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Prof. Supa Hannongbua
2025-2027
Full Name: Prof. Supa Hannongbua
Position: President
Country: Thailand
Role:
Leads the organization and oversees the strategic direction of FACS.
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership for FACS initiatives and programs
- Represent FACS in international collaborations and events
- Guide policy, research networking, and regional activities
Contact / Social Links (Optional)
fscisph@ku.ac.th
jrhwu@mx.nthu.edu.tw
Prof. Reuben Jih-Ru Hwu
2019-2023
Reuben Jih-Ru Hwu is a Distinguished Chair Professor at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. He obtained a Ph.D. degree from Stanford University (1978–1982), served as a professor at Johns Hopkins University (1982–91), Academia Sinica, and National Central University. He published over 225 research articles and 50 patents on new synthetic methods and reagents, drug design and synthesis, and nano-biomaterials for drug delivery. He was President of the Asian Federation for Medicinal Chemistry (2012–13), President of the Chinese American Chemical Society USA (1991–93), and Dean of College of Science, National Central University (2007–10). He is a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (2019–), Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry (2005–), Fellow of IUPAC (2000–), and Fellow of The Third World Academy of Sciences (1999–). He received the Third World Academy of Sciences Award, Nano Industrial Technology Excellence Award, National Biotech and Medical Care Quality Award, Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow Award USA, National Academic Research Innovation Award, Japan Ming-Yu-Wen-Hwa Award, FACS 1993 Distinguished Young Chemist Award, and The Outstanding Young Persons of the World for 1994.
david.winkler@monash.edu
Prof. Dave Winkler
2017-2019
Winkler is a computational chemist with strong research interests in the interaction of matter and biology, holds B.Sc. in chemistry, chemical engineering (Monash), physics (RMIT), and a Ph.D. in chemical physics and radioastronomy (Monash). He was a chief research scientist at CSIRO for 30 years, visiting fellow at Oxford and Kyoto Universities, Imperial College London, and the University of Calgary. He published about 250 research papers, book chapters, and 25 patents. He is currently a chemistry and physics professor at the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, Adjunct Professor at the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, visiting Professor in pharmacy at the University of Nottingham, and a Fellow in evolutionary robotics at CSIRO Data61. He provided key IP for three startup companies – Betabiotics, Asymmetrex, and Vectus Biosystem. He is a past President of the Asian Federation for Medicinal Chemistry, served on Boards of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Science & Technology Australia, and is a member of the Australian Academy of Science’s National Committee for Chemistry. He received the Herman Skolnik award from the ACS, Distinguished Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), and the RACI’s Adrien Albert Award.
Prof. Jasim Uddin Ahmad
2015-2017
Chairman of the 16ACC, Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 18-21, 2015
Prof. Andy Hor Tzi Sum
2013-2015
Prof. Supawan Tantayanon
2011-2013
Chairman of the 14ACC, Bangkok, Thailand, September 5-8, 2011.
Dr. Supawan Tantayanon is the Professor of Chemistry, Faculty of Science at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. Her current interest includes green chemistry, chemical safety and security, and chemistry education.
Professor Tantayanon was the Founding Director of the Petroleum and Petrochemical College of Chulalongkorn University and later a consultant of some petrochemical companies for 11 years. This experience influenced her teaching and research interest so much that her focus shifted to “greener” and “application-driven” chemistry.
Her attention has been paid on small-scale chemistry since 2000, firstly to solve the problems on the high risk of chemical exposure to students in the laboratory. Later she endeavoured the great benefits of doing small-scale chemistry, enabling her to create the complete set of portable organic chemistry laboratory called Small-Lab Kit, which was posted on the UNESCO website since 2009. Furthermore, she has initiated the implementation of small-scale chemistry experiments in schools across Asia since 2013.
Professor Tantayanon held numerous national and international president positions: Polymer Society of Thailand, Pacific Polymer Federation, Chemical Society of Thailand under the Patronage of HRH Princess Chulabhorn Krom Phra Srisavangavadhana, Federation of Asian Chemical Societies, Council of Science and Technology Professionals of Thailand, Science Society of Thailand under the Patronage of His Majesty the King. In addition, she was the treasurer and the Executive Board Member of the Association of Academies and Societies of Science in Asia (AASSA), the chair of Women in Science and Engineering Committee of AASSA, and the secretary of IUPAC Committee on Ethics, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Currently Prof. Tantayanon is the Chair of the Advisory Board of Education and Outreach, Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), and the IUPAC Executive Committee member.
She has received several honorary awards as follows:
- The Science to Excellence Award from the Thailand Senate (2012)
- The Honorary Fellow from the Singapore National Institute of Chemistry (2013)
- The International Microscale Chemistry Award from Microscale Chemistry Network (2015)
- The CST award for Distinguished Contribution to Chemical Education 2016
- FACS Distinguished Contribution to Advancement in Chemical Education 2017
- 2018 IUPAC CCE Distinguished Contribution to Chemical Education Award
- 2021 IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering Award
- 2022 Outstanding Senior Scientist Award, Science Society of Thailand
- 2022 Role Model Professor for Public Service, Chulalongkorn University
- 2023 FACS Citation Award for Contribution to Chemistry in the Asia Pacific
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