The Scientific Advisory Board

The Scientific Advisory Board admin 2017-08-28T21:07:22+00:00

Pakamas Chetpattananondh

Special Scientific Advisor
Dr. Dai Haofu

Scientific Research Advisor
Dr Yumi Z. Has-Yun bt Hashim, PhD, FIBMS

Advisor
Thomas Schibli

Advisor
SKP Engineering

Thailand

Pakamas Chetpattananondh

Special Scientific Advisor

Dr Pakamas is an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering – Prince of Songkla University, Thailand. She obtained a degree of B. Eng. in Chemical Engineering from the Prince of Songkla University, an M.Sc. in Environmental Diagnostics, and a Ph.D. in BioScience and Technology from Cranfield University, UK. She now works hand in hand with Songkla’s specialist research team.

For the last 12 years, Dr Pakamas has focused on detailed research into the production and utilisation of Agarwood in Thailand, and is now a recognised academic authority on the subject. She is currently involved in ongoing collaborations with universities in Malaysia and China.

Dr. Dai Haofu

Scientific Research Advisor

Dr Dai is the Deputy Director of The Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology and the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Science. He graduated in chemistry from Jiangxi University, China, and thereafter was admitted as a candidate for successive postgraduate and doctoral programmes of study in the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

He specialised in Biology at the German Academic Exchange Center (DAAD) and continued his post doctorate degree at Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany.

Having accepted a position at Hainan Li Medical Resource Research and Development, China, Dr Dai began his studies of Agarwood, and already has more than 10 years of extensive Agarwood research and development experience behind him. During these 10years, Dr Dai has conducted systematic studies, not only on domestic Agarwood (including Qi Nam), but also on Agarwood from 10 foreign countries, including Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand.

Dr Dai has hands-on experience of Agarwood plantations, and has invented and developed a successful inoculation method (subsequently patented), which infects the whole tree from roots to leaf nodes, thereby maximising yield and value for oil and infected biomass wood chips production.

This technology is currently being used in Hainan, Yunnan, Guangdong and Guangxi provinces, and exclusively in Thailand by APC. In addition, Dr Dai actively develops Agarwood related downstream products, and has assisted in the formulation of a high-end perfume, essential oil, Agarwood ganoderma tea, Agarwood leaves tea, Agarwood cigarette and Agarwood wine. He is heavily involved in the promotion of sustainable development within the Agarwood industry.

His scientific research even caught the media’s attention, and as such he has appeared on CCTV (China Central Television) and has been interviewed by CCTV Channels 1, 2, 4 and 10. Dr Dai is widely acknowledged as one of Asia’s leading experts in his specialised area, and is now a full-time member of APC’s Scientific and Research Advisory Board.

Dr Yumi Z. Has-Yun bt Hashim, PhD, FIBMS

Advisor

Dr Yumi is an Associate Professor at the International Islamic University Malaysia’s Kulliyyah of Engineering, Department of Biotechnology Engineering and a Visiting Academic at the School of Biomedical Science of the Charles Sturt University in Australia.

Dr Yumi has been working in the interdisciplinary area of biomedical science-biotechnology-bioprocess engineering for more than a decade, with special interest in agarwood. She has published articles as well presented papers at various conferences in Malaysia and overseas.

Also a dedicated researcher in Halal science, Dr. Yumi was previously a Deputy Director at the International Institute of Halal Research and Training (INHART) at the International Islamic University Malaysia. Aside from scientific work, she has various published works on Halal as well as short stories and poems for children and young adults.

Thomas Schibli

Advisor

Thomas moved to Thailand in around 2006 and established and developed his own agarwood plantations and distillery business working with a Thai partner, during this time Thomas gained a huge amount of practical experience and learned lessons in many cases the hard way regarding what works and doesn’t work in the mystery shrouded science and art of creating consistent quality Oud. Being a Swiss national and with a background in engineering, Thomas brings a depth of practical experience and ‎Swiss management skills to our Scientific Advisory Board.

SKP Engineering

Thailand

Over the past ten years. SKP Engineering has been providing consultancy and management services with a focus on process design, management and training, to a multitude of companies and spans varying industries throughout Thailand.

These companies include Coca-Cola BigC Super Centers, Dupont, Crathco and the Thai Ministry of Industry.

Asia Plantation Capital as part of its programme to engage in constant investment in Research and Development and working with leading professionals and academics, is very proud to be working with the SKP team.

SKP employs Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) defined as a person who is an authority in a particular area or a person with special knowledge or skills in a particular area of endeavor; as such they are able to offer expert and timely services on a cost effective basis.

The SKP team includes SMEs from the following disciplines: process engineering, design engineering and maintenance, translation and operations.