 24902−24909.
4. The Influence of H₂O₂ on The Photocatalytic Pretreatment of Cellulose for 5-Hydroxymethyl Furfural (5-HMF) Production. Muhammad Imam Syafi’i, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Siwarutt Boonyarattanakalin, Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis 16(3) (2021) 565-570.
5. Role of nitrogen on the porosity, surface, and electrochemical characteristics of activated carbon. Panudetch Treeweranuwat, Pawan Boonyoung, Metta Chareonpanich, Khanin Nueangnoraj, ACS Omega 5 (2020) 1911-1918.
6. Fabrication of Activated Carbon Pouch Cell Supercapacitor: Effects of Calendering and Selection of Separator-Solvent Combination. Gladis Aros Safitri, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Paiboon Sreearunothai, Jedsada Manyam, Current Applied Science and Technology 20 (2020) 124-135.
7. Enhancement Performance of Carbon Electrode for Supercapacitors by Quinone Derivatives Loading via Solvent-free Method. Nutcharin Tisawat, Chanatip Samart, Panichakorn Jaiyong, Richard A Bryce, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Narong Chanlek, Suwadee Kongparakul, Applied Surface Science 491 (2019) 784-791.
8. A Simple “Nano-Templating” Method Using Zeolite Y Toward the Formation of Carbon Schwarzites. Pawan Boonyoung, Takatoshi Kasukabe, Yasuto Hoshikawa, Ángel Berenguer-Murcia, Diego Cazorla-Amorós, Bundet Boekfa, Hirotomo Nishihara, Takashi Kyotani, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Frontiers in Materials, 6 (2019) 104.
9. Environmentally Friendly Supercapacitor based on Carbon Dots from Durian Peel as an Electrode. Janjira Praneerad, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Insik In, Peerasak Paoprasert, Key Engineering Materials 803 (2019) 115-119.
10. Structural coloration of a colloidal amorphous array is intensified by carbon nanolayers. Yukikazu Takeoka, Masanori Iwata, Takahiro Seki, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Hirotomo Nishihara, and Shinya Yoshioka, Langmuir, 34 (2018) 4282-4288.
11. Enhanced electrochemical performances with a copper/xylose-based carbon composite electrode. Suchada Sirisomboonchai, Suwadee Kongparakul, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Haibo Zhang, Lu Wei, Prasert Reubroycharoen, Guoqing Guan, and Chanatip Samart, Applied Surface Science, 436 (2018) 639-645.
12. Hetero-atom decoration of activated carbon without post-treatment. Pawan Boonyoung, Panudetch Treeweranuwat, Peewara Leewattanakarn, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Chemical Engineering Transactions 56 (2017) 1687-1692.
13. An organic proton battery employing two redox-active quinones trapped within the nanochannels of zeolite-templated carbon. Khanin Nueangnoraj, Takaaki Tomai, Hirotomo Nishihara, Takashi Kyotani, Itaru Honma, Carbon 107 (2016) 831-836.
14. Synthesis and Photoproperties of Edge-Functionalized Zeolite-Templated Carbon with Bromine or Carbazole Groups. Haruko Goto, Tomoyuki Tajima, Kazumasa Kobayashi, Yutaka Takaguchi, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Hirotomo Nishihara, Chemistry Letters 45 (2016) 601-603.
15. Pseudocapacitance of Zeolite-Templated Carbon in Organic Electrolytes. Khanin Nueangnoraj, Hirotomo Nishihara, Takafumi Ishii, Norihisa Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Itoi, Raul Berenguer, Ramiro Ruiz-Rosas, Diego Cazorla-Amorós, Emilia Morallón, Masashi Ito, Takashi Kyotani, Energy Storage Materials 1 (2015) 35-41.
16. Characterization of a zeolite-templated carbon by electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance and in situ raman spectroscopy. Sarai Leyva-García, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Dolores Lozano-Castelló, Hirotomo Nishihara, Takashi Kyotani, Emilia Morallón, Diego Cazorla-Amoros, Carbon 88 (2015) 63-73.
17. Photocatalytic performance of TiO2–zeolite templated carbon composites in organic contaminant degradation. Waleeporn Donphai, Takashi Kamegawa, Metta Chareonpanich, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Hirotomo Nishihara, Takashi Kyotani, Hiromi Yamashita, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 16 (2014) 25004-25007.
18. Large pseudocapacitance in quinone-functionalized zeolite-templated carbon. Hiroyuki Itoi, Hirotomo Nishihara, Takafumi Ishii, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Raúl Berenguer-Betrián, Takashi Kyotani, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan 87 (2014) 250-257.
19. Carbon-carbon asymmetric aqueous capacitor by pseudocapacitive positive and stable negative electrodes. Khanin Nueangnoraj, Ramiro Rafael Ruiz-Rosas, Hirotomo Nishihara, Soshi Shiraishi, Emilia Morallón, Diego Cazorla-Amorós, Takashi Kyotani, Carbon 67 (2014) 792-794.
20. Formation of crosslinked-fullerene-like framework as negative replica of zeolite Y. Khanin Nueangnoraj, Hirotomo Nishihara, Katsuaki Imai, Hiroyuki Itoi, Takafumi Ishii, Manabu Kiguchi, Yohei Sato, Masami Terauchi, Takashi Kyotani, Carbon 62 (2013) 455-464.
21. Production of colored pigments with amorphous arrays of black and white colloidal particles. Yukikazu Takeoka, Shinya Yoshioka, Atsushi Takano, Shigeo Arai, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Hirotomo Nishihara, Midori Teshima, Yumiko Ohtsuka, Takahiro Seki, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 52 (2013) 7261-7265.
22. Binderless thin films of zeolite-templated carbon electrodes useful for electrochemical microcapacitors with ultrahigh rate performance. Ángel Berenguer-Murcia, Ramiro R. Ruiz-Rosas, Jaime García-Aguilar, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Hirotomo Nishihara, Emilia Morallón, Takashi Kyotani, Diego Cazorla-Amorós, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 15(2013) 10331-10334.

International Conferences

1. Catalytic Performance of Aluminum-Based Catalysts for Conversion of D-Xylose to Lactic Acid. Tharaya Potiteerabut, Narongrit Sosa, Kidsada Thanee, Saran Youngjan, Sutarat Thongratkaew, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Michikazu Hara, Pongtanawat Khemthong, The 2nd International Virtual Conference on Science and Technology 2021 (IVCST2021), August 6, 2021 (Online).
2. Removal of Naphthalene (NAP) from Cigarette Mainstream Smoke Using Biomass-Based Carbon. Parinya Inthasuwan, Kajornsak Faungnawakij, Takafumi Ishii, Metta Chareonpanich, Khanin Nueangnoraj, The 30th Thai Institute of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry Conference (TIChE2021), May 6-7, 2021 (Online).
3. Enhancement of Electrochemical Performance of Anthraquinone over N-doped Activated Carbon Electrode. Susilo Sudarman Desa, Khanin Nueangnoraj, The 30th Thai Institute of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry Conference (TIChE2021), May 6-7, 2021 (Online).
4. The Influence of H₂O₂ on The Photocatalytic Pretreatment of Cellulose for 5-Hydroxymethyl Furfural (5-HMF) Production. Muhammad Imam Syafii, Khanin Nueangnuraj, Siwarutt Boonyarattanakalin, The 3rd International Conference on Chemistry, Chemical Process and Engineering (IC3PE) 2020, September 30, 2020, Indonesia.
5. Converting waste durian peels into S-enriched porous carbon using sodium sulfite (Na2SO3) with enhanced electrochemical capacitance. Panudetch Treeweranuwat, Khanin Nueangnoraj, The Pure and Applied Chemistry International Conference 2020 (PACCON2020), February 13-14, 2020, Nonthaburi (Thailand).
6. Microwave-Assisted Preparation of D-Lactide. Vavang Paxay, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Atisa Petchsuk, Siwarutt Boonyarattanakalin, The Pure and Applied Chemistry International Conference 2020 (PACCON2020), February 13-14, 2020, Nonthaburi (Thailand).
7. A nano-templating approach for the deposition of carbon inside zeolite Y. Pawan Boonyoung, Takatoshi Kasukabe, Yasuto Hoshikawa, Hirotomo Nishihara, Takahi Kyotani, Khanin Nueangnoraj, The Annual World Conference on Carbon (Carbon 2018). July 1 – 6, 2018. Madrid (Spain).
8. Nitrogen-enriched activated carbon from shrimp shells as the electrodes for supercapacitors. Weerawit Luewanichwong, Parinya Inthasuwan, Chakorn Tangsirisatian, Nopachote Sandhu, and Khanin Nueangnoraj, The Pure and Applied Chemistry International Conference 2018 (PACCON2018), February 7-9, 2017, Songkhla (Thailand).
9. Improvement of electrochemical supercapacitor performance by MnO2 loading on activated carbon, Nutcharin Tisawat, Chanatip Samart, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Guoqing Guan, Suwadee Kongparakul, 30th International Symposium on Chemical Engineering (ISChE2017), December 1-3, 2017, Korea.
10. Activated Carbon-Incorporated Cigarette Filter for Tar and Nicotine Removal, Bunsita Kong-gij, Sataporn Kunapisitkul, Pichaya Wadsungnoen, Pawan Boonyoung, Panudetch Treeweranuwat, Khanin Nueangnoraj, The Annual World Conference on Carbon (Carbon 2017). July 23 – 28, 2017. Melbourne (Australia).
11. Sulfur Self-Decoration of Activated Carbon from Mae Moh Lignite, Panudetch Treeweranuwat, Pawan Boonyoung, Khanin Nueangnoraraj, The Annual World Conference on Carbon (Carbon 2017). July 23 – 28, 2017. Melbourne (Australia).
12. Nitrogen-enriched activated carbon from crustacean shells. Monnapat Panuvatakul, Abhirak Sinchangreed, Panudetch Treeweranuwat, Pawan Boonyoung, Khanin Nueangnoraraj, The Pure and Applied Chemistry International Conference 2017 (PACCON2017), February 2-3, 2017, Bangkok (Thailand).
13. Hemp stem-derived activated carbon for tar adsorption in cigarette filter. Bunsita Kong-gij, Sataporn Kunapisitkul, Pichaya Wadsungnoen, Pawan Boonyoung, Panudetch Treeweranuwat, Khanin Nueangnoraj, The Pure and Applied Chemistry International Conference 2017 (PACCON2017), February 2-3, 2017, Bangkok (Thailand).
14. Activated carbon-incorporated cigarette filter for tar and nicotine removal. Bunsita Kong-gij, Sataporn Kunapisitkul, Pichaya Wadsungnoen, Pawan Boonyoung, Panudetch Treeweranuwat, Khanin Nueangnoraj, The World Conference on Carbon 2017 (Carbon 2017), July 23 -28, 2017, Melbourne (Australia).
15. Carbon structure replicated from FAU-zeolite nanoparticles. Khanin Nueangnoraj, Takashi Kyotani, The 4th Annual Conference on Engineering and Information Technology (ACEAIT 2016), March 29-31, 2016, Kyoto (Japan).
16. Zeolite-templated carbon as electrodes for electrochemical energy storage (oral). Khanin Nueangnoraj, The 2016 Second Asian Conference on Defence Technology (ACDT 2016), January 21-23, 2016, Chiang Mai (Thailand).
17. Quinone-functionalized zeolite-templated carbon as the electrodes for high energy density redox capacitor (oral). Khanin Nueangnoraj, Takaaki Tomai, Hirotomo Nishihara, Takashi Kyotani, Itaru Honma, The Annual World Conference on Carbon (Carbon 2015). July 12-17, 2015. Dresden (Germany).
18. Hybrid redox capacitor with high energy density derived from quinone-functionalized zeolite-templated carbon (oral, invited). Khanin Nueangnoraj, Takaaki Tomai, Hirotomo Nishihara, Takashi Kyotani, Itaru Honma, The 249th ACS National Meeting & Exposition. March 22-26, 2015. Denver, Colorado (USA).
19. Quinone-functionalized zeolite templated-carbon for high energy density capacitors (oral). Khanin Nueangnoraj, Takaaki Tomai, Ramiro Ruiz-Rosas, Emilia Morallón, Diego Cazorla- Amorós, Hirotomo Nishihara, Takashi Kyotani, Itaru Honma, The 18th International Symposium on Batteries, Fuel Cells and Capacitors. November 19-21, 2014. Kyoto (Japan).
20. Unique redox behaviour of zeolite-templated carbon in organic electrolytes (oral). Hirotomo Nishihara, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Norihisa Yamamoto, Raúl Berenguer-Betrián, Hiroyuki Itoi, Masashi Ito, Takashi Kyotani, The Annual World Conference on Carbon (Carbon 2014). June 29 - July 4, 2014. Jeju island (Korea).
21. Formation of carbon schwarzite-like framework as a negative replica of zeolite Y (poster). Khanin Nueangnoraj, Hirotomo Nishihara, Katsuaki Imai, Hiroyuki Itoi, Takafumi Ishii, Manabu Kiguchi, Yohei Sato, Masami Terauchi, Takashi Kyotani, The 5^th International Conference on Recent Progress in Graphene Research (RPGR2013). September 9-13, 2013. Tokyo (Japan).
22. High performance asymmetric capacitor based on zeolite-templated carbon and KOH-activated carbon (oral). Khanin Nueangnoraj, Hirotomo Nishihara, Takashi Kyotani, Ramiro Ruiz-Rosas, Emilia Morallón, Diego Cazorla-Amorós, The Annual World Conference on Carbon (Carbon 2013). July 14-19, 2013. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
23. Large pseudocapacitance induced by redox reactions on microporous carbon in organic electrolyte (oral). Hirotomo Nishihara, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Raúl Berenguer-Betrián, Hiroyuki Itoi, Takashi Kyotani, The Annual World Conference on Carbon (Carbon 2013). July 14-19, 2013. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
24. Characterization of a zeolite-templated carbon by electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (oral). Dolores Lozano-Castelló, Sarai Leyva-García, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Hirotomo Nishihara, Takashi Kyotani, The Annual World Conference on Carbon (Carbon 2013). July 14-19, 2013. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
25. Formation of carbon nanostructure as a negative replica of zeolite Y (oral, invited). Khanin Nueangnoraj, Hirotomo Nishihara, Takafumi Ishii, Yohei Sato, Masami Terauchi, Takashi Kyotani, Campus Asia Summer School 2012. August 22, 2012. Sendai (Japan).
26. Formation of carbon nanostructure in zeolite nanochannels (oral). Khanin Nueangnoraj, Hirotomo Nishihara, Takashi Kyotani, The 14^th International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists (IACIS 2012). May 13-18, 2012. Sendai (Japan).
27. Carbon deposition inside the confined nano-spaces of zeolite Y and its possible carbon molecular structures (poster).Khanin Nueangnoraj, Hirotomo Nishihara, Takashi Kyotani, International Conference of New Science Created by Materials with Nano Spaces: From Fundamentals to Applications. November 25, 2011. Sendai (Japan).
28. Study on an effective method to introduce carbon into the zeolite nanochannels and its possible carbon molecular structures (oral). Khanin Nueangnoraj, Hirotomo Nishihara, Takashi Kyotani, The 6^th International Symposium on Chemical-Environmental-Biomedical Technology. September 4-7, 2011. Taipei (Taiwan).
29. A possible structure of a negatively curved graphene network formed inside the zeolite nanochannels (poster).Khanin Nueangnoraj, Hirotomo Nishihara, Yohei Sato, Masami Terauchi, Takashi Kyotani, The Annual World Conference on Carbon (Carbon 2011). July 24-29, 2011. Shanghai (China).

Patents

1. Carbons for Electromagnetic Shielding, Khanin Nueangnoraj (2019) TH1903002799.
2. Activated Carbon from Hemp Stem for Main Stream Smoke Adsorption and Manufacturing Method Therefor. Khanin Nueangnoraj (2019) TH1903002388.
3. Gel Electrolyte from Carragenan for Electrochemical Capacitor and Manufacturing Method Therefor. Peerasak Paoprasert, Panichakorn Jaiyong, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Janjira Praneerat, Preeyanuch Supachokesunthorn, Nichapat Thongsai (2018) TH1803002353.
4. Electrode for Electrochemical Capacitor and Manufacturing Method Therefor. Hitoshi Ito, Takashi Kyotani, Hirotomo Nishihara, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Raul Berenguer-Betrian, Japan Patent (2014) JP2014107361 (特許第6176601号).
5. Carbon Packing in Zeolite Nanochannel. Takashi Kyotani, Hirotomo Nishihara, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Hitoshi Ito, Japan Patent (2012) JP2012211069 (特許第5861492号).

Others

1. Study on Electrochemical Capacitance using Templated Carbons. Hirotomo Nishihara, Hiroyuki Itoi, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Raul Berenguer, Ángel Berenguer-Murcia, Ramiro Ruiz-Rosas, Diego Cazorla-Amorós, Emilia Morallón, Takashi Kyotani, Boletin del Grupo Espanol del Carbon 37 (2015) 6-8.
2. Template synthesis of carbon-based uniform nanoporous materials and their applications for energy storage. Hirotomo Nishihara, Hiroyuki Itoi, Masashi Ito, Somlak Ittisanronnachai, Kwon Taeri, Khanin Nueangnoraj, Shinichiroh Iwamura, Takashi Kyotani, Tanso 248 (2011) 89-95.